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{{Game Infobox
|name = ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
|name = ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
|image = Assassin's Creed Odyssey.jpg
|image = ACOD Kassandra Box Art.jpg
|Developer = [[Ubisoft#Québec|Ubisoft Québec]]<ref group="note">Additional work by [[Ubisoft#Montreal|Ubisoft Montreal]], [[Ubisoft#Bucharest|Ubisoft Bucharest]], [[Ubisoft#Singapore|Ubisoft Singapore]], [[Ubisoft#Shanghai|Ubisoft Shanghai]], [[Ubisoft#Chengdu|Ubisoft Chengdu]], [[Ubisoft#Kiev|Ubisoft Kiev]], [[Ubisoft#Phillipines|Ubisoft Philippines]] and Sperasoft.</ref>
|Developer = [[Ubisoft|Ubisoft Québec]]<ref group="note">Additional work by Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Philippines, and Sperasoft.</ref>
|Publisher = [[Ubisoft]]
|Publisher = Ubisoft
|Engine = [[Anvil (game engine)|AnvilNext 2.0]]
|Engine = [[Anvil (game engine)|AnvilNext 2.0]]
|Composer = [[The Flight]]<ref group="note">The collective name of Joe Henson and Alexis Smith</ref>
|Composer = [[The Flight]]<ref group="note">The collective name of Joe Henson and Alexis Smith</ref>
|Released =  
|Released =  
'''Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One'''
'''Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 & Xbox One'''
*October 2, 2018 {{c|Gold edition}}
*2 October 2018 {{c|Gold edition}}
*October 5, 2018<ref name = "OdysseyGreece">{{cite web| url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/new-leak-reveals-assassins-creed-odyssey-set-in-ancient-greece/| title=New Leak Reveals Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Set In Ancient Greece| first=Jason| last=Schreier| work=Kotaku| date= 01-06-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719173953/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/new-leak-reveals-assassins-creed-odyssey-set-in-ancient-greece/| archivedate=19-07-2018}}</ref>
*5 October 2018<ref name="OdysseyGreece">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/new-leak-reveals-assassins-creed-odyssey-set-in-ancient-greece/|title=New Leak Reveals Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Set In Ancient Greece|author=Schreier, Jason|work={{Wiki|Kotaku}}|date=1 June 2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719173953/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/new-leak-reveals-assassins-creed-odyssey-set-in-ancient-greece/|archivedate=19 July 2018|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref>
'''Nintendo Switch'''
'''Nintendo Switch'''
*October 5, 2018 ([[Japan|JP]])
*5 October 2018 ([[Japan|JP]])
'''Stadia'''
'''Google Stadia'''
*November 19, 2019
*19 November 2019
|Genre = Historic Action-Adventure
|Genre = Historic Action-Adventure
|Game modes = Single-player
|Game modes = Single-player
|ESRB = M
|ESRB = M
|Platform =*Microsoft Windows
|Platform =*{{Wiki|Microsoft Windows}}
*PlayStation 4
*{{Wiki|PlayStation 4}}
*Xbox One
*{{Wiki|Xbox One}}
*Nintendo Switch {{c|[[Japan|JP]] only}}
*{{Wiki|Nintendo Switch}} {{c|[[Japan|JP]] only}}
*Stadia
*{{Wiki|Google Stadia}}
|Website = https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed-odyssey
|Website = https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed-odyssey
}}
}}
'''''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''''' is the eleventh main installment in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]] developed by [[Ubisoft]].
'''''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''''' is the eleventh main installment in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]] developed by [[Ubisoft]]. It was released worldwide on 5 October 2018 for Playstation 4, Xbox One and Windows, as well as for the Nintendo Switch, exclusively in [[Japan]].


==Development==
The game continues the series' transition into the action role-playing genre started by ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', retaining most of its predecessor's features while introducing new ones, most notably player choices which can influence the story. It is also the first installment since ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' to feature a major emphasis on naval combat, with players being given command of a ship called the ''[[Adrestia]]''.
The game was primarily developed by Ubisoft Québec, which had previously worked on ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" /> The concept for the game emerged in 2015, as the team was wrapping up development on ''Syndicate''. In the shift to an RPG-esque game, inspiration was taken from titles such as ''The Witcher 3'', ''Fallout'', and ''The Elder Scrolls'', in regards to the idea of player choice.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-odyssey-goes-full-rpg-with-choice-/1100-6459842/ |title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Goes Full RPG With Choice And Consequence, And It's Better For It| first=Michael| last=Higham| work=GameSpot| date=19-06-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705082830/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-odyssey-goes-full-rpg-with-consequ/1100-6459842/| archivedate=05-07-2018}}</ref> The development team engaged in communication with the team behind ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''; it was decided to quote:"push [the series] forward" with the introduction of RPG elements.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-odyssey-director-talks-rpg-inspira/1100-6459994/| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Director Talks RPG Inspirations And Story Details| first=Michael| last=Higham| work=GameSpot| date=02-07-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104125703/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-odyssey-director-talks-story-and-r/1100-6459994/| archivedate=04-01-2020}}</ref> The setting of ancient Greece was chosen as it was one of the most requested settings from the fanbase.<ref name="CreateCreed">''Game Informer #105: Create Your Own Creed''</ref>
 
The story of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' is set in Ancient [[Greece]], during the first half of the [[Peloponnesian War]] between 431 and 422 BCE. The protagonist, [[Kassandra]], is a [[mercenary]] who fights on both sides of the conflict as she attempts to reunite her broken family, eliminate a secretive organization known as the [[Cult of Kosmos]], and uncover the mysteries of [[Piece of Eden|ancient technology]] left behind by the [[Isu]]. The modern-day narrative features the return of [[Layla Hassan]], the protagonist introduced in ''Assassin's Creed: Origins'', who has joined the [[Assassins]] and is leading the search for the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|Staff]] of [[Hermes Trismegistus]].
 
==Gameplay==
''Odyssey'' uses a lot of the gameplay and interface mechanics of ''Origins'', including the radial compass, and the return of a [[bird]] that can survey the landscape, spot treasure, and highlight and harass enemies. The game features RPG elements, including dialogue options, branching quests, multiple possible endings, romance options, and the ability to select between a male or female protagonist. The game is a "full RPG" and pushed the franchise deeper into this genre. Both Alexios and Kassandra follow the same story. Romance options remain the same regardless of the character chosen.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/everything-we-learned-about-assassins-creed-odyssey-after-playing-it/|title=Everything We Learned About Assassin's Creed Odyssey After Playing It|author=Totilo, Stephen|work={{Wiki|Kotaku}}|date=12 June 2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415035914/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/everything-we-learned-about-assassins-creed-odyssey-after-playing-it/| archivedate=15 April 2019|accessdate=13 June 2018}}</ref> Interactions with NPCs can have consequences, either short or long term, in regards to the story. Choices are said to "add up." Relationships with NPCs do not always change, and there is no binary divide in regards to interaction—lying to an NPC is not necessarily a "bad" choice, and vice versa. By extension, there is no "right" way to play the game in regards to character choice.<ref name="CreateCreed" />


''Odyssey'' uses a lot of the same graphical technology as ''Origins''.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" /> Far more color was used in the game; the designers tried to tap into the notion that the ancient Greeks believed that their land was built by the gods, thus the use of vibrant colors. There was pushback against the "ordinary" depictions of ancient Greece, which lean on it being an arid place with an emphasis on white and gold. The end result is intended to be a middle-ground between historical accuracy and vibrancy.<ref name="CreateCreed" />
Gear can be selected, and is classified by rarity. Each piece of gear can be enhanced with engravings. Players also have access to a [[skill tree]], and can follow a 'branch' to better suit their playstyle. Compared to ''Origins'', the skill tree is more clear cut in ''Odyssey'', and players can unlock high tier versions of pre-existing skills. In combat, the hitbox system for enemies is used again.


The game was announced on May 31, 2018.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/31/assassins-creed-odyssey-reportedly-leaked| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Reportedly Leaked| first=Brian| last=Barnett |work=IGN |date=01-06-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080414/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/31/assassins-creed-odyssey-reportedly-leaked| archivedate=08-06-2018}}</ref> It will receive weekly updates post-release.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/assassins-creed-odyssey-will-get-weekly-content-patches/| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Will Get Weekly Content Patches| first=Alex |last=Walker |work=Kotaku |date=15-06-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415034008/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/assassins-creed-odyssey-will-get-weekly-content-patches/| archivedate=15-04-2019}}</ref>
[[Trade Goods]] can also be collected or sold. These items range in value depending on rarity, such as legendary items.


==Synopsis==
[[File:ACOD Greece Map.png|thumb|230px|The map of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'']]
===Setting===
The game world has been described as the "biggest one yet" for the franchise;<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" /> specifically, the game map is 100 square miles, split evenly between land and sea.<ref name="CreateCreed" /> Environments range from forests, to mountains, to beaches. "Legendary animals" can be hunted on land.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" /> The world is divided into a number of zones divided by level (similar to an MMO), but level scaling features to a point. For instance, if a player starts at a level 2 zone, then returns after having reached level 20, the enemies there will be scaled up to be 2-3 below the player's character.
The game's [[genetic memory]] story is set in 431 BCE, recounting the secret history of the [[Peloponnesian War]], fought between the city-states of ancient [[Greece]]. The protagonist is a [[mercenary]] named either [[Alexios]] or [[Kassandra]] (selectable) who can choose to fight for either [[Athens]] and the [[Delian League]] or [[Sparta]] and the [[Peloponnesian League]], as well as against the [[Cult of Kosmos]]. The [[Modern times|modern day]] segments will again follow [[Layla Hassan]], who was first introduced in ''Assassin's Creed Origins'', and her story will touch on the [[Isu]].<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" />


The game is said to deal with the themes of "freedom versus order."<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" />
The game features a dynamic weather system.<ref name="CreateCreed" />


===Plot===
The Sparta-Athens divide is represented in-game with a red or blue border along each region to indicate which of the city-states has control.<ref name="Unending" /> 28 city-states feature in the game, each of which is allied with either Sparta or Athens. Each city-state has a "nation power" level. If one city-state leader is weakened (e.g. by assassinating their leader), other faction leaders will invade their state.<ref name="Unending" /> If the invading army is defeated, the nation power is reset. The army will invade regardless of the player's actions, but they can involve themselves in the battle.<ref name="CreateCreed" />
:''For the purposes of this article, the canon protagonist Kassandra is used.''
====Ancient====
{{Revamp}}As a child, Kassandra was presented with the broken [[Spear of Leonidas]], an [[Isu]] weapon, as an heirloom by her mother. Because of her prestigious lineage, great hopes were placed upon her to live up to the strength and valour of Leonidas. Her step-father, [[Nikolaos]], would often train her in hopes that she would follow in his footsteps. In 446 BCE the [[Pythia]] [[Praxithea]] at [[Sanctuary of Delphi|the Sanctuary of Delphi]] prophesied  that Kassandra's younger brother, the baby Alexios, would lead to the fall of Sparta in the future. In order to prevent this, Alexios was to be sacrificed at [[Mount Taygetos]], despite [[Myrrine]]'s plea for Nikolaos to stop it. As a priest was about to drop Alexios, Kassandra attempted to stop the sacrifice, but instead pushed the priest and Alexios to their apparent deaths. Kassandra was condemned as a traitor to Sparta, leading her step-father to execute her by dropping her off the mountains, though it was obvious he was remorseful in doing so.


Kassandra, however, survived the fall, and escaped to the beach with the spear. Refusing to be found by the Spartans, Kassandra fled out to the open seas, with an [[Ikaros|eagle]] following her. A storm later turned Kassandra's boat overboard and she woke up on the beaches of [[Kephallonia]]. There, she was greeted by [[Markos]], who took her under his wing and tasked her to do errands for him.
Players will no longer desynchronize if they kill innocents in the game<ref name="Unending">{{Cite web|url=https://ign.com/articles/2018/08/17/assassins-creed-odyssey-mercenaries-bounty-hunters|title=AC Odyssey's Mercenaries Provide Unending Challenges|author=Moser, Cassidee; Ryan, Jon|work={{Wiki|IGN}}|date=18 August 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914051439/https://ign.com/articles/2018/08/17/assassins-creed-odyssey-mercenaries-bounty-hunters|archivedate=14 September 2019|accessdate=20 August 2018}}</ref> and some [[civilian]]s will fight back if attacked.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/1/17905618/assassins-creed-odyssey-civilian-death|title=In ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'', civilians fight back|author=de Rochefort, Simone|date=1 October 2018|publisher=''{{Wiki|Polygon (website)|Polygon}}''|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103044359/https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/1/17905618/assassins-creed-odyssey-civilian-death| archivedate=3 January 2019|accessdate=1 October 2018}}</ref>


Over the years, Kassandra's skills as a warrior developed and she became a mercenary, working with Markos and the little orphan girl [[Phoibe]], but in doing so they also gained the ire of the local warlord, the [[Cyclops of Kephallonia|Cyclops]], who runs Kephallonia with an iron fist. Kassandra learns that Markos had borrowed money from the Cyclops and bought a vineyard with it. She is angered by this due to the fact that Markos owed her money. When she confronted him about it, he set her on a few missions in order to get her own debt back. Kassandra would steal the Cyclops' Obsidian Eye from his home so they can eventually sell it to gain some money. Kassandra also got wind of a group of foreigners who arrived with the Cyclops so she went and killed them all but one. The one man is revealed to be [[Elpenor]]. Though he seems unaffected about his men's massacre, he offers Kassandra a deal. She is to collect the Shroud of Penelope from some thieves. Kassandra does this but when she returns Elpenor tells her that she can keep the shroud and pays her a great amount: Kassandra quickly worked out that it was all test for her as he offered her more money if she killed a Spartan General, called The Wolf of Sparta, stationed at [[Megaris]]. Kassandra agrees to the deal but has no boat to reach Megaris. She discovers that the Cyclops is vulnerable and confronts him while he is torturing a ship captain, [[Barnabas]]. Kassandra mocks the Cyclops and then reveals that she has his eye, he demanded it back but she instead stuck it up a goat's rectum and released it. Obviously angered by this the Cyclops attacks Kassandra but she manages to slay him and his men, then frees Barnabas. Grateful for this, he offers her place on his ship, the [[Adrestia]], as its Commander. Kassandra agrees and plans to leave, she says her farewells to Phoibe and Markos. On their way to Megaris, Barnabas asked why they were going there to which Kassandra answered that there was a price on the head on the Wolf of Sparta: Barnabas then reveals to Kassandra that the Wolf of Sparta is in fact her step-father, Nikolaos.
The in-universe explanation for the inclusion of player choices is the fact that the DNA sample of Kassandra and Alexios obtained from the Spear of Leonidas is highly degraded, causing the Animus to render their memories less accurately and occassionally create fictious scenarios to fill the gaps between memories.  


