The latest RPG focused Assassin's Creed games are all bloated, pretty repetitive, and kind of janky. Yet, after coming away from Odyssey with severely mixed feelings, I came back to it in the form of Origins. And while the a lot of the issues of Odyssey are here, I liked this game. Why? Well it's just a supremely cozy game. It feels great moving your character, and climbing on shit and what not. Plus you get to do that in one of the coolest vacation spots, Ancient Egypt! I love games that really challenge me like any competitive multiplayer game, Elden Ring, or Baba is You for example. But sometimes I just want to play a game that demands almost nothing from me. Heck this game doesn't even demand I pay attention to the story as the story isn't super interesting and not terribly complicated. It's the perfect cozy game.
I also just want to say that AC: Origins is probably the best of the three RPG heavy games, as it wastes your time the least (though I have admittedly not play Valhalla, just heard things about it). In Odyssey, battles would go on for way longer than they should, because you literally couldn't out-level your enemies, and the enemies all ended up being bullet-sponges. That isn't an issue in Origins. The world is a bit smaller (even if I really liked exploring Ancient Greece), and you don't have to do as many side quests to complete the game. Though I think the side quests are the for most apart quite a bit worse than in Odyssey. Odyssey had some bad side quests, but it also had some gems in the mix, which Origins really doesn't have. Plus, stealth is actually an option in this game unlike Odyssey.
That said... why do I have to carry so many grown ass adults in this game???? Most of them aren't injured at all, and yet they demand I pick them up and carry them out of the enemy base like they are a frickin' child! They just lay there on the ground till you pick them up and put them down outside the base, then they immediately stand up. Why didn't you just walk my dude?
I also just want to say that AC: Origins is probably the best of the three RPG heavy games, as it wastes your time the least (though I have admittedly not play Valhalla, just heard things about it). In Odyssey, battles would go on for way longer than they should, because you literally couldn't out-level your enemies, and the enemies all ended up being bullet-sponges. That isn't an issue in Origins. The world is a bit smaller (even if I really liked exploring Ancient Greece), and you don't have to do as many side quests to complete the game. Though I think the side quests are the for most apart quite a bit worse than in Odyssey. Odyssey had some bad side quests, but it also had some gems in the mix, which Origins really doesn't have. Plus, stealth is actually an option in this game unlike Odyssey.
That said... why do I have to carry so many grown ass adults in this game???? Most of them aren't injured at all, and yet they demand I pick them up and carry them out of the enemy base like they are a frickin' child! They just lay there on the ground till you pick them up and put them down outside the base, then they immediately stand up. Why didn't you just walk my dude?