Assassin's Creed Origins

[Renegade334]

Originally Posted by Kanon

Thanks for posting your impressions on the DLCs. I don't think I'll get any of them, but I admit I'm pretty tempted by the last one.

The pleasure's all mine. For the last DLC, if you're a fan of pure Egyptian (rather than Ptolemaic) lore/culture, I suggest you get it. The story can be iffy at times (especially how they throw the First Civilization out of the window in favor of pure fantasy and mysticism), but it's one of the best AC expansions I've seen lately.

[cyberdemon]

Really hope they get another dlc about finishing off Cleopatra and Mark Antony

[Renegade334]

Originally Posted by cyberdemon

Really hope they get another dlc about finishing off Cleopatra and Mark Antony

Sorry for the late reply.

It's extremely unlikely to happen now for two reasons:

1. Ubisoft has moved on to Odyssey and there haven't been any news of further DLCs or additions to the Origins Season Pass.

2. Cleopatra's fate was resolved...in the sidestory comics.

Spoiler:

Aya pays a visit to a besieged Cleopatra and convinces her that the only way for Egypt to be freed from the current tumult is for Cleopatra to die. So Aya leaves with Caesarion (at the queen's behest) and Cleopatra commits suicide by drinking poison (which contradicts Assassin lore that states that Aya killed the Queen with an asp).

In the epilogue, Caesarion sets sail for Rome with Aya and Phoxidas to the newly-established Bureau and receives Assassin training for his own protection (Augustus has no intention of leaving the throne to Caesar's son).


As for Marc Anthony, both Aya and Brutus had an opportunity to kill him, but Brutus realized that assassinating him would not help matters (for Rome) and thus spared him. Not that it matters, since (this is not covered by the comics, BTW) Marc Anthony would later commit suicide, having come to the mistaken conclusion that Cleopatra had already done so. He nevertheless survived his self-inflicted wound long enough to die in the (still alive by that time) Queen's arms.

Yeah, once again, Ubisoft uses the extended media to resolve and fill the plot holes and gaps.