Which of these tips was the most helpful?

my only problem with the game is the whole sparta vs athens war. you should be able to pledge your alliance with one army. i get you’re an mercenary but it feels weird when you pillage spartan camps and then join them to defend against the athens. and they just accept you like you didn’t just murder half the regions army.

I put in over 20 hours this weekend and havnt even explores 10% of the map yet. It’s crazy how massive and how detailed this world is. It blows my mind every time I go to a new area

I think it's time we appreciate the effort Ubisoft is giving. They are definitely getting better

I pray for the next AC in japan. Imagine this graphics and fighting with ninjas and samurai? i can die happy after.

Pro tips not mentioned in the video: -> Get and upgrade the healing ability. -> First thing to do when infiltrating a fort is to set a trap to the alarm. -> Control your anger and just run away when civilians try to fight you.

Why people comparing this to red dead 2? Enjoy both, they’re uniquely different.

Update: I can say from playing this game over 80 hours at level 50 that i am very impressed. I thought Origins was a beautiful game but Odyssey takes it up a notch. Also the map is way bigger than Origins. By the time i complete the whole game i might put close to 100 hours. 10/10!

I love kicking people of cliffs. That part of the game is so much fun Lol

got this game after playing rdr 2. it is so refreshing not to care about horse mechanics for once

2 minutes in and you're already incorrect. The white and black diamonds don't indicate new missions available or a different type of mission, they indicate mission locations for non-tracked missions. In other words, every mission for which you have a marker will always show the marker on the map, but until you are tracking that mission, they will only show up as a white and black diamond. The diamond with the exclamation mark is the indicator of all new missions other than timed missions, represented by the hourglass.

Also, disable the alarm if applicable in the forts so that no more soldiers arrive for reinforcements.

Pro tip #3: The healing skill is a must. If you are wondering why you die so much in wars, its probably because you aren’t smashing parry, dodge, and heal enough.

Also, Spartan kick deals non lethal damage. If u want to recruit a crew member, use it on them when they have low health. It’ll knock them down and you’ll be able to recruit them after the fight.

I had decided to never play the Odyssey but the rave reviews changed my mind. Playing it now.

The title of this video should be: things I wish I would have payed attention to as it was explained in game

also i feel like most people dont know this: if youre on fire you can role on the ground to put it out (you role with holding down space or whatever the dodge button is)

The Spartan kick is by far the most fun ability and the first one I got

Things you wish you knew before playing this. More like things you will learn in the first 30 minutes to an hour of playing

I wish there was an "allegiance" system where you gain levels by siding with either of the two factions. For example: Level 1: Base level. Soldiers of the faction act normal around you and all restricted areas remain restricted. Level 2: after siding one to two conquests with them, the soldiers feel more comfortable around you. They will no longer show hostility when you're standing near them. Level 3: after 2-3 conquest battles with them (stacked with the previous ones if you didn't betray the faction) you now have some sort of military power in the area. Outposts of the faction are now no longer restricted. Military bases and leader houses remain restricted. bounty hunters of the faction have a chance to ask you for help with great rewards. Soldiers of the friendly faction will also do the same and can now be recruited/a companion for some duration. Level 4: Completely unrestricted access in friendly regions. After 5 consecutive battles with the same faction, the soldiers of the faction now see you as a hero. Sometimes, when you visit military bases, some soldiers will run up and give some "offerings" to you. They can now be permanantly recruited. When you commit atrocities in friendly regions, there is a good chance that the soldiers will ignore it. Even if they notice you, they would give you a chance to tell you to stand down. Bounty hunter bars will also not rise when said action is performed.

Odyssey is the first Assassins creed game i havent stopped played just after a couple of hours, Odyssey i got around 70+ hours in now and still enjoying the game. This game being an rpg is so much better.

Another pro tip. The quests that are shown on the map with the blue diamond shape are great! They are usually a series of quests given by one person that have a overarching story. Really fun, and something that assassins creeds usually lack. Ghosts of Tsushima had these tales that were followed and given by specific side characters and they were good stories, these are similar.

DON'T IGNORE THE SMALL SIDE QUESTS! Doing small side quests are a great way to climb the levels at all points of the game. The more you do, the faster you level up, and the more challenging enemies you can face as a result.

