On the 16th July 2019, Assassin's Creed Odyssey's season pass content came to an end with the release of the final episode in the Atlantis DLC saga. Spread out over the course of more than nine months (Odyssey launched on the 5th October, 2018), the season pass was clearly designed to keep players coming back.
The season pass gave access to three main components: Legacy of the First Blade, The Fate of Atlantis, and Assassin's Creed III Remastered. However, unlike the DLC for Assassin's Creed Origins, Legacy of the First Blade and The Fate of Atlantis were broken up into episodic releases -- both DLC sagas comprising of three episodes each.
But has Assassin's Creed Odyssey's season pass been worth it? Is it worth buying now that we've seen all it has to offer? In this article, we're going to go over everything that you need to know, offering our own thoughts along the way.
Before we get stuck in, though, let's take a look at what the Assassin's Creed Odyssey season pass actually includes, complete with price points:
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Season Pass Overview
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Season Pass
Release Date: 5th October 2018
Price: £32.99/$39.99
Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade
Release Date: 4th December 2018
Standalone Price: £19.99/$24.99
Includes Three Episodes:
- Legacy of the First Blade - Episode 1: Hunted
Release Date: 4th December 2018
- Legacy of the First Blade - Episode 2: Shadow Heritage
Release Date: 15th January 2019
- Legacy of the First Blade - Episode 3: Bloodline
Release Date: 5th March 2019
Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis
Release Date: 23rd April 2019
Standalone Price: £19.99/$24.99
Includes Three Episodes:
- The Fate of Atlantis - Episode 1: Fields of Elysium
Release Date: 23rd April 2019
- The Fate of Atlantis - Episode 2: Torment of Hades
Release Date: 4th June 2019
- The Fate of Atlantis - Episode 3: Judgment of Atlantis
Release Date: 16th July 2019
Assassin's Creed III Remastered
Release Date: 29th March 2019
Standalone Price: £29.99/$39.99
Total Price Without Season Pass: £67.97/$89.97
As you'd expect, it's cheaper to buy the season pass than it is to buy things separately. Even if you ignored Assassin's Creed III Remastered and only splashed your cash on the Odyssey DLC sagas, you'd still be paying over the price of the season pass, at £39.98/$49.98.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade
With the facts out of the way, let's talk about the DLC itself, starting with Legacy of the First Blade.
Made up of three episodes, Legacy of the First Blade is a character-focused chapter in the story of the Eagle Bearer. It's based around the relationship that your character has with an old assassin named Darius, and his daughter or son, depending on whether you're playing as Alexios or Kassandra, respectively. In terms of storytelling, this saga features some of the best written and best performed scenes in the entirety of Odyssey.
However, each episode only lasts around a couple of hours or so -- maybe three or four if you take your time. This is primarily because they don't add a lot of new stuff to the game outside of the key story missions. All three episodes take place in the existing open world of Odyssey, and although they do sprinkle in a few new side quests here and there, none of them are particularly lengthy or engaging.
Again, though, Legacy of the First Blade is very story-driven, and because of this, it feels like it adds some welcome weight to the overall narrative, especially since it's endgame content that can only be accessed after completing the base game. It's got plenty of memorable moments and cool boss fights, too.
It may not add a huge amount of additional content to the game, but Legacy of the First Blade is essentially one of Assassin's Creed Odyssey's best quest lines.
If you want to read about each individual episode included in Legacy of the First Blade, we reviewed all of them:
- Legacy of the First Blade - Episode 1: Hunted Review
- Legacy of the First Blade - Episode 2: Shadow Heritage Review
- Legacy of the First Blade - Episode 3: Bloodline Review
Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis
Where Legacy of the First Blade focused on offering an in-depth series of quests, The Fate of Atlantis has a clear emphasis on exploration and adventure.
The Fate of Atlantis saga is made up of another three episodes, only this time, each episode takes place in its own brand new open world location. Each of these locations is roughly the size of a single region in the base game, and they all come with their own distinct visual style.
The Fate of Atlantis is the final chapter in Odyssey's story, and so it's only playable once you've completed the main game. In terms of narrative, it ties heavily into the overarching lore of Assassin's Creed, adding depth to the series' godlike Isu race, while also allowing Alexios or Kassandra's tale to come full circle.
