Assassin's Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones it the ultimate example of "more of the same." Honestly, the core gameplay is as good as the full game and, in places, it's even better, with some real highlights. However, with a disappointing new zone design, a lacklustre main story, and nothing new or bold to set it apart, it just feels like filler and occasionally...
Assassin's Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones2018
Assassin's Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones
2018 Ubisoft Entertainment79Good
Playtime
ShortIt typically takes about 6 hours to finish the game.
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- $9.99
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Details
- Launch
- January 23, 2018
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
Overview
The Hidden Ones is a downloadable content expansion package for Assassin's Creed: Origins, set to be released in January 2018. It is to be the first out of two expansion packs for the game, alongside The Curse of the Pharaohs. Set several years after the events of the main game, The Hidden Ones sees Bayek travel to the Sinai Peninsula, where he will become entangled in a conflict between occupying Roman forces and a rebel faction. It also continues the story of the Hidden Ones, exploring the events that came after the formal founding of the Brotherhood.
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Press74
Players92
GoodExcellent- Metacritic73from 16 reviews
- OpenCritic74from 20 reviews
Since I started this when I was the highest level, the DLC seemed to be rather easy and quick. I enjoyed playing and exploring Sinai, but sadly what with the glitches of Bayek being eaten by a mountain, I will have to give the score lower than I expected
If you have the base game already, the price for The Hidden Ones DLC won't be too much for you. With this in mind, I can also tell you that there is more than enough content in the DLC. There is a new map called Sinai and it has 4 regions waiting for you. Also, there are new weapons, costumes, and mounts which are cool for real. If you already completed...
(Please, Ubisoft, can we have some more?).
Assassin's Creed Origins first DLC offers nothing new to anyone who finished the main game : with its artifical difficulty and its mandatory levelling, The Hidden Ones only takes advantage of its magnificent background to please the eye, even if you may encounter more bugs in a few hours of gameplay than the entire series itself.