Upon reaching Megaris, they discover that they are cut off by an Athenian blockade. They destroy the ships and continue to the beach. Upon reaching the beach they notice a battle is taking place between the Spartans and Athenians. Led by Nikolaos, and his adopted son [[Stentor]], the Spartans are victorious. Kassandra arrives after the battle but is stopped from seeing Nikolaos by Stentor, who asked why she was there. Kassandra offers to help the Spartans take down the Athenians in Megaris, in exchange for a meeting with the Wolf. After slaying the Athenian Leader, Kassandra returns to Stentor and takes part in the battle for Megaris. With Kassandra on their side, the Spartans win the fight and take Megaris for themselves. Shortly after the victory, Nikolaos sends a message to Kassandra and Stentor, whising to speak with Kassandra alone. While angered by this, Stentor accepts and allows Kassandra to meet Nikolaos. Nikolaos talks to Kassandra and quickly works out who Kassandra truly is. She confronts Nikolaos about what he did, and reveals to him the price on his head. Consequently, Kassandra has the choice to either spare or kill him. Either way leads to Kassandra discovering that Nikolaos is not her biological father and being told to find her mother, [[Myrrine]]. He then warns her about snakes in the grass. Kassandra is taken aback by this discovery and takes Nikolaos' Helmet and Sword. If Kassandra kills Nikolaos, then Stentor arrives and confronts her, leading to a fight between them where Kassandra is forced to kill him. Upon returning to the [[Adrestia]], she tells Barnabas about her discovery to which he states that they should meet with the Oracle to discover where her mother is. Kassandra is hesitant to meet her due to the fact that she is the reason why her family was destroyed.
If the player chooses to play as Alexios, they will meet Alexios in the present day instead of Kassandra, even though he is not the canon character.  


Kassandra goes to see Elpenor and produces Nikolaos' helmet. Elpenor is impressed and states that he has more targets for her to kill, revealing to Kassandra that he plans to kill the rest of her family. She refuses to be used like this and Elpenor orders his men to kill her, but they fail and are killed as consequence. Unfortunately Elpenor manages to escape, so Kassandra meets with Barnabas who introduces her to [[Herodotus]] who recognises the Spear on her back. After, she meets with the Oracle, who reveals that she knows who Kassandra is and mentions the [[Cult of Kosmos]]. Upon meeting again with Herodotus, they work out that the Oracle is being controlled by the Cult and has been like that for a long time, meaning that the Cult was behind the destruction of Kassandra's family. Kassandra confronts the Oracle in her own home who reveals information about the Cult and that Elpenor is one of the cultists. Kassandra also discovers that the cultists are based under the Temple of Apollo. Kassandra tracks down Elpenor and kills him to which he reveals that the Cult wanted her dead and that he had convinced them not to kill her as he wanted to use her for their own plans. He dies soon after. Kassandra discovers a cult uniform and a small triangle of [[Isu]] origin. She meets Herodotus at the Temple and enters with her disguise on, where she finds out that the Cult has eyes and ears everywhere in Greece. After being drawn towards the centre piece in the Cult room by a strange force, she places the small Isu triangle into the [[Pyramid]], completing it. The Cult is then interrupted when Deimos enters the room with the head of Elpenor, revealing that he knows one of them is a traitor. He has various cultists then touch the central piece and, upon getting Kassandra to touch it, he witnesses her memories and she is shocked to discover that Deimos is her thought to be dead brother, [[Alexios]]. Deimos kills the next Cult member covering for Kassandra, in which she steals back the small piece of tech that she put in. Upon leaving the Temple, she is shocked to the core, where she meets Herodotus, and reveals to him the Cult's plan to find and kill her mother and birth father as well as the revelation that Deimos is Alexios.  
===Naval combat===
[[File:Adrestia-Commonfull.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The ''Adrestia'']]
Players have access to the [[ship]] ''[[Adrestia]]'', used to sail the Aegean Sea in a similar manner as the ships in ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''. Crew members can be recruited, and in a sense, the ship serves as a mobile hub. Sharks can be found in the seas, which will attack the player as well as their enemies.<ref name="Redesigning" /> The ''Adrestia'' can be customized with options such as crew cosmetics, ram/hull upgrades, and new sails and figureheads.<ref name="CreateCreed" />


Herodotus persuades Kassandra to go in Athens, in order to warn the man Herodotus is serving, Perikles about the Cult, but before they head for Athens Herodotus needs to meet Kassandra at the Lion of Leonidas, at Thermopylai. As soon as Kassandra arrives there Herodotus reaches for her spear and flashbacks of Leonidas final come through his mind. Leonidas saw his army dying one by one and eventually he perished, but not before killing a Persian officer who delivered a mortal injury to him. Herodotus feels weak for a moment but thats when he remembers that he has seen a cave with strange symbols painted on it at the island of Andros believing that the spear and that cave are connected to each other and belong to the first civilization. Kassandra agrees and sets sail for Andros to take a look at the mysterious cave. As soon as she approaches the cave and takes Leonidas' spear out, some flashbacks of her and her mother, Myrrine come to her mind, where Myrrine hands Kassandra the spear of Leonidas and explains that their family is chosen to do something great since they share Leonidas' blood and courage. When the flashback ends the cave door opens and Kassandra heads deeper in the cave, to find a structure that can upgrade her spear. As soon as she puts the spear in the structure, the game shifts in the modern days, where Layla is forced by her friend, to get out of the Animus. After spending some time exploring the safehouse and talking to her team members, she gets back to Kassandra. As soon as she gets out of the cave she meets with Deimos. Despite Deimos being so rude to her, Kassandra holds the optimistic position, by offering Deimos to join her in the quest of finding Myrrine, but as it seems, Deimos has no interest in joining her and reveals the Cults plan to kill Perikles and disappears, whereas Kassandra heads back to Herodotus. She informs him of the Cults plan and what was inside of the cave. Herodotus suggests that they head to Pnyx to find Perikles and so they do. Kassandra talks to Perikles, who promises her to invite her at his symposium, to gain information about her mother, if she helps his friends. Kassandra helps every single one of Perikles friends and then attends Perikles symposium, where she finds Phoibe, who helps her change into a more party-like outfit to seek intel about her mother. Herodotus introduces Kassandra to several famous people attending the symposium and then leaves to talk to Perikles about Deimos and the Cult. Kassandra finds a lot of information just from engaging in conversation with different party attendees until she meets with Aspasia who tells her to meet a friend of hers in Keos named Xenia amongst Hippokrates and Anthousa. Then after finishing the conversation with Aspasia, Kassandra heads upstairs to send Perikles down to meet his guests. Then she leaves Perikles' house, in search for clues of her mother.
In terms of combat, the ''Adrestia'' opens up more combat options as players increase their overall damage against an adversary, such as the options of fire arrows and fiery javelins. Focus-firing on specific points causes increasing damage and opens that point up to an attack by the ship's ram. Ramming helps to refill a portion of the ''Adrestia's'' health. Additionally, in relation to past naval combat in the series, the ''Adrestia'' has the ability to slow down and turn very quickly depending on how rowers are used.<ref name="Redesigning" /> Compared to previous games, the naval combat in ''Odyssey'' is more focused on close-quarters rather than long ranged attacks. Ramming and sideswiping are two such tactics, along with being able to turn quickly and drift. Player's can temporarily 'boost' their ship (measured in a meter) to give their ship a speed increase.<ref name="CreateCreed" />


Firstly Kassandra meets with Hippokrates, who remembers that once a Spartan woman with a baby came to him, but he was young then and couldn't help her, so he sent the woman at the Sanctuary of Asklepios, so Kassandra heads there to talk to the elder priest. She discovers that Alexios was pronounced dead to Myrrine and raised by a priestess called Chrysis, who was working for the Cult and that can be found at the Alter of Apollo Maleatas. Kassandra heads there and hears a child crying, so she heads inside the temple to find Chrysis and a little child crying in the alter. Chrysis tells Kassandra that she had tortured Alexios as a child to grow him stronger and as soon as Kassandra makes a move to kill her, Chrysis lights the temple on fire. If Kassandra lets the baby burn she kills Chrysis. If Kassandra saves the baby, Chrysis flees away. Kassandra hands the baby to her mother, telling herself that that was the right thing to do. Later on a villager ambushes Kassandra to help her as her husband is dead, but Chrysis shows up there and Kassandra kills her as well as the cultist guards. Finishing up with Chrysis, Kassandra heads to Keos to meet up with Aspasia's friend, Xenia who for a price tells her the information Kassandra needs for her mother. Xenia mentions that her name was Phoenix and she was part of Xenias pirate crew.
Enemy ships are divided into sections. If players focus their attacks on one particular section, the ship will burst into flames, leaving it stunned. 'Epic ships' sail in the outer reaches of the game map, which will grant the player exclusive cosmetics if taken down.<ref name="CreateCreed" />


Then she heads to Korinthia, to meet Anthousa. Kassandra helps her girls to get rid of a troublesome gang led by the Monger. But in one of the missions done for Anthousa, Kassandra heads to The Monger's warehouse to destroy the supplies and meets with a spartan named Brasidas, who tells Kassandra to kill the Monger quietly, whereas Anthousa wants to kill him in public, so the island population can look at his face for the last time as he is bleeding. If Kassandra chooses to kill the Monger at the theater she kills Mongers men and finds out that he is a member of the Cult and that he was charged by the Cult to kill Myrrine back then but didnt succeed. Kassandra kills the Monger and Anthousa is pleased with the result. Also if she publicly executes The Monger she will have no choice but to kill Lagos the Archon, a cultist who is friends with Brasidas. If Kassandra chooses to kill The Monger quietly at the cave, she heads inside, kills The Monger's men and him aswell while he reveals to her that he should have killed Myrrine a long time ago.  As soon as Kassandra points the sword at him, Anthousa comes inside the cave, to give her another chance to kill him right there, or execute him at the theater. Kassandra kills him there and tries to make Anthousa see reason that this is the right way to do it. Also if she kills him quietly, Kassandra will have a clue to condemn a Spartan King in the future. Anthousa gives Kassandra all the information she has, that Myrrine left quickly with a ship named Siren Song.
Players can recruit "Lieutenants" throughout the world through simple conversation or combat. Each Lieutenant comes with their own perk, and there are different types of recruits that range from archers to brawlers.<ref name="Redesigning">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/13/assassins-creed-odyssey-naval-combat|title=How Assassin's Creed Odyssey Is Redesigning Naval Combat|author=Ryan, Jon|work={{Wiki|IGN}}|date=13 August 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909144844/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/13/assassins-creed-odyssey-naval-combat|archivedate=9 September 2019|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref>


Kassandra heads to Athens to meet with Aspasia for more information about her mother, but she only finds a city damned by the plague, lots of people dying in the streets. Kassandra heads to Aspasia who informs her that Perikles is dying and if she helps Perikles by giving him drugs she will find time to talk about her mother. Kassandra heads upstairs and gives Perikles the drugs and they both head to the balcony and speak about going to his Parthenon, while Aspasia doesnt want that. Then Perikles heads inside and Kassandra, back to Aspasia who looks really troubled about Phobie not coming back for a long time so Kassandra goes out on the streets to find Phobie, but at the house Aspasia told her was only dead bodies and blood. She searches the house for more clues, until she hears Phobie screaming out loud, so she heads there, but its too late. The guards had killed the poor Phobie. Soon enough, Hippokrates and Sokrates show up telling her that they need to find Perikles since he is missing but Kassandra wants to speak to Aspasia first and Hippokrates tells her that she should be at the Parthenon looking for Perikles so Kassandra heads there to only find Deimos killing Perikles inside the Parthenon while he was praying and leaves. The four of them get outside of the Parthenon to head to Asdrestia while some guards sent by Kleon to not let them leave and bring Aspasia to him, but Kassandra manages to kill the guards. Then together with Aspasia get on the ship, while Hippokrates and Sokrates will give Phobie a proper burial and help the poeple of Athens overcome the plague. As they sail away from Athens Kassandra gives Aspasia the clues she has for her mother and Aspasia comes up with a location, Naxos. So they head to the island of Naxos. As Kassandra heads to the leaders house in Naxos, she finds Myrrine there discussing polical matters with the others and waits until the meeting is over. Myrrine gets outside and Kassandra sneaks in from the back showing her the spear of Leonidas and tells her that Alexios is still alive, but he is the Cults weapon now. As they try to catch up with each other some soldiers from Paros land in Naxo, so Myrrine together with Kassandra fight and kill them. Then they continue their questions they had for each other. Myrrine promises Kassandra they will hunt the Cult down together find Alexios and reunite their family but firstly they need to deal with Paros and keep Naxos safe. Kassandra helps Myrrine secure Naxos and they conquer Paros aswell as they sink Paros leader ship. After that Kassandra returns Myrrine to Naxos, who tells her daughter to meet in Sparta, since she has a little bit more work to do in Naxos while Kassandra needs to meet her real father before they bring the Cult down together.
===Mercenary System===
''Odyssey'' also introduces a Mercenary System, whereby players may become the focus of a bounty through their gameplay decisions, such as committing crimes. With this system, there are more than 50 potential mercenaries they can encounter, with some having animal companions. There are multiple ways to deal with them, including killing, paying them off, or even recruiting them. Even if the player kills or recruits them, however, mercenaries will continue to pursue the bounty. The Mercenary System has rankings, and at higher rankings, players will be able to unlock certain perks, such as discounts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/12/assassins-creed-odyssey-introducing-mercenary-system/|title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Tests Your Morals With a Mercenary System|author=Workman, Robert|publisher=Comicbook.com|date=12 August 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812214438/http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/12/assassins-creed-odyssey-introducing-mercenary-system/|archivedate=12 August 2018|accessdate=13 Augist 2018}}</ref> Some of the mercenaries are hand-crafted, equipped with backstories and unique legendary items. Others are generated from the pool.


