History VideoGame / ImmortalsFenyxRising

''Immortals Fenyx Rising'' is a WideOpenSandbox ActionAdventure video game based around Myth/ClassicalMythology, developed and published by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} and released on December 3, 2020 for UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, UsefulNotes/GoogleStadia, Windows and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

** Fenyx will find "Lygiron" turned to stone along with the rest of the ship's crew shortly after arriving to the isles. However, when you finally meet Lygiron during Ares' story quest you'll realize that due to his NonStandardCharacterDesign Lygiron is twice as tall as any other human characters and it'd be impossible for the generic warrior Fenyx found to ''ever'' be confused with the real Lygiron.

* YouAndWhatArmy: [[spoiler: Lygiron]] spouts this word for word to Fenyx right before their showdown.

A sequel was reportedly in development, but was cancelled in 2023 due to "perceived challenges around establishing the IP".

** In the "A New God" DLC, Zeus attempts to pull off a "[[Film/ThreeHundred Sparta Kick]]" that he learned by playing "[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreed Odyssey]]"... and then grumbles that he thought it would be cooler, as it just pushes the throne back a little.

* DevelopersForesight: Each rescued god has a quest to ask of you after they're restored. If you happened to find that objective and complete it beforehand, Fenyx will tell the god they've done it and receive the reward in a seamless conversation.

* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Present in the ''Lost Gods'' DLC. An epic chest in the first location, only able to be unlocked after gaining the Herakles' Strength equivalent power, offers an Axe variant... simply called "Broom". It's even part of a set called Cleaning Implements, though it does come with enhancements for the hero's abilities. Potentially serves as a ShoutOut to a similar weapon in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' due to the game serving as a heavy inspiration for ''Fenyx''.

* MinorlyMentionedMythsAndMonsters: While the game does cater to popular monsters from Greek Mythology -- namely gorgons, harpies, Cerberus, and Chimera -- it also features some more obscure monsters such as Gegenees and the Hecatoncheires, even Typhon himself is rarely mentioned in modern media, with the BigBad title usually going to Hades instead.

* BalefulPolymorph: Typhon turns four of the gods who fought against him into different things; Aphrodite into a tree, Ares into a chicken, Athena into a little girl, and Hephaistos into a robot. Your job is to restore them back to their former glory.

* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: What Typhon did to the gods. In addition to the BalefulPolymorph Typhon also stole the gods' essence (and in Hephaistos' case, his memories too) and sealed them away, thereby making them docile and harmless ironic reflections of their true selves. Aphrodite became obsessed with helping the downtrodden and feeding the hungry, Ares is a chicken too scared to go to war, and so on.

* SeeksAnothersResurrection: Completing certain myth challenges unlocks voice logs from Daidalos where he explains that he designed and built this island in the hopes of impressing the gods so that they would bring Icaros back from the underworld. [[spoiler:Zeus "[[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished rewarded]]" him by [[BalefulPolymorph turning him into a deer]]. Because "he wanted us to ''[[IncrediblyLamePun fawn]]'' over him!"]]

-->'''Fenyx:''' No army. [[OneManArmy Just me]].

* RealisticHumansCartoonyAnimals: The few human characters in the game are designed more realistically than a lot of the scenery, animals, and monsters. This divide even extends to separate the gods from human, with the gods having more stylized designs than the humans.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: You'll be required to find balls made up of coal pieces to light up furnaces multiple times during Hephaistos' story arc. If you can't find these balls of coal you can't proceed, nevermind the literal piles of coal sitting right next to the furnace.

* ILied: When Prometheus explains the true parentage of Fenyx to Zeus, Zeus brings up the many times Febyx got injured in his story as proof that he's mortal. Prometheus swats his doubts away using this trope.

* JustJokingJustification: After slaying Ozomene the harpy, if you talk to Ares in the Hall of Gods he'll be pissed that he's stuck sitting around while Fenyx gets to go and slay monsters. Fenyx will offer that Ares can kill the next one, to which he'll respond "I better be, or you'll be next! ...just kidding".

* SeeksAnothersResurrection: Completing certain myth challenges unlocks voice logs from Daidolos where he explains that he designed and built this island in the hopes of impressing the gods so that they would bring Icaros back from the underworld. [[spoiler:Zeus "[[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished rewarded]]" him by [[BalefulPolymorph turning him into a deer]]. Because "he wanted us to ''[[IncrediblyLamePun fawn]]'' over him!"]]

** A couple of the hair options for Fenyx are [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey Kassandra's and Alexios's hair]]. You can even get Alexios's PermaStubble.

** Hephaistos while "arting" under Typhon's influence muses about his "[[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends happy little tree friends]]".

* TakenForGranite: The game begins with every mortal on the island except for Fenyx turned to stone by Typhon. [[spoiler: Then the WhamEpisode reveals Zeus was the one who did it because HumansAreBastards and he was going to start over. The reason Fenyx survived is cause they're the half-god child of Zeus.]] "Myths of the Far East" starts with Ku waking up to everyone around him turned to stone.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Zeus says in the very first vault that no human could possibly hold his lightning without being instantly incinerated, just before Fenyx picks it up and manages to not get incinerated. [[spoiler:Fenyx is actually Zeus' own child and is also a god.]]

* JustJokingJustification: After slaying Ozomene the harpy for Athena, when talking to Ares in the Hall of Gods he'll be pissed that he's stuck sitting around while Fenyx gets to go and slay monsters. Fenyx will offer that Ares can kill the next one, to which he'll respond "I better be, or you'll be next! ...just kidding".

* HoldYourHippogriffs: with a bit of GoshDarnItToHeck on top. When Fenyx lights up the first of Hephaestus' furnaces, they exclaim that the forge is "hot as Helios!".