Assassins Creed Origins Official Thread (First Info Revealed)

[eltwentyone]

Just finished the game, ending was rushed. Cyrene area had little build up to it. I give it a 8.5/10. The exploration and new rpg/combat was a lot of fun. Main story was weak, I liked bayek, hopefully they focus on him more rather than aya, will see. Side quests were
a pretty good build up to the assassination targets. I hope they add a new game + with scaling difficulty.

[ryanltzw]

From Gameinformer mag






more dynamic world

camel riding

underwater swimming

animals can attack other animals

more RPG centric for skill points

protagonist Bayek can use a shield to deflect arrows, and can pick up enemy arrows stuck to his shield

Tomb raiding

optimized on Scorpio

Spoiler!

Started working on game before unity
Brand new fighting system
New A.I.
No minimap but a elder scrolls type compass at top
No more sprinting button, speed depends on analog stick
Crouching is back
Eagle vision is a subtle pulse that highlights objects not enemies
Takes place during the ascent and reign of Cleopatra
You can climb everything in the game
Large and small cities with many landmarks including Memphis and Alexandria
The controllable eagle leak was true
NPC's have a day/night cycle and includes time for them to eat, sleep, work, and "answer the call of nature"
Attack buttons are the right shoulder and trigger
A.I. does not take turns to attack
New combat system is more hit-box driven
As you fight, an adrenaline gauge fills up, and when both attack buttons are pressed powerful attacks are unleashed
Left shoulder button is lock on
There are treasures to find in the depths of the water (sunken ships, long-forgotten ruins)
Stat element of customization is removed
New gear system where players can improve specific parts of your gear by crafting materials
Leveling system that has a level cap of 40
Bayek is not the only playable character in the game but that character is a secret
There are legendary items to loot in the game
You can add blocked arrows to your inventory
You can no longer one hit enemies that are more powerful than you with your hidden blade
Buttons for free-running up and down are removed
Puzzles are back but more challenging and less switches
Much more in depth ability graph with 3 paths (Seer, Warrior, Hunter)
There are gladiator battles in arenas

Spoiler!

Bayek starts as a Medjay (sheriff type character) and is in his 30s.
He will become the founder of the Brotherhood (I don't know how this makes sense lore wise?)
Customization - you can choose the look you want without this affecting stats!!
Eagle vision is indeed through an eagle - called Senu
Memphis and Alexandria are some cities
Can equip two bows and two melee weapons at once. Also can use fists again.
Can fire multiple arrows at once (ON A ** CAMEL!)
Ptolemaic era
Mini map replaced for a navigation type one (like Skyrim and Horizon)
You will have to enhance your hidden blade (I think it says something along the lines of stealth kills not being a one hit kill anymore)
Free form combat, no counters, has an adrenaline thing that builds up as you fight
Horses and camels confirmed
The Crocodile is indeed a target!
Can dive underwater
Tomb raiding
They say nothing about the modern day
Anything is climbable including mountains and rocks
Can poison dead bodies, lure enemies, tame animals

^pics of the article ... we're allowed to post scans yes? otherwise pls remove no ban hehe

Most of the recent AC titles have been quite a let down actually. I genuinely hope this will be a good one for the sake of how so many game series have gone down the drain progressively.

[wasp9166]

just started this today , what are the little squares on map, when you hover on them a diff name pops up with a blue heart? googled, couldn't find anything

[Vardoger]

just started this today , what are the little squares on map, when you hover on them a diff name pops up with a blue heart? googled, couldn't find anything

Those are pictures taken by other players in their game. Ac origins has a picture mode: if you snap a picture of your game it gets shared.

It's a neat idea but personally I find it kind of annoying.

[CaliSuperSport]

I haven't played an Assassins's Creed game since Revelations - do you guys think I'll like Origins considering that?

I'm also a history geek, so the idea of Ancient Egypt has me massively interested. But I feel like most the stuff you guys are annoyed by, I probably wouldn't notice since it's been so long since I played a game.