Kassandra heads to the island of Thera, or at least the ruins of the island and finds a chest containing a note saying that in order for the door to the Isu temple to open, the mirrors need to be aligned so the sunlight can light the triangle at the top of the door. After Kassandra manages to align the mirrors in the proper way she heads to the door and opens it with the spear. After passing through water and lava Kassandra finally finds her real father, Pythagoras at the Gateway to the Lost City of Atlantis who explains that the Staff of Hermes has helped him leave for such a long time, to protect the secret of Atlantis from the outter world, but the knowledge that he seeks for doing that, lies behind some mechanisms, which open with some artifacts, that are missing. So Pythagoras sends Kassandra on a quest to find the missing artifacts and return them to Atlantis. Then the game shifts to Layla explaining to her friend that they found Atlantis and they head to the island of Thera to find the Staff. When Layla heads to the chamber where Kassandra met Pythagoras, she goes back to the Animus to understand how Kassandra managed to activate the temple's powers, to protect Atlantis. Kassandra heads to the Knossos Palace in Messara, to find the first artifact, but she only finds a little guy, waiting for his father to come out of the Minotaurs labyrinth. Kassandra promised to kill the Minotaur and find his father, so Ardos escorted her to the labyrinth, but unfortunately he doesn't know how to open the door.  Ardos tells her the names of the other people who went inside with his father, since they know how to open the door, the Swordfish, the Collector and the boys caretaker after his father had died. Kassandra kills the Swordfish, who appears to be another cultist member and has gone mad and he grants her with no information at all. Then, she talks to the Collector who advises her to use Theseus' armor if she wants to kill the Minotaur, but unfortunately he has none of the pieces , so Kassandra finds them. At last she heads to the boy's caretaker's house to only find another person acting as the caretaker. Kassandra threatens him and he gives her the location of the caretaker so she saves him. The caretaker tells her that after they left the place he took the key, but Ardos stole it from him. Kassandra heads to Ardos who gives her the key and takes her to the stele. Kassandra puts the key in the stele and the  door to the labyrinth opens. She finds her way to a gate, where the Minotaur lives and kills him. After killing him, Kassandra takes his horn which turns into the artifact needed to seal Atlantis, an Apple of Eden artifact. As she gets out, she stumbles upon Ardos and gives him the bad news that his father is dead but she also gave him his fathers ring a gift to remember him by. Outside the caretaker is waiting and both he and the child run away, whereas Kassandra heads towards the other quest Pythagoras gave her. She heads to Boeotia at the ruins of the Sphinx Lair, to find the other artifact. There she finds a civilian, who is familiar with the Sphinx medalion Kassandra has and had sent a student of his to retrieve it, but he never came back. So Kassandra offers to help him find the student at the Tomb of Menoikeus, but she only finds his dead body and a white lion so she kills the lion and retrieves the medalion and returns to the civilian, but he is dead and the Sphinx statue is lost. Kassandra waits until the night comes and approaches the ruins when suddenly a light shows up where the statue used to be and the Sphinx shows up. Kassandra asks the Sphinx to give her the artifact but firstly the Sphinx has to make sure she answers her questions correctly. After answering correctly, the Sphinx asks Kassandra to push the buttons accordingly to the riddles answers and the Sphinx dies, while Kassandra takes one feather from her body, which turns into an artifact. After that, Kassandra heads to Kythera Island and helps a man calling himself a god, by first freeing him and then returning a medalion to him that was stolen. The man offers Kassandra to meet his brothers and sisters and she agrees, so she heads to the cave of the Forgotten Isle to find the so-called god, standing in front of a giant door, his brothers and sister were behind that door, but not alone. A giant creature, had killed all of them and when Kassandra opens the door, the god enters the chamber and immediately gets killed by the Cyclop. Kassandra manages to kill the Cyclop and takes its eye which turns into the third artifact. Then heads to Lesbos to find the last artifact. There she meets a citizen who claims that a mythical creature has taken her lover so she offers to help her. The civilian escorts her to the lair of the Writhing Dread, where they stumble upon lots and lots of people turned into stone, when suddenly they hear a woman scream, so they both head to the Petrified Temple, but the door is closed. Bryce tells her that there is a mercenary who claims to have killed Medusa, so she finds him at the Temple of Poseidon and kills him to take his spear. Also she heads to the Petrified Islands, to finds a relic that could open the gate of Medusa's lair. She then returns to Bryce, puts the key at the stele and opens the door. Bryce takes off to find her lover and she does but her lover turns out to be Medusa and turns her to stone. Kassandra kills the creature and takes one of her snakes off of her head which turns into the artifact. With all four artifacts, Kassandra heads back to the island of Thera to put the artifacts at their steles, so they can seal Atlantis. As she puts all the artifacts in their structures the voice of Alethia starts playing, who firstly addresses Kassandra, by saying that this was her destiny and then Pythagoras that he needs to stop now, since he has gotten further than any human has in  history and that is amazing and terryfing at the same time. Now the Staff is Kassandra's responsibility. Pythagoras reveals that the Staff is the key to sealing Atlantis but he's not ready to seal it since there lies more knowledge that he could have ever imagine but Kassandra makes him see reason so Pythagoras hands her the Staff and dies. Kassandra takes the Staff and seals  Altantis.
Players can find themselves as the target of bounties, which can come about from actions such as killing civilians, and they will be hunted on the sea. The player will also take part in mass battles, some of which are story-relevant, while others are optional.<ref name="Unending" /> The player has a 'penalty level' that escalates if they commit crimes such as killing civilians, stealing, or sinking merchant ships. This system has been likened to the 'wanted level' in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series. The higher the bounty, the higher the level of mercenary that comes after the player.


Then the game shifts to Layla who presses the button at the center stele, but there is one problem with the light reflecting at one area of the pyramid. Layla manages to overcome this problem and then returns to the center stele, when Kassandra suddenly shows up with the Staff telling her that she is the key to restore balance and makes her to promise that when she is done, she will destroy the Staff. With these last words Kassandra hands the Staff over to Layla and dies. Layla holds her in her arms until she is gone and then picks up the Staff and goes back to the Animus to uncover the other parts of the history. As Kassandra comes out of the Gateway to the Lost City, she meets with Barnabas and Herodotus, arguing if Atlantis does exist or not and she confirms it does, but this has to be kept a secret. Herodotus wants to share this knowledge with the  people, so they can tell the most amazing tale of the humankind, but Kassandra convinces him to not do that and the three of them head back to the Adrestia to continue their journey. After killing every member of the Cult, Kassandra heads back at their lair and touches the pyramid which triggers a vision of Pythagoras telling her to take the Staff of Hermes and keep the balance of the world, between chaos and order. As the memory ends, Aspasia shows up, revealing that she was the leader of the Cult, but took a detour, since she says a future with all people united for the greater good and for that the pyramid has to be destroyed. Kassandra can decide to kill Aspasia and after that destroy the pyramid, or Kassandra can spare her and destroy the pyramid, or Kassandra can kiss Aspasia. By doing so she spares her and destroys the pyramid as well.
==Synopsis==
===Setting===
''Odyssey''{{'}}s [[genetic memory]] story recounts the secret history of the [[Peloponnesian War]], fought between the city-states of ancient [[Greece]]. The protagonist is a [[mercenary]] named either [[Alexios]] or [[Kassandra]] (selectable) and commonly referred to as "the Eagle Bearer", who can choose to fight for either [[Athens]] and the [[Delian League]] or [[Sparta]] and the [[Peloponnesian League]]. During their journey, the Eagle Bearer comes into conflict with the [[Cult of Kosmos]], which is secretly influencing both sides of the war. The [[Modern times|modern-day]] segments again follow [[Layla Hassan]], who was first introduced in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', and her story revolves around the [[Assassins]]' search for [[Isu]] [[Piece of Eden|artifacts]].<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" />


Kassandra heads at the village of Gytheion, in Lakonia to meet with her mother and they head to the training fields of Sparta to relieve the moment when Myrrine gave Kassandra the spear for the first time. In the middle of their conversation, Kassandra spots a group of Spartan soldering being attacked by  a pack of wolfs and Myrrine advises her to not interfere as this is their training. If Kassandra listens to her mother they will both leave and head straight to their house. If Kassandra chooses to help the soldiers she kills the wolves but then is criticized by both her mother and the Spartan soldiers for interfering with their training as she had broken the Spartan law and then they ride toward their house. When they arrive at their house, Brasidas comes to them to inform that their house has been taken from them, by the Spartan Kings and in order to get it back Kassandra has to earn the King's thanks. Kassandra then heads to the throne room to meet Brasidas and they both get inside to speak to the kings, who firstly keeps a negative stance, but after some time gives Kassandra the task to help Sparta win the war in Boeotia and also help Sparta win the Olympics. When they all get out, Myrrine informs Kassandra that she has got a message to head in Arkadia to find more clues about the Spartan King who is a member of the Cult and Brasidas offers to accompany her as his next duty takes place in Arkadia aswell. Then Kassandra heads to Boeotia to meet the ''[[polemarch]]'', who surprisingly is Stentor, who punches Kassandra in her face for thinking that she had killed Nikolaos back in Megaris. As they talk things through, Stentor gives Kassandra four Boeotian champion names to be killed in order for the war to be won hoping that any of those could get Kassandra killed. Kassandra manages to kill three of them and as she is headed to the last one she finds Nikolaos killing him, who claimed that after their last encounter nothing has been the same and that now he needs to help Stentor win the war, so at least he can help one of his children. Then Kassandra heads back to Stentor who looks disappointed to see her again, but this is the best moment for Sparta to attack and win the war, so they both head into war to come victorious. As the battle is won, Stentor challenges Kassandra into a fight until Nikolaos shows up to stop them from fighting and advises Stentor to take the commander role seriously. He asks Kassandra about Myrrine and heads straight to the Spartan camp.
Despite the story preceeding the foundation of the Hidden Ones as seen in ''Origins'', it still deals with the themes of "freedom versus order" that are central to the ''Assassin's Creed'' series.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" />


Kassandra heads to Mesenia to talk to  Testikles the Spartan Olympic champion and convinces him to set sail since he was insecure in winning the Olympics. As they board to Elis, Testikles gets eaten by a shark and Alkibiades suggests that Kassandra should take his place. After fighting with all sorts of fighters and the reigning champion, she manages to help Sparta win the Olympics, so she heads to Arkadia to meet with her mother and Brasidas as she promised. As Kassandra passes by the statue of Artemis in the Cedar, she meets with a mercenary, paid by Brasidas to find Kassandra and to tell her which way they went, but the problem is Brasidas didnt pay him enough, so Kassandra is forced to fight him. In the end, the mercenary gives up and tells Kassandra who is paying him for her head and also where Brasidas and Myrrine are, so she heads there to find them. She actually finds them arguing about the fate of one of the cultist members as Brasidas wants him to be spared, but Myrrine wants him dead. Kassandra finds her mothers plan better so she heads to Fort Samikon and kills him. Then Kassandra heads to the throne room in Sparta to meet her mother and also to regain their house. As They enter inside, Kassandra firstly tells them the good news and blames King Pausanias for being a cultist member, but the lack of proof makes soldiers  take Kassandra out as Pausanias approaches her to let her know that he is the cultist member. Myrrine meets Kassandra outside and tells her that Pausanias has to be dealt with and after that she will be waiting for her at the tomb of Leonidas behind their house. After killing Pausanias, Kassandra returns to the throne room to meet with King Archidamos to let him know that Pausanias is dead and gives him a letter signed by Pausanias himself revealing the Cults plans for Sparta. Archidamos promises to her that if this is true than he will announce her a Spartan citizen and will give her family their house. Then Kassandra heads outside to meet her mother at Leonidas tomb and tells her to take out the spear, to show how Leonidas knew that the Cult controlled the Pythia back then. After that Myrrine and Kassandra head back to their home where shortly after Brasidas shows up, who informs Kassandra that Deimos is in Pylos and is hunting down the Spartan soldiers and that both of them, Brasidas and Kassandra should head back there. Kassandra agrees and Brasidas waits her at the Bay of Hades in Messenia, while Kassandra promises her mother to bring Alexios back. When Kassandra arrives at the bay, she finds the Spartans and the Anthenians fighting and helps killing the Spartans to win the battle, but suddently Deimos shows up. Brasidas tries to kill him but gets injured and Kassandra starts fighting with Deimos. At some point when Deimos charges his attack upon Kassandra, a burning tree falls upon him and Kassandra tries to save him but gets hit by another burning tree and when she wakes up she finds herself at some kind of a prison, with Deimos behind the bars who wants to know the truth and Kassandra tells him that the Cult is using him to kill the whole family. Shortly after Kleon shows up telling him that this was not a action he should have done, but Deimos responds at his that he is Kleon's puppet and that he isnt his master and then leaves Kleon and Kassandra alone. Kleon justifies all his doings with the reason that he is doing them for Athens and puts two guards inside the prison since he has some revolts to take care of. Kassandra beats up the guards, while Branabas and Sokratis show up. After giving hers equipment, Sokrates and Barnabas wait for her at Perikles residence to talk things through. Kassandra arrives at Perikles residence to find Aristophanes, Sokrates, Branabas, Alkibiades, Hippokrates and Herodotus gather along a table with a plan to take down Kleon, but firstly they need to lower his reputaion in Athens. Sokrates tells Kassandra that Kleon has been meeting in secrecy with other people at the western section of the Akropolis Sanctuary and Kassandra thinks that she will find some proof to bring Kleon down.
===Plot===
[[File:ACOD Battle of Thermopylae 3.png|thumb|250px|Leonidas rallies his troops]]
The game begins at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]] in 480 BCE. King [[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas I]] of Sparta is leading the defense against the invading [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]] army of [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]], hoping to hold the invaders off at a [[Hot Gates of Thermopylai|narrow passage way]] before they reach mainland Greece. Accepting his likely demise in the upcoming battle, Leonidas rallies his troops and they engage the approaching Persian army. During the battle, Leonidas slays the Persian commander [[Kurush]], securing Greece's victory. However, he is then informed by a captured Persian soldier that Xerxes knows of [[Cave of Kratos|another path]] into Greece and is preparing another attack. Leonidas executes the soldier and prepares for the upcoming battle, declaring it will be one the world never forgets.


