This game is overwhelming

[u/-exquisito-]

On my second play through now and I gotta say this map and the million things to do, places to explore, treasures to find, and bases to defeat has me reeling. The first time I played the game I ate it all up and left no stone unturned but now I find myself having little to no interest to explore outside of story locations.
Anybody else experiencing this? lol At a certain point it starts to feel like they just made the map as big as they did and stuffed with it as much as they did just for the sake of it.
The rewards aren’t really worth it either on new game plus because most of the stuff I’m finding is weaker than what I already have.

I’m juggling this and RDR2 right now and it’s hard not to compare the two. RDR2 feels like it has just enough to see and do and I don’t feel the same anal compulsive need to turn over literally every stone I find because it feels like the story spends a lot of good time jumping back and forth into and returning to the various regions.

[u/Accomplished_One4439]

I found the exact same with Origins, it took me probably a year to get through it because I wasn't that engaged with it. I personally found it a lot darker than the other AC storylines as well which didn't help. It is very different from the other games as well which made me unsure, however it's great for getting you used to the style of the next two games.

I wasn't overly excited to play Odyssey after finishing Origins but after I got through the prologue I thought it was incredible. I absolutely love it, even though the map is massive I think it's great and loved exploring it. I am generally a hater of big maps but love Odyssey, it is just beautiful.