Reasons That Still Make it Worth Buying
Dialogue Choices
Despite everything that might make Assassin’s Creed Odyssey a reskin of Origins, it still brings a few fresh ideas to the table that warrant a purchase. The most fresh of those is the introduction of dialogue choices. Before playing the game, dialogue choices seemed like a tacked-on feature of the game, but after seven hours with the game, it’s clear that Ubisoft has implemented a fully-fledged dialogue system, akin to something you’d find in a Bethesda game, into their marquee franchise. Sure, some of these choices are quick and easy, and matter very little, but some of the choices have extremely drastic consequences.
In one instance, I chose to rescue a group of townsfolk sick with a quick-spreading and deadly illness from being killed by a town authority. At the time, the choice seemed easy, but hours later, I would learn that choice was very narrow-minded. Yes, I did want to save this group of people, but at what cost was a question I never thought to ask. When I later returned to the town these sick people called home, virtually everyone around me was dead — they all died of the sickness the group I saved had. Dialogue choices truly matter in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and finding out what each decision ends with is a great reason to pick up the game next month.
