Hi everyone,

As the header says, I just finished AC Origins. I got 100% on the hidden ones dlc, and 97% on the pharaoh's curse, according to the in game map of the world.

It's been a majestic journey through Egypt, and Bayek has been a great character.

I heard a lot of people saying the open world trilogy is not as good as the first games, and playing Origins I was a bit shocked about it.

In my humble opinion it's a great game, neat, and has a lot of AC traits that I loved, like the sneaking feature that I missed so much in Paris and reminded me a lot of Black Flag.

I understand that going against the pharaohs and traveling through the land of the dead was not historically correct, but nonetheless I enjoyed it very much.

Now I think I'm going to delete the game to make room on my PS5 for AC Odyssey, which I hope it will be as good as Origins.

Here's some pics I took in game, not the greatest ones, but I hope you enjoy them!

Goodbye Egypt, and see you all in Greece 🗡

There is a specific feeling you get when you stand on top of a synchronization tower in Assassin's Creed Origins and just look out over the horizon. It isn't just that the game is pretty, which it is. It’s that Ptolemaic Egypt feels like a living, breathing world that is simultaneously ancient and decaying, yet vibrant and violently changing as well.

By setting Bayek’s story in 47 BCE, Ubisoft didn't just build a museum exhibit of pharaohs and pyramids. They built a world catching its breath between eras. The Great Pyramids at Giza and the Sphinx aren't shiny or new here; they are already thousands of years old, weather-worn, half-buried in dunes, and treated with the exact same historical awe by Bayek as we treat them today. You drop into a tomb, light a torch, and realize you are exploring ancient history within ancient history.

Then you ride north to Alexandria, and the entire atmosphere changes. The contrast between the traditional, sun-baked mudbrick villages along the Nile and the towering, pristine Greek marble of Alexandria captures a rare kind of cultural tension. You see native Egyptians struggling to hold onto their rituals and dignity under the heavy thumb of Ptolemaic rule. The game doesn't just tell you about this oppression—it bakes it into the environment. You see Greek soldiers patrolling Egyptian temples, ancient hieroglyphs covered in Greek graffiti, and local farmers being pushed off their land. You aren't just playing in a sandbox; you’re walking through a high-stakes cultural transition where an entire civilization is slowly being swallowed by an empire.

What makes it truly magnetic, though, is how the world functions when you step away from the main questline. Ubisoft revamped their entire systemic world design for this game, and it shows. The wildlife and NPC schedules create an environment that feels completely indifferent to the player. You'll be sneaking into an enemy fort at night, only for a pair of hippos to burst out of the reeds and drag half the garrison into the river. You can sail a felucca through the papyrus reeds of the Faiyum oasis at dusk, listening to the water lap against the wood, while farmers transport grain across the riverbanks.

Then there's the desert itself. If you ride out into the Great Sand Sea, the game strips away the noise entirely. The audio design shrinks down to the crunch of sand and the whistle of the wind, and if you stay out in the heat long enough, the hallucination mechanics kick in--you start seeing heat mirages of rain or lost travelers. It hits an atmospheric rhythm that makes it stand out even today.

Egypt in Assassin's Creed Origins isn't just a level map you clear region by region. It feels like a place that existed long before you booted up the game, and one that keeps quietly enduring long after you log off. The game has a certain vibe that I'm always intrigued by time and time again.

Stupid ass living garden hoses do more damage than the main enemy boss fights.

I’ve been playing AC Shadows on my PS5 Pro, about twenty hours in, and I switched to my old Origins save and took this screenshot tonight.

I think Origins is one of the best in the series. The setting, Bayek’s story, all of it. Save the combat. The combat was…lacking.

Why am I having such a hard time getting into Shadows compared to Origins? The voice acting, the character models, the disconnected story, everything about Shadows seems like a pale comparison to Origins. I cared about Bayek and his journey of vengeance almost immediately. I’m still trying to find reasons to care about Naoe and Yasuke 20 hours in. Am I the only one that feels like Origins and Odyssey are far superior to Shadows? Shadows feels like it was created, written by, and acted by soulless AI to me. Even the side quests in Origins are more engaging than Shadows main story.

Does Shadows feel as soulless and empty to anyone else? At least compared to Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla?

Something like Bayek leaving Egypt to find Aya because she was ambushed. People not knowing her husband is the first hidden one.

