Beyond Medusa's Gate: Illucity's Assassin's Creed adventure in virtual reality

Attention gamers and virtual reality enthusiasts! Illucity invites you to discover a VR experience based on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise. Entitled Beyond Medusa's Gate, this new adventure takes its inspiration from one of the development studio's latest opuses, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, which sees its two heroes (as chosen in the software) Alexios and Kassandra attempt to discover their origins and foil the plots of a secret society during the Peloponnesian Wars.

The pitch for the experiment is simple enough: Greece, 445 B.C., a period of philosophers, merciless gods and ominous oracles. Somewhere in the Peloponnese peninsula, in a vast Aegean coastal cave, an ancient artifact has been hidden. It could be the legendary ship of the Argonauts... Using theAnimus simulation program and our recorded genetic memory database, we're sending you to Greece. Find the ship, if it exists...

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An experience that immerses you in theAnimus, a technology that enables you to relive a past life in minute detail, and a VR device that lends itself well to the experience, to be as close to the action as possible. In terms of experience, this is a fairly classic, immersive escape game, developed by Blue Byte Studios.

And it's an adventure that the editors were able to try out. The experience is interesting and stands out for its functionalities. And with good reason: in addition to solving puzzles, you can also climb, rather like in a video game. Those with a fear of heights are warned... As for the puzzles, they're fairly accessible: neither too complicated nor too easy, the balance is right, and solving them is rather pleasant.

Fans of the software will not be disoriented, but it's important to point out that you don't have to know the game to enjoy the experience. In short, it's a chance to escape into the world ofAssassin's Creed and discover a piece of ancient history. Shall we make a reservation, folks?