The word "Odyssey" seems to be heard frequently by players recently. From "Super Mario: Odyssey", which caused a craze last year, to the recently released "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey", it seems that manufacturers always have inexplicable connections with this term, which even made players tease things like "Super Mario: Origin".

The word Odyssey seems a bit unfamiliar to domestic players. In fact, it has been a common occurrence for him to be used in the title of the game. EVE launched a version called "Odyssey" in 2013, and earlier this year a mobile game called "Aalto's Odyssey" was released. It seems that this word has been used by manufacturers. And what deeper meaning does such a name that they like so much have?

The oldest Western literary work: "Odyssey"

The word "Odyssey" originated from the ancient Greek classic "Odyssey", which was later called "Homera's Epic" together with "The Iliad". "Odyssey" was written by the ancient Greek blind poet Homer. It continues the story of "Iliad" telling the story of Odysseus traveling through mountains and rivers without fear of hardships and finally returning to his hometown after ten years of hardships.

Odysseus' long journey home

In such a literary work, readers can not only see Odysseus' legendary journey in the story, but also lay a good foundation for Western literary works. It is one of the oldest Western literary works, and its status is comparable to that of China's "Four Great Classics".

It is not rare for "Odyssey" to be titled by many games, but the "Odyssey" they call in the title is mostly not to describe the story itself. The producers prefer to use the meaning behind it to let us experience the spirit of Homer bringing us to a long journey of not fearing hardships, being brave enough to explore, and going through a decade. Regardless of whether other games have fulfilled this wish, Mario deserves this name anyway.

This name has been used by too many games

Unlike these works, the things that Assassin's Creed: Odyssey seem to express seem to be more than such a spirit itself, it is more of a herald of the story background that the new work will adopt: ancient Greece. In this oldest city-state, there have always been internal opposition and foreign invasions. If you want to serve as an assassin in such an environment, it is a very challenging task. The title of Odyssey seems to point out the meaning: If you want to pass this game, you need to accept the experience as recorded in the story of "Odyssey".

It has a very naming style of Assassin's Creed

It can be said that under the name of "Odyssey", it is very consistent with the "Assassin's Creed" series in recent years.Styles, such as the two works "The Revolution" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" a few years ago, actually adopt a very similar naming method - using a very representative word to indicate the story background.

Whether it is the Great Revolution or the hero, the name is very intuitive

The word "The Great Revolution" represents the French bourgeois revolution. This period was a period of extremely turbulent France. It opened a revolutionary war with the fall of the Bastille in the early stages of the game. The original English text of the word "Hero" is "Syndicate". This word not only means heroic, but also has the meaning of "Syndicate". This word was born at the end of the 19th century and refers to the serious commercial monopoly phenomenon that occurred at that time. Through this phenomenon, a story about an unusual struggle between the assassin and the Templar. Both names represent the unique marks of that era, and the use of this mark has also become a hobby of Ubisoft.

"Syndic" makes this strong industrial atmosphere come to my face

According to the news released earlier, the story background of "Odyssey" is based on ancient Greece. It will tell us about Odysseus' long journey home after the Trojan War ended. This decade-long story also happened in ancient Greece, so it uses the three words "Odyssey" as a very stylized naming method, which is familiar, but on the other hand makes people feel a uniqueness. The Odyssey should not be just a spirit, it is a legend in itself.

This time it is the "original" of "Origin"

Since the new work codename "Odyssey" of Assassin's Creed was announced, a large number of "scandals" have been circulating in the past two days. However, these news has been spread through private channels, and it is so detailed and comprehensive that it is difficult not to doubt its credibility and authenticity: after all, not any company is interested in publishing all the content of its works to players before E3 begins, and of course they themselves will not give others this opportunity.

However, from these materials, we can also confirm several details about the new work. For example, the timeline of this work was advanced again in the history of Assassin's Creed and entered the period of the Posch War; the main scene of this work is in the Greek city-state, and the main city is not the familiar Athens, but the Sparta where the leader has just left. Combined with the official news of Ubisoft, these two news can still be guaranteed.

The disaster-ridden Greece sent away Kui Ye and came to ASSASSIN

Since that's the case, from the timeline alone, Ubisoft gave himself a "slap" this time, because the story of "Odyssey" took place around 1183 BC. Compared with "Assassin's Creed: Origin", which took place around 40 BC, it was more than 1,100 years ago. It tells the story of "Assassin's Creed" with such an era background.The story can almost be called the "original origin".

Mr. Ba is still the dust in the universe

"Homera's Epic" tells the story of Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War. Although the new work is named "Odyssey", we can only know its historical background. Perhaps it can also be called "Assassin's Creed: Iliad", which is not as familiar as "Odyssey". Compared to the Odyssey, which spans several countries and involves a large number of mythical elements, it seems that the Trojan War is more in line with the era background needed by Assassin's Creed, but obviously no matter whether it is based on any literary work, it cannot escape the power struggle between the Assassin's organization and the Templars and their battle for artifacts. But perhaps the Trojan War can more intuitively show the legendary story of a certain character to players...

The Story and Spirit of Odyssey

The Odyssey can almost be said to be a general literary work of Western "Journey to the West". They all show the same spirit. Even if it is a journey of thousands of miles, it must be completed step by step for honor and your inner beliefs until you finally achieve your goal. This spirit seems to reflect the assassins in the modern plot of Assassin's Creed. Even after thousands of years of struggle, freedom is always an indispensable pursuit, and this work may also bring a new height to Assassin's Creed.