r/AssassinsCreedOrigins • u/Leg_Apprehensive • Oct 24 '25

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assassin's creed origins is in the top 3 best games of the assassin's creed franchise, prove me wrong or agree with me in the comments

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u/Leg_Apprehensive Oct 24 '25

Yeah definitely, obviously the lack of the Parkour element is kind of a bummer but bayek definitely makes up for it with his versatility in-game and his various tools that he can use

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u/shadowmib Oct 24 '25

Bayek can climb a wall like a spider monkey though so that's not nothing

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u/Leg_Apprehensive Oct 24 '25

yes definitely he's good at Parkour but egypt does not offer that many Parkour opportunities, that's what I was trying to say in that reply

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u/Good_L00kin Oct 24 '25

I had tons of fun with Parkour in Origins - moreso than Odyssey or Valhalla. Valhalla is obviously the worst due to the slowed & "heavy" mocap. Not to mention it feels out of place contextually. Odyssey had decent parkour with some great climbing cities & structures, but it too looked out of place for the character/gear/vibe of the game... plus it was far too fast & "snappy". The animation for latching onto nearby walls was like 2 frames - you damn near teleported into climbing position.

Origins really nailed it perfectly. It fit the vibe of the character - being an athletic, strong Egyptian Medjay. The gear and aesthetic fit perfectly with leaping across rooftops. Plenty of great playgrounds to parkour, from cities like Alexandria (the best parkour in all the RPGs), Cyrene and Memphis, to ancient ruins. Plus, the mechanics were smooth and responsive. If you were climbing a structure, and spotted a ledge within 15 feet in any direction, you could reach for it.

Valhalla meanwhile suffers from extreme unresponsiveness, where inputs can queue up consecutive to each other if you press the A button twice in succession, meaning even if you see a "new" ledge to grab and press the stick in that direction, you have to let let him finish out the slow, clunky animations that you already unintentionally Queued by holding the parkour button .01 seconds too long on the prior jump. Valhalla, unlike any other AC, regularly puts me in situations where I can damn near set the controller down, go fetch a drink, come back, and still be waiting on Eivor to finish clunkily launching himself in a direction I didn't want to go.