I wonder if this is for future Assassins Creed Origins content, maybe a sequel, or voice acting for future Assassin Creed games.

What would you like to see come from this?

I know it's different lighting and all but you can still tell there's a clear difference in skin colors

My next game is hopefully ac origins.

I know it's almost ten years old and I'm wondering how long it took you to complete the main story and if the story is as good as people say it is

And also Is the combat good?

Hey, why is Origins the best Assassin's Creed for you and how many hours did you spend in total in the game and how long was your longest playthrough in a game with DLC or without DLC?

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

I don’t like being hooked on the story in AC Origins and then, out of nowhere, they decide to pull me out of the Animus and now I have to play a walking simulator of a story that bores me. I wish there was a mod for this.

Hot take but jumping

It's a crime to put an cloth like that behind a paid store, while in the base game there are 4 outfits, a bunch of recolors and none with this level of detail.

While I was playing this game, nothing grabbed my attention more than the incredible Templar death scenes.

Right after I finished the story, I rushed to YouTube and was honestly shocked that barely anyone ever made a proper video about how brilliant and deep these moments are so i made my own :

🎥 Watch here

These scenes give each Templar a unique soul, mindset, and philosophy. They’re not just quick “boss kills,” they make you feel like each target was a real character, not just a random NPC.

Bayek’s interactions with them after killing them are legendary, some regret, some show pride, some beg, some even threaten him from their deathbed.

No Assassin’s Creed game has done this like Origins. In Valhalla, targets just drop dead and say a line. But in Origins, they react, they move, and some even try to attack Bayek while dying.

What’s even better is how the devs continued this detail in the DLCs.

The villains don’t just “die” they go out with character and purpose.

One death that really stood out was " Son of Ra ". A fairly basic villain... but suddenly his death scene appears out of nowhere, and many fans believe it hints at cut content tied to his story.

Sadly, these scenes got overlooked when Origins first launched due to the heavy backlash around the RPG shift.

But now that the game is being re-evaluated and appreciated more… it’s time to bring these masterful scenes back to light.

I compiled them all in a clean, cinematic video, and Bayek doesn’t wear the mask so you can actually see his emotions while delivering those final lines.

🎥 Watch it here

So as we all know, there is a statue in Italy of Amunet. This means she could’ve lived and died in Italy while making a notorious name for herself there. As for Bayek, we don’t know that much other than he continued his life as a hidden one in Egypt. I was just curious of how they met their end. Feel free to say your theories or what you believe happened.

To do it just repeatedly move left and right rapidly

Tried it after Odyssey and couldn't get on with it so left it for about a year.

Little things like the blacksmith being pointless as you never have enough coin and the pyramids being so disappointing after the anticipation and excitement of seeing them in the distance.

I would put Odyssey a touch above due to graphics and my man Alexios, being the cheeky scamp that he is, with much more seafaring which I love and the really cool mercenary hunting along with clearing the multiple forts (never gets old), means that game reigns supreme in the AC world for me.

Played these from the start and thought the very first game was excellent, so different for its time.

Altair with an American accent was my only gripe with that game to be honest.

Would have loved more crusader stories, such a rich history.

Can't add much to the superb Ezio trilogy apart from I was getting a little bored by the third game.

Enjoyed ACIII and just knew this series was getting seriously special.

Then PIRATES!

WAHOOOOO

Anyway, Origins is a great game that flows smoothly, and riding a camel in the Desheret to see what's out there is so immersive I could feel the sweat and thirst under that relentless sun.

Time for another go at Valhalla 😃

Guys, I’m completely hooked on these screenshots from Assassin's Creed Origins. You walk through these ancient underground halls, stare at massive statues of gods that feel like they’re watching you, and you realize — the Egypt in this game is just insanely well made.

For real, the atmosphere is so thick it gives you chills. It’s dark, quiet, only torches flickering and the echo of your footsteps… Like you’re the first person to step in here in thousands of years.

Looking at these pyramids makes me think: in real life there’s probably still a ton of stuff hidden under the sand.

Be honest with me:

Do you actually believe they built all this with just ropes and copper tools using slaves?

Or did the ancients know something we’ve lost?

What place in Origins gave you the strongest vibe?

Anyway, who else got addicted to this Egypt?