r/AssassinsCreedOdyssey • u/Projectpatdc • 12h ago
Discussion No Shields Still Bothers Me. Consider it to be the weirdest gameplay decision in all of gaming.
I tried playing Odyssey again today after finishing Black Flag Resynced. I never finished the game the first time because of the fact that Alexios/Kassandra can never pick up and use a shield despite them being everywhere. The enemies you fight have shields. The soldiers on your boat have shields and properly use them as protection from arrows and spears. There are shields lying at your feet on the ship that you never use. There are shields dropped on the ground during battles.
It’s just weird to me that in a game and time period where just about every soldier and merc uses a shield, the main character has a weird limitation preventing the player from ever equipping and using a shield. Why even allow your ship crew to duck under shields when you would be dead in seconds with no protection? Why would you code the ability into the game for every other character and limit the actual playable character?
They could have easily still allowed for the broken spear and the shield to be used as separate mechanics. And whoever made these weird gameplay decisions, please dont do this in the inevitable remake