Kassandra heads at the Sanctuary, finds the proof and meets with Sokrates at the Pnyx to present the proof at the people of Athens so they can call another vote and not follow again Kleon. Then she talks to Aristophanes for his part of the plan, but he is missing the leading actor, so Kassandra finds him dunk and takes him at his home. Then she heads to the Theater of Dionysos, to report back to Arstophanes. The show looks like it works and Kleon was there too. Then Kassandra heads back to Sokrates at Perkiles residence to talk for the last part of the plan. Suddenly a civilian shows up telling Kassandra that Brasidas is well and is preparing for battle agains Kleon's army, so she heads there. She meets with Brasidas and escorts him at the battlefield to fight the Athenians. During the battle Deimos shows up and kills Brasidas, but Kleon shoots him with an arrow and then escapes. Kassandra chases him off and kills him. After that Kassandra heads to Sparta to inform her mother about Brasidas, Kleon and Alexios. Then she heads at Mount Taygetos, where it all began and there finds Alexios. As both of them, Kassandra and Myrrine try to convince Alexios that he is being used by the Cult he does not change his mind. That is until, Kassandra takes out the broken spear and gives it to him. That makes Deimos understand that he was fighting for the wrong cause and the three of them cuddle with each other as a reunited family. At the evening the family is having the first dinner after a long time sepparated but this time with a new member Stentor who challenges Alexios in a wrestling game as Kassandra pours some more wine to Nikolaos and Myrrine.
In the present day, Layla Hassan locates and retrieves Leonidas' buried [[Spear of Leonidas|spear]], based on information from the ancient Greek historian [[Herodotos]]. Layla is leading an [[Assassin cell]] consisting of [[Victoria Bibeau]], [[Kiyoshi Takakura]], and [[Alannah Ryan]], who are operating out of a safehouse in [[London]] as they search for the lost city of [[Atlantis]], believing the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus]] is located there. Layla extracts a DNA sample from Leonidas' spear and enters the [[Animus]] to relive the [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] of one of his two grandchildren, Alexios or Kassandra, though the latter is considered canonical.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/assassins-creed-odyssey-kassandra-canon-protagonist/|title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Novel Stars Kassandra as Canon Protagonist|author=Ruppert, Liana 'LiLi'|publisher=''ComicBook.com''|date=16 August 2018|accessdate=19 May 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018085337/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/assassins-creed-odyssey-kassandra-canon-protagonist/|archivedate=18 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-confirms-kassandra-is-canon/|title=Assassin’s Creed Valhalla confirms Kassandra is canon|author=Williams, Demi|publisher=''GamesRadar''|date=10 November 2020|accessdate=19 May 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126102640/https://www.gamesradar.com/assassins-creed-valhalla-confirms-kassandra-is-canon/|archivedate=26 November 2020}}</ref>


====Modern====
[[File:ACOD So It Begins 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Kassandra, the canon protagonist]]
In the modern era, [[Layla Hassan]], discovered through the writings of [[Herodotus]] of [[Kassandra]]'s exploits with the Isu artifacts, she tracked down the burial site of the [[Spear of Leonidas]], and used it to relive the memories of Kassandra. She awoke later on from the Animus disoriented, and is advised by her friend Doctor [[Victoria Bibeau]] to take it easy. She contacted her other teammates [[Kiyoshi Takakura]] and [[Alannah Ryan]] before she returned to the Animus.
In 431 BCE, at the onset of the Peloponnesian War, Kassandra is a mercenary living on the island of [[Kephallonia]]. One day, after fending off thugs working for a local crime lord known as [[Cyclops of Kephallonia|the Cyclops]], Kassandra is informed by her friend [[Phoibe]] that [[Markos]] has borrowed money from the Cyclops to buy a vineyard. With Markos struggling to pay the crime lord back, Kassandra reluctantly agrees to help him. She steals the Cyclops' [[Obsidian Eye|obsidian eye]] in order to sell it, but while doing so she learns that a group of bandits have recently arrived in Kephallonia.


After Layla explores Kassandra's memories further she discovers the location of Atlantis and along with her team, she boards the ''[[Altaïr II]]'' and travels to the island of [[Thera|Santorini]]. There Layla is shocked to find Kassandra herself, kept alive until for over two millennia by the Staff of Hermes. Kassandra warns Layla that the world needs a balance between order and chaos, the Templar Order and Assassins respectively, and either side prevailing over the other will result in the world's doom. Kassandra also explains that Layla is the prophesied one who will bring balance to order and chaos and gives her the Staff of Hermes, sacrificing her life in the process. Layla holds her in her last moments as she recites an Ancient Greek lullaby.
Deciding to investigate the bandits, Kassandra discovers they were employed by a man named [[Elpenor]], who hires her to kill a general known as "the Wolf of Sparta" in [[Megaris]]. Requiring a [[ship]] to leave Kephallonia, Kassandra decides to steal the Cyclops' vessel and confronts him. She ultimately slays the Cyclops and saves a naval captain named [[Barnabas]], who gives her command of his ship, the ''[[Adrestia]]''. After bidding farewell to Phoibe and Markos, Kassandra departs Kephallonia.


After this meeting, Layla returns to the Animus to further explore Kassandra's memories in case she missed something.
[[File:ACOD Nikolaos Drop Kassandra.png|thumb|250px|Nikolaos dropping Kassandra to her "death"]]
En route to Megaris, Barnabas reveals that "the Wolf of Sparta" is [[Nikolaos]], Kassandra's father, causing her to recall how, two decades prior, her infant brother Alexios was condemned to death following a prophecy delivered by the [[Pythia]]. The family was forced to watch Alexios be sacrificed at [[Mount Taygetos]], but Kassandra intervened, accidentally pushing both her brother and a Spartan elder off the mountain. Sentenced to death for this, Nikolaos reluctantly carried out the sentence, dropping his daughter off the mountain. However, Kassandra survived her fall and, after meeting the [[eagle]] [[Ikaros]], who became her lifelong companion, escaped Sparta and sailed to Kephallonia, where she was found and taken in by Markos.


==Gameplay==
Following her arrival in Megaris, Kassandra meets [[Stentor]], Nikolaos' adopted son, and decides to help the Spartans conquer the region from Athens in order to earn their favour and be granted an audience with Nikolaos. After carrying out several tasks to weaken Athens' control over Megaris, Kassandra joins the Spartan army in fighting the Athenians for control of the region. Following their victory, Nikolaos meets with Kassandra and expresses remorse over his actions at Mount Taygetos. Kassandra is then left to decide Nikolaos' fate, but regardless of the outcome, Nikolaos reveals that he is not Kassandra's biological father and directs her to find her mother, [[Myrrine]], for more answers.
''Odyssey'' uses a lot of the gameplay and interface mechanics of ''Origins'', including the radial compass, and the return of [[Ikaros|a bird]] that can survey the landscape, spot treasure, and highlight and harass enemies.
 
[[File:The Serpents Lair - Test of Deimos - Assassins Creed Odyssey.png|thumb|250px|left|Alexios as Deimos with the Cult of Kosmos]]
Sailing to [[Phokis]] to meet Elpenor for her payment, Kassandra discovers that Elpenor is part of the Cult of Kosmos, which is targeting her family for unknown reasons. She also meets Herodotos at the [[Sanctuary of Delphi]] and learns that the Cult is influencing the Pythia. After eliminating Elpenor, Kassandra takes his Cultist robes and infiltrates a meeting where she discovers that the Cult is behind the Peloponnesian War and is in possession of a [[Pyramid (Isu)|strange pyramid]]. She also learns that Alexios, now known as "Deimos", is still alive, but has been brainwashed to serve the Cult.


The game features RPG elements, including dialogue options, branching quests, multiple possible endings, romance options, and the ability to select between a male or female protagonist. Reportedly, the game is a "full RPG," and will push the franchise into this genre. Both Alexios and Kassandra follow the same story. Romance options remain the same regardless of the character chosen.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey">{{cite web| url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/everything-we-learned-about-assassins-creed-odyssey-after-playing-it/| title=Everything We Learned About Assassin's Creed Odyssey After Playing It| first=Stephen| last=Totilo| work=Kotaku| date=12-06-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415035914/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/everything-we-learned-about-assassins-creed-odyssey-after-playing-it/| archivedate=15-04-2019}}</ref> Interactions with NPCs can have consequences, either short or long term, in regards to the story. Choices are said to "add up." Relationships with NPCs don't always change, and there is no binary divide in regards to interaction&mdash;lying to an NPC isn't necessarily a "bad" choice, and vice versa. By extension, there is no "right" way to play the game in regards to character choice.<ref name="CreateCreed" />
Herodotos convinces Kassandra to warn [[Perikles]], the leader of Athens, about the Cult and tells her about a mysterious [[Ancient Forge|vault]] on [[Andros]] island. Investigating the vault, Kassandra discovers she can upgrade the Spear of Leonidas there using Pyramid shards taken from the Cult. She also has a brief run-in with Deimos, who recognized her as his sister and warns her to stay out of his way. In Athens, Kassandra has to earn Perikles' trust by assisting with three tasks, whereupon she is allowed entry into Perikles' symposium. There, Kassandra warns the Athenian leader about the Cult and finds three possible leads to help her locate Myrrine.


Gear can be selected, and is classified by rarity. Each piece of gear can be enhanced with engravings. Players also have access to a [[skill tree]], and can follow a 'branch' to better suit their playstyle. Compared to ''Origins'', the skill tree is more clear cut in ''Odyssey'', and players can unlock high tier versions of pre-existing skills. In combat, the hitbox system for enemies is used again.
[[File:ACOD Port of Lawlessness 04.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra and Brasidas fight the Monger's men]]
In [[Argolis]], Kassandra meets [[Hippokrates]], who directs her to the [[Asklepios Temple]], where Myrrine had taken an infant Alexios after his fall from Mount Taygetos. Kassandra learns that the priestess [[Chrysis]] tricked Myrrine into believing Alexios to be dead so that she could abduct him for the Cult, and confronts her, ultimately resulting in Chrysis' death. Travelling to [[Korinth]], Kassandra meets the ''[[Courtesan|heteara]]'' [[Anthousa]], who agrees to provide information on Myrrine in exchange for Kassandra's help in deposing the Cultist known as "[[the Monger]]". Working alongside Anthousa and the Spartan general [[Brasidas]], Kassandra eliminates the Monger and learns that Myrrine took to [[piracy]] after leaving Korinth. Subsequently meeting the pirate [[Xenia]], Kassandra is informed that Myrrine sailed with her for a short time under the alias "Phoenix".


[[Trade Goods]] can also be collected or sold. These items range in value depending on rarity, such as legendary items.  
In 429 BCE, Kassandra returns to Athens amidst a [[Plague of Athens|deadly plague]] and witnesses Deimos assassinating Perikles and the Cult murdering Phoibe, who became an assistant to Perikles' partner [[Aspasia]]. Subsequently fleeing Athens with Aspasia, Kassandra learns from her that "Phoenix" is the alias of [[Naxos Island]]'s ruler and sails there, reuniting with her mother. After helping Myrrine win a war against the rival [[Paros Island]] and killing its ruler, the Cultist [[Silanos]], Kassandra convinces her mother to return to Sparta and learns the whereabouts of her biological father: [[Thera]]. Travelling there, Kassandra finds the [[Gateway to the Lost City|underground gateway]] to Atlantis and meets her father, [[Pythagoras]], who tasks her to retrieve four [[Atlantis artifact|artifacts]] in order to seal off Atlantis.


The game world has been described as the "biggest one yet" for the franchise;<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" /> specifically, the game map is 100 square miles, split evenly between land and sea.<ref name="CreateCreed" /> Environments range from forests, to mountains, to beaches. "Legendary animals" can be hunted on land.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" /> The world is divided into a number of zones divided by level (similar to an MMO), but level scaling features to a point. For instance, if a player starts at a level 2 zone, then returns after having reached level 20, the enemies there will be scaled up to be 2-3 below the player's character.
[[File:Gateway to the Lost City.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The gateway to Atlantis]]
With this information, Layla leaves the Animus, and the team evacuates the hideout just as [[Abstergo Industries]] manages to track them down. They then sail to Thera on the ''[[Altaïr II]]'', where Layla gains access to the gateway through an underwater entrance. After exploring the vault, however, she discovers the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus is no longer there, so she returns to the Animus to continue reliving Kassandra's memories in search of additional answers.


The game features a dynamic weather system.<ref name="CreateCreed" />
Kassandra and Myrrine return to Sparta, where they attempt to reclaim their citizenship and their [[Old Home|old home]]. Meeting with Sparta's two kings, [[Archidamos of Sparta|Archidamos]] and [[Pausanias of Sparta|Pausanias]], they each give Kassandra a task to accomplish in order to earn their favour. The first one is to escort Sparta's champion [[Testikles]] to [[Kyllene]] for the [[Olympic Games]], but after Testikles is accidentally killed, Kassandra takes his place and wins on Sparta's behalf. She also discovers one of the Olympic judges, [[Kallias]], to be a Cultist and assassinates him.


The Sparta-Athens divide is represented in-game with a red or blue border along each region to indicate which of the city-states has control.<ref name="Unending" /> 28 city-states feature in the game, each of which is allied with either Sparta or Athens. Each city-state has a "nation power" level. If one city-state leader is weakened (e.g. by assassinating their leader), other faction leaders will invade their state.<ref name="Unending" /> If the invading army is defeated, the nation power is reset. The army will invade regardless of the player's actions, but they can involve themselves in the battle.<ref name="CreateCreed" />
[[File:ACOD A Bloody Feast 3.png|thumb|250px|Kassandra presents proof of Pausanias' Cult affiliations]]
In [[Arkadia]], Kasandra helps Myrrine and Brasidas to investigate [[Lagos]], the region's archon and a reluctant member of the Cult. After dealing with Lagos, she travels to [[Boeotia]] to help the Spartan forces there, led by Stentor, conquer the region. She eliminates Athens' four champions and assists the Spartans in defeating the Athenian army, but the growing tensions between Kassandra and Stentor eventually prompt him to challenge her to a duel. Regardless of its outcome, Kassandra returns to Sparta to report her successes and expose Pausanias as a Cultist after having gathered enough evidence of his treason. Archidamos then thanks Kassandra and restores her and Myrrine's citizenship and estate.


Players will no longer de-sycnhronize if they kill innocents in the game.<ref name="Unending">{{Cite web| url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2018/08/17/assassins-creed-odyssey-mercenaries-bounty-hunters| title=AC Odyssey's Mercenaries Provide Unending Challenges| first=and Moser, Cassidee| last=Ryan, Jon| work=IGN| date=18-08-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914043917/https://au.ign.com/articles/2018/08/17/assassins-creed-odyssey-mercenaries-bounty-hunters| archivedate=14-09-2019}}</ref> Some civilians will fight back if attacked.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/1/17905618/assassins-creed-odyssey-civilian-death| title=In ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'', civilians fight back| first=Simone de| last=Rochefort| date=03-10-2018| work=Polygon| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103044359/https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/1/17905618/assassins-creed-odyssey-civilian-death| archivedate=03-01-2019}}</ref>
In 425 BCE, Kassandra joins Brasidas at the [[Battle of Pylos]] and encounters Deimos, who is fighting for Athens. Both siblings end up unconscious and are taken to Athens, where Kassandra is imprisoned by [[Kleon]], the city's new leader and a member of the Cult. Following her escape, Kassandra meets with her allies to establish the [[Periklean Circle]], a group dedicated to undermining Kleon's authority. After they successfully sabotage Kleon's popularity with the people, the Athenian leader decides to personally lead his forces against the Spartan army commanded by Brasidas at the [[Battle of Amphipolis]] in 422 BCE. During the battle, Brasidas is slain by Deimos while Kassandra kills Kleon after he hit Deimos with an [[arrow]].


