As the first part of the first batch of post-launch content for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted is a short, straightforward dose of just some of what makes Odyssey so good. Though it doesn’t do anything particularly new, Hunted doubles down on the behind-the-scenes shadow-syndicate structure that made picking off the Cult of Kosmos across the Ancient Greek world so enjoyable and introduces a great new villain.
Hunted is a good starting point for a much larger plot that was just alluded to in the base game. While the lack of an Assassin’s Brotherhood subplot in Odyssey never bothered me, this introduction of a well-known Persian figure from that lore – and his backstory – is interesting enough to make me want to continue filling in those gaps after the Hunted’s three-to-five-hour run time is over.