[rectifryer]

Bought the game but it's running like CHIT. I've got an oc'd 980ti on water at 8MHz and it's getting less than 30FPS at 4k on any setting LMAO. Still excited though. Probably just going to go to 1440p.

[J411]

Bought the game but it's running like CHIT. I've got an oc'd 980ti on water at 8MHz and it's getting less than 30FPS at 4k on any setting LMAO. Still excited though. Probably just going to go to 1440p.

Thats not surprising. 4k is a lot of work on the graphics card. I have same card and only play at 1440p.

[kittylicker]

First ACO DLC announced!

We pretty much get a level cap increase and a new area to explore with a quest that takes place after the story.

Also some equips for everyone including players who don't buy the DLC.

Not bad.jpg

https://barrelrolled.com/assassins-c...out-in-january

[HockeyBacon18]

First ACO DLC announced!

We pretty much get a level cap increase and a new area to explore with a quest that takes place after the story.

Also some equips for everyone including players who don't buy the DLC.

Not bad.jpg

https://barrelrolled.com/assassins-c...out-in-january

more interested in the second DLC TBH. im hoping its "one quest LINE" and not just one quest

[Chairman7w]

Those are pictures taken by other players in their game. Ac origins has a picture mode: if you snap a picture of your game it gets shared.

It's a neat idea but personally I find it kind of annoying.

You can turn those off.

[wings_unhinged]

Looking forward to the Hidden Ones DLC. The Assassin stuff felt tacked on and out of place in this game. They need to flesh out the Creed more.

[NinjaNoir]

Just finished the game. I give it a 4/5. I wanted more story about the apple of eden. They barely touched on it. sigh

[HockeyBacon18]

I havnt seen any SJW chit either ... Unless you're dead set on making connections then the strongest one you could make is destroying Ptolemy Statues around Egypt akin to destroying confederate statues these days lel

after playing the majority of the game the only SJW stuff i found was

Spoiler!

near the end of the game you need to defeat guards and go light a lamp to inform ceasers army to come and Ceaser looks at bayeks wife and then gives it to Bayek as if to say he thought a women couldnt do it.

His wife then complains to Bayek about being "discriminated" against and takes the powder from him anyway (Bayek doesnt give a fuk) and does it

She takes longer than expected and Ceaser says "thats why you dont let a women do these things"

alot less SJW than id of expected. I wouldnt mind a DLC where we play as Aya while she was away from Bayek. Would fit ubi's SJW sht (female lead) but she was actuall pretty badass herself. Alot moreso than whatever girl we played as in syndicate

[wasp9166]

You can turn those off.

i've read if you turn them off , other players' still show up, just not yours

only way is to play with disc ps4 it seems

[Vardoger]

i've read if you turn them off , other players' still show up, just not yours

only way is to play with disc ps4 it seems

That's been my experience. I think you'd have to individually select each player's picture then select the option to hide their pictures. Who wants to spend three hours of game time deselecting other people's pictures?

I've learned to deal with it.

I just really want the option to remove the constant white dot that appears while crouching and during flights of Senu.

The only way to do it now is to remove all hud options, but that has the adverse effect of removing the targeting while aiming a bow.

Who came up with that junk?

Other than the janky white dot I'm thoroughly digging this game. I have one campaign going where I'm grinding to level 40 just by killing people. I'm at 21 now.

[Aristotelian]

Apologies for bumping this after a year, but:

I bought this game because I really enjoyed Odyssey but have to say that the combat system in Origins is a bit ridiculous. You get a quest like 'secure this cart for the priest' and the cart has someone on it who will take a solid 10 seconds or so to melee down, all the while his 5 escorts have aimbot like arrow accuracy, sometimes a hit takes almost half your health, etc. I feel like the Odyssey combat made a lot more sense, especially with strategic powerup use.

I'm having to go out of my way to farm hippos and alligators or whatever for the tougher leather to upgrade my 'bracer' and 'breastplate'. It makes for a fairly tedious way of playing the game because there is no organic way to 'farm components' while you're doing actual questing unless you're disassembling things (so my assassin blade is upgraded fairly well).

