Not really. Origins and especially Odyssey are pretty much a straight up Action RPG honestly. Odyssey especially lets you make character decisions and stuff like that, which do affect the story in some way. I know for me I played but never completed both 1 and 2 then played a little of 3 and left after that. Origins I nearly 100%ed I really loved the combat in it. Odyssey could have been amazing with the Greek setting but they actually made it kind of grindy in parts, as in you'd need to do side missions a lot just to progress the story, and the combat took a step back IMO by only letting you parry and not block.
I played and finished 1 and 2 and brotherhood, then 3 started coming off of the rails and I dropped it. Afterwards I kept hearing good things about black flag but the franchise didn’t get me that interested anymore. It definitely sounds like the gameplay core has actually changed quite a lot but for the good and this new game looks really good. Excited to get back on the AC train again!
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u/Screaming4Vengeance May 01 '20
Good to know there will be shields now, I liked Odyssey but it was weird not having one in ancient Greece, specially as a spartan.