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[beardedmrbean]

So there's a boop thing

Betty Boop or nose boop?

Or maybe some mysterious third boop related thing?

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[gemsofgreece]

This may be a question someone has already asked, but what are your thoughts on the landscapes in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, if you have played it?

I have answered a similar question but not this one! I have actually not played the game but because of the previous ask and the aesthetics and the frequent greece representation discussions here, I am somewhat acquainted with it.

AC Odyssey is actually quite accurate, with some pros and cons. One thing we can all agree upon is that the developers worked their asses off to create a beautiful world, genuinely inspired by or representing Greece. While watching it, I can also tell they wanted to show some little known facts about Greek geomorphology. In order to achieve this, they overdid a bit in some aspects and they deviated from other, more known characteristics, which they perhaps incorrectly ditched as stereotypes . In short, some elements are accurate, some are idealised and some are overlooked or undersold:

+ By watching relevant videos on YouTube, navigating your character does feel like exploring the Greek landscape. Many of the locations , although digital and fantastical, feel very oddly familiar.

+ The developers emphasized most on a little known fact about the country; it is very rugged, mountainous and rocky. This thing where your character goes up, down, up, down, up, down, up and again down and then up an irregular hill, well that's the genuine painful but also very rewarding experience of walking in the Greek countryside.

+ They nailed it with the vegetation, if they took inspiration from South Greece. This combo of sparse forest with low vegetation, sometimes interrupted by rocky terrain was beautifully done.

+ Some criticise it a bit for adding architectural elements of different ancient eras but I actually like this. It is a game, it blends elements beautifully and they are still Greek, so what's the problem... Although it surely could do with less wood and more stone in its place.

+ The light is beautiful in this game. They knowingly played with it as Greece promotes this as one of its attractions: the whole Greek sun, Land of Light etc. But, yeah, the way light is used in this game often reminds me of beautiful sunlit or sunset views in the country.

+/- It is beautiful but of course idealised how in AC Odyssey apparently all seasons co-exist in Greece. It's an eternal spring with spots of vibrant autumn and there's always winter in the mountains. Summer ironically got the short end, you can perhaps see it in the occasional brownish low vegetation at best. It is however a nice change from everyone thinking Greece is a tropical country. It's a temperate country, it's just that it doesn't experience the seasons all at once lol And of course if someone wants to visit the Greek countryside in its most AC-like time, they have to come to Greece in spring, ideally April and May, and not in July and August like most tourists. Someone might say "thanks Captain Obvious" to this but I have received plenty comments under photos wondering why the grassland wasn't flowery like in the image when they went in August so I feel like I have to say this.

(-) It is wonderful when you're navigating your character but I watched a video with the game's map in the eagle's eye view and I realised that the AC Odyssey Greece is a tad repetitive and less diverse. Essentially it's a bunch of islands that are VERY rugged with a snowcapped mountain and a few bays. While, again, this is part of what Greece looks like, the country is actually way more diverse.

(-) Namely, the rugged emphasis was overdone after a while. If Greece is over 80% rugged and mountainous, which is the official estimation, AC Greece is like 101%. Greece has flatter islands, wider valleys and smoother hills as well. Again, what AC shows is very accurate but overexaggerated. I already talked about how good the vegetation is. However, it resembles the south mainland. Some islands have less vegetation. Northern and central mainland as well as many islands have actually quite denser vegetation than the one depicted in the game. Again, the game is accurate but way less diverse.

(-) The map is not accurate. There’s just Athens, right? And then islands after islands, which all have mainland characteristics. But they clearly weren’t going for accuracy there.

(-) The biggest foul IMO was surprisingly the beaches. AC Odyssey did the Greek beaches no justice at all. The most accurate thing about them is that AC coastline is very indented with bays and coves. That's accurate. However, I was disappointed by the repetition again as well as the sea colour which I found nice but much plainer than that of the actual Greek waters. It was always a little turqoise in the first couple meters and then a regular blue. Greek waters can be turqoise for much longer distances or have a striking azul or sapphire or darker blue colour, all of which were greatly missed in the game. I missed the famous - if stereotype-y - blue and white aesthetic of the country. Of course the houses are modern so they couldn't be in the game but the blue&white also feature in the sea / waves and sky / clouds so...

Ignore the town but this type of blue is greatly missed in a game about Greece IMO.

Also some beaches looked way too tropical. Greece has a few subtropical beaches but the AC ones didn't look very accurate. Sometimes I thought it was a small bay in a Caribbean island. This is quite odd coming from the guys who worked so hard on other less known facts about the country's geomorphology.

(-) Elysium might be stunning but it is not Greek looking. Unfortunately, the Niagara falls are in Canada. The rock formations however, as well as several others in the game, seem to be inspired by Meteora.

So below I did some comparisons between AC Odyssey and real Greece. Keep in mind that these are just similar-looking images I managed to find on google. I do not know where the developers actually based their inspiration.