I read Podunks' post earlier in this thread and probably should have before I bought the game, but it's a shame because I like the story. As shameful as it'll sound, this is one game where the 'upgrading' is so tedious I sometimes think it'd be better if I just automated it, heh. Odyssey's resource management was way better IMO.

[CaliSuperSport]

Apologies for bumping this after a year, but:

I bought this game because I really enjoyed Odyssey but have to say that the combat system in Origins is a bit ridiculous. You get a quest like 'secure this cart for the priest' and the cart has someone on it who will take a solid 10 seconds or so to melee down, all the while his 5 escorts have aimbot like arrow accuracy, sometimes a hit takes almost half your health, etc. I feel like the Odyssey combat made a lot more sense, especially with strategic powerup use.

I'm having to go out of my way to farm hippos and alligators or whatever for the tougher leather to upgrade my 'bracer' and 'breastplate'. It makes for a fairly tedious way of playing the game because there is no organic way to 'farm components' while you're doing actual questing unless you're disassembling things (so my assassin blade is upgraded fairly well).

I read Podunks' post earlier in this thread and probably should have before I bought the game, but it's a shame because I like the story. As shameful as it'll sound, this is one game where the 'upgrading' is so tedious I sometimes think it'd be better if I just automated it, heh. Odyssey's resource management was way better IMO.

Thanks for bumping, I just bought Origins and was looking for this thread.

I've been consistently upgrading my weapons and haven't had much issue killing non-Phylakes on Hard. Phylakes though I can't even dent. When you get surrounded is when you can pull of some really cool ninja chit with Warrior tree abilities. Even with consistent upgrades my gold stash goes up from selling stuff or looting chests which has been done on the fly so far (no grinding). Upgrading your armor & hidden blade definitely takes the most work, but I find hunting fun actually. The animals aren't difficult and bows make it easy.

Only level 20 right now but I really enjoy the game, but the story hasn't gripped me like AC 1-2 did. The other thing I notice that's lacking is the out-of-animus storytelling/problem solving. I remember AC1-2 having these really cool mysteries to solve that tied in illuminati stuff.

I'm also a total history geek, so seeing Egypt in all its glory is awesome.

[CaliSuperSport]

I just read Podunks' post about the microtransactions. Always annoying to see that, but I'll say that I didn't even know you could buy in-game currency, nor do I think you'd ever need to.

Like I mentioned above, my gold stash has been increasing despite upgrading several weapons at a time. And if you want to start upgrading purple weapons - you may just need to do a little burglary. So if you ask me, the game is on point with currency. You'll probably need to buy Drachmas if you want to collect all the cosmetic upgrades, though.

It's not like GTA5 where it's literally pay to win.

[Aristotelian]

It's not like GTA5 where it's literally pay to win.

Sure, and I hope I didn't imply that really with my posts. I bought it with the DLC included so you start with these unique (gold) weapons/shields/bows that cost 2500 gold per upgrade.

More than that I think it was the radical difference in combat style from Odyssey (where I could take on groups) to Origins (where I get slaughtered by groups on horseback that have incredible bow aim at huge distances even as they ride away from you). I mean, it seems like Origins tries to force you far more to stealth/caution whereas with Odyssey I embraced the warrior tree and assassin - I spent 0 points in the hunter side of things in Odyssey and could still slaughter all the arena challenges with relative ease.

Whereas in Odyssey I think I died 4 times or so (naval battles took some getting used to) I have died about 10 times in Origins, including 'jumping to my death' where I miss the perfect landing. I miss the manual save from Odyssey as well.

I lost my save game in a moment of madness so I'm starting Origins over from the beginning and we'll see if my impressions change at all.

[CaliSuperSport]

Sure, and I hope I didn't imply that really with my posts. I bought it with the DLC included so you start with these unique (gold) weapons/shields/bows that cost 2500 gold per upgrade.

More than that I think it was the radical difference in combat style from Odyssey (where I could take on groups) to Origins (where I get slaughtered by groups on horseback that have incredible bow aim at huge distances even as they ride away from you). I mean, it seems like Origins tries to force you far more to stealth/caution whereas with Odyssey I embraced the warrior tree and assassin - I spent 0 points in the hunter side of things in Odyssey and could still slaughter all the arena challenges with relative ease.

