Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey embraces hookups, not romance

Romance options in video games are often stiff and boring. Studios like BioWare give players relationships to build and, eventually, consummate. But those experiences often feel like you’re putting tokens into a character until sex comes out. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey romances have some of those problems as well. But Ubisoft minimizes them by making sex casual and fun.

In Odyssey (which is great so far), you play as either Kassandra or Alexios. They are both less serious than their immediate predecessor, Bayek, from Origins. These are cocky mercenaries care about getting paid and maybe getting revenge. Ubisoft leans into that, and doesn’t try to bog down the story with the possibility of meeting your soulmate. It’s not like having sex with one person will close off the possibility of getting down with the next person. Ubisoft is not forcing you into traditional video game marriage.