"Egypt"

2017 · Action RPG · PC / Steam

Assassin's Creed Origins reinvented the franchise by transforming it from an action-adventure series into an action RPG, and ancient Egypt is the most stunning open world Ubisoft has ever built. Bayek is a warm, compelling protagonist whose personal tragedy drives a revenge story that evolves into something grander, and the combat overhaul brought mechanical depth the series desperately needed. Level gating forces grinding that disrupts narrative momentum, the RPG systems undermine the fantasy of being a deadly assassin, and the map is so enormous that it occasionally overwhelms. But as a reinvention of a franchise that had grown stale, Origins delivered exactly the fresh start Assassin's Creed needed.