However, the writing and characters across all three episodes isn't as strong as you'd expect for such a finale. Although you're constantly being peppered with player choice, cutscenes can sometimes feel rough around the edges or anticlimactic. What's more, your actions ultimately have very little impact on how things eventually play out. It's disappointing, but at least you get to further shape your hero's personality in a lot of different ways.
But the storytelling isn't really the main draw of this second DLC saga. As hinted, these new open world locations are gorgeous and a joy to explore. Throw in a number of interesting side quests alongside some super powerful loot, and you've got a rock solid gameplay suite. It also helps that each episode in The Fate of Atlantis takes a reasonable five hours or so to complete -- and you could probably even double that if you really wanted to soak up the atmosphere.
At its core, The Fate of Atlantis is basically just more Assassin's Creed Odyssey, except with its fantastical elements turned up to eleven. If you enjoy the gameplay loop of the base game, then you can't really go wrong, even if the storytelling could be better.
We also reviewed all of the episodes for The Fate of Atlantis, so if you want more in-depth analysis, be sure to check them out:
- The Fate of Atlantis - Episode 1 - Fields of Elysium Review
- The Fate of Atlantis - Episode 2 - Torment of Hades Review
- The Fate of Atlantis - Episode 3 - Judgment of Atlantis Review
Assassin's Creed III Remastered
Last and, well, kind of least, is Assassin's Creed III Remastered. Also available as a completely standalone game, the remaster came as something of a surprise inclusion in Assassin's Creed Odyssey's season pass.
Assassin's Creed III Remastered also comes with Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Remastered bundled in. Not exactly the best game in the Assassin's Creed franchise, Liberation started life as a Vita title, and while it's got some neat ideas, it's a bit of a weak link. Still, this is a lot of Assassin's Creed to chew through.
If you've never played Assassin's Creed III before, it's important to note that it doesn't actually have much to do with Assassin's Creed Odyssey -- you don't need to play this remaster to better understand Odyssey or anything like that. It's purely a bonus that Ubisoft bolted onto the season pass.
But still, there's no denying that you're getting a decent amount of bang for your buck here. Assassin's Creed III is quite a lengthy game, and although it's always divided opinion, it's still a pretty enjoyable experience, even after all this time (it originally released in 2012). Meanwhile, Liberation, as mentioned, isn't great and it's relatively short, but hey, the more the merrier.
The Assassin's Creed III remaster itself isn't perfect, though. Generally speaking the game looks better than ever, with enhanced lighting effects and an obvious resolution boost, but character models can look weirdly waxy, and a number of graphical bugs can rear their ugly heads at times.
As a standalone game, Assassin's Creed III Remastered is good but not great, and as part of Odyssey's season pass, it's best thought of as an extra. But again, it's a meaty extra, and together with Liberation, represents good value when taking the price of the season pass into account.
You can read our full review of Assassin's Creed III Remastered here:
Conclusion: Is Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Season Pass Worth It?
So, is Assassin's Creed Odyssey's season pass worth it? Well, for starters, it's actually quite difficult to fault any of the DLC. Each and every episode has added something worthwhile to the game, and both sagas have their own identity and place within an already colossal adventure.
Legacy of the First Blade stands out as an engaging character-driven quest -- one of the best in the whole game -- while The Fate of Atlantis gives players three excellent open world environments to explore. Neither saga brings anything particularly new to the table, at least in terms of gameplay, but at £32.99/$39.99 for the season pass, you're adding hefty chunks of well crafted content to your experience. Alongside all the free updates and quests that Ubisoft has been adding since launch, it's hard not to feel as though you're getting your money's worth.
The bottom line is that if you like playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey, then you're going to enjoy what the season pass has to offer. And if that's the case, then the inclusion of Assassin's Creed III Remastered is just a bonus.
Has the Assassin's Creed Odyssey season pass left you feeling satisfied? Vote in our poll, and then give us an honest opinion in the comments section below.
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I know this isn't a review, but if anyone's got any specific questions about the game, any of the DLC, or the season pass in general, just @ me and I'll try to answer them.
