Assassin's Creed took a year-long break in 2016, then came out swinging last year with a quite literally game-changing new vision for the series in Assassin's Creed: Origins. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey picks up many of the newer ideas laid out in Origins, then expands on them and frames them all against the backdrop of an ancient Greece setting. But is that a good thing? SEE ALSO: In'Assassin's Creed Odyssey,' choices really matter Critics seem to think so. Mashable's review is coming soon, but here's a rundown of the critical pulse surrounding Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, which is out for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on Oct. 5. Assassin's Creed Odyssey is huge.