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Looks like Assassin's Creed Odyssey has been leaked via a keyring

Last year, a promotional T-shirt revealed the main character, logo and Ancient Egyptian setting of Assassin's Creed Origins, weeks before its official unveiling at E3.

This year, a keyring appears to have done the same thing to Assassin's Creed Odyssey - seemingly the next game in Ubisoft's long-running historical franchise - and which looks like to be set in Ancient Greece.

The piece of merchandise can be seen in this photo posted by French site Jeuxvideo, which noted the Ancient Greek helmet left little doubt as to the game's setting.

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-Foxtrot2167d ago

It's a shame when this kind of news would have excited me, now I'm like "Ah...cool"

They really need to put AC on a long break.

AngainorG7X2167d ago

If the latest game was Syndicate then i would agree with you, but since the latest is Origins, i say "Give me more".

-Foxtrot2167d ago (Edited 2167d ago )

Origins was alright but considering the other games before it were more lacklustre it just stood out more.

I still didn't think they did enough to make it feel more fresh or interesting. The issue is with no present day story so it just feels like we are jumping to different places for the sake of it. We used to once have a reason to be in that time period, a goal, now we don't have that.

They keep stretching it out and they have other IPs which need their attention, Prince of Persia or a new 3D Rayman game

naruga2167d ago (Edited 2167d ago )

i hope to Fing respect Greece ...because the AC that took place in Konstatinoupole and showed the conquerors ottomans as the righteous people and byzantines as the bad ones was the worst thing in the series

Golden_Mud2167d ago

There was a bit of modern day story..

-Foxtrot2167d ago

Just feels more tact on now

showtimefolks2167d ago

Fox

I think we will see a new AC game in fall 2019. I think the days of yearly sequels are gone

morganfell2167d ago

I was hoping Ubi would begin to do with AC titles that which they have done with other titles which is cool it with the main release while supporting the title continually with DLC as they have with R6 and now GR.

dumahim2167d ago

I don't recall Ubisoft being the type to show a game a year and a half before release. Especially since the initial leak was from a packaged keychain. That's not something they do that far out.

UltraNova2166d ago

Its a 2018 release, why else would merchandise be out in the wild already?

Ceaser98573612166d ago (Edited 2166d ago )

"I think we will see a new AC game in fall 2019. I think the days of yearly sequels are gone"

and AC ODYSSEY gets Revealed :D

Angelin2166d ago

If they show it at E3 a november launch is very likely. It may be a reiteration of origins: different NPC skins, similar gameplay to Origins, maybe small differences in game mechanics. Even the logo is similar.

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AgeInTheCage2167d ago

You're getting downvoted by the xbox crew because its slim pickings over there and they welcome any mainstream 3rd party multi console game with open arms, i sympathize for them, phil sold everyone down the river.

Vokun132167d ago

Dude, literally said "ah cool" right when I opened the article. Crazy how AC has evolved huh?

-Foxtrot2167d ago

My evolution

Assassins Creed - “Was great but not as good from compared to previews”

Assassins Creed II - “Holy shit that was amazing”

Brotherhood - “Little fast to come out, but still wow awesome”

Revelations - “More or less the same but a great last adventure for Ezio”

Assassins Creed III - “What the f*** was that...awful, pretty but...urgh”

Assassins Creed IV Black Flags - “great game, really good...buuuut did not feel like an AC game. It was a new IP”

Unity - “Just when you think you couldn’t do worse then ACIII, least that game was more stable”

Syndicate - “Meh better but lost focus”

Origins - “Meh...was alright but still feels the same despite changes”

Odyssey - “Sigh...lets get on with it”

UltraNova2166d ago

I've skipped Origins so its going to be fresh-ish for me since the last AC game I've played was Black Flag.
Super excited to visit ancient Greece!

IamTylerDurden12166d ago (Edited 2166d ago )

That doesn't excite me. After Rogue i haven't been all that interested in the series. Syndicate has a setting i've always dreamed of, but Ubisoft has milked the series at this point. Origins was apparently a good game, but the Assassin's vs the Templar apple of Eden story has run dry. Rogue always seemed interesting because you finally play as a Templar, they should've expanded upon that idea. I'd like to see more emphasis put back into the assassinations. The first game lacked in some areas but the assassinations were key. I'd love to see assassinations become a huge part of gameplay where you must plan them out, map an escape route, and bring the necessary equipment/disguises. Like a smaller version of a Hitman mission but in AC style.

zeuanimals2166d ago

Personally, I've always wanted more games set in different time periods in different areas of the world. No other games seem to do that other than Assassin's Creed, but the series tended to focus on more recent history (1400s to 1800s) and the games never really did a great job of making the world feel alive. Origins did a lot to change this and I'm kind of excited to see where they go with the series after this.

We've also got Ghost of Tsushima now and it's one of my most anticipated games just for the setting and premise. I guess I pretty much wanna be a virtual tourist across all of human history.

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Relientk772167d ago

Nice, Origins is awesome. I'm just hoping it's releasing next year. There's no reason it needs to be annual.

deckardreplicant2167d ago

In spite of Origins being awesome, the game did not get that much recognition (Speaking to it's standards) Origins was at it's best but in overall as a franchise it has to go a massive break for like 5-8 years to come back.

pinkcrocodile752167d ago

I don't agree. I think if they have say three stories that the studio will work on in teams and release each year separately, then take a year or two off to develop the next three using an updated engine.

Seems the way to go in my book. But what do I know, I'm just a dev and a fan

starchild2167d ago

Nah, as long as they are good I'm fine with whatever release schedule they want to follow.

Mr-Dude2167d ago

And still no China or Japan...

InKnight7s2167d ago (Edited 2167d ago )

For some reason Westren game developers hate or stay away from developing modern Japan and China or even old ones. Although it would be awesome to explore these amazing and unique cultures.
EDIT: typo

Araragifeels 2167d ago

Sucker Punch is breaking that cycle and I cannot wait for Ghost of Tsushima.

starchild2167d ago

I can't wait for Ghost of Tsushima either, but I would love to see an Assassin's Creed game set in feudal Japan too. It's disappointing that they continue to avoid going there in the series. Greece, Egypt and Rome are all too similar. Ancient China and feudal Japan would be a breath of fresh air.

ziggurcat2167d ago

So... Ancient Greece setting? Interesting!

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai208d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske208d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid208d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot208d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno207d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot207d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface207d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot207d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69208d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar219d ago (Edited 219d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake218d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga218d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx218d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga218d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9218d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler219d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666218d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52218d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott217d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52217d ago (Edited 217d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara207d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher218d ago (Edited 218d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52218d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner218d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52217d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster218d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot218d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster218d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned218d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9218d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1218d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake218d ago (Edited 218d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster218d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake218d ago (Edited 218d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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