===Naval combat===
[[File:ACOd Where It All Began.png|thumb|250px|left|Kassandra and Myrrine confront Deimos]]
Players will have access to [[Adrestia|a boat]], used to sail the Aegean Sea in a similar manner as the ships in ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''. Crew can be recruited, and in a sense, it serves as a mobile hub. Sharks can be found in the seas, which will attack the player as well as their enemies.<ref name="Redesigning" /> The ''Adrestia'' can be customized with options such as crew cosmetics, ram/hull upgrades, and new sails and figureheads.<ref name="CreateCreed" />
Returning to Sparta, Kassandra reunites with Myrrine and together they decide to travel to Mount Taygetos to finally make peace with their past. Atop the mountain, they find Deimos, who has turned his back on the Cult but remains conflicted about his actions. Depending on her interactions with her brother up until this point, Kassandra either kills Deimos (potentially after he murdered Myrrine) or convinces him to return to his family. Afterwards, Kassandra organizes a dinner in Sparta with all the surviving members of her family.


In terms of combat, the ''Adrestia'' opens up more combat options as players increase their overall damage against an adversary, such as the options of fire arrows and fiery javelins. Focus-firing on specific points causes increasing damage and opens that point up to an attack by the ship's ram. Ramming helps to refill a portion of the ''Adrestia's'' health. Additionally, in relation to past naval combat in the series, the ''Adrestia'' has the ability to slow down and turn very quickly depending on how rowers are used.<ref name="Redesigning" /> Compared to previous games, the naval combat in ''Odyssey'' is more focused on close-quarters rather than long ranged attacks. Ramming and sideswiping are two such tactics, along with being able to turn quickly and drift. Player's can temporarily 'boost' their ship (measured in a meter) to give their ship a speed increase.<ref name="CreateCreed" />
After eliminating all members of the Cult throughout Greece, Kassandra returns to their hideout underneath the Sanctuary of Delphi, where she finds the Pyramid and receives a vision of the future, showing the [[Assassin-Templar War|conflict]] between the [[Assassins]] and [[Templars]]. She also encounters Aspasia, who reveals herself to be the leader of the Cult but claims that she abandoned it after it fell under Deimos' influence, and secretly helped Kassandra to dismantle the Cult so that its original ideals of peace through order may survive. Kassandra is left to decide Aspasia's fate before destroying the Pyramid.


Enemy ships are divided into sections. If players focus their attacks on one particular section, the ship will burst into flames, leaving it stunned. 'Epic ships' sail in the outer reaches of the game map, which will grant the player exclusive cosmetics if taken down.<ref name="CreateCreed" />
During her travels, Kassandra also finds all the artifacts requested by Pythagoras, which have turned its human wielders into hybrid beasts resembling the monsters of [[Greek mythology]], including the [[Sphinx]], [[Brontes]] the [[Cyclops]], the [[Minotaur]], and the [[Writhing Dread]]. Returning to the gateway with the artifacts, Kassandra helps Pythagoras seal Atlantis before he relinquishes the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus to her, granting her biological immortality. Kassandra then returns to the ''Adrestia'' and reflects on her adventures with Barnabas and Herodotos while concealing her newly-gained immortality from them.


Players can recruit "Lieutenants" throughout the world through simple conversation or combat. Each Lieutenant comes with their own perk, and there are different types of recruits that range from archers to brawlers.<ref name="Redesigning">{{Cite web| url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/13/assassins-creed-odyssey-naval-combat| title=How Assassin's Creed Odyssey Is Redesigning Naval Combat| first=Jon| last=Ryan| work=IGN| date=13-08-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909144844/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/13/assassins-creed-odyssey-naval-combat| archivedate=09-09-2019}}</ref>
[[File:ACOd Layla Kassandra.jpg|thumb|250px|Kassandra passes the Staff of Hermes to Layla]]
In the present, Layla leaves the Animus and is met by Kassandra, kept alive for thousands of years by the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus. After warning Layla to destroy all the Pieces of Eden in order to maintain the balance between order and chaos, Kassandra relinquishes the Staff to her and passes away. Layla then returns to the Animus to synchronize with the remainder of Kassandra's memories in Greece, hoping to learn more about the Staff.


===Mercenary System===
==Development==
''Odyssey'' also introduces a Mercenary System, whereby players may become the focus of a bounty through their gameplay decisions, such as committing crimes. With this system, there are more than 50 potential mercenaries they can encounter, with some having animal companions. There are multiple ways to deal with them, including killing, paying them off, or even recruiting them. Even if the player kills or recruits them, however, mercenaries will continue to pursue the bounty. The Mercenary System has rankings, and at higher rankings, players will be able to unlock certain perks, such as discounts.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/12/assassins-creed-odyssey-introducing-mercenary-system/|title=Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Tests Your Morals With a Mercenary System| first=Robert| last=Workman| work=Comicbook| date=12-08-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812214438/http://comicbook.com/gaming/2018/08/12/assassins-creed-odyssey-introducing-mercenary-system/| archivedate=12-08-2018}}</ref> Some of the mercenaries are hand-crafted, equipped with backstories and unique legendary items. Others are generated from the pool.
The game was originally intended to be a spin-off titled ''Odyssey, an Assassin's Creed Adventure''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecodex.network/patrice-dufresne/|title=Patrice Dufresne|publisher=The Codex|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515004543/http://thecodex.network/patrice-dufresne/|archivedate=15 May 2020|accessdate=12 April 2022}}</ref> The game was primarily developed by Ubisoft Québec, which had previously worked on ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" /> The concept for the game emerged in 2015, as the team was wrapping up development on ''Syndicate''. In the shift to an RPG-esque game, inspiration was taken from titles such as ''The Witcher 3'', ''Fallout'', and ''The Elder Scrolls'', in regards to the idea of player choice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-odyssey-goes-full-rpg-with-choice-/1100-6459842/|title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Goes Full RPG With Choice And Consequence, And It's Better For It|author=Higham, Michael| work={{Wiki|GameSpot}}| date=19 June 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705082830/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-odyssey-goes-full-rpg-with-consequ/1100-6459842/|archivedate=5 July 2018|accessdate=15 June 2018}}</ref> The development team engaged in communication with the team behind ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''; it was decided to "push [the series] forward" with the introduction of RPG elements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-odyssey-director-talks-rpg-inspira/1100-6459994/|title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Director Talks RPG Inspirations And Story Details|author=Higham, Michael|work={{Wiki|GameSpot}}|date=2 July 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104125703/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-odyssey-director-talks-story-and-r/1100-6459994/|archivedate=4 January 2020|accessdate=24 June 2018}}</ref> The setting of ancient Greece was chosen as it was one of the most requested settings from the fanbase.<ref name="CreateCreed">McNamara, Andy. "Create Your Own Creed". ''{{Wiki|Game Informer}}''. Issue 305, September 2018. {{Fact|pages needed}}</ref>
 
''Odyssey'' uses a lot of the same graphical technology as ''Origins''.<ref name="PlayingOdyssey" /> Far more color was used in the game; the designers tried to tap into the notion that the ancient Greeks believed that their land was built by the gods, thus the use of vibrant colors. There was pushback against the "ordinary" depictions of ancient Greece, which lean on it being an arid place with an emphasis on white and gold. The end result is intended to be a middle-ground between historical accuracy and vibrancy.<ref name="CreateCreed" />


Players can find themselves as the target of bounties, which can come about from actions such as killing civilians, and they will be hunted on the sea. The player will also take part in mass battles, some of which are story-relevant, while others are optional.<ref name="Unending" /> The player has a 'penalty level' that escalates if they commit crimes such as killing civilians, stealing, or sinking merchant ships. This system has been likened to the 'wanted level' in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series. The higher the bounty, the higher the level of mercenary that comes after the player.
The game was announced on 31 May 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/31/assassins-creed-odyssey-reportedly-leaked| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Reportedly Leaked|author=Barnett, Brian|work={{Wiki|IGN}}|date=1 June 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080414/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/31/assassins-creed-odyssey-reportedly-leaked|archivedate=8 June 2018|accessdate=1 June 2018}}</ref> and it received weekly updates post-release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/assassins-creed-odyssey-will-get-weekly-content-patches/| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Will Get Weekly Content Patches|author=Walker, Alex|work={{Wiki|Kotaku}}|date=15 June 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415034008/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/assassins-creed-odyssey-will-get-weekly-content-patches/|archivedate=15 April 2019|accessdate=15 June 2018}}</ref> Ubisoft and Biborg released an ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''-themed augmented reality filter for Facebook.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrum.com/creative-works/project/biborg-ubisoft-assassins-creed-ar-camera-effects|title=Assassin's Creed AR Camera Effects by Biborg|author=Ubisoft|publisher=Biborg|date=18 October 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517004331/https://www.thedrum.com/creative-works/project/biborg-ubisoft-assassins-creed-ar-camera-effects|archivedate=17 May 2022|accessdate=22 March 2021}}</ref>


==Controversy==
==Controversy==
Following the release of the second chapter of the three-part DLC ''[[Legacy of the First Blade]]'', entitled ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Shadow Heritage|Shadow Heritage]]'', the DLC drew criticism from the LGBT+ community for a developer decision and the corresponding achievement. As first reported on the ''Assassin's Creed'' board on Reddit, the episode concluded with a cut-scene revealing that the protagonist had entered into a heterosexual relationship and had [[Elpidios|a child]], regardless of whether players had been invested in the romance or not.<ref>{{Twitter|ErwinVogelaar|status/1085144204903366657|Erwin Vogelaar|quote=Odyssey is the first Assassin's Creed in which you can play the entire story as a female character. And you get the freedom to play her as lesbian. Now in the newest DLC, Ubisoft is forcing the player into a straight romance and having a baby...|image=File:Erwin_Vogelaar_-_ACOD_straight_romance.png}}</ref>
Following the January 2019 release of the second chapter for the three-part [[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey downloadable content|downloadable]] expansion ''[[Legacy of the First Blade]]'', entitled ''[[Legacy of the First Blade: Shadow Heritage|Shadow Heritage]]'', it drew criticism from the LGBT+ community for a developer decision and the corresponding achievement. As first reported on the ''Assassin's Creed'' board on {{Wiki|Reddit}}, the episode concluded with a cut-scene revealing that the protagonist had entered into a heterosexual relationship and had [[Elpidios|a child]], regardless of whether players had been invested in the romance or not.<ref>{{Twitter|ErwinVogelaar|status/1085144204903366657|Erwin Vogelaar|quote=Odyssey is the first Assassin's Creed in which you can play the entire story as a female character. And you get the freedom to play her as lesbian. Now in the newest DLC, Ubisoft is forcing the player into a straight romance and having a baby... Spoilers: [https://reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/ag2ugv/spoiler_the_dlc_ending_rant/ reddit.com/r/assassinscre...] [https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/Dw80p13XgAAISqA.mp4 pic.twitter.com/g3W7Fk9yJo]|image=File:Erwin Vogelaar - ACOD straight romance.png}}</ref>


Fans took to social media and other boards to express their dissatisfaction at the story development,<ref name="Pink">{{Cite web| url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/18/assassins-creed-odyssey-relationship/| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey forces characters into straight relationship| first=Sofia Lotto| last=Persio| work=Pink News| date=18-01-2019| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013135520/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/18/assassins-creed-odyssey-relationship/| archivedate=13-10-2019}}</ref> condemning [[Ubisoft]] for promoting a game where player agency could define the protagonist's sexuality—a decision for which the company had received loud acclaim<ref name="EW">{{Cite web| url=https://ew.com/gaming/2018/10/09/assassins-creed-odyssey-lgbtq/| title=OK, Cupid: An ode to same-sex romancing in ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey''| first=Nick| last=Romano| work=Entertainment Weekly| date=09-10-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007104411/https://ew.com/gaming/2018/10/09/assassins-creed-odyssey-lgbtq/| archivedate=07-10-2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://nerdist.com/article/assassins-creed-odyssey-same-sex-romance/| title=The Importance in ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY Letting You Romance Regardless of Gender| first=Gretchen| last=Smail| work=Nerdist| date=14-06-2018| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104135043/https://nerdist.com/article/assassins-creed-odyssey-same-sex-romance/| archivedate=04-01-2020}}</ref>—only to take that control away and force the protagonist to "embrace domesticity, a heterosexual relationship, and [parent]hood", all elements of traditionally hetero-normative society.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-odysseys-latest-dlc-has-a-romantic-endi-1831784459| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Latest DLC Has A Romantic Ending You Can't Change| first=Heather |last=Alexandra |date=16-01-2019 |work=Kotaku}}</ref>
Fans took to social media and other boards to express their dissatisfaction at the story development,<ref name="Pink">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/18/assassins-creed-odyssey-relationship/|title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey forces characters into straight relationship|author=Persio, Sofia Lotto|publisher=''{{Wiki|PinkNews}}''|date=18 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013135520/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/01/18/assassins-creed-odyssey-relationship/|archivedate=13 October 2019|accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref> condemning Ubisoft for promoting a game where player agency could define the protagonist's sexuality—a decision for which the company had received loud acclaim<ref name="EW">{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/gaming/2018/10/09/assassins-creed-odyssey-lgbtq/|title=OK, Cupid: An ode to same-sex romancing in ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey''|author=Romano, Nick|publisher=''{{Wiki|Entertainment Weekly}}''|date=9 October 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007104411/https://ew.com/gaming/2018/10/09/assassins-creed-odyssey-lgbtq/|archivedate=7 October 2019|accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nerdist.com/article/assassins-creed-odyssey-same-sex-romance/|title=The Importance in ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY Letting You Romance Regardless of Gender|author=Smail, Gretchen|publisher=''{{Wiki|Nerdist}}''|date=14 June 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104135043/https://nerdist.com/article/assassins-creed-odyssey-same-sex-romance/|archivedate=4 January 2020|accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>—only to take that control away and force the protagonist to "embrace domesticity, a heterosexual relationship, and [parent]hood", all elements of traditionally hetero-normative society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-odysseys-latest-dlc-has-a-romantic-endi-1831784459|title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Latest DLC Has A Romantic Ending You Can't Change|author=Alexandra, Heather|date=16 January 2019|work={{Wiki|Kotaku}}|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116004823/https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-odysseys-latest-dlc-has-a-romantic-endi-1831784459|archivedate=16 January 2019|accessdate=20 February 2018}}</ref>


