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Originally Posted by KevanGuy
The history nerd in me hasnt been happier. So many awesome moments and I've barely progressed. I have it set on discovery mode and rarely use the eagle. I tried to do everything I could on Kefalonia before finally setting sail the first time, so immersive.
I had no idea there would be so many historical characters and senerios. I didn't play Origins, in fact this is my first AC game, so I think it's been an even more special experience. Can't recommend it enough, especially if you have even a passing interest in Ancient Greece.
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Oh totally man, all the AC games are like that. They're packed full of actual historical scenarios and they do their best to really recreate the old cities in all their games, this history nerd loves it. Classical Greece is my all-time favourite historical period and I know a lot about it and the Peloponnesian War specifically, so this is really resonating with me.
I was re-reading a book on the Peloponnesian War that I originally read in 2012 to get ready for this one, and the first time I hit the pause menu viewing the map I was so impressed. I compared it to a map in my book and it's just bang on (save for the islands of Lesbos/Chios, and Macedonia all being squeezed in tighter than they actually are to fit it in the game map).
If you're just a gamer that doesn't care about history then I totally understand the flak this series gets, what with the way they pump them out, and previous ones that clearly got pushed out before they were ready (even Odyssey probably needed a couple extra months of polishing, Origins was much more polished - play that next btw). But if you actually love history, they're awesome games for how well they truly recreate their worlds as accurately as possible. They have full time historians on their payroll for jebus sake, in the name of accuracy. It's great eco-tourism...that and Odyssey is just dang fun