Announced at E3 2019 back in June at Ubisoft's press conference, Gods & Monsters is an entirely new title from the developers of Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Described as an open world action adventure game that's based on Greek mythology, we've got reasonably high hopes for the project, which is due to launch for PlayStation 4 on the 25th February, 2020.
But despite being quite excited for the potential of Gods & Monsters, we still don't know much about it -- all we've had to go on until now are brief descriptions and a short teaser trailer. And while Ubisoft isn't quite ready to spill the beans entirely, creative director Jonathan Dumont and senior producer Marc-Alexis Côté have taken to the publisher's official blog in order to talk about the game.
We've broken down all the details below:
- Inspiration for Gods & Monsters came from working on Assassin's Creed Odyssey. The team wanted to further explore Greek mythology without the "limits" of an Assassin's Creed game.
- Dr. Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta, the historian who guided the team on Assassin's Creed Odyssey, also happens to be an expert on Greek mythology, so the developer is making use of Ruatta's skills once again.
- Gods & Monsters has a more lighthearted approach to storytelling. The narrative unfolds as legendary Greek author Homer recounts the tale to his grandchildren.
- Combat is fast paced and "ability based". Main character Fenyx will need to make use of abilities to defeat enemies as well as traverse the environment.
- Typhon is the central villain -- a particularly powerful monster who Zeus banished to the underworld.
- Fenyx's sex and appearance can be customised. There's also talk of "armour and gear", although it's unclear whether Gods & Monsters will have some kind of loot system similar to Odyssey.
- Fenyx's "stats" can also be customised, so we could see some light RPG mechanics in Gods & Monsters.
What are your thoughts on Gods & Monsters so far? Let us know if you'll be going on a mythological adventure in the comments section below.
[source news.ubisoft.com]
Comments 16
This should be a fun time killer to fit between The Last of Us 2 and FF7 remake.
If it’s got good story and choices the light rpg elements sound great. We need more RPG elements to be a lot lighter these days. I also loved Greek mythology when I was a kid. I hope it’s not too light as it could be heavy stuff that mythology.
I'm eager for more info. I like the art style.
As long as there's no animus/future plot, I'm in if the game is good.
so basically it's the game they wanted to make before Ubisoft made them make it a Assassin'S Creed game
good because Greek Mythology is fascinating and i would love a proper game built around it and this time it won't brake the lore of a long running game series in order to do it
A new IP from a good developer can only be interesting and I hope it comes together well.
I love the style but just show some gameplay. Please no liveservice and forced online optional is no problem too me i just want too be able too boot it up in a few years without issues.
Not a £50 purchase, but it still looks very excellent to me 😎
The artstyle is beautiful and I love Greek Mythology..I have high hopes for this game!
I hope it's a hit.
Really need some gameplay. Concept is very attractive indeed
@wiiware why would there be a animus?
Easily the most interesting game from Ubisoft's E3, shame it had the least attention. It seems to be Breath of the Wild-esque, which I'm down for.
@Enuo That's assuming the rumored February release date for The Last of Part II turns out to be true.
Nothing has been officially confirmed yet regarding that.
I am very excited for this because I adore ancient Greek mythology (and other ancient civilisations). I am still waiting for AC to come to ancient Rome (that has been my dream since I discovered the franchise). This should also have more liberties because it is not AC and that is amazing. I love how we will get games like Gods & Monsters, Skull & Bones which are not part of AC franchise but are inspired by AC games which explored that part of history.
I wish the best, but I don't have enough info to judge yet.
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