Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Differences Between Alexios and Kassandra

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Ubisoft's century-spanning stealth RPG series Assassin's Creed has had a mainline entry released almost every year since 2007, with a slew of spin-offs alongside. Each game explores its own historical setting in interesting ways, letting players free-run across a multitude of different locations from ancient civilizations to pre-Revolutionary Paris. While the Assassin's Creed entries have a lot in common despite their disparate settings, they mostly focus on a different protagonist – or set of protagonists – in each successive installment, splitting the time between the historical period and a modern-day section. Assassin's Creed Odyssey was no different, with a contemporary setting that followed Assassin and former Abstergo researcher Layla Hassan.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey also had a historical element, with Layla able to access the past through her portable Animus device and follow the adventures of either Alexios or Kassandra during the Peloponnesian War in a hidden mythological history. While most Assassin's Creed games have a set historical protagonist, some started to introduce the concept of choosing between a male or female main character, like Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Assassin's Creed Odyssey follows suit, with players able to pick from the brother and sister pair, with the character not selected becoming an NPC. As two separate characters, Alexios and Kassandra have some pretty distinct aspects, and it can be a tough choice for players to choose between them.

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While the choice between Alexios and Kassandra is an important one, it won't change things significantly from a gameplay perspective. Both characters have the same skillsets to utilize in combat and