For the longest time, I didn’t realize you could change the look of any piece of armor to look like whatever you want. So you don’t need to look for that specific piece that you like the look of on your character, you can just use your best piece of armor you have and make it look like what you want. I can’t be the only one that figured this out like 20 hrs into the game lol

I love the idea of Exploration mode. Quests designed without handholding markers. That alone makes me want to buy the game.

One more tip that I notice. When you have the 5th piece of a Legendary set, the other 4 will auto level up to match with the item level of the 5th piece. SO don't level up any of legendary set piece because it will cost you lot lot of material.

It really is an awesome game. It's so damn expansive too, 100 hours in and you've only managed to explore 1/3 of the map. You get in this mindset to head out and start this one mission, but you get distracted by a couple dozen bounty hunters, some cultists, some massive battles, general location exploration and other large fortress takeover. 2 hours later, you realise you haven't finished that mission that you set out to do eons ago lol 😂

Never thought i'd say this..i was wrong..ever since this game came out i was telling myself "i ain't playing it its not even assasins creed anymore!" And blah blah blah after a few days i give it a try..guess what i am totally enjoying it! Better than origins! Bigger map more challenging and more!!! Forgive me folks i was wrong 😭😭

This and red dead are 2 different games I know the world intelligence is stagnant but one day u will understand. Play them for what they are

The most crazy attention was when i kicked off an enemy from roof he died on fall and another enemy came and investigated the body an said *must've died from falling*

Sometimes, when you accept a mission from the mission board, it can hard to know where the mission goal is on the map. What i do is: Select the mission so that it starts appearing on the screen If you twirl around, the golden mission symbol will appear on the compass at the top of the screen Walk towards it open the map Your character is represented on the map by a golden arrow Because you walked towards the mission, the golden arrow will be pointing towards the mission. Then it's just a matter of drawing a line on your screen with a big black felt-tip pen

Yes, the save button is my saving grace lol. When you're taking over a fortress and 5 high level bounty hunters are attacking you all at once. After you finish off the 2 dozen other guards in the base you finally have one bounty hunter left to defeat; and then they kill you and you have to re-do everything you've just spent the last 15 minutes doing.

Tip: When attacking a Fort make sure you go to the fire signal first and trap it. This disables reinforcements AND kills whoever tries to use it, including yourself if you choose to do try to light it by hand.

The music kinda grows on you

Pro tip#2: Spartan kick is better used for interrupting your opponent before they start their unblockable/red kill moves. You can lock alot of mercenaries and bosses up with this and take MUCH less damage. It’s also good after your opener, if you knock them down, you can just go right back into your opener.

-Extended dodge (roll) removes fire from you -You can stand up on a horse while riding it by holding Space(or LB on gamepad), you can then jump off in a direction you choose -You are invulnurable while using abilities -You can never die from falling

If you're more into assassinating, you should get the Death Veil ability. Once you assassinate an enemy, they'll disappear and won't be detected, so bounty hunters won't come after you.

Good to know, thanks. I went backwards and just finished Valhalla and finally gave in and got Odyssey. I procrastinated for so long because of all the gripe I kept hearing about it but I’m having fun playing it so far.

Something that took me a while to figure out is that you could throw bodies. I kept having trouble dropping bodies off walls until I held the “draw bow” button while carrying a body. I was then able to toss it a short distance. No one likes bodies littering a fort to be discovered later. Maybe body tossing was a thing in other Assassin’s Creed games, but this is my first time playing one.

Once you get purple gear, there is no real use for keeping any lower rarity of that item type. SOME legendary items are parts of sets, so there are some cases where purple might be more viable, especially if the bonus attributes for the purples tailor more towards your style. Long story short, once you get purple of a specific item type, dismantle all common and rare (blue) of that type.

Just read the manual, descriptions and tips in game! Boom! Thats this video in a nutshell. Love you guys!

Just maxed level 99, truly a beautiful game to play. I love being lost in a game and very few offer this nowadays for me.

One ability that is a must have is Ring of Chaos. Used with fire or poison spreads it to all enemies that Ring of Chaos hits, and it's quite damaging and effective.

the best Game Ever played!!! level of detail is just overwhelming, I started playing 2-3 weeks ago, and totally engaged on it. I can play it for 2-3 years easily.

Been playing open RPGs all my life. This reminds me of The Elder Scrolls and is fun. Im addicted.