This whole article could have just been one word and that’s yes lol. I mean for 40 dollars you’re getting like 30 to 40 hours of new content just from the two expansions and getting two remastered AC games that combined would take like 50 or more hours to beat. It’s easily one of the best season passes quality and quantity wise from a triple AAA game this gen
The game is fun and all but I started my 2nd playthrough of HZD and goodness the game is just something else. I can't repeat this enough, the graphics first off for an open world is insane! The mounts are more realistic than those AC horses or Roach. The combat of both games is crazy fun but HZD has the edge because defeating a Trampler or Behemoth not to mention a Thunderjaw or Fireclaw is far more satisfying than say alpha animals or a minotaur in Odyssey. The sound of the machines, their AI is just incredible. No wonder Kojima was impressed. Sorry I just can't stop praising HZD, it needs more praise just as equal or even more than GoW.
The only real value for money season pass I recall paying for was with Fallout New Vegas.
I have really enjoyed this season pass, and I feel that I have got value for money. Still Got the last episode to go as well as AC3 ( Ezio Collection first though, I got that cheap and it has sat on my shelf ever since)
I'm more than happy with what we got. All the story expansions were cool and it was nice to also get a copy of Assassin's Creed III Liberation HD with it.
With the price of the gold version costing me less than the actual season pass alone it’s exceptional value.
The III and liberation inclusion is played down here when it really is a great addition.
I haven’t started any of the DLC yet so it was nice to read this
@TheArt Horizon Zero Dawn has the best combat of any open world game I've ever played and is visually the most appealing open world game I've played due to excellent 4K upscaling and best in class HDR implementation. I don't feel its story gets enough praise either, sure many of the side quests aren't great but the main quest line is very good with surprises right up until the end and it's one of those rare open world games that just runs flawlessly.
As for Odyssey I enjoyed my time immensely with the base game but there is just too much content in that so I never got round the the dlc. In reality they could do with cutting many of the bases and fake regional wars and incorporate many more of these fantasy elements for you to discover in the base game and some of its side quests are genuinely brilliant, so more of those and less of the camps next time please
@carlos82 Even the collectables give you story the first game i didnt feel that i wasted time on collectables. I played 20 hours in the opening area because the gameplay is so much fun. In the end i spend 100 plus hours too Platinum it now too start the expansion and the last bit of collectables. 😆
i got season pass when it was on sale paid £30 right bargin
100% Yes! Season Pass has really been worth every penny (not even touched AC3 yet)
Really great effort all around by Ubisoft. They said they would bring AC back to shape and they have.
@carlos82 I can only imagine how it looks in 4KHDR cause the base 1080p is still top notch. True, I didn't pay much attention to the story cause like @flaming_kaiser the graphics, the combat, the sound, the characters, the unique outfits( I mean look at them Oseram Arrowbreaker boots), the carefully designed machines and their detailed behaviours all got my attention. It's simply one of the best games ever created! And even more solid with the Frozen Wilds expansion. HZD2 will be an incredible launch title for the PS5.
"Liberation started life as a PSP title"
Damn, even Push Square has forgotten about the Vita
I still need to get around to playing Origins, but the Atlantis DLC for this sounds really fun. I'm liking how the more recent AC games are leaning into the fantastical.
It’s simply incredible how much content games give us these days, even before considering DLC.
@Orpheus79V Oh god, you're right! I must have been thinking about the other Ass Creed game they did for the PSP.
How does this game compare with the original in terms of how the gameplay feels. I got the original AC long ago and didn't really enjoy it at all so I never got another since. I just didn't enjoy how it felt to move around or the combat.
Great for me so much like Origins I got the game on both PS4 and Xbox one X
It sounds like a great game but it's a turnoff you have to follow the assassins storyline. It'd be cooler just to be an ancient Greek game.
Whole game is a biggest disappointment for a long time for me. Boring gameplay and microtransaction killed this game in my eyes.
Best of the whole package was AC III remastered.
I agree the amount of content is amazing, but for me the main game is becoming a chore.
The graphics and whole game are superb, but suppose we are all different
@JoeBlogs HZD is a phenomenal game which had to share its shine with BotW. I think Naughty Dog is right to discontinue Uncharted if I'm correct. There's this narrative dissonance with gentleman Drake who guns down millions. I'll certainly hope they try openworld, if Guerilla were able to do it, ND should be more than capable.
@thefirst they're turd, so any dlc will also be turd in my opinion, because as the old saying goes 'you can't polish a turd'.
@East76landS
After much consideration on the subject I have found that the most funny way to spell Turd is actually Terd.
