Following a delay, Gods & Monsters was renamed Immortals Fenyx Rising and revealed again during the September 2020 Ubisoft Forward. Comparisons were immediately made to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild--especially in regards to Immortals' self-contained, puzzle-focused Vaults, which operate similarly to Breath of the Wild's Shrines. However, whereas most of Breath of the Wild's Shrines are optional ways of improving your stamina and health, Immortals' Vaults do occasionally tie into the game's story.
In Immortals, protagonist Fenyx must save the Golden Isle from Typhon, one of the Titans imprisoned by Zeus, who has escaped his capture and defeated the Greek pantheon of gods, stripping Zeus of his lightning and Aphrodite, Ares, Hephestus, and Athena of their essence. Following the prologue, your first goal in the game is to reunite the family of gods with their respective essences, allowing them to aid you in your fight against Typhon. You can also discover pieces of Zeus's lightning in Vaults scattered throughout the map--collecting them allows you to increase Fenyx's stamina.
I recently had the chance to play through the opening four hours of Immortals Fenyx Rising, which allowed me to see the prologue and almost the entirety of the story arc for reuniting Aphrodite with her essence. At least in these first four hours, Immortals has a real forward momentum to its plot. Following the acquisition of Fenyx's initial powers and weapons, you glide from the prologue area into the main crux of the game and are heavily encouraged to make your way to the Hall of the Gods, the hub. From there, the story opens up; though, landmarks and Vault placements seem to guide Fenyx towards helping Aphrodite first. After my hands-on, I sat down with narrative director Jeffrey Yohalem and associate game director Julien Galloudec to talk about Immortals Fenyx Rising's Vaults and puzzles, and how the game handles progression.
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