Whereas in Odyssey I think I died 4 times or so (naval battles took some getting used to) I have died about 10 times in Origins, including 'jumping to my death' where I miss the perfect landing. I miss the manual save from Odyssey as well.

I lost my save game in a moment of madness so I'm starting Origins over from the beginning and we'll see if my impressions change at all.

I dont have those gold weapons. So far I've been finding blues that are as strong or stronger than even my upgraded purple weapons, so I just upgrade whatever is strongest. Usually upgrading at least 1 crit weapon and 1 adrenaline weapon.

I haven't played Odyssey yet, but I'd say the only disappointment with Origins is the LACK of stealth options in the talent tree. I've gone something like...80% warrior, 15% Seer, 5% Hunter. A stealth bonus bow is insanely strong in Origins, so there's not much need to max Hunter IMO. I have definitely died about 10 times already in Origins on Hard. if you get staggered by a mace wielder and surrounded it's tough to recover.

And yeah..NPC arrows are too accurate. You kinda have to time zig-zags between their shots. Oh but I love the naval battles. Much cooler than I expected.

[wings_unhinged]

Never felt the need to pay any money in the store despite some claiming that you need the XP boost. I did buy the deluxe edition skins though. I grind missions for the kid and he gives me loot boxes. In some ways, I liked Origins more than Odyssey.

[HockeyBacon18]

Thanks for bumping, I just bought Origins and was looking for this thread.

I've been consistently upgrading my weapons and haven't had much issue killing non-Phylakes on Hard. Phylakes though I can't even dent. When you get surrounded is when you can pull of some really cool ninja chit with Warrior tree abilities. Even with consistent upgrades my gold stash goes up from selling stuff or looting chests which has been done on the fly so far (no grinding). Upgrading your armor & hidden blade definitely takes the most work, but I find hunting fun actually. The animals aren't difficult and bows make it easy.

Only level 20 right now but I really enjoy the game, but the story hasn't gripped me like AC 1-2 did. The other thing I notice that's lacking is the out-of-animus storytelling/problem solving. I remember AC1-2 having these really cool mysteries to solve that tied in illuminati stuff.

I'm also a total history geek, so seeing Egypt in all its glory is awesome.

i havent actually played Origins in a while but if i remember right there was a "skill" that allowed for automated looting after killing. That helped immensly with hunting cause you could just rip around on your horse slashing at every animal that walked by and automatically pick up there loot. Also look for "alpha" animals that are the kings of different habitats. Theyre good bang for your buck.

There isnt much outside the animus, tbh im glad those were always the worst parts. I buy AC games to play in ancient settings not run around in today time.

I enjoyed the storyline, but will admit it was slow to start with and very confusing until about the later 3rd, which was very rushed.

[CaliSuperSport]

i havent actually played Origins in a while but if i remember right there was a "skill" that allowed for automated looting after killing. That helped immensly with hunting cause you could just rip around on your horse slashing at every animal that walked by and automatically pick up there loot. Also look for "alpha" animals that are the kings of different habitats. Theyre good bang for your buck.

There isnt much outside the animus, tbh im glad those were always the worst parts. I buy AC games to play in ancient settings not run around in today time.

I enjoyed the storyline, but will admit it was slow to start with and very confusing until about the later 3rd, which was very rushed.

I've seen a few auto-loot skills, thing is you can loot from your mount so I just rapidly tap Y while around the corpse. I just got to Memphis and this is the first time where I've felt like I need to gather up supplies/grind to upgrade my stuff, and it's OK to have a very small amount of grinding in a game. The story also just started grabbing my attention. I just did that stage with the crazy gigantic cobra and the scene below Khufu's tomb.

I always liked the outside of animus stuff (didn't play AC III-Origins tho) because like I mentioned it added a layer of complexity to the story. The assassin world is obviously way cooler but I liked the concept of time traveling > going back to the future > connecting dots between the past with the animus puzzles/pc documents. It's a unique style of storytelling which is why I think AC always has such loyal and fervent fans.

