Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is “much longer” than Origins

Assassin’s Creed simply hold getting larger, and the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is not any exception. Not solely is the sport’s map larger than the one in Origins, the amount of content material within the sport means it’s “much longer” that Bayek’s journey, too.

That comes straight from sport director Scott Phillips throughout a rapid-fire Q&A session with Game Informer. Asked if Odyssey could be the identical size as Origins, Phillips replies “no, much longer.” He additionally confirms that the map will probably be larger this time round – with “a ton of stuff to explore and find and discover” – one thing that’d been suspected since getting a glimpse of the overview months in the past.

It’s a formidable stat contemplating how huge Origins already was, with regular story completion usually taking round 30 hours in keeping with HowLongToBeat, and you could possibly simply push that to 50 with a wholesome dive into facet into content material. Add in some inevitable DLC and – nicely, my very own Origins save clocked in at 76 hours as soon as I used to be carried out with Curse of the Pharaohs. It appears Odyssey needs to push issues to near-Persona lengths.

You can see the total interview under, with the related bit on sport size beginning at 3:06.

The ever-increasing hour rely is nice information in case your gaming {dollars} are going to be restricted across the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey release date, although the earlier sport’s breadth might sometimes get in the way in which of its depth. We’ll learn the way Odyssey stacks up in rather less than two months.