In light of the furor, many drew attention to a seemingly contradictory quote by Creative Director Jonathan Dumont in his October 2018 interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'':
In light of the furor, many drew attention to a seemingly contradictory quote by Creative Director Jonathan Dumont in his October 2018 interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'', saying "Since the story is choice-driven, we never force players in romantic situations they might not be comfortable with. Players decide if they want to engage with characters romantically. I think this allows everybody to build the relationships they want, which I feel respects everybody's roleplay style and desires."<ref name="EW" /> Fans took further issue over the wording of the [[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey achievements|achievement]] unlocked at the cutscene, titled ''Growing Up'' and with "Start a family" as its description.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/17/18186911/assassins-creed-odyssey-dlc-romance-apology|title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey director apologizes for forcing characters into a traditional relationship|author=Good, Owen S.|publisher=''Polygon''|date=17 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606131859/https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/17/18186911/assassins-creed-odyssey-dlc-romance-apology|archivedate=6 June 2019|accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter|stephentotilo|status/1085728140461252608|Stephen Totilo|quote=I had asked: "The achievement/ trophy for having the relationship and the baby is called "growing up," which some players have found offensive in that it implies that being gay or not having a kid (or both) is just a phase of being young. What do you make of that?"|image=File:Stephen Totilo - ACOD growing up.png}}</ref> The next day, Dumont released a statement on the Ubisoft boards apologizing to players.<ref>{{Ubisoft|url=showthread.php/1982610|text=[SPOILER<nowiki>]</nowiki> DLC 1.2 - A message from Creative Director Jonathan Dumont|subdomain=forums|archivedate=20200104134748}}</ref> On January 24, Ubisoft informed players that a patch changing some dialogue and cutscenes was imminent and being tested to ensure it would be reflected in the expansion's final chapter.<ref>{{Ubisoft|url=showthread.php/1984274|text=[SPOILER<nowiki>]</nowiki> DLC 1.2 - Production Update|archivedate=20200104135500}}</ref> On February 15, a full month after ''Shadow Heritage''{{'}}s release, fan site ''[[Access the Animus]]'' reported that the trophy and its description had since been changed.<ref>{{Twitter|AccessTheAnimus|status/1096407976775204864|AccessTheAnimus|quote=The infamous "Growing Up" Achievement  from Episode 2 of the Legacy of the First Blade DLC for #AssassinsCreedOdyssey has been changed to "Blood of Leonidas". Its description has also been changed from "Start a family" to "Continue the Bloodline" [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dzc5GHqWsAAirzy.jpg pic.twitter.com/0i9uopIjGJ] [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dzc5I80WoAI8jaW.jpg pic.twitter.com/0i9uopIjGJ]|image=File:ATA - ACOD growing up.png}}</ref>


{{Quote|Since the story is choice-driven, we never force players in romantic situations they might not be comfortable with. Players decide if they want to engage with characters romantically. I think this allows everybody to build the relationships they want, which I feel respects everybody's roleplay style and desires.|Jonathan Dumont<ref name="EW"/>}}
==Release==
''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' was released for {{Wiki|PlayStation 4}}, {{Wiki|Microsoft Windows}}, and {{Wiki|Xbox One}} on 5 October 2018.<ref name="OdysseyGreece"/> A Japan-exclusive {{Wiki|Nintendo Switch}} cloud-based version was announced at the 2018 {{Wiki|Nintendo Direct}}, and released on the same day as the other versions.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/09/assassins_creed_odyssey_is_coming_to_nintendo_switch_but_theres_a_catch| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey Is Coming To Nintendo Switch, But There's A Catch| author=McFerran, Damien| publisher={{Wiki|Nintendo Life}}| date=14 September 2018| accessdate=19 May 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914094332/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/09/assassins_creed_odyssey_is_coming_to_nintendo_switch_but_theres_a_catch| archivedate=14 September 2018}}</ref> ''Assasssin's Creed: Odyssey'' was also later bundled together with ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' in a digital-only ''Mythology Pack'' for Xbox exclusively, released on 9 January 2022.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/games/store/assassins-creed-mythology-pack/9PKXGL2GD008/0010| title=Buy Assassin's Creed Mythology Pack| publisher=Xbox Store| accessdate=10 June 2025}}</ref>


Further issue was taken over the wording of the achievement unlocked at the cut-scene, titled ''Growing Up'' and with "Start a family" as its description.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/17/18186911/assassins-creed-odyssey-dlc-romance-apology| title=Assassin's Creed Odyssey director apologizes for forcing characters into a traditional relationship| first=Owen S.| last=Good| work=Polygon| date=17-01-2019| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606131859/https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/17/18186911/assassins-creed-odyssey-dlc-romance-apology| archivedate=06-06-2019}}</ref><ref>{{Twitter|stephentotilo|status/1085728140461252608|Stephen Totilo|quote=I had asked: "The achievement/ trophy for having the relationship and the baby is called "growing up," which some players have found offensive in that it implies that being gay or not having a kid (or both) is just a phase of being young. What do you make of that?"|image=File:Stephen_Totilo_-_ACOD_growing_up.png}}</ref> The next day, Dumont released a statement on the Ubisoft boards apologizing to players.<ref>{{Ubisoft|url=showthread.php/1982610|text=[SPOILER<nowiki>]</nowiki> DLC 1.2 - A message from Creative Director Jonathan Dumont| subdomain=forums|archivedate=20200104134748}}</ref> On January 24, Ubisoft informed players that a patch changing some dialogue and cut-scenes was imminent and being tested to ensure it would be reflected in the DLC's final chapter.<ref>{{Ubisoft| url=showthread.php/1984274|text=[SPOILER<nowiki>]</nowiki> DLC 1.2 - Production Update|archivedate=20200104135500}}</ref> On February 15, a full month after ''Shadow Heritage''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s release, fan site ''[[Access the Animus]]'' reported that the trophy and its description had since been changed.<ref>{{Twitter|AccessTheAnimus|status/1096407976775204864|AccessTheAnimus|quote=The infamous "Growing Up" Achievement [...] for #AssassinsCreedOdyssey has been changed [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dzc5GHqWsAAirzy.jpg pic.twitter.com/0i9uopIjGJ] [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dzc5I80WoAI8jaW.jpg pic.twitter.com/0i9uopIjGJ]|image=File:ATA_-_ACOD_growing_up.png}}</ref>
===Editions===
 
==Editions==
Ubisoft announced several editions of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''.
Ubisoft announced several editions of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''.
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*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A Steelbook case (PS4 and Xbox One only)
*A Steelbook case (PS4 and Xbox One only)
*A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)
*A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)
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|-|Deluxe Edition=
Deluxe Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Deluxe Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Deluxe Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
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*1 Temporary XP Boost
*1 Temporary XP Boost
*1 Temporary Drachmas Boost
*1 Temporary Drachmas Boost
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|-|Gold Edition=
Gold Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Gold Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Gold Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
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*The ''[[Secrets of Greece]]'', a Season Pass exclusive quest
*The ''[[Secrets of Greece]]'', a Season Pass exclusive quest
*A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)
*A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)
|-|
|-|Ultimate Edition=
Ultimate Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Ultimate Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Ultimate Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
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*The ''Deluxe Pack''
*The ''Deluxe Pack''
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{{-}}
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|-|Medusa Edition=
Medusa Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Medusa Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Medusa Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
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|-|Spartan Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Spartan Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Spartan Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
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*The ''[[Deluxe Pack (Odyssey)|Deluxe Pack]]''
*The ''[[Deluxe Pack (Odyssey)|Deluxe Pack]]''
*A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)
*A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)
|-|
|-|Pantheon Edition=
Pantheon Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Pantheon Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Pantheon Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
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*The ''Deluxe Pack''
*The ''Deluxe Pack''
*A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)
*A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)
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|-|Kassandra Edition=
Kassandra Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Kassandra Edition Figure.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Kassandra figurine]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Kassandra Edition Figure.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Kassandra figurine]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
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*The Season Pass.
*The Season Pass.
*''The Secrets of Greece''
*''The Secrets of Greece''
*A 9-inch statue of Kassandra.(GameStop US exclusive for XBox One and PS4)<ref>{{Facebook|AccessTheAnimus|posts/1416942578406647|AccessTheAnimus|quote=''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' Collector's Edition Kassandra Edition}}</ref>
*A 9-inch statue of Kassandra.(GameStop US exclusive for XBox One and PS4)<ref>{{Facebook|AccessTheAnimus|posts/1416942578406647|AccessTheAnimus|quote=''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' Collector's Edition Kassandra Edition|image=File:ATA Facebook - ACOdyssey Kassandra Edition.png}}</ref>
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|-|Athenian Edition=
Athenian Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Athenian Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Athenian Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''.
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''.
*The ''[[Athenian Weapons Digital Pack]]''
*The ''[[Athenian Weapons Digital Pack]]''
*An exclusive Steelbook (PS4 and Xbox One only)<ref>{{Facebook|AccessTheAnimus|photos/1416987375068834/|AccessTheAnimus|quote=New Collector's Edition for #AssassinsCreedOdyssey! It's called Athenian Edition and will be available only at MightyApe!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.mightyape.co.nz/games?q=odyssey+athenian| title=''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' Athenian Edition| publisher=MightyApe}}</ref>
*An exclusive Steelbook (PS4 and Xbox One only)<ref>{{Facebook|AccessTheAnimus|photos/1416987375068834/|AccessTheAnimus|quote=New Collector's Edition for #AssassinsCreedOdyssey! It's called Athenian Edition and will be available only at MightyApe!|image=File:ATA Facebook - ACOdyssey Athenian Edition.png}}</ref>
{{-}}
{{-}}
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|-|Omega Edition=
Omega Edition=
[[File:ACOdyssey Omega Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
[[File:ACOdyssey Omega Edition.jpg|right|250px]]
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A retail copy of ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''
*A copy of the official artbook
*A copy of the official artbook
*A copy of the world map
*A copy of the world map
Digital Omega Edition (GameStop EU exclusive for XBox One and PS4)<ref>{{Twitter|AccessTheAnimus|status/1006942806911475713|AccessTheAnimus|quote=New Collector's Edition for #AssassinsCreed Odyssey! It's called the Omega Edition it comes with a new keyart and apparently is available on the European Gamestop sites (Xbox One and PS4)|image=File:ATA_-_ACOD_Omega_Edition.png}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.gamestop.ie/SearchResult/QuickSearch?q=Assassins+Creed+Odyssey+Omega| title=''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' Omega Edition| publisher=GameStop}}</ref>
Digital Omega Edition (GameStop EU exclusive for XBox One and PS4)<ref>{{Twitter|AccessTheAnimus|status/1006942806911475713|AccessTheAnimus|quote=New Collector's Edition for #AssassinsCreed Odyssey! It's called the Omega Edition it comes with a new keyart and apparently is available on the European Gamestop sites (Xbox One and PS4)|image=File:ATA - ACOD Omega Edition.png}}</ref>
*The ''Kronos Pack''
*The ''Kronos Pack''
*1 Temporary XP Boost
*1 Temporary XP Boost
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Videos=
Videos=
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Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey_Ep._1_-_RPG_Mechanics_Behind_the_Odyssey_Ubisoft_NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ep. 1 - RPG Mechanics Behind the Odyssey Ubisoft NA
Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey_Ep._2_-_Combat_Customization_Behind_the_Odyssey_Ubisoft_NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ep. 2 - Combat Customization Behind the Odyssey Ubisoft NA
Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey_Ep._3_-_Naval_%26_Exploration_Behind_the_Odyssey_Ubisoft_NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ep. 3 - Naval & Exploration Behind the Odyssey Ubisoft NA
Assassin%27s_Creed_Odyssey_Ep._4_-_Ancient_Greece_Behind_the_Odyssey_Ubisoft_NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ep. 4 - Ancient Greece Behind the Odyssey Ubisoft NA
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Reveal Trailer - E3 2018
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Reveal Trailer - E3 2018
Assassin's Creed Odyssey E3 2018 World Reveal Gameplay Trailer
Assassin's Creed Odyssey E3 2018 World Reveal Gameplay Trailer
Ubisoft - Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Transformez-vous en Kassandra
Ubisoft - Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Transformez-vous en Alexios
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gamescom 2018 - Kassandra Cinematic Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gamescom 2018 - Kassandra Cinematic Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gamescom 2018 - Alexios Cinematic Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gamescom 2018 - Alexios Cinematic Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin’s_Creed_Odyssey_The_Hunt_for_Medusa_Gameplay_Preview_Ubisoft_NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey The Hunt for Medusa Gameplay Preview Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Power of Choice Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Power of Choice Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gameplay TV Spot Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gameplay TV Spot Ubisoft NA
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Post Launch & Season Pass Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Post Launch & Season Pass Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Live Action TV Spot Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Live Action TV Spot Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey "Choose Life" Live Action Trailer (Clean)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey "Choose Life" Live Action Trailer (Clean)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey "Choose Life" Live Action Trailer (Explicit)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey "Choose Life" Live Action Trailer (Explicit)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Launch Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Launch Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Gods, Plagues, and Other Early Dilemmas Gameplay Preview Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Gods, Plagues, and Other Early Dilemmas Gameplay Preview Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Collectibles Launch Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Collectibles Launch Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Defy Fate Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Defy Fate Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Meet the Actors Behind Alexios and Kassandra Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Meet the Actors Behind Alexios and Kassandra Ubisoft NA
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey- Alexa Meets Alexios - Ubisoft -NA-
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Behind the Cutscene Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Behind the Cutscene Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Legacy of the First Blade DLC Launch Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Legacy of the First Blade DLC Launch Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey E3 2019 Story Creator Mode Launch Trailer Ubisoft NA
Assassin's Creed Odyssey E3 2019 Story Creator Mode Launch Trailer Ubisoft NA
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|-|Promotional media=
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ACOdyssey Promotional Screenshot 01.jpg
ACOdyssey Promotional Screenshot 01.jpg
ACOdyssey Promotional Screenshot 02.jpg
ACOdyssey Promotional Screenshot 02.jpg
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ACOdyssey Promotional Screenshot 12.jpg
ACOdyssey Promotional Screenshot 12.jpg
ACOdyssey RomanceWithKyra.jpg
ACOdyssey RomanceWithKyra.jpg
ACOD_Skill_Tree_Promo.jpg
ACOD Skill Tree Promo.jpg
ACOdyssey SocratesMeeting.jpg
ACOdyssey SocratesMeeting.jpg
ACOdyssey StealthAssassination.jpg
ACOdyssey StealthAssassination.jpg
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ACOD Naval Promotional Screenshot 1.jpg
ACOD Naval Promotional Screenshot 1.jpg
ACOD Naval Promotional Screenshot 2.jpg
ACOD Naval Promotional Screenshot 2.jpg
ACOD_150v150.jpg
ACOD 150v150.jpg
ACOD_Spear_Shock_Promo.jpg
ACOD Spear Shock Promo.jpg
ACOD Kleptous Bay Promotional Image.jpg
ACOD Kleptous Bay Promotional Image.jpg
ACOD Leonidas Thermopylae Promotional Image.jpg
ACOD Leonidas Thermopylae Promotional Image.jpg
ACOD Mountain View Promotional Image.jpg
ACOD Mountain View Promotional Image.jpg
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|-|Concept artwork=
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ACOdyssey Early Logo.PNG|Early version of the logo
ACOdyssey Early Logo.PNG|Early version of the logo
ACOdyssey Japanese Logo.PNG|Japanese Logo
ACOdyssey Japanese Logo.PNG|Japanese Logo
ACOdyssey Russian Logo.PNG|Russian Logo
ACOdyssey Russian Logo.PNG|Russian Logo
ACOD Kassandra Box Art.jpg
Assassin's Creed Odyssey.jpg|Cover with Alexios
Artwork - Assassin's Creed Odyssey.jpg
Artwork - Assassin's Creed Odyssey.jpg
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==Credits==
==Credits==
{{credits
{{Credits
|cast=
|cast=
*[[Melissanthi Mahut]] as [[Kassandra]]
*[[Melissanthi Mahut]] as [[Kassandra]]  
**[[Maria Syrgiannis]] as young Kassandra
**[[Maria Syrgiannis]] as young Kassandra, [[Myrrine]]
*[[Michael Antonakos]] as [[Alexios|Deimos/Alexios]]
*[[Michael Antonakos]] as [[Alexios|Deimos/Alexios]]
**Leonidas Castrounis as young Alexios {{c|non-canon}}
**Leonidas Castrounis as young Alexios {{c|non-canon}}
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*[[Daniel Matmor]] as [[Sokrates]]
*[[Daniel Matmor]] as [[Sokrates]]
*[[Marvin Kaye]] as [[Cyclops|The Cyclops of Kephallonia]]
*[[Marvin Kaye]] as [[Cyclops|The Cyclops of Kephallonia]]
*[[Sean Browning]] as [[Dienekes]]
* [[Sean Browning]] as [[Dienekes]]
*[[Chantel Riley]] as [[Layla Hassan]]
*[[Chantel Riley]] as [[Layla Hassan]]
*John Tokatlidis
*John Tokatlidis as Spartan solider
*[[Harry Standjofski]] as [[Phidias]], additional voices
*[[Harry Standjofski]] as [[Phidias]], additional voices
*[[Marianthi Evans]] as [[Aspasia]], [[Bryce]], additional voices
*[[Marianthi Evans]] as [[Aspasia]], [[Bryce]], additional voices
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*[[Michael Benyaer]] as [[Darius]]
*[[Michael Benyaer]] as [[Darius]]
*[[Kate Drummond]] as [[Persephone]], additional voices
*[[Kate Drummond]] as [[Persephone]], additional voices
*[[Khalid Klein]] as [[Natakas]]
*[[Khalid Karim]] as [[Natakas]]
**Lara Sawalha as [[Neema (Persian)|Neema]] {{c|non-canon}}
**[[Lara Sawalha]] as [[Neema (Persian)|Neema]] {{c|non-canon}}
|crew=
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*The game's title is inspired by the ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]'', the second of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to [[Homer]].
*Ubisoft along with Biborg released an ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' themed augmented reality filter for Facebook.<ref>[https://www.thedrum.com/creative-works/project/biborg-ubisoft-assassins-creed-ar-camera-effects Ubisoft: Assassin's Creed AR Camera Effects by Biborg]</ref>
*The game has an Alexa skill companion app.[https://youtu.be/4rjCqK38Co4]
*The game was originally meant to be a spin-off titled Odyssey an Assassins Creed Adventure.[http://thecodex.network/patrice-dufresne/]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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This article is about the game by Ubisoft Quebec. You may be looking for the novelization by Gordon Doherty.

