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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!ereborbbs.duckdns.org!.POSTED.192.168.18.6!not-for-mail From: Kyonshi Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Assassin's Creed Odyssey Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 12:35:41 +0200 Organization: Erebor InterNetNews Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: c3066ed76bae8bcc0e476efb157ff758 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 10:35:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: ereborbbs.duckdns.org; posting-host="192.168.18.6"; logging-data="2071"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ereborbbs.duckdns.org" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2553 Lines: 24 On 9/2/2024 8:20 AM, Werner P. wrote: > Am 13.08.24 um 15:29 schrieb kyonshi: >> If there's one thing that annoys me though it's the crowded world it >> presents. Unlike World of Warcraft for example, which is a great example >> of building a world that is both small but looks big, this one grates my >> suspension of disbelief almost immediately. It's all ok when you are on >> the tiny island at the start, but once you find an Athens where the >> walled >> passage to Piraeus is a 100 meter wall section, and where you can see the >> houses on Salamis from the port... yeah. Everything's a bit... small. > My main problem is the repetitiveness of the side missions just to fill > the world, less would have been more for this game. It would have been > an excellent game if they just focused on the main story and added a > little bit of fluff and reduce the open world to semi open! > But basically you go into every town and every town has the same 5-10 > soulless side missions which partially you have to perform to get the > stats ramped up until you can continue the main mission. Thats the > reason why I only play this game in chunks, I usually get bored by it > after 5-10 hours. Also given that I live in Europe and have been to > Greece several times, the setting is historic for me but not exotic! > Well, I live in Europe as well, and it's quite nice to see an approximation of what the world looked back in the day. Still. It's just an approximation. A theme park version.