E3 2018: Assassin's Creed Odyssey - 7 Ways It Changes The Franchise Forever
7. Full Control Over Who You Play
Ubisoft
Although past Assassin's Creed titles have featured multiple protagonists before (Syndicate with the Frye twins, Origins with Aya and Bayek), never before have they followed a Bioware-style framework.
For the first time in the series' history, Odyssey will allow players to play as either a male or female Spartan, with the former referred to as Alexios, and the latter as Kassandra. Both characters will embark on the same journey, will have the same customisation to choose from and the same abilities, with the only differences being the voice actor and the title character's gender.
It's a welcome change though, and one that makes plenty of sense for the time period in which the game takes place. With Odyssey's protagonist being the son/daughter of King Leonidas too, Ubisoft have the chance to have a lot of fun with the setting, especially so, given the amount of freedom they're affording to players.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
