The duo of Zeus and Prometheus serve as narrators of the tale told in Immortals, with Prometheus taking the role of the eloquent poet who waxes lyrical and paints pictures with his words, and Zeus serving as the foil to his artistic tendencies by constantly butting in as the unreliable narrator and a treasure trove of jokes and quips. While you’d usually associate a Greek mythology setting with stories that take themselves all too seriously and are ripe with tragedies and violence galore, Immortals is a rather light-hearted game. Set in the world of Greek mythology, Immortals Fenyx Rising sees you stepping into the shoes of a Greek warrior who is tasked with rescuing the Greek pantheon from the clutches of the evil Typhon in order to put a stop to the Titan’s machinations. A mishmash of ideas taken from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey itself and from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Immortals has certainly looked like an interesting prospect for a while- and though it certainly has a lot going for it, it’s not a game without issues. Originally beginning development as an offshoot of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, over the course of the last year and a half, the game has gone through a delay, a mid-development overhaul, and even a name change. That was only three weeks ago.Immortals Fenyx Rising has had an interesting journey en route to launch. On October 29 we got Watch Dogs: Legion, which was followed by Assassin's Creed Valhalla less than two weeks later on November 10. Wild fact: Immortals Fenyx Rising is Ubisoft's third open-world game to launch in just over a month. And after clocking Immortals, I was pretty tempted to either go back to my pre-final boss save or to start a New Game+ and try to max out all Fenyx’s gear and abilities… but then I remembered the gameplay in between the combat and the exploration. Fenyx is responsive to control and felt more and more powerful as I progressed. For everything else I was able to dose up as needed.Įven so, I’m not opposed to combat that isn’t overtly challenging if it’s still fun, and Immortals’ combat is very much that.

Only Immortals’ final boss had me down to zero health potions and legitimately sweating. If you spend any time gathering collectable plants in the environment, you’ll always be able to cook up enough health, stamina, attack boost and defense boost potions that you can spend them very freely. I’m not even kidding.Īnother element that makes the combat feel easier than it might otherwise have been is the fact that your health bar doesn’t really mean much. Then a bit on from that, there was a puzzle where I had to find three weights to put on three pressure plates to open yet another door. Then, 20 metres further along, I had to find three switches to open another door. That murky chasm I mentioned earlier? Turns out its deep secret was a puzzle where I had to shoot flaming arrows into three braziers to open a door. It’s not that these challenges are bad – they just have no ambition whatsoever. Regardless, many of the destinations in Immortals aren’t what I’d describe as riveting once you reach them. As such, the environment itself wasn’t much of a puzzle, which is a real shame for an open-world game.ĭespite this, The Golden Isle is still fun to roam around, with basic collectables to gather and discover, plenty of optional combat, and some truly impressive vistas. While Immortals does use a stamina system for gliding and climbing, my plentiful supply of easily crafted stamina potions ensured that I could still quite easily get to wherever I wanted. “Of course, I don’t have to use the functionality, but to me the fact that it’s included at all says that Immortals is more concerned with the destination than the journey, and that was largely borne out in my time with it.

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