The featured image for this post is AI generated. For some reason ChatGPT insists on giving my image a beard and moustache
I recently posted about the games I’ve been enjoying so far this year. But there are a number of upcoming titles that I sense will replace these on my ‘favourites’ list for 2024.
Lists are fun and fairly easy to write, so here goes: my list of games expected in the next six months or so that I’m looking forward to.
Continue reading Games I’m looking forward to later in 2024
| Title | Assassin’s Creed Odyssey |
| Developer | Ubisoft |
| Type | Action RPG |
| Platform(s) | XBox One, PS4, PC (reviewed on XBox) |
| Kelly Score ™ |
80/ 100 |
I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for a few weeks now. I think I can form a personal opinion: it is good, excellent in parts, but struggles somewhat under a weight of grinding which seems clearly in service of micro transactions. Overall, I’m definitely enjoying the game, but I also feel a little bit ‘dirty’… and not because of all the murder.
| Title | Assassin’s Creed |
| Developer | Ubisoft |
| Type | Third person Sneaker |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3: Windows sometime in 2008 |
| Kelly Score ™ | 92 / 100 |
I believe it is appropriate to note that I am not a historian before I say anything about Assassin’s Creed. Furthermore, I am not a religious person- I’m an agnostic. These two things together mean that my opinions regarding the religious or historical content of the game Assassin’s Creed should be taken with a grain of salt.
Assassin’s Creed is an open-ended third person sneaker with a strong role playing element. It is single player only, with no multiplayer or online elements other than XBox Live achievements. The main character- the guy you play- is oddly sort of a secondary character within the game itself. You are Desmond Miles, a young guy who finds himself kidnapped and held within a lab at a shadowy pharmaceutical company’s offices. The majority of the game is played through Desmond’s “genetic memories” using a machine called the Animus. You spend your time playing through your recovered memories of an ancestor named Altair: an assassin, Hashshashin, or Fedayeen during the period of the Third Crusade.
The plot involves completing a series of assassinations, partly to restore Altair’s status within his guild, and more importantly to disrupt the plans of the invading Templars. A secondary plot involves discovering why Desmond has been kidnapped and forced to live through his ancestral memories. Something is going on in modern times, something sinister and based on ancient rivalries and power struggles. The story is presented through a series of slightly interactive cut scenes (you can change your point of view and move slightly) with first rate voice acting.
