he's the narrative director on valhalla and his tweets imply way more assassins creed lore in this game than the previous 2. you can even 1 shot boss fights with the hidden blade again. Forget gameplay - Layla Hassan as a character is just awful. Following Assassin's Creed Odyssey's latest DLC, many may be wondering where the modern-day storyline is going to go in AC 2020. I don't like Layla. A one-stop shop for all things video games. Cut the bloat, cut the runtime, cut everything that's not necessary to being immersed into a past era, and just let us adventure and assassinate. I don’t mind the idea of the modern day sections, but I don’t feel they have been executed very well. I wish they are optional. I could care less about her, and they made her borderline unlikeable in Odyssey. This has got to be one of the dumbest moves I've heard recently. Because of this, a real possibility is that Layla is forced into an Animus to heal in a vein similar to Desmond. Who knows, maybe this'll end up being a fun little distraction and we're just really, really jaded. Will they somehow come up with a way to nerf the staff she had spent learning to control. If they can somehow make it interesting then fine but I'm not confident they can. But going by what Layla's been doing in past games, we have good reason for concern. Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey breathed new life into the franchise, not only with a brand new approach to gameplay and interesting Assassins, but with a brand new modern-day story. And make it so you can skip it. RELATED: Splinter Cell, Assassin's Creed VR Games Reportedly in the Works. Well, this might be good news to some of you and bad news to others, but yes there is a modern day story in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The following details about the modern day story in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey contains some mild spoilers of the game. Otherwise, read on. @mini_piekarnik excellent idea! It has been over ten years since the original Assassin’s Creed game released. Therefore, the Juno of Atlantis is one of the past, not an indicator of the future. Without the use of his legs, it seems that he won't pose much of a major threat in the modern-day anymore, but that doesn't mean his story is over. The establishment of the meta-narrative in the first Assassin's Creed and its subsequent continuation in Assassin's Creed 2 onward had an incremental buildup that was relatively enjoyable, even if it took a back seat to the meat of the game. Is that too much to ask?'. She has killed Victoria, her friend, and severely hurt Berg. Not only are their games boring, lifeless fetch quest simulators with terrible writing, but it seems they actively want to break immersion as often as possible, what with MD sections and a myriad of icons and numbers flying everywhere. It's not so much the inclusion of the modern day stuff that I don't like as if is the way they use it. If you’re interested in being spoiled more about the modern day story, you can check out a full summary over here in our Modern Story Explained. I'm playing Odyssey at the minute and every time it loads and I'm playing as Layla I want to flip a table over. And they still get glowing reviews, after all this time. Many consider the lackluster modern-day storylines between Assassin's Creed 3 and Assassin's Creed Origins as one reason for the franchise fatigue that plagued it so long, but that seems to be over now. That's pretty much unacceptable. I actually never finished black flag because of this. it does not need to be removed at all,it just needs to be improved. As the PlayStation Blog preview says, you'll stumble across Animus glitches as you wonder the English countryside, which already sounds like a great way to wreck your immersion. Go jack off instead of writing this crap. I don't understand why this keeps happening. WARNING: Due to the nature of this discussion, there will be MAJOR SPOILERS for the AC Odyssey Fate of Atlantis DLC. Huge AC fan but the modern day stuff is garbage. @NorrinRadd check darby mcdevids's twitter. I only ever played black flag and hated all that rubbish. @Scollurio yeah that was a fun stream in the comment section. I for one really like the modern-days stuff in the AC series, so I'm happy to see it developped a bit more. @carlos82 I can imagine. Basically what you described that you want is completely different from the entire identity of the franchise. You don't need the animus to tell stories about assassins and illuminati nonsense. i like the MD. the only reason it's crap these days is because people kept whining on how "boring" it was,and when the MD began to deflate because of those complaints those same people now complain it's bad and bland? Now if Layla's adventures made some difference in the simulation, maybe certain interactions affecting gameplay, like if she was drunk/sleepy then the character would be more sluggish, then yeah that'd be awesome. Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. It has a corrupting influence, and that's clear when Layla kills Victoria and how she savagely paralyzes Berg (seemingly killing him at first). good! AC Rogue features a journal entry that describes Berg reliving his ancestor's memories, which was reportedly a viking raid on an English Island in 793 AD. Moving forward, the Immortality-giving Staff of Hermes will definitely play a role in the modern story, as many such as Otso Berg and Aletheia question whether Layla can control the staff or not. Some fans see it as a distraction from the main part of the series, while others enjoy the context it adds. Reading her e-mails or listening to her recordings in the game can make you roll your eyes so hard they'll fall off your head... She's in the worst possible spectrum a character can be, a perfect balance of boring, annoying and pure cringeness.