We've seen a brief sample of Gods & Monsters' gameplay – running smoothly on a Pixel phone through the Stadia app – and even on the small screen, Fenyx's adventure on the Isle of the Blessed looks impressive.

You can expect a different approach for how the story is told, but a similar tone to what we've done in the past.' Mythology has a good sense of humor, oftentimes, so there are certain instances where we like to poke fun at things. 'Homer is telling this story, but his grandkids are interrupting and asking questions along the way. 'It is lighthearted,' says Creative Director Jonathan Dumont. For starters, Fenyx can chop down trees, lift the fallen trunks into the air with telekinesis, and hurl them into the distance. Gods & Monsters is being created by the same team behind Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and while the two games share some similarities – they're both open-world adventures centered on an acrobatic Greek hero, for example – it's already clear that they're very different experiences.

A fully customizable player-created character, Fenyx springs from the magical storytelling lyre of the legendary poet Homer, who narrates the story of Gods & Monsters as a campfire tale for his grandchildren. Fenyx is also whoever the player wants them to be. Fenyx is fast, agile, and strong, able to wield gifts from the gods to fight impossible aerial battles against the likes of harpies and gorgons.

Gods & Monsters sets players loose in a vibrant, colorful open world as Fenyx, a forgotten hero who receives a quest from Zeus: save the Greek gods from Typhon, one of mythology's most terrifying monsters.

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