Immortals Fenyx Rising Review (Xbox One)

Play as Fenyx on a quest to save the Greek gods from a dark curse. Take on mythological beasts, master the legendary powers of the gods, and defeat Typhon, the deadliest Titan in Greek mythology, in an epic fight for the ages.

Pros:

• Gorgeous graphics.
• 24.9GB download size.
• 1000 Gamerscore.
• HDR support.
• Colorblind support.
• Ubisoft Connect rewards and challenges.
• Online save support.
• Five difficulties-Story, easy, normal, hard, and nightmare. These change health regen, enemy difficulties, fall damage, and assistance levels.
• In-game cutscenes and animated art scenes.
• Excellent voice work in particular the two-man narration team as they tell jokes, relive tales and give the story life.
• Can skip cutscenes.
• Character creator-male/female, body type, skin color, hairstyle, hair color, facial hair, facial hair color, eyebrows, eyebrows color, facial features, and voice.
• Humour sprinkled in.
• Tutorial support as you play.
• 3rd person action-adventure gameplay.
• Uses the Greek Mythos.
• Stamina bar for running, swimming, and climbing.
• Combat is very hack and slash.
• Tutorial menu to brush up.
• Save when you want via hard or quicksave.
• A robust climbing model that apes the Assassin’s Creed in its use and fluidity.
• Scout point-like the synchronization points in Assassin’s Creed you go here to fill in the map by using far sight and revealing icons, the controller will vibrate when discovered.
• Play how you want.
• Open world.
• Has a cartoon feel to it all, a very family-friendly type vibe.
• The compass at the top of the screen shows icons, markers, and missions including the distance.
• Combo counter.
• Can break down shrubbery, smash pots, and the like for the chance of materials.
• Ambrosia-find them in the world to enhance your health bar.
• Set your own markers.
• Mount-tame animals so you can ride them and travel the world faster.
• Fast travel points.
• Hall of Gods- main hub area.
• Forge of Hephaistos-trade your gems for upgrades to stats of gear and carrying capacity.
• River Styx Cistern-use collected Coins of Charon to buy new skills and Godly powers.
• Cauldron of Circe-use collected materials to make/craft potions and upgrade their effects.
• Aphrodite’s beauty chair-access the character creator and edit your character.
• Kylix of Athens-spend collected Ambrosia to increase your health.
• The bench of Zeus-collect Zeus lightening to upgrade your maximum stamina.
• Hermes Heroic tasks board-take on quests for rewards, there are Heroic tasks that change as you do them and live tasks which are on a timer.
• Cosmetics-you can buy/earn/use real money on visual cosmetics for all your gear.
• A lot of puzzles laid out in the world in their own little events.
• Apollos arrow-with these you can control them.
• Has a cool feature that will immediately tell you if you do not have the necessary skills/abilities to do an activity.
• Many activity types from self-contained puzzles to mini-boss style encounters.
• You can just stumble across secrets, missions, and the such.
• Stealth mechanics for stealth and avoidance. Stealth kills will do much more damage.
• Rifts-self contained dungeon/puzzle areas you can enter that carry great rewards.
• On loading screens between the rifts, you can move around get materials.
• Legendary bosses- self-contained and grant a reward, these are like mini-boss encounters.

Cons:

• When in far sight it takes ages to reveal everything and you have no idea on progress.
• The slowdown happens a fair bit.
• Stamina system seems to be a cheap way to extend simple tasks and travels.
• Compass is very busy.
• Possible to get stuck or climb something and kind of bug out and not move.
• The opening half-hour is kinda rough.
• Can feel a bit grindey with the many materials to collect.
• Having materials on a loading screen kinda sucks as the loading times are short depending on your hard drive type.
• Rubbish Ubisoft rewards.
• Fast travel points not always clear and quite rare.
• Can get overwhelming with so many quests on the go and so many that pop.
• Even when unveiling icons and markers the map of the area won’t unlock until you scout.
• Cutscene after every use of a station at the hub is tedious.