Immortals Fenyx Rising

 

History:  Formerly Gods and Monsters, Immortals Fenyx Rising was created by Ubisoft, and released December 3rd, 2020.

Story:  The storyline, narrated in a comedic fashion by Zeus and Prometheus, is easy to progress, and light-hearted for the most part.  Phenyx washes ashore to find everyone has been turned to stone.  Phenyx comes to learn that the evil titan, Typhon, has taken over the Golden Isle. 

Graphics:  While a lot of people compare this with Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I think there are distinct differences.  Graphically, they look very similar.  The Golden Isle is vast, and the graphics of the world are beautiful.

Gameplay:  The playability of Fenyx Rising is very easy; it is extremely fun to play, and the vaults have a diverse set of puzzles. One of my favorite parts of the game is gliding with the wings to new locations.  It is a huge, open-world game with many, many objectives and quests to complete.  Almost too big at times.  I think some of the weaknesses include redundancy in the puzzles within the vaults, and the massive amount of weapons and armor, with the majority of them being graphical variations.  The weapons and armor lose their significance as Fenyx becomes more powerful with her abilities in my opinion So I definitely think the game had some flaws in it, but I think the rest of the game overshadows them.

My Experience:  While not totally Zelda-like, the game features an impressive amount of open world exploration, dialogue, puzzles and bosses.  After awhile, I felt like I gravitated towards armor that was powerful against unique enemies or armor that protected against trap damage.  I couldn't even tell you what sword and axe I was using.  I think my favorite boss encounter was seeking Medusa out.  I joined the facebook fanpage for the group, and noticed a wide range of people interested in the game, specifically a lot of female players and a lot of Nintendo Switch players.  Overall, I think the game is a hit.  I've yet to play any of the DLC content, but I would definitely be interested in a sequel, maybe with some fine-tuning of the armor and weapons.