it took me two years to click with this but i raced through it when i did. bayek is not just one of the best assassin's creed characters but one of the most engaging video game characters i can recall with a terrific voice acting performance. a lot of the time he helped elevate side quests which weren't very interesting in and of themselves and he helped to sell the main plot which was pretty good.

also appreciate the game having a lot to say about imperialism, colonialism and incipient nationalism among subject peoples. pretty surprised ubisoft could pull it off as well it did. game was also fairly challenging in a way so many assassin's creed games are not.