History Trivia / AssassinsCreedOdyssey

* RoleReprise: In a surprising reprise in the Japanese dub, Creator/JojiNakata, who voices Leonidas, already voiced that same historical character in the dub of ''Film/ThreeHundred'', a fact he personally lampshades in his Twitter account. The same applies to the Russian dub, where Vladimir Antonik has also previously voiced Leonidas in ''300'' and was picked specifically because of that. Even better, in the Spanish Dub, Jordi Boixaderas voices Leonidas, who voiced him in 300, after voicing Bayek in the previous game, making the Eagle Bearer's predecesor being both the previous game's protagonist as well as their Grandfather.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Just like previous AC games, many members of the Japanese dub of the game worked previously in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise previously: So far, we have Creator/RisaShimizu ([[LightNovel/MobileSuitGundamTwilightAxis Arlette Almage]]) as Kassandra, Creator/KikukoInoue ([[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Aina Sahalin]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans Carta Issue]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Caridad Yamato]]) as Myrrine, Creator/HideyukiTanaka ([[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Woody]]) as Herodotos, Creator/FumihikoTachiki ([[Anime/TurnAGundam Muron Muron]]) as Sokrates, Creator/JojiNakata ([[Anime/MobileSuitGundamMSIGLOO Federico Czariano]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer Edmond Du Clos]]) as Leonidas, and Creator/BinShimada ([[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco]]) as Kleon.

** Kassandra was meant to be the only playable character, but Ubisoft marketing directors were adamant that "women wouldn't sell," despite some successful contemporaries like ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' disproving that argument.

* RoleReprise: In a surprising reprise in the Japanese dub, Creator/JojiNakata, who voices Leonidas, already voiced that same historical character in the dub of ''Film/ThreeHundred'', a fact he personally lampshades in his Twitter account. The same applies to the Russian dub, where Vladimir Antonik has also previously voiced Leonidas in ''300'' and was picked specifically because of that.
Doubly funny in the Spanish Dub, where Jordi Boixaderas voices Leonidas, as he did in 300, after voicing Bayek in the previous game, making the Eagle Bearer's predecesor being both the previous game's protagonist as well as their Grandfather.

** Kassandra was meant to be the only playable character, but Ubisoft marketing directors were adamant that "women wouldn't sell," despite various critically successful games released in that time (Chief among them ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'').

** Kassandra was meant to be the only playable character, but Ubisoft marketing directors were adamant that "women wouldn't sell," despite various critically successful games released in that time (Chief among them ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'').
*** This got vindicated later on: the data collected from players shown ''over two-third'' picked Alexios, and from those, barely any even ''tried'' to play as Kassandra at all.

* RoleReprise: In a surprising reprise in the Japanese dub, Creator/JojiNakata, who voices Leonidas, already voiced that same historical character in the dub of ''Film/ThreeHundred'', a fact he personally lampshades in his Twitter account.

*** This got vindicated later on: the data collected from players shown ''over two-third'' picked Alexios, and from those, barely any even ''tried'' to play as Kassandra at all. As bad as the marketing logic sounded, they were right on their money.

** Kassandra was meant to be the only playable character, but Ubisoft marketing directors were adamant that "women wouldn't sell," despite various critically successful games released in that time (Chief among them ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'').

* ActorSharedBackground: The respective actors for Alexios and Kassandra, Michael Antonakos and Melissanthi Mahut are of Greek descent just like their characters.

** Kassandra was meant to be the only playable character, but Ubisoft marketing directors were adament that "women wouldn't sell," despite various critically successful games released in that time (Chief among them ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'').

** Several game mechanics - generation of endless random mercenaries, ability to recruit your opponents, occasional fight over the region, ability to "teleport" from opponent to opponent and and an attack that fills your special move meter - are almost direct lifts from Monolith Games' 2017 game ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar''. As ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'' borrowed from series' first game ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor''[[note]]The ability to zoom at distant targets and using a violent attack to scare enemies[[/note]], Ubisoft seems to be a fan.