Another point about engravings is, you can equip legendary or custom engravings onto standard gear. Search through the engravings list in your inventory to find what you want. Getting a 100% dmg boost to your assassin dmg is pretty vital for an assassin

I'm someone who hasnt properly played ac since ac 3. Coming back to this game feels crazy, they've definitely turned the series into what feels like a proper rpg. And they seem to have done it well.

1. You can light up arrows from braziers for fire damage 2. You can't save in restricted areas, but you can exit, save and get back in 3. You can release animals from cages to keep guards busy 4. Loot caches before burning

I mean if you wanna level up hella fast and earn hella drachmae, I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the other side missions. Even the most insignificant ones give loads of XP and drachmae. By the time I got to helping Stentor against the Athenians I was already level 54/55

I got to the point that mercenaries aren’t all that scary So I keep a 5 point wanted level and fight them all for an awesome challenge One throwing fire bombs One throwing stink bombs A brute swinging an axe It makes for an awesome fight

The Sparta kick is so addictive just in battle too. It looks so much more epic fighting a high level guard, and just giving them a hard kick to the floor.

This music is so good 😊 so friendly and uplifting.

Anyone remember assassins creed multiplayer? That was pretty fun

I just started playing ACO about a week or so ago and i must say, Ubisoft is really coming up in the world with their graphics! I love the option of playing as a man or a woman and all the new choices they give you to play the game the way you choose! I'm playing in exploration mode because it's just more fun finding all the new and different things without having to be shown where they are!

Top tip for leveling fast: do the bounties

It's important to note that resetting abilities costs a certain amount of drachmae, which is displayed in the bottom right of that menu.

I suggest everyone to play on nightmare and exploration mode... it is by far the most challenging and fun way to play

I always recruit the mercenaries after beating them 😂

Did anyone else noticed when that guy was kicked off that so eone in the background said "that was profitable!"?

My tips: - If there's like a level 1 bounty on you and you're not about to do something delicate and sneaky and combat heavy like invading a fort, just leave the bounty on and defeat mercenaries as they come to you one by one. - Beware of figjting in cities though. It's very easy to accidentally injure a civilian and then they'll come at you. Not very comvenient when dueling another mercenary. Even the chickens will attack you. And if the civilians attack you and you kill them, your bounty goes up. If fighting mercenaries, kite them out and away from civilians. - For the love of god get the self-heal (Second Wind) as soon as you hit lv 5, that would have saved me a lot of headache in the first several hours. - Pay attention to legendary bonuses, and pick the legendary weapon that suits you best and upgrade it. The Sword of Nikolaos for example gives you +20% damage on Spartan Kick and the Amazonian armor set gives you extra self-heal from ability usage. - If you need to defeat a small armada of ships, you can circle around them and kite them away one by one.

I’ve been playing assassins creed since assassins creed II

A old assassins creed player like my self has seen the game evolve starting with Desmond it really has changed and evolved but the 3rd one with connor is when it started to change but the 4th one evolved the game entirely

Spartan Kick also is very Helpful when boarding ships after you destroy them in the ocean, it keeps u from having to kill many because once you throw them out of the water with the spartan kick they count as eliminated

There's a very important one that i only noticed far too late: "Don't try to "reroll" the special gifts you get from the orichalcum merchant, the amount of Orichalcum that you have is tied to your online account. So once you spend it its gone forever, no use in loading older saves, the only difference will be that you will lose the item that you got from it if you do(load an older save) but wont get the orichalcum back" There should've been a tip about recruiting mercenaries and leaders as well: "Scout them ahead with Ikaros and then, if they are Golden(legendary) make sure to recruit them to your boat!"

I'm just getting into this game and I'm loving it so far. I seen it on sale on Xbox and I have Greek in my blood so I figured I should try it. Loving the game a lot right now. I actually made a lot of the right choices though that was in this video. I got some of the key abilities, the right mode and everything. I didn't know about the changing of time though.

I played so much origins and its side quests that I didnt even get to finish the story, then God of War came out and I still haven't finished Origins story. Odyssey looks a lot better than Origins did but not sure if I should buy it full price

Small tip, Im not sure if anyone has ever been conflicted by this, but i know i have. When you get a mercenary clue you'll see that it's worth 320 to sell and gives you a tip about who a mercenary is and where to find them. I thought if i sell it then i would lose info on all the mercenary, you don't, sell them

The fact that you can make any Armor/Weapon look like ANY previous gear is something everyone should know. I play a heavy bladed axe build and have all high level gear, but Alexios looks like a barbarian with very little heavy armor..