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is the eleventh main installment in the Assassin's Creed series developed by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide on 5 October 2018 for Playstation 4, Xbox One and Windows, as well as for the Nintendo Switch, exclusively in Japan.

The game continues the series' transition into the action role-playing genre started by Assassin's Creed: Origins, retaining most of its predecessor's features while introducing new ones, most notably player choices which can influence the story. It is also the first installment since Assassin's Creed: Rogue to feature a major emphasis on naval combat, with players being given command of a ship called the Adrestia.

The story of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is set in Ancient Greece, during the first half of the Peloponnesian War between 431 and 422 BCE. The protagonist, Kassandra, is a mercenary who fights on both sides of the conflict as she attempts to reunite her broken family, eliminate a secretive organization known as the Cult of Kosmos, and uncover the mysteries of ancient technology left behind by the Isu. The modern-day narrative features the return of Layla Hassan, the protagonist introduced in Assassin's Creed: Origins, who has joined the Assassins and is leading the search for the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus.

Gameplay[edit | edit source]

Odyssey uses a lot of the gameplay and interface mechanics of Origins, including the radial compass, and the return of a bird that can survey the landscape, spot treasure, and highlight and harass enemies. The game features RPG elements, including dialogue options, branching quests, multiple possible endings, romance options, and the ability to select between a male or female protagonist. The game is a "full RPG" and pushed the franchise deeper into this genre. Both Alexios and Kassandra follow the same story. Romance options remain the same regardless of the character chosen.[2] Interactions with NPCs can have consequences, either short or long term, in regards to the story. Choices are said to "add up." Relationships with NPCs do not always change, and there is no binary divide in regards to interaction—lying to an NPC is not necessarily a "bad" choice, and vice versa. By extension, there is no "right" way to play the game in regards to character choice.[3]

Gear can be selected, and is classified by rarity. Each piece of gear can be enhanced with engravings. Players also have access to a skill tree, and can follow a 'branch' to better suit their playstyle. Compared to Origins, the skill tree is more clear cut in Odyssey, and players can unlock high tier versions of pre-existing skills. In combat, the hitbox system for enemies is used again.

Trade Goods can also be collected or sold. These items range in value depending on rarity, such as legendary items.

The map of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

The game world has been described as the "biggest one yet" for the franchise;[2] specifically, the game map is 100 square miles, split evenly between land and sea.[3] Environments range from forests, to mountains, to beaches. "Legendary animals" can be hunted on land.[2] The world is divided into a number of zones divided by level (similar to an MMO), but level scaling features to a point. For instance, if a player starts at a level 2 zone, then returns after having reached level 20, the enemies there will be scaled up to be 2-3 below the player's character.

The game features a dynamic weather system.[3]

The Sparta-Athens divide is represented in-game with a red or blue border along each region to indicate which of the city-states has control.[4] 28 city-states feature in the game, each of which is allied with either Sparta or Athens. Each city-state has a "nation power" level. If one city-state leader is weakened (e.g. by assassinating their leader), other faction leaders will invade their state.[4] If the invading army is defeated, the nation power is reset. The army will invade regardless of the player's actions, but they can involve themselves in the battle.[3]

Players will no longer desynchronize if they kill innocents in the game[4] and some civilians will fight back if attacked.[5]

The in-universe explanation for the inclusion of player choices is the fact that the DNA sample of Kassandra and Alexios obtained from the Spear of Leonidas is highly degraded, causing the Animus to render their memories less accurately and occassionally create fictious scenarios to fill the gaps between memories.

If the player chooses to play as Alexios, they will meet Alexios in the present day instead of Kassandra, even though he is not the canon character.

Naval combat[edit | edit source]

The Adrestia

Players have access to the ship Adrestia, used to sail the Aegean Sea in a similar manner as the ships in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed: Rogue. Crew members can be recruited, and in a sense, the ship serves as a mobile hub. Sharks can be found in the seas, which will attack the player as well as their enemies.[6] The Adrestia can be customized with options such as crew cosmetics, ram/hull upgrades, and new sails and figureheads.[3]

In terms of combat, the Adrestia opens up more combat options as players increase their overall damage against an adversary, such as the options of fire arrows and fiery javelins. Focus-firing on specific points causes increasing damage and opens that point up to an attack by the ship's ram. Ramming helps to refill a portion of the Adrestia's health. Additionally, in relation to past naval combat in the series, the Adrestia has the ability to slow down and turn very quickly depending on how rowers are used.[6] Compared to previous games, the naval combat in Odyssey is more focused on close-quarters rather than long ranged attacks. Ramming and sideswiping are two such tactics, along with being able to turn quickly and drift. Player's can temporarily 'boost' their ship (measured in a meter) to give their ship a speed increase.[3]

Enemy ships are divided into sections. If players focus their attacks on one particular section, the ship will burst into flames, leaving it stunned. 'Epic ships' sail in the outer reaches of the game map, which will grant the player exclusive cosmetics if taken down.[3]

Players can recruit "Lieutenants" throughout the world through simple conversation or combat. Each Lieutenant comes with their own perk, and there are different types of recruits that range from archers to brawlers.[6]

Mercenary System[edit | edit source]

Odyssey also introduces a Mercenary System, whereby players may become the focus of a bounty through their gameplay decisions, such as committing crimes. With this system, there are more than 50 potential mercenaries they can encounter, with some having animal companions. There are multiple ways to deal with them, including killing, paying them off, or even recruiting them. Even if the player kills or recruits them, however, mercenaries will continue to pursue the bounty. The Mercenary System has rankings, and at higher rankings, players will be able to unlock certain perks, such as discounts.[7] Some of the mercenaries are hand-crafted, equipped with backstories and unique legendary items. Others are generated from the pool.

Players can find themselves as the target of bounties, which can come about from actions such as killing civilians, and they will be hunted on the sea. The player will also take part in mass battles, some of which are story-relevant, while others are optional.[4] The player has a 'penalty level' that escalates if they commit crimes such as killing civilians, stealing, or sinking merchant ships. This system has been likened to the 'wanted level' in the Grand Theft Auto series. The higher the bounty, the higher the level of mercenary that comes after the player.

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

Setting[edit | edit source]

Odyssey's genetic memory story recounts the secret history of the Peloponnesian War, fought between the city-states of ancient Greece. The protagonist is a mercenary named either Alexios or Kassandra (selectable) and commonly referred to as "the Eagle Bearer", who can choose to fight for either Athens and the Delian League or Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. During their journey, the Eagle Bearer comes into conflict with the Cult of Kosmos, which is secretly influencing both sides of the war. The modern-day segments again follow Layla Hassan, who was first introduced in Assassin's Creed: Origins, and her story revolves around the Assassins' search for Isu artifacts.[2]

Despite the story preceeding the foundation of the Hidden Ones as seen in Origins, it still deals with the themes of "freedom versus order" that are central to the Assassin's Creed series.[2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Leonidas rallies his troops

The game begins at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE. King Leonidas I of Sparta is leading the defense against the invading Persian army of Xerxes I, hoping to hold the invaders off at a narrow passage way before they reach mainland Greece. Accepting his likely demise in the upcoming battle, Leonidas rallies his troops and they engage the approaching Persian army. During the battle, Leonidas slays the Persian commander Kurush, securing Greece's victory. However, he is then informed by a captured Persian soldier that Xerxes knows of another path into Greece and is preparing another attack. Leonidas executes the soldier and prepares for the upcoming battle, declaring it will be one the world never forgets.

In the present day, Layla Hassan locates and retrieves Leonidas' buried spear, based on information from the ancient Greek historian Herodotos. Layla is leading an Assassin cell consisting of Victoria Bibeau, Kiyoshi Takakura, and Alannah Ryan, who are operating out of a safehouse in London as they search for the lost city of Atlantis, believing the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus is located there. Layla extracts a DNA sample from Leonidas' spear and enters the Animus to relive the genetic memories of one of his two grandchildren, Alexios or Kassandra, though the latter is considered canonical.[8][9]

Kassandra, the canon protagonist

In 431 BCE, at the onset of the Peloponnesian War, Kassandra is a mercenary living on the island of Kephallonia. One day, after fending off thugs working for a local crime lord known as the Cyclops, Kassandra is informed by her friend Phoibe that Markos has borrowed money from the Cyclops to buy a vineyard. With Markos struggling to pay the crime lord back, Kassandra reluctantly agrees to help him. She steals the Cyclops' obsidian eye in order to sell it, but while doing so she learns that a group of bandits have recently arrived in Kephallonia.

Deciding to investigate the bandits, Kassandra discovers they were employed by a man named Elpenor, who hires her to kill a general known as "the Wolf of Sparta" in Megaris. Requiring a ship to leave Kephallonia, Kassandra decides to steal the Cyclops' vessel and confronts him. She ultimately slays the Cyclops and saves a naval captain named Barnabas, who gives her command of his ship, the Adrestia. After bidding farewell to Phoibe and Markos, Kassandra departs Kephallonia.

Nikolaos dropping Kassandra to her "death"

En route to Megaris, Barnabas reveals that "the Wolf of Sparta" is Nikolaos, Kassandra's father, causing her to recall how, two decades prior, her infant brother Alexios was condemned to death following a prophecy delivered by the Pythia. The family was forced to watch Alexios be sacrificed at Mount Taygetos, but Kassandra intervened, accidentally pushing both her brother and a Spartan elder off the mountain. Sentenced to death for this, Nikolaos reluctantly carried out the sentence, dropping his daughter off the mountain. However, Kassandra survived her fall and, after meeting the eagle Ikaros, who became her lifelong companion, escaped Sparta and sailed to Kephallonia, where she was found and taken in by Markos.

Following her arrival in Megaris, Kassandra meets Stentor, Nikolaos' adopted son, and decides to help the Spartans conquer the region from Athens in order to earn their favour and be granted an audience with Nikolaos. After carrying out several tasks to weaken Athens' control over Megaris, Kassandra joins the Spartan army in fighting the Athenians for control of the region. Following their victory, Nikolaos meets with Kassandra and expresses remorse over his actions at Mount Taygetos. Kassandra is then left to decide Nikolaos' fate, but regardless of the outcome, Nikolaos reveals that he is not Kassandra's biological father and directs her to find her mother, Myrrine, for more answers.

Alexios as Deimos with the Cult of Kosmos

Sailing to Phokis to meet Elpenor for her payment, Kassandra discovers that Elpenor is part of the Cult of Kosmos, which is targeting her family for unknown reasons. She also meets Herodotos at the Sanctuary of Delphi and learns that the Cult is influencing the Pythia. After eliminating Elpenor, Kassandra takes his Cultist robes and infiltrates a meeting where she discovers that the Cult is behind the Peloponnesian War and is in possession of a strange pyramid. She also learns that Alexios, now known as "Deimos", is still alive, but has been brainwashed to serve the Cult.

Herodotos convinces Kassandra to warn Perikles, the leader of Athens, about the Cult and tells her about a mysterious vault on Andros island. Investigating the vault, Kassandra discovers she can upgrade the Spear of Leonidas there using Pyramid shards taken from the Cult. She also has a brief run-in with Deimos, who recognized her as his sister and warns her to stay out of his way. In Athens, Kassandra has to earn Perikles' trust by assisting with three tasks, whereupon she is allowed entry into Perikles' symposium. There, Kassandra warns the Athenian leader about the Cult and finds three possible leads to help her locate Myrrine.

