You can play Assassin's Creed Odyssey for free this weekend

[midian182]

Something to look forward to: If you’re one of the millions stuck indoors this weekend, Ubisoft has a way of passing the time that costs nothing. The French gaming giant is making Assassin’s Creed Odyssey free-to-play from tomorrow—Thursday, March 19—until Sunday, March 22.

Odyssey is arguable the best Assassin’s Creed game to date. Set in Greece in 431 BC, it has much more of an RPG focus than previous AC titles, containing dialogue options, branching quests, and multiple endings. Almost two years after release, it remains an excellent, beautiful game, and will last over 80 hours if you see and do absolutely everything—and that’s without the DLCs, which aren’t included in the trial.

All the progress made during the weekend will carry over to the full game, should you decide to purchase it after the free period ends. And if you need another reason to buy, Odyssey is discounted by 75 percent for a limited time.

An extra bonus for everyone who plays Odyssey this weekend is the unlockable (via the Ubisoft Club) Ezio’s Roman Set costume, which is essentially the outfit worn by Ezio in Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood.

The free trial will be available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The game can be preloaded on the PC and PS4 starting today, and those on Xbox will need an active Xbox Live Gold subscription to access the freebie. Ubisoft also noted that PS4 players would have trophies disabled during the free weekends.

With the coronavirus forcing so many people to socially isolate inside their homes, Steam broke its concurrent user record over the weekend, surpassing 20 million users. The virus has also seen Pornhub give away free premium subscriptions to those in lockdown in Italy, and ISPs have suspended data caps and promised not to penalize customers for missed payments during the outbreak.

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[TomSEA]

Great game. I'm still playing it, have 90 hours invested but have completed only 34% of the main quest because there's so much else to do. A good ancient Greece historical teaching tool, too.

 

[Malakai2k]

Great game. I'm still playing it, have 90 hours invested...

It's insanely good. I've been playing it for 15 months now. According to Steam I've played 800 hours all told. I'm on my 4th Game+ play through. Played it a different way each time as both characters a couple of times each. I can't put it down it seems.

 

[Achaios]

Even for a Greek guy like me, this game is beyond awesome.

I did the Parthenon and Acropolis educational tour several times already and I keep doing it every other day.

I just can't get enough of the Parthenon, godess Athena, and the Acropolis.

I gotta tell you, the game is so realistic and so well made that I really get the feeling after completing the Acropolis/Parthenon tour, that I had REALLY, REALLY visited the REAL Acropolis and the REAL Parthenon as it was back then and experienced it all.

Books and ancient Greek texts don't even get close the splendor of actually experiencing the beauty, and the vibrant colours and architecture of Ancient Athens for yourself.

I had never expected to see something like this before I died. I actually thought that people before our modern era were willing to sell even their souls to get to see and to get to experience what we do today through this game.

Think of all the famous fans of the Greek civilization and culture of the 1800's such as Heinrich Schliemann who passed their whole life with a copy of Homer and Thucydides but never got to see with their own eyes the Glory of Ancient Greece that we see today on our PC's through this game.

This game is monumental, it is a classicist's dream.

Oh and, I 'd like to add that I'd love the same studio to do a similar game set in Israel under Imp. Octavianus Augustus so that I get to see and experience the Second Temple and Jerusalem of the time of JC. A similar educational tour (such as that made for the Parthenon) with all the historical details for the Temple would be beyond awesome.

 

[poohbear]

Even for a Greek guy like me, this game is beyond awesome.

I did the Parthenon and Acropolis educational tour several times already and I keep doing it every other day.

I just can't get enough of the Parthenon, godess Athena, and the Acropolis.

I gotta tell you, the game is so realistic and so well made that I really get the feeling after completing the Acropolis/Parthenon tour, that I had REALLY, REALLY visited the REAL Acropolis and the REAL Parthenon as it was back then and experienced it all.

Books and ancient Greek texts don't even get close the splendor of actually experiencing the beauty, and the vibrant colours and architecture of Ancient Athens for yourself.

I had never expected to see something like this before I died. I actually thought that people before our modern era were willing to sell even their souls to get to see and to get to experience what we do today through this game.

Think of all the famous fans of the Greek civilization and culture of the 1800's such as Heinrich Schliemann who passed their whole life with a copy of Homer and Thucydides but never got to see with their own eyes the Glory of Ancient Greece that we see today on our PC's through this game.

This game is monumental, it is a classicist's dream.

Oh and, I 'd like to add that I'd love the same studio to do a similar game set in Israel under Imp. Octavianus Augustus so that I get to see and experience the Second Temple and Jerusalem of the time of JC. A similar educational tour (such as that made for the Parthenon) with all the historical details for the Temple would be beyond awesome.

Jebus u wrote an essay! From all this enthusiasm, I obviously gotta check it out!