You may have heard about this by now, considering Ubisoft has already apologized to players for the way this episode ends.
The same cannot be said for how this narrative wraps up. Shadow Heritage’s small gameplay changes don’t produce any major shifts, but at least they don’t actively detract from the experience. On the other hand, I wouldn’t put naval combat high on the list of things I enjoy about Odyssey, so this upgrade is also underwhelming (and only useful in encounters that I prefer to avoid). Of course, you can get it for yourself, and it is a powerful asset during naval combat, doing damage and setting enemy ships alight. The antagonist is an admiral named The Tempest who is pursing this dangerous weapon for the enemy fleet. The flamethrower you earn for your ship makes a little more sense in the context of the story. As a late-game character with plenty of other cool archery abilities, I rarely found a reason to use it. It doesn’t open fun new possibilities in combat, and it doesn’t tie in thematically to anything you’re doing. This new power, like death veil from the first episode, feels like it was wisely cut from the base game only to be unceremoniously reinserted here. This allows you to continuously shoot arrows without reloading, which costs a little adrenaline for each one fired. You get one new ability called rapid fire in the hunter skill tree.
Instead, Shadow Heritage once again provides a few minor things that you couldn’t get before, but they don’t do much to make the gameplay feel different or interesting.
The first episode did the same thing, but I had hoped that wouldn’t become a pattern. Unfortunately, that’s basically what you’re getting here.
When you have a base game as sprawling and content-packed as Odyssey, the last thing the DLC needs to add is more of the same.
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