Kassandra and Brasidas fight the Monger's men

In Argolis, Kassandra meets Hippokrates, who directs her to the Asklepios Temple, where Myrrine had taken an infant Alexios after his fall from Mount Taygetos. Kassandra learns that the priestess Chrysis tricked Myrrine into believing Alexios to be dead so that she could abduct him for the Cult, and confronts her, ultimately resulting in Chrysis' death. Travelling to Korinth, Kassandra meets the heteara Anthousa, who agrees to provide information on Myrrine in exchange for Kassandra's help in deposing the Cultist known as "the Monger". Working alongside Anthousa and the Spartan general Brasidas, Kassandra eliminates the Monger and learns that Myrrine took to piracy after leaving Korinth. Subsequently meeting the pirate Xenia, Kassandra is informed that Myrrine sailed with her for a short time under the alias "Phoenix".

In 429 BCE, Kassandra returns to Athens amidst a deadly plague and witnesses Deimos assassinating Perikles and the Cult murdering Phoibe, who became an assistant to Perikles' partner Aspasia. Subsequently fleeing Athens with Aspasia, Kassandra learns from her that "Phoenix" is the alias of Naxos Island's ruler and sails there, reuniting with her mother. After helping Myrrine win a war against the rival Paros Island and killing its ruler, the Cultist Silanos, Kassandra convinces her mother to return to Sparta and learns the whereabouts of her biological father: Thera. Travelling there, Kassandra finds the underground gateway to Atlantis and meets her father, Pythagoras, who tasks her to retrieve four artifacts in order to seal off Atlantis.

The gateway to Atlantis

With this information, Layla leaves the Animus, and the team evacuates the hideout just as Abstergo Industries manages to track them down. They then sail to Thera on the Altaïr II, where Layla gains access to the gateway through an underwater entrance. After exploring the vault, however, she discovers the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus is no longer there, so she returns to the Animus to continue reliving Kassandra's memories in search of additional answers.

Kassandra and Myrrine return to Sparta, where they attempt to reclaim their citizenship and their old home. Meeting with Sparta's two kings, Archidamos and Pausanias, they each give Kassandra a task to accomplish in order to earn their favour. The first one is to escort Sparta's champion Testikles to Kyllene for the Olympic Games, but after Testikles is accidentally killed, Kassandra takes his place and wins on Sparta's behalf. She also discovers one of the Olympic judges, Kallias, to be a Cultist and assassinates him.

Kassandra presents proof of Pausanias' Cult affiliations

In Arkadia, Kasandra helps Myrrine and Brasidas to investigate Lagos, the region's archon and a reluctant member of the Cult. After dealing with Lagos, she travels to Boeotia to help the Spartan forces there, led by Stentor, conquer the region. She eliminates Athens' four champions and assists the Spartans in defeating the Athenian army, but the growing tensions between Kassandra and Stentor eventually prompt him to challenge her to a duel. Regardless of its outcome, Kassandra returns to Sparta to report her successes and expose Pausanias as a Cultist after having gathered enough evidence of his treason. Archidamos then thanks Kassandra and restores her and Myrrine's citizenship and estate.

In 425 BCE, Kassandra joins Brasidas at the Battle of Pylos and encounters Deimos, who is fighting for Athens. Both siblings end up unconscious and are taken to Athens, where Kassandra is imprisoned by Kleon, the city's new leader and a member of the Cult. Following her escape, Kassandra meets with her allies to establish the Periklean Circle, a group dedicated to undermining Kleon's authority. After they successfully sabotage Kleon's popularity with the people, the Athenian leader decides to personally lead his forces against the Spartan army commanded by Brasidas at the Battle of Amphipolis in 422 BCE. During the battle, Brasidas is slain by Deimos while Kassandra kills Kleon after he hit Deimos with an arrow.

Kassandra and Myrrine confront Deimos

Returning to Sparta, Kassandra reunites with Myrrine and together they decide to travel to Mount Taygetos to finally make peace with their past. Atop the mountain, they find Deimos, who has turned his back on the Cult but remains conflicted about his actions. Depending on her interactions with her brother up until this point, Kassandra either kills Deimos (potentially after he murdered Myrrine) or convinces him to return to his family. Afterwards, Kassandra organizes a dinner in Sparta with all the surviving members of her family.

After eliminating all members of the Cult throughout Greece, Kassandra returns to their hideout underneath the Sanctuary of Delphi, where she finds the Pyramid and receives a vision of the future, showing the conflict between the Assassins and Templars. She also encounters Aspasia, who reveals herself to be the leader of the Cult but claims that she abandoned it after it fell under Deimos' influence, and secretly helped Kassandra to dismantle the Cult so that its original ideals of peace through order may survive. Kassandra is left to decide Aspasia's fate before destroying the Pyramid.

During her travels, Kassandra also finds all the artifacts requested by Pythagoras, which have turned its human wielders into hybrid beasts resembling the monsters of Greek mythology, including the Sphinx, Brontes the Cyclops, the Minotaur, and the Writhing Dread. Returning to the gateway with the artifacts, Kassandra helps Pythagoras seal Atlantis before he relinquishes the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus to her, granting her biological immortality. Kassandra then returns to the Adrestia and reflects on her adventures with Barnabas and Herodotos while concealing her newly-gained immortality from them.

Kassandra passes the Staff of Hermes to Layla

In the present, Layla leaves the Animus and is met by Kassandra, kept alive for thousands of years by the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus. After warning Layla to destroy all the Pieces of Eden in order to maintain the balance between order and chaos, Kassandra relinquishes the Staff to her and passes away. Layla then returns to the Animus to synchronize with the remainder of Kassandra's memories in Greece, hoping to learn more about the Staff.

Development[edit | edit source]

The game was originally intended to be a spin-off titled Odyssey, an Assassin's Creed Adventure.[10] The game was primarily developed by Ubisoft Québec, which had previously worked on Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.[2] The concept for the game emerged in 2015, as the team was wrapping up development on Syndicate. In the shift to an RPG-esque game, inspiration was taken from titles such as The Witcher 3, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls, in regards to the idea of player choice.[11] The development team engaged in communication with the team behind Assassin's Creed: Origins; it was decided to "push [the series] forward" with the introduction of RPG elements.[12] The setting of ancient Greece was chosen as it was one of the most requested settings from the fanbase.[3]

Odyssey uses a lot of the same graphical technology as Origins.[2] Far more color was used in the game; the designers tried to tap into the notion that the ancient Greeks believed that their land was built by the gods, thus the use of vibrant colors. There was pushback against the "ordinary" depictions of ancient Greece, which lean on it being an arid place with an emphasis on white and gold. The end result is intended to be a middle-ground between historical accuracy and vibrancy.[3]

The game was announced on 31 May 2018[13] and it received weekly updates post-release.[14] Ubisoft and Biborg released an Assassin's Creed: Odyssey-themed augmented reality filter for Facebook.[15]

Controversy[edit | edit source]

Following the January 2019 release of the second chapter for the three-part downloadable expansion Legacy of the First Blade, entitled Shadow Heritage, it drew criticism from the LGBT+ community for a developer decision and the corresponding achievement. As first reported on the Assassin's Creed board on Reddit, the episode concluded with a cut-scene revealing that the protagonist had entered into a heterosexual relationship and had a child, regardless of whether players had been invested in the romance or not.[16]

Fans took to social media and other boards to express their dissatisfaction at the story development,[17] condemning Ubisoft for promoting a game where player agency could define the protagonist's sexuality—a decision for which the company had received loud acclaim[18][19]—only to take that control away and force the protagonist to "embrace domesticity, a heterosexual relationship, and [parent]hood", all elements of traditionally hetero-normative society.[20]

In light of the furor, many drew attention to a seemingly contradictory quote by Creative Director Jonathan Dumont in his October 2018 interview with Entertainment Weekly, saying "Since the story is choice-driven, we never force players in romantic situations they might not be comfortable with. Players decide if they want to engage with characters romantically. I think this allows everybody to build the relationships they want, which I feel respects everybody's roleplay style and desires."[18] Fans took further issue over the wording of the achievement unlocked at the cutscene, titled Growing Up and with "Start a family" as its description.[21][22] The next day, Dumont released a statement on the Ubisoft boards apologizing to players.[23] On January 24, Ubisoft informed players that a patch changing some dialogue and cutscenes was imminent and being tested to ensure it would be reflected in the expansion's final chapter.[24] On February 15, a full month after Shadow Heritage's release, fan site Access the Animus reported that the trophy and its description had since been changed.[25]

Release[edit | edit source]

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey was released for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One on 5 October 2018.[1] A Japan-exclusive Nintendo Switch cloud-based version was announced at the 2018 Nintendo Direct, and released on the same day as the other versions.[26] Assasssin's Creed: Odyssey was also later bundled together with Assassin's Creed: Origins and Assassin's Creed: Valhalla in a digital-only Mythology Pack for Xbox exclusively, released on 9 January 2022.[27]

Editions[edit | edit source]

Ubisoft announced several editions of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.

  • A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • A Steelbook case (PS4 and Xbox One only)
  • A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)

  • A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • A Steelbook (PS4 and Xbox One only, NA exclusive)
  • The Season Pass
  • The Secrets of Greece, a Season Pass exclusive quest
  • A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)

  • A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • The Season Pass
  • The Deluxe Pack

  • A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • A 33cm Fallen Gorgon statue, with Alexios figurine.
  • A copy of the official artbook
  • A copy of the world map
  • A copy of the official soundtrack (selected tracks).
  • "The Blind King" bonus mission
  • The Kronos Pack
  • 1 Temporary XP Boost
  • 1 Temporary Drachmas Boost
  • A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)

  • A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • A 39.5cm Spartan Leap statue, with interchangeable Alexios and Kassandra figurines.
  • A Steelbook
  • A copy of the official artbook
  • A copy of the world map
  • A copy of the official soundtrack (selected tracks)
  • A copy of Hugo Puzzuoli's Athens lithograph
  • The Season Pass
  • The Deluxe Pack
  • A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)

  • A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • A 39.5cm Nemesis Diorama, with interchangeable Alexios and Kassandra figurines
  • A Steelbook
  • A copy of the official artbook
  • A copy of the world map
  • A copy of the official soundtrack (selected tracks)
  • A copy of Hugo Puzzuoli's Athens lithograph
  • "The Blind King" bonus mission
  • The Season Pass
  • The Deluxe Pack
  • A Medal Necklace (PS4 and Xbox One only, for the first 10,000 pre-orders)

The Kassandra figurine
  • A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • A Steelbook (PS4 and Xbox One only)
  • The Season Pass.
  • The Secrets of Greece
  • A 9-inch statue of Kassandra.(GameStop US exclusive for XBox One and PS4)[28]

  • A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • A copy of the official artbook
  • A copy of the world map

Digital Omega Edition (GameStop EU exclusive for XBox One and PS4)[30]

  • The Kronos Pack
  • 1 Temporary XP Boost
  • 1 Temporary Drachmas Boost

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Credits[edit | edit source]

By type 
Cast Crew

Cast

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. Additional work by Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Philippines, and Sperasoft.
  2. The collective name of Joe Henson and Alexis Smith

References[edit | edit source]

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Totilo, Stephen (12 June 2018). Everything We Learned About Assassin's Creed Odyssey After Playing It. Kotaku. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved on 13 June 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 McNamara, Andy. "Create Your Own Creed". Game Informer. Issue 305, September 2018. [citation needed]
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Moser, Cassidee; Ryan, Jon (18 August 2018). AC Odyssey's Mercenaries Provide Unending Challenges. IGN. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved on 20 August 2018.
  5. de Rochefort, Simone (1 October 2018). In Assassin's Creed Odyssey, civilians fight back. Polygon. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved on 1 October 2018.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ryan, Jon (13 August 2018). How Assassin's Creed Odyssey Is Redesigning Naval Combat. IGN. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved on 13 August 2018.
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  16. Erwin Vogelaar (@ErwinVogelaar) on Twitter "Odyssey is the first Assassin's Creed in which you can play the entire story as a female character. And you get the freedom to play her as lesbian. Now in the newest DLC, Ubisoft is forcing the player into a straight romance and having a baby... Spoilers: reddit.com/r/assassinscre... pic.twitter.com/g3W7Fk9yJo" (screenshot)
  17. Persio, Sofia Lotto (18 January 2019). Assassin's Creed Odyssey forces characters into straight relationship. PinkNews. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved on 20 February 2019.
  18. 18.0 18.1 Romano, Nick (9 October 2018). OK, Cupid: An ode to same-sex romancing in Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved on 20 February 2019.
  19. Smail, Gretchen (14 June 2018). The Importance in ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY Letting You Romance Regardless of Gender. Nerdist. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved on 20 February 2019.
  20. Alexandra, Heather (16 January 2019). Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Latest DLC Has A Romantic Ending You Can't Change. Kotaku. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved on 20 February 2018.
  21. Good, Owen S. (17 January 2019). Assassin's Creed Odyssey director apologizes for forcing characters into a traditional relationship. Polygon. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved on 20 February 2019.
  22. Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) on Twitter "I had asked: "The achievement/ trophy for having the relationship and the baby is called "growing up," which some players have found offensive in that it implies that being gay or not having a kid (or both) is just a phase of being young. What do you make of that?"" (screenshot)
  23.  [SPOILER] DLC 1.2 - A message from Creative Director Jonathan Dumont on Ubisoft's official website (backup link)
  24.  [SPOILER] DLC 1.2 - Production Update on Ubisoft's official website (backup link)
  25. AccessTheAnimus (@AccessTheAnimus) on Twitter "The infamous "Growing Up" Achievement from Episode 2 of the Legacy of the First Blade DLC for #AssassinsCreedOdyssey has been changed to "Blood of Leonidas". Its description has also been changed from "Start a family" to "Continue the Bloodline" pic.twitter.com/0i9uopIjGJ pic.twitter.com/0i9uopIjGJ" (screenshot)
  26. Error on call to template:cite web: Parameters archiveurl and archivedate must be both specified or both omittedMcFerran, Damien (14 September 2018). Assassin's Creed Odyssey Is Coming To Nintendo Switch, But There's A Catch. Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved on 19 May 2024.
  27. Buy Assassin's Creed Mythology Pack. Xbox Store. Retrieved on 10 June 2025.
  28. AccessTheAnimus (@AccessTheAnimus) on Facebook "Assassin's Creed Odyssey Collector's Edition Kassandra Edition" (screenshot)
  29. AccessTheAnimus (@AccessTheAnimus) on Facebook "New Collector's Edition for #AssassinsCreedOdyssey! It's called Athenian Edition and will be available only at MightyApe!" (screenshot)
  30. AccessTheAnimus (@AccessTheAnimus) on Twitter "New Collector's Edition for #AssassinsCreed Odyssey! It's called the Omega Edition it comes with a new keyart and apparently is available on the European Gamestop sites (Xbox One and PS4)" (screenshot)