E3 2018: Assassin's Creed Odyssey - 7 Ways It Changes The Franchise Forever
5. Islands (And New Environments) Aplenty
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Although there most definitely is something to be said about open worlds and how they can either inhibit or enhance a particular title, Odyssey's size is set to be impressive.
Depicting all the isles of Ancient Greece, players will get to see the Athenian and Spartan Empires in all their glory - and in all their misery. The title is set during the Peloponnesian War where Athens and Sparta fought against each other, and with both civilisations boasting a great many differences, on a visual level, it's unlikely players will get bored.
Among the islands confirmed thus far are Delos, Mykanos, Melos and Crete - the latter of course most famous for having the mythical Minotaur, also teased at the end of Ubisoft's conference.
There's no word on how much the studio are looking to incorporate Greek Myth into the story, but given how experimental Origins got at times, don't be surprised if Medusa shows up either.
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.