I discovered that I could use the light attack at level 39... 39 Wtf is wrong with me

What I should’ve known. It’s addicting as all hell

Only started this game a few weeks ago, and I think it's all good advice ... except for the very first one. These side quests are typically a quick and easy way to consistently make a decent amount of money. Materials are all well and good, but they're of little use if you don't have the drachmae for that upgrade you're after.

Plus spartan kick is good for knocking out enemies and then recruiting them for good stats on your ship.

May I just ask, what is the background music. Sounds like a mix of asmr and tribal music. Anyways, hi to anyone who sees this and thanks for the tip, gamespot.

We need the next one to be in ancient Japan with samurai and ninjas

I'm really hoping the next Assassin's Creed takes place in the Vikings era. A Viking based Assassin's Creed would be awesome and is lore friendly.

I started playing A/C games with A/C 3. I think that each edition since has gotten better progressively. I have really enjoyed each game. I thought origins was fantastic, but this is even better! I am at level 59 with 200 hrs invested. There is still much more to do..... Great job Ubisoft!!

For once, I feel like the devs crammed enough stuff into this AC game to justify its 60$ price tag. I felt like I blew threw unity and syndicate way too fast

Why would I want to skip easy money and XP from simply quests?

Exploration mode is the most idiotic thing you can possible do due to the sheer amount of quests you will have on you at all times

I love how you can attack both sides it makes the game more open and fun then just being assigned to one

This will calm my Witcher abstinence.

For all these people saying red dead redemption is better. Why not just buy both. Who wouldn't like two open world games to hold them off till anthem comes out🤔

5:30 It is possible to knock high-level Cultists or Mercenaries off walls to kill them. It's tricky to position them, and sometimes they'll only stumble, but it's fun regardless. However, if they have a shield, get the shield breaker powerup and make that max level. They will fly.

Well i wish i knew that you can change the look of each piece of armor and weaponry as you like. So you don’t need to keep things just bc they look cool and you can use your strongest gear without looking bad.

This game is gorgeous.

I Love AC odyssey 👌🏼👌🏼 Definitely 1 of the best games of the year.

Most helpful tip: Try Exploration Mode. Story becomes longer due to constantly checking your map and using your bird to scan the area. Take too long to combat a fort? More militia will appear if you take too long. Most honest tip: Choose those abilities. I don't use the one that breaks the laws physics, but I do use the rest. Not all shield bearers can have their shield stripped from them, so watch out. Roughly 13hrs in, somewhere between Level 15-20 and on Episode 4 (I believe). Such a fantastic game.

Ok I absolutely hate ads but am I the only one that's kinda happy gamespot is getting money? There one of the better KZfaq channels

i have nikolaus sword on lvl 31 because i didnt get a better sword

This Game legit made me cry when I first played it. So surreal to see my ancestors lives in full color

I find those other smaller, expired side quests to be quite helpful at beginning of the game. Some are quite lame ( sink ships/ kill sharks over Greece..) but some other though simple and short, can offer some very high xp rewards and sizable money. You may skip them when you reach like lvl 50 but for the first 30-40 lvls you should do as many as possible if you want to get stronger quickly. I don’t mind paying 50 draemae for a quick 10k+ xp boost

it is more useful (in the mid and late game) to sell armour pieces rather than dismantle (im talking at least lvl 25-ish)

Just bought the game, without reading reviews lol looks like I made a good decision.

I played the game on release but I hated it, came back to it a few weeks ago and I'm addicted to it now

Main tip for me was to run and hide during a battle that you are losing. After a couple of seconds of successfully hiding makes your health restore fully...

I truly appreciate what they were trying to do with Exploration mode, but as someone who played Morrowind it's almost like having map markers.

I play only on expiration mode and have done so many of the side quest I almost forgot what the main story was about🤣🤣🤣🤣

Anyone just keeps thinking Austin Powers when hearing the background music?

Lol Love the music 🎶.. with the bear chasing in the beginning to kick off the video.. first rate mate

I wish this you could dress up in a disguise like Fallout New Vegas. Like if I'm wearing all Spartan armour I should be able to walk into a spartan fort and not get attacked...missed opportunity.