Minor Spoilers: One of the oldest yet best story driven game franchises within the gaming industry. A great franchise with a huge influence over other games and with an original story driven setting; Assassins creed. After the launch and huge success of ACII the game has had a lot of successful title releases however, in recent years Assassin's Creed failed to show gamers that their franchise is still the best story driven series within the respected genre. That is until Assassin's Creed Origins drops and it is insanely good. It almost brings the vibes from what you felt in ACII.

Personally, one of my favourite gaming franchises a long with other several Rockstar and Bethesda games. I can't play single player games since they bore me however, with Assassin's Creed I can always make time for. Assassin's Creed Origins deserves a top 3 in my favourite AC games.

Pros

• Graphics: Graphics in this game is mind blowing. Personally, I think Origins has the best graphics as of now. Everything is beautifully detailed. From the stormy sandstorms, to the calm swaps of the Nile. Everything looks so calm and soothing that I take my time to stop and take a screenshot here and there and upload it to the Ubisoft Club.
  
  
• Immersion: Origins is very immersive. To level up, you don't follow a main quest after main quest but you are forced to level by doing side quests or other various activities. This game is insanely immersive and my reason for this is NPCs have their own minds. They eat, sleep, guard, talk etc. You can wait until night to assassinate people which is easier since there are fewer guards awake and more sleeping. Animals sleep too! The landscape shape shifts around such as spreading oil and dead body's using water tides or the weapons sinking in the sand. This game has so many features of immersion that I simply couldn't list all.
  
  
• Story: We follow Bayek of Siwa as he ventures through Egypt to find the killer of his son. The story slowly shows us how the creed of Assassins is formed. I try my best not to give to many spoilers but besides that, there are several intriguing side quests with their own interesting story. We learn a lot about the Egyptian gods through the story and side quests and how each god influences the people.
  
  
• Soundtrack: The soundtrack is simply beautiful. It brings that unique ACII soundtrack with a version of its own using Egyptian soundtrack. I don't think their was any soundtrack in Origins that made me think "What is this?" but instead it make me think "This is really good".
  
  
• Gameplay: This game provides tons and tons of hours of gameplay. Don't be thrown of by the 25 average completion hour rate. People that completed it within 25 hours probably had the game on the easy difficulty (yes there are difficulties now). This game provides an insane amount with many activities to participate in such as gladiator fights, tomb raiding etc. There is always something to do in Origins, even if it's something simple such as upgrading your gear.
  
  
• Historical Figures: This game is set around the end of the Egyptian kingdom so it features the historical figures such as Cleopatra and Julius Ceaser. This isn't one of those one scene cameo appearances but full on dialogues with each historical figures. I find this very interesting since people who love history would love this kind of stuff.
  
  
• Diverse Gear: The gear that you have can be customised to your liking. You can have your own style of play depending on the gear you have and the abilities that you have picked. I find this as a strong point because everyone would want to play their own way and are not forced to play the game wants them to play.
  
  
• Enemy Scaling and Combat: I know some people may not like the whole NPC enemy levels but trust me, this is a huge leap for the AC franchise. Enemy leveling provides a huge challenge if you are underleveled. As fun as the old combat system was where you'd counter attack and do that without getting hit for once, that doesn't happen in Origins. You have to think what your next moves are going to be and how you approach things which requires more tactics.

Cons

• Performance: It wouldn't be Assassin's Creed without a few bugs on release. Do expected bugs within Origins but they aren't hugely game changing. Sometimes you don't notice them but I wouldn't blame someone if it killed their immersion because of it. Regardless of that, this game runs very smoothly at high graphics.
  
  
• Parkour: A minor change I would ask is for the parkour to be improved. I've had more deaths due to Bayek jumping off where I wasn't facing or losing a lot of health because of it. I do find this frustrating but I dealt with it since it didn't happen always.
  
  
• Cut scenes: Yet again, this isn't a huge con but some cut scenes felt really bland and boring to me. Like the CG for the face wasn't done right or something, especially the cut scenes in slow motion. But like I said, it's not all cut scenes that had this problem, only the very few.

I hope you enjoyed my quick review of Assassin's Creed® Origins. I highly recommend getting this game as Ubisoft did a great job reviving the series after a few recent flops. This game is very addicted and immersive. It gives an insane insight to how the creed was formed and how Egyptian life was as well a bit of the Roman and greek life within Egypt. It teaches you more than what you history teacher could ever teach you. You will come out with more knowledge as well as hours of gameplay. I can't wait for the next game for the series.

Nothing is true Everything is permitted.

