Assassin’s Creed Odyssey DLC – Legacy of the First Blade: Bloodline Review

As the third and final episode of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s Legacy of the First Blade DLC, Bloodline is a satisfying conclusion to the self-contained machinations that were set in motion back in December of last year. While most of the episode’s quests adhere to the formula laid out in episode one, Bloodline breaks with the drip-feed story delivery pace of the first two episodes and finally opens the floodgates for Cassandra or Alexios’ wrath to crash down on the remnants of the Order of the Ancient, cleanly extinguishing what smoldering plotlines remain with the help of a borderline-overpowered new combat ability. With Bloodline’s culmination, we’re deftly given answers to not only the questions it raised, but Odyssey’s place in the greater Assassin’s Creed lore as well.

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