A more than satisfactory expansion that takes us to Sinai to give us much more content and even improve somewhat the story arc of the creation of the Brotherhood of the Assassins with respect to the base game.
A lot of what The Hidden Ones gets right is its ability to take familiar concepts from Assassin’s Creed Origins and make them feel new again by means of a new purpose, a new story, and a new creed. A new direction to the story that makes Bayek more relatable, high-level combat keeps quests challenging even when you’re fully leveled up, and a more rewarding pace of loot provide an opportunity to feel something new without straying too far from what I loved about Origins in the first place.
The Hidden Ones is a DLC that you can buy depending on your opinion.
The main story takes more or less 3 hours, but it is very interesting, and captivates you , mainly from the half to the end of the story. Also, there are a few secondary quests, which two of them are great, and the other ones are very good.
These were good things. The only bad thing I can tell is that maybe if you don't care about the locations, and secondary missions, and you only want to do the main story, then I wouldn't recommend it to you.
It took me 12 hours to finish the whole map, secondary missions, outposts, treasures, and everything you could imagine.
If you do not expect sudden changes, plot twists or other craziness, you will probably like The Hidden Ones. It does not really do things differently, which means the experience is pretty much the same.
Since I started this when I was the highest level, the DLC seemed to be rather easy and quick. I enjoyed playing and exploring Sinai, but sadly what with the glitches of Bayek being eaten by a mountain, I will have to give the score lower than I expected.
Assassin's Creed Origins' first DLC offers nothing new to anyone who finished the main game: with its artificial difficulty and its mandatory leveling, The Hidden Ones only takes advantage of its magnificent background to please the eye, even if you may encounter more bugs in a few hours of gameplay than in the entire series itself.
Hardcore fans of the series will probably not be discouraged by all the flaws (bugs and glitches, weak and not very exciting storyline) and they'll buy this DLC regardless. But it's necessary to point out all these shortcomings simply because Ubisoft can do so much better. The DLCs to Assassin's Creed games were never superb, but Origins really is a good game that deserves solid expansions - and The Hidden Ones is unfortunately not one of them.
For an expansion priced at $10, you're getting quite a deal. I spent 6.5 hours to complete the main quest and side quests considering my gear was already top end. It is set after the original game and definitely worth playing if you enjoyed it.
A decent expansion for the game, featuring a handful of new characters and missions.
The strongest aspect of this expansion, however, is undoubtedly the beautiful setting of Sinai region. I purchased this expansion in the "season pass" promotion which cost only 13€ and i think its worthy.
It will take you less than four hours to finish this DLC. If you want to play this game 100% like I did.
If you only want to finish the story part, it could be done in +- two hours.
For how short this expansion is, I did notice two bugs. Both were textural in nature, and I had to restart the game to complete the mission because of them. I also didn't really like the small amount of side quests. Thus, a good portion of the map was not used for story at all.
In conclusion, I have to say that this DLC could have been handled much better. I can imagine ways in which the game could have been extended for at least another hour.
I'll rate it a decent 7/10.
The Hidden Ones mediocre DLC. This is just another card on which to clean a place with question marks. The plot is here for a tick. There are no new gameplay elements. Graphically, Sinai also does not offer anything unique. Another DLC from Ubisoft for tick. The only thing I liked was the suit)
This DLC consists of 3 regions, 4 missions and ~5 side quests. The problem is the gameplay is the same, there are no new enemy types, no new skills, no new gameplay mechanics. Unfortunately, the original game has all these things repeat themselves in abundance, so this DLC looks like a bad joke. The worst thing is that this proves Ubisoft has no clue what problems plague their games, because this DLC is a monument to all the bad repetitiveness of the Origins.