[Zackad]

I've seen a few auto-loot skills, thing is you can loot from your mount so I just rapidly tap Y while around the corpse. I just got to Memphis and this is the first time where I've felt like I need to gather up supplies/grind to upgrade my stuff, and it's OK to have a very small amount of grinding in a game. The story also just started grabbing my attention. I just did that stage with the crazy gigantic cobra and the scene below Khufu's tomb.

I always liked the outside of animus stuff (didn't play AC III-Origins tho) because like I mentioned it added a layer of complexity to the story. The assassin world is obviously way cooler but I liked the concept of time traveling > going back to the future > connecting dots between the past with the animus puzzles/pc documents. It's a unique style of storytelling which is why I think AC always has such loyal and fervent fans.

yeah there's auto-loot for stealth kills, assassinations, and kills from your horse I think. all well worth it

pro-tip: upgrade your weapons as little as you think necessary until you find your endgame weapons. an upgrade from weapon level 25-26 usually costs the same as an upgrade from level 15-26. or from 39-40, vs 26-40. the cost is more dependent on the quality of the weapon and the level you're bringing it up to, than the difference in level to the upgraded version, if that makes sense

another pro-tip: keep an eye out for a flaming hunter bow

[KingSWRV]

I've seen a few auto-loot skills, thing is you can loot from your mount so I just rapidly tap Y while around the corpse. I just got to Memphis and this is the first time where I've felt like I need to gather up supplies/grind to upgrade my stuff, and it's OK to have a very small amount of grinding in a game. The story also just started grabbing my attention. I just did that stage with the crazy gigantic cobra and the scene below Khufu's tomb.

I always liked the outside of animus stuff (didn't play AC III-Origins tho) because like I mentioned it added a layer of complexity to the story. The assassin world is obviously way cooler but I liked the concept of time traveling > going back to the future > connecting dots between the past with the animus puzzles/pc documents. It's a unique style of storytelling which is why I think AC always has such loyal and fervent fans.

[CaliSuperSport]

yeah there's auto-loot for stealth kills, assassinations, and kills from your horse I think. all well worth it

pro-tip: upgrade your weapons as little as you think necessary until you find your endgame weapons. an upgrade from weapon level 25-26 usually costs the same as an upgrade from level 15-26. or from 39-40, vs 26-40. the cost is more dependent on the quality of the weapon and the level you're bringing it up to, than the difference in level to the upgraded version, if that makes sense

another pro-tip: keep an eye out for a flaming hunter bow

Thanks. So far I keep finding weapons that are slightly better in damage than what I have. But I've kept the Harpe of Perseus since early game because it seems to have good stats. I normally don't upgrade stuff that's just bleed damage.

Upgrading golds is way too expensive tho. Even with their stats it doesnt seem worth. You'll break yourself trying to get their DPS on par with the purple items.

This is what comes to mind. Even tho some of these puzzles were annoying, the story beats behind them were interesting.

[KingSWRV]

Thanks. So far I keep finding weapons that are slightly better in damage than what I have. But I've kept the Harpe of Perseus since early game because it seems to have good stats. I normally don't upgrade stuff that's just bleed damage.

Upgrading golds is way too expensive tho. Even with their stats it doesnt seem worth. You'll break yourself trying to get their DPS on par with the purple items.



This is what comes to mind. Even tho some of these puzzles were annoying, the story beats behind them were interesting.

Yeah the second game and brotherhood is the one that brought it all to fame. Brotherhood was probably the peak of the sci-fi depth before it became too much

But on purely a sci-fi level the first one was actually the best one

It was very potent in selling the whole franchise for the rest of its career

It's profound how deeply those first few hours of the game resonated with masses, it was unlike anything we had ever seen before

Kids legit really bought into the whole mistique hard-core

The polished second game made it famous on a widespread level the first one was the genius that set it all off

The origin story was awesome and you can't really blame them for running out of material because you can't embellish on so much forever but that initial idea and concept was brilliant

Of course they can't keep it up forever and just keep writing and writing stuff because it was the original concept was cool you can't remake the original concept again from's scratch

The continuation of it isn't as cool as the original introduced idea of it when it first blew your mind

After a while they relied more on just the historical aspect ignored the Sci-fi because there is nothing left to go with story wise and you can't blame them that's just basic limits of writing

[Zackad]

Thanks. So far I keep finding weapons that are slightly better in damage than what I have. But I've kept the Harpe of Perseus since early game because it seems to have good stats. I normally don't upgrade stuff that's just bleed damage.