South Pindus

Ancient Olympia

Meteora

Mt Pelion

Cape Sounion

Dimitsana

Lake Plastira

Kerkyra (Corfu) island

Vikos gorge

Kalavryta

I found many other familiar looking locations but they were too generic i.e a small stream, a hill, a farm, and I got a little lost with all this searching because there are many places that could look like that. Lol I just realised I didn't use even one AC beach - AC beaches get rekt

Anyway, in short, I believe AC Odyssey does a very solid and hard work in its Greece portrayal - all my complaints are basically nitpicking that doesn't bother me (save for the beaches). Of course there is also the gamification and colour filters that create all these otherwordly vibes but those are to be expected from a game of course.

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[calyroco]

Once you get this, you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly. Then you have to send this to ten of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool~) 🌈 🌈

I have created a very nice book collection for myself over the years.

A while back(I think a couple months ago) I tweaked my bedtime habits to be more conducive to me actually going to sleep at my self designated bedtime, and I'm generally pretty good about sticking to it now. I start getting ready by brushing my teeth and all that jazz an hour before the designated bedtime,and once I do that, I just sit in bed and read until my bedtime starts. I just recently finished reading the three books of Ms. Tree comics I physically own, so I've started reading a very long fantasy series comprised of three very hefty books that will be my bedtime reading until...end of summer maybe. Lmao

My Spanish skill level is pretty good.

I like my hair.

I've been doing a good job at regularly studying lately

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[wanderrealms]

I hiked Tour du Mont Blanc some years ago. We went up Aiguille du Midi -mountain, in Chamonix, France where the hike starts. I got distracted taking pictures of clouds casting shadows on the snow.

We were high enough that the clouds flowed over the mountain.

@mrcloudyfun

#clouds #Aiguille du Midi #snow #Mountain

[thepromiscuousfinger]

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#The sky this morning

[the-scungles-of-crungles]

@mrcloudyfun you knew it was gonna happen eventually

It's not the best but I've been tryin to get the concept down for a while ye

Uuuhhhh yeah I gotta stop looking at this it looks more janky the longer I look at it

#my art

[true-king-of-monsters]

Cover of Leave Her, Johnny

Lyrics by @mrcloudyfun and @ghostrider-02 (X)

#Song covers #Sea Shanty

[superbeans89]

@mrcloudyfun someone killed an angel at my work

#shitpost #clouds #cloudblr

[chipper-asks]

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It’s not really like the “hate how my art looks” kind of artblock and more like ‘I have 17 projects I all want to do at once and I know what steps I need to do next but I just can’t get started-- ooh what if I drew THIS instead-- there are now 18 projects I want to do--”

its a combination of executive dysfunction and too many ideas

#nofandom

[awkwardlyaaron]

I just really like clouds y'all

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[mrcloudyfun]

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Happy Fool's Week to Michiganders!

Good luck

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#4

Okay, so what is the best pokemon to use as a pillow, and what pokemon on your team would you use for a pillow? This goes for any gen

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#3

I feel old for remembering memes that happened like 2 years ago. Like "the girl reading this" wasn't that long ago but it feels like it was

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#2

Am in mood for starting dumb arguments. Lets get a topic shall we?

102 notes - Posted January 7, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Tumblr shanty

Well the asks are mean, and submissions break.

Leave 'er Johnny leave 'er

And a rotting hill which to shout your take

And it's time for us to leave 'er

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The color is long and the gifs don't load, and it's time for us to leave 'er

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It's the place where friends will send you toes

And it's time for us to leave 'er

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[beardedmrbean]

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Two inmates in a Virginia jail used primitively made tools to create a hole in the wall of their cell and escape, only to be found hours later at an IHOP restaurant nearby, a sheriff said.

Authorities discovered the two men, ages 37 and 43, missing from their cell in the Newport News jail annex during a routine head count Monday evening, according to a statement from the Newport News Sheriff's Office.

A preliminary investigation found the men exploited a weakness in the jail's construction design and used tools made from a toothbrush and a metal object to access rebars between the walls — and then used the rebar to further their escape, the statement said. After escaping their cell, they scaled a containment wall around the jail.

Authorities had asked for the public’s help to find the men, and they were taken into custody again early Tuesday at an IHOP in Hampton when other patrons called police.

“It reinforces what we always say, ‘See something, say something,’” Sheriff Gabe Morgan said.

The sheriff's office said it is investigating to help prevent further escapes.

One man, who lives in Hampton, had been in custody on charges including contempt of court and probation violations.

Another, a Gloucester resident, was being held on charges including credit card fraud, forgery, grand larceny and probation violation.

Charges related to the escape are pending, the sheriff said.

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[howling-and-braying]

Bernard just pretends he is invisible in these moments

#le roman de renart #chancellor bernard #ysengrin #ask bonus #angry #embarrassed #mrcloudyfun

[ben-the-hyena]

Any Jackie Chan Adventures otps? Like at all?

Funny enough ? None lol maybe just how it is pretty much implied Jackie will end up with Viper but most of the time I see relatives, friends and enemies in that show, a rare fandom I hardly see romance

#ask #moi #jackie chan adventures #fandom #jackie chan #viper #mrcloudyfun #tv show

[wanderrealms]

Fluffy clouds over woods and a swamp.

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[yunisverse]

Top 5 OCs you'd kill purely for shock value

>=0 i would never!

-skedge maybe

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