Assassin's Creed Odyssey is a gorgeous, sprawling historical epic that's also a violent, time-devouring beast. The Ancient Greece setting is legitimately educational—kids who play this will know more about the Peloponnesian War than most adults. The problem is they'll learn it while stabbing hundreds of people and watching explicit romance scenes.
The game is well-made and the IGDB score of 60 is honestly lower than I'd expect—it's a solid open-world RPG. But it's long. Like, really long. The kind of long where you look up and three months have passed. For adults or college students with time to burn, it's a fun historical romp. For high schoolers, it's a potential GPA killer.
If your 17-year-old is begging for it and you're okay with mature content, it's not the worst choice—at least they're learning about Socrates while they're gaming. But don't kid yourself that this is educational software. It's an M-rated action game with a history coat of paint.









