Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed®: Ancient Egypt

This was the place that gave birth to the Corpus Hermeticum, Gnosticism, and other esoteric western traditions. You feel the magic that gave birth to those esoteric traditions as you explore Greco-Egypt. It's absolutely magical. And the amount of detail put into it is stunning.

Assassin's Creed without the monotonous grind of Assassin's Creed? A high-res, virtual, educational tour of ancient Egypt? Discovery Tour was everything I hoped it would be... or was it? I wanted to like this game so badly and, for the most part, I did. I felt highly motivated to complete all the tours and I did just that. 14+ hours of educational material for $10 CAD on sale is not a bad deal, so then why can I not recommend this game? Discovery Tour is an afterthought. The world was created for an Assassin's Creed game, not for educational purposes. There are 75 tours in 5 categories: Egypt (20), Alexandria (14), Pyramids (16), Romans (5), and Daily Life (20). I really enjoyed the Egypt tours, the other three were fun, but the Daily Life tours made the flaws of this game impossible to forgive. The experience of Discovery Tour is an incessant juxtaposition between the tours saying, "Hey, look at this!" and the game developers responding, "We don't want you looking too closely at our work." The amazing environmental visuals are juxtaposed against the PS2 graphics of the npc models with their embarrassingly bad animations. And, the descriptions of Egypt provided in the tou…

This is very fun and educational, but I do wish there were more tours. 11/10 one of the most fun video games I've ever played. Did I mention that I think it's fun?

If you like history this is great choice. Nice open world full of details and informations with various "topic related" paths. Nice matching soundtrack. Highly recomended relaxing ... history simulator ?

Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed: Ancient Egypt is a distinctive standalone experience that transforms the world originally crafted for Assassin’s Creed Origins into a peaceful, exploration-driven museum space. Instead of approaching Ancient Egypt through stealth, combat, and narrative missions, the Discovery Tour invites players to slow down and immerse themselves in a historical environment free from the pressures of typical gameplay. The result is a mode where the landscape itself becomes the focus, giving players the freedom to wander the Nile Valley, stroll through ancient cities, or climb monumental structures simply to admire their craftsmanship. It shifts the tone from action to curiosity, presenting the setting as something to absorb and learn from rather than conquer. What gives this mode its depth is the comprehensive series of guided tours that cover nearly every facet of life in Ptolemaic Egypt. These tours function like interactive documentaries, leading players through temples, marketplaces, workshops, farms, palaces, and tombs while narrations explain the cultural, architectural, and social contexts. Each stop along a tour highlights some aspect of Egyptian civil…

The only kind of Ubisoft product ill ever leave a positive review for. (release the greek one seperate from that slop game plz)