pezpimp Immortals Fenyx Rising Review

First, let's get the really bad stuff out of the way, Ubisoft really makes some strange decisions when developing a game, and I can understand that a lot of people are very frustrated by these, including myself. First of all, in order to play, you must connect to Ubisoft Connect, why? I'm not sure, the only way to prevent this is to turn off the Wi-Fi completely from your console. But even then, there is still a search for content when you first turn on the game, I'm not sure what it's searching for or where it's searching, but there is still a long wait before you can even do anything. The game also doesn't let you save at certain points, some of these are very long sections of the game. It is beyond me how Ubisoft makes these decisions and it will likely prevent me from buying a Ubisoft game in future. Now for the actual game. It is really good overall, providing a great open world and lots of great ideas. The whole thing has voice acting which I love, with a very interesting and humorous thematic story based on Greek mythology, even if sometimes the writing isn't the best. The puzzles are nice also, they do get repetitive at times, you often need to find a rock to place on a switch or light something with your bow, but still overall they were good. The sceneries are really nice and there are a ton of upgrades to collect. I really didn't like how you search for new locations/treasures, needing to scan an area looking for them often from a high point and the controls have some issues, you can remap them but the game advises against it. Finally I wish you could zoom in more on the map.