Assassin's Creed Origins Gods Collector's Edition (Xbox One)

Great service, had this beauty delivered on the release date even though I ordered the day before release, so fantastic on behalf of Amazon.For those of you who love the Assassin's Creed series, this is definitely a must have. The previous game, Assassin's Creed Syndicate which I got on the xbox one, I thought was a great entry when they were trying to save the series. I played Syndicate literally the week before to get back into the series and when I received Origins, my mind was blown. They overhauled the ENTIRE battle system which now is so much better! theres an RPG element to the game and its the only game in the series that has me going back for me even after I completed the game. Can you name any Assassins Creed game you have played for over 40 hours for just story mode? If I put this in the action RPG genre, this already blows so many games out of the water!!!

Incredibly detailed and beautiful sculpture, along with the art book and other goodies. The box is gorgeously presented. Also, thank you Amazon for delivering this on the day of its release. The game is just stunning - a work of art.

After a years break Ubisoft have returned with a shake up of the traditional game formula. I'm going to keep this as short as possible since I'm sure most of the official reviews have said mostly the same thing.Really, this should be a 4.5, but Amazon doesn't have that.-Game-AC: Origins is, without a doubt, the best game since Black Flag. I've sunk about 20 hours into it and only just got past the third Templar, so it's definitely keep you busy. Egypt is an absolute marvel to behold, and although everyone has praised the visual, this is without a doubt one of the most beautiful worlds in gaming. Everything has been crafted to the most minute detail. Even Ancient Egyptian culture is shown true to form, instead of the slightly demonised versions seen in previous media.Bayek is a very interesting character. He has sheer brutal fury unlike anything Ezio, Connor or Arno had, but its quite well offset by the fact that he is a genuinely kind person, helping everyone with a problem (and there are loads), and the moments he has with the various children in the game are very touching, which makes his rage all the more terrifying because it's clear Bayek struggles with it unlike the aforementioned who never really had to deal with the realities of such anger.The Templars, or rather, the Order of Ancients as they're known in this game, are very well presented. All of them are known by a moniker based off one of the major Egyptian gods ie the Ibis, the Scarab, the Crocodile. But, unlike 'future' iterations of the Order, these Templars are truly terrifying due to them playing off the brutal, mysterious atmosphere of Egypt and nearly always being masked, which leads to you, the player, trying to figure out who they are based on lines said by that particular questline's cast. For example, a character close to the Scarab mentions his 'great work', a line uttered by Grandmaster Germain in Unity.True to the name Origins provides a lot of, well, origins to the various rituals of both the Brotherhood and the Templars. But the game is clever about it as much of these instances stem from mundane practices, as in the case of the feather, misinterpretation in the case of the Templar's Father of Understanding, or just accidental for the Hidden Blade.Stealth has taken a back burner due to the game being more combat focused, and the parkour has been streamlined to use two buttons and the left analogue stick, which cuts out most of the infuriating instances when the designated Assassin jumps on the wrong thing while you're trying to be quiet.The main cons I have with the game are the combat. While the game lifts a lot from Dark Souls in terms of the combat the combat itself is geared towards one on one duels, meaning it can become vary frustrating when your fighting two standard soldiers or bandits and a massive brute comes along and instantly kills you because you can't block in time.Also, the Gods addition only comes with the preorder mission and the Deluxe Pack, which means you will need to pay for the season pass separately OR fork out an extra £40 for the Dawn of the Creed Edition.-Physical stuff-The Gods edition comes with a beautifully drawn map of Ptolemiac Egypt, which looks like it could have been lifted straight from the era, a pretty nice artbook full of the games official promotional art and concept art, including stunning paintings of Egypt and previous designs of characters, as well as the game's wonderful soundtrack. It also as a heavily detailed statue of Bayek, which looks great on anyone's shelf and, let's face it, that's why you want this edition.----Overall AC: Origins is, despite clunky combat and few bugs, a return to form for the series. This is certainly the best game in the series, in my personal opinion, and definitely a step in the right direction for the series in the future. The Gods edition also has a hefty amount of cool loot for the price, but the one downside being that it does not come with the season pass which makes it necessary to spend a further £30, or by the DLC individually.

The hood on the figure arrive broken. The items box arrived damaged. The item also arrived not packaged, with amazon barcodes stuck onto the items box, ruining the Egyptian style box. Not worth the money, should have just bought the game on its own.

Wow I'm really enjoying the new assassins creed origins it's taken the franchise in a completely new direction and in a good way, the world is massive and beautiful especially on the xbox one x, packed with things to do places to explore and the amount of small details added to the game is amazing I would definitely recommend this game to people don't let the last couple assassins creed games put you off people you won't be disappointed with origins!

Very good game I've been a fan of Assassins Creed since day one although they have been lacking due to the yearly release Ubisoft have really made a difference by increasing the development cycle by an additional year and it really shows,the gameplay mechanics are a massive improvement over AC: Syndicate and the control system has been changed to allow the player more options when it comes down to gameplay,the world map is huge it would probably take about 4 hours to travel the whole map without fast travel,Egypt is your playground i've played for 24+ hours in 4 days and I doubt i've even completed half of the game yet,this is crazy as it took me 12 hours to finish Assassins Creed 2 100%......my advice is just buy it

Worth every penny.Well worth paying the extra for!. Good attention to detail even with the packaging, the sculpture is amazing. Will make a fantastic gift.

This was a substitute for the gold edition. Rather than just cancel the pre-order when they had problems getting it, they upgraded to this and sent out a code for the seasons pass as that came with the gold and not this one.Son hasn't played it yet as its a Christmas present, but "Needed" to check the package he said. Its huge, just from the figure alone. He is very happy to be getting it and Amazon have exceeded expectations this time, so all are happy :)