[h1] I give Assassin's Creed® Origins: 8.8/10 [/h1] [b][u]Minor Spoilers:[/u][/b] One of the oldest yet best story driven game franchises within the gaming industry. A great franchise with a huge influence over other games and with an original story driven setting; Assassins creed. After the launch and huge success of ACII the game has had a lot of successful title releases however, in recent years Assassin's Creed failed to show gamers that their franchise is still the best story driven series within the respected genre. That is until Assassin's Creed Origins drops and it is insanely good. It almost brings the vibes from what you felt in ACII. Personally, one of my favourite gaming franchises a long with other several Rockstar and Bethesda games. I can't play single player games since they bore me however, with Assassin's Creed I can always make time for. Assassin's Creed Origins deserves a top 3 in my favourite AC games. [b] Pros [/b] [list] [*][b][u]Graphics:[/u][/b] Graphics in this game is mind blowing. Personally, I think Origins has the best graphics as of now. Everything is beautifully detailed. From the stormy sandstorms, to the calm swaps of the Nile. Everything looks so calm and soothing that I take my time to stop and take a screenshot here and there and upload it to the Ubisoft Club. [*][b][u]Immersion:[/u][/b] Origins is very immersive. To level up, you don't follow a main quest after main quest but you are forced to level by doing side quests or other various activities. This game is insanely immersive and my reason for this is NPCs have their own minds. They eat, sleep, guard, talk etc. You can wait until night to assassinate people which is easier since there are fewer guards awake and more sleeping. Animals sleep too! The landscape shape shifts around such as spreading oil and dead body's using water tides or the weapons sinking in the sand. This game has so many features of immersion that I simply couldn't list all. [*][b][u]Story:[/u][/b] We follow Bayek of Siwa as he ventures through Egypt to find the killer of his son. The story slowly shows us how the creed of Assassins is formed. I try my best not to give to many spoilers but besides that, there are several intriguing side quests with their own interesting story. We learn a lot about the Egyptian gods through the story and side quests and how each god influences the people. [*][b][u]Soundtrack:[/u][/b] The soundtrack is simply beautiful. It brings that unique ACII soundtrack with a version of its own using Egyptian soundtrack. I don't think their was any soundtrack in Origins that made me think "What is this?" but instead it make me think "This is really good". [*][b][u]Gameplay:[/u][/b] This game provides tons and tons of hours of gameplay. Don't be thrown of by the 25 average completion hour rate. People that completed it within 25 hours probably had the game on the easy difficulty (yes there are difficulties now). This game provides an insane amount with many activities to participate in such as gladiator fights, tomb raiding etc. There is always something to do in Origins, even if it's something simple such as upgrading your gear. [*][b][u]Historical Figures:[/u][/b] This game is set around the end of the Egyptian kingdom so it features the historical figures such as Cleopatra and Julius Ceaser. This isn't one of those one scene cameo appearances but full on dialogues with each historical figures. I find this very interesting since people who love history would love this kind of stuff. [*][b][u]Diverse Gear:[/u][/b] The gear that you have can be customised to your liking. You can have your own style of play depending on the gear you have and the abilities that you have picked. I find this as a strong point because everyone would want to play their own way and are not forced to play the game wants them to play. [*][b][u]Enemy Scaling and Combat:[/u][/b] I know some people may not like the whole NPC enemy levels but trust me, this is a huge leap for the AC franchise. Enemy leveling provides a huge challenge if you are underleveled. As fun as the old combat system was where you'd counter attack and do that without getting hit for once, that doesn't happen in Origins. You have to think what your next moves are going to be and how you approach things which requires more tactics. [/list] [b] Cons [/b] [list] [*][b][u]Performance:[/u][/b] It wouldn't be Assassin's Creed without a few bugs on release. Do expected bugs within Origins but they aren't hugely game changing. Sometimes you don't notice them but I wouldn't blame someone if it killed their immersion because of it. Regardless of that, this game runs very smoothly at high graphics. [*][b][u]Parkour:[/u][/b] A minor change I would ask is for the parkour to be improved. I've had more deaths due to Bayek jumping off where I wasn't facing or losing a lot of health because of it. I do find this frustrating but I dealt with it since it didn't happen always. [*][b][u]Cut scenes:[/u][/b] Yet again, this isn't a huge con but some cut scenes felt really bland and boring to me. Like the CG for the face wasn't done right or something, especially the cut scenes in slow motion. But like I said, it's not all cut scenes that had this problem, only the very few. [/list] I hope you enjoyed my quick review of Assassin's Creed® Origins. I highly recommend getting this game as Ubisoft did a great job reviving the series after a few recent flops. This game is very addicted and immersive. It gives an insane insight to how the creed was formed and how Egyptian life was as well a bit of the Roman and greek life within Egypt. It teaches you more than what you history teacher could ever teach you. You will come out with more knowledge as well as hours of gameplay. I can't wait for the next game for the series. [quote]Nothing is true Everything is permitted.[/quote] [table] [tr] [th]Gameplay[/th] [th]Story[/th] [th]Graphics[/th] [th]Performance[/th] [th]Enjoyment[/th] [th]Overall[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td]9[/td] [td]8[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]7[/td] [td]10[/td] [td]8.8[/td] [/tr] [/table]