Upgrading golds is way too expensive tho. Even with their stats it doesnt seem worth. You'll break yourself trying to get their DPS on par with the purple items.

lol it's cuz you're still leveling up and progressing through the game. If I were you, I'd hold onto the golds for now, and wait until you max your level or get close to to upgrade them...the main difference between the blue/purple/gold weapons is amount of perks/% chance to inflict a status or steal health or whatever. Not all that noticeable earlier on when you're destroying people left and right, but makes a big difference later on when you fight stronger enemies in greater numbers.

Another pro-tip: some gold weapons have instant charging. would HIGHLY recommend keeping one of those equipped, they can save your life lmao.

[CaliSuperSport]

Yeah the second game and brotherhood is the one that brought it all to fame. Brotherhood was probably the peak of the sci-fi depth before it became too much

But on purely a sci-fi level the first one was actually the best one

It was very potent in selling the whole franchise for the rest of its career

It's profound how deeply those first few hours of the game resonated with masses, it was unlike anything we had ever seen before

Kids legit really bought into the whole mistique hard-core

The polished second game made it famous on a widespread level the first one was the genius that set it all off

The origin story was awesome and you can't really blame them for running out of material because you can't embellish on so much forever but that initial idea and concept was brilliant

Of course they can't keep it up forever and just keep writing and writing stuff because it was the original concept was cool you can't remake the original concept again from's scratch

The continuation of it isn't as cool as the original introduced idea of it when it first blew your mind

After a while they relied more on just the historical aspect ignored the Sci-fi because there is nothing left to go with story wise and you can't blame them that's just basic limits of writing

mirin analysis. agreed on all points.

I never played past ACII and assumed they carried on the illuminati stuff. But there's been way less of it so far in Origins. And tbh the voice below Khufu's tomb was getting irritating. Never heard such a long string of dialogue with zero meaning in a game before.

lol it's cuz you're still leveling up and progressing through the game. If I were you, I'd hold onto the golds for now, and wait until you max your level or get close to to upgrade them...the main difference between the blue/purple/gold weapons is amount of perks/% chance to inflict a status or steal health or whatever. Not all that noticeable earlier on when you're destroying people left and right, but makes a big difference later on when you fight stronger enemies in greater numbers.

Another pro-tip: some gold weapons have instant charging. would HIGHLY recommend keeping one of those equipped, they can save your life lmao.

interesting. It's just I got my ass handed to me by Ptolemy's Fist and figured the stats are "just nice" but damage is more important. Crit has been the biggest help so far. I've kept all the golds tho, for sure.

And fuark, charging in like Leonidas with a spear and shield is dope. I really like the combat in this game.

[Zackad]

mirin analysis. agreed on all points.

I never played past ACII and assumed they carried on the illuminati stuff. But there's been way less of it so far in Origins. And tbh the voice below Khufu's tomb was getting irritating. Never heard such a long string of dialogue with zero meaning in a game before.



interesting. It's just I got my ass handed to me by Ptolemy's Fist and figured the stats are "just nice" but damage is more important. Crit has been the biggest help so far. I've kept all the golds tho, for sure.

And fuark, charging in like Leonidas with a spear and shield is dope. I really like the combat in this game.

Another pro-tip: i never paid attention to any of those messages after unlocking tombs or w/e. maybe a couple but I found they were kinda just filler and didn't progress the story too much. granted, I had a long hiatus from brotherhood until this one, so maybe other story elements in the games between would help connect it?

Can confirm, this is the first combat I really liked since the brotherhood/italian story line. i always focused on bows more than melee weapons though, since I played every encounter as stealthily as possible. 1 shot headshots are where it's at