I'm gonna have to pick this up again. I played it at launch, enjoyed it, but found it too big and long and got distracted by other games. Now that I have about 2 months before Borderlands 3 releases, I'll probably pick up AC Odyssey again and finish it. Really enjoy the combat and open world of the newer games compared to the earlier ones.
I was pretty burnt out on the AC franchise and by Unity, AC2 had still not been bettered.
Might be time to jump back in with Origins/Odyssey to see what I’ve been missing...
I'll let you know when I finally get to the DLC. Still haven't finished making my way through the rest of this enormous game.
@ShogunRok Other than the story dlc do you get any weapons, armour or mounts or any helix credits at all? I'm playing the main game at the moment and I am interested in the dlc but it's pointless to buy now unless I finish the main story right?
@Sladey69 Nah, the season pass doesn't include any of the weapons/armour DLC packs. I think you might get a couple of items but that's it (and I might be thinking of the different editions you can buy, rather than the season pass itself).
And yeah, you basically need to finish the main story before you can start either DLC saga. Worth playing through the game first and then deciding if you want the season pass.
Thanks a lot, really helped
I am playing right now on for the first time (base game) and I have always struggled to get through AC games but I must say, except for the excessive grind, the game is pretty good and this is one of the most polished open worlds I have seen.
Has a new AC game been announced for this year (or are they having a year off)? If it has I can’t think of it!
Has anyone in the UK been able to buy the season pass for half price or is it still coming up £32
@Delta-Sev446 still £32 for me by going through playstation app and the storefront in game.
Bet this is Sony Europe's issue. They do this all the time. Wednesday is when games usually go on sale, so i expect they will apply the discount then
@Rob_230 cheers Rob, when I seen the article I've been checking every hr on the hr for the price to go down but hopefully it does on Wednesday 👍
@Delta-Sev446 haha no worries. Fingers crossed we dont get forgotten. The more i've read about the pass, the more i want it. It would be perfect timing since i just got the game for my birthday this week.
I've been doing exactly the same and checking back all day. Its been so frustrating haha 😅
Yeah I got the game for my birthday on day of release, I completed the game but stopped playing because I didn't have the season pass, I loved the whole franchise and I wanna play the Atlantis Dlc so much but I'll be checking after midnight as well right up to the September deadline and if I do t get it I'll be complaining to Sony/PlayStation and Ubisoft until I do get it lol 😂
I didn't care much for the 2nd part, but it was worth it as a whole. Definitely a lot of extra game to play for a decent price, Especially on sale.
It’s still £32.99
Got the platinum last week, so good timing to get the season pass
Come on drop the price!
best season pass ever this is how it should be done!! so much value you get AC Liberation as well wit the pass.
@Spoonman-2 I think it dropped
@Sladey69
Not in the UK by looks of it mate
@Spoonman-2 Ah, it must be on xbox store I saw it. Sorry.
I am still playing Odyssey so clearly I am enjoying it. I also think the expansions are worth the price of the Season Pass.
However, I don't like how even after paying £90! for this game, I still have to go into the Store if I wanted any of the nice gear sets on offer. It may seem like a contradiction to me saying I thought the Season Pass was good value, but these gear sets should have been included in the Season Pass. But because of how Ubisoft is monetizing this game, I very much doubt I will buy the Season Pass for the next game. Let us not forget how CDPR gave away 16 FREE DLCs to everyone, even if you didn't buy the Season Pass. It is therefore greed that is causing Ubisoft to employ such egregious monetization tactics.
@TheArt for me HZD the best game in this generation.
You get ACIII Remastered, which comes with The Tyranny of King George DLC and also AC Liberation Remastered. Then you get the Legacy of the First Blade DLC, which is... mediocre (imo lol), but the first two episodes of the Fate of Atlantis are pretty well done by comparison with the last episode - Judgment of Atlantis - being, err, well, somewhat disappointing to say the least, but it's still filled with fun times. lol
Still, you get hours an hours of content for a pretty good price. Most people pay 15 dollars to see a 2-hour movie. Here, you're getting upwards of about 300 hours of content (in all) for a comparatively low price. It's really up to you and how much of an AC fan you are, but I'd say yeah, I think it's all pretty worth it.
It's a Yes from me!
@TheArt Its the GOTG wait untill you find the collectables. Its the first time i found a good reason too look for them without the reason being a trophy. 😉
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