So I just started playing the game and with the new Ubisoft overlay, they removed all custom features from individual games. /.
Custom features like the Animus Hack in AC Origins. A feature that was heavily marketed and is advertised all over the game. It is at the top of the Options menu, it appears in the help/tips section, telling me to use a feature that has been long gone from the game for more than half a year now. It is very insulting.

For console players who have never played on the PC version of AC Origins. We had an additional feature known as the Animus Hack which allowed us to modify certain aspects of the game. Such as your player model or the movement speed or even how much damage you could output, stuff like that. Now this would not affect your progress in the game because in order to use the feature it required you to make a copy of your non modified game save.
Now here is the thing, to use this feature we had to go into the Ubisoft overlay. The Ubisoft overlay is like the quick menu that pops up when you press the home button on controller, the place you can quickly modify your voice chat or respond to messages. Now imagine that they removed messages but still gave you popup notifications that you where receiving them. That is what it is like.

I have a brand new Lenovo Legion 5 laptop, running Windows 11 Home version. I downloaded Assassin's Creed: Origins via the Ubisoft Connect app which is linked to my Xbox Game Pass account. Installation was fine, no issues there at all and I adjusted the game options and settings to my preferences and began to play (using keyboard and mouse).

After the initial opening visuals and dialogue, the game reached the first fight scene with "Hypatos", where I was unable to do anything but listen to him blather at me over and over again while I attempted in vain to figure out what the hell I was doing wrong. But, all I could see was the "Lock" prompt floating onscreen with the mouse wheel highlighted in blue, and no matter how many times I clicked on or scrolled the mouse wheel (or clicked on any other of the mouse buttons), nothing at all happened. FYI, I'm using a new Logitech Wireless MX Anywhere 2S mouse, which is less than a week old.

I've Googled for answers before winding up here, and I've even checked YouTube and Reddit as well, but sadly, I've come up empty handed. If I can't get past this, I will, of course, be disappointed, because I was really looking forward to playing this game and I'd hate to have to uninstall it.

I'd greatly appreciate some veteran Assassin's help here. Thank you in advance.

Sorry for cluttering up the forums, but I wanted to say thank you for the 60 fps patch. I have already beaten Assassin’s Creed: Origins on the PlayStation 4 and the PC; it’s a genuine masterpiece, and I’ve used the patch to justify playing it a third time on the Xbox Series X. I’m glad I did, too. It’s just as fun as ever and the game now holds steady at 60 fps more than 99.9% of the time. I get occasional dips in heavy-load areas (Alexandria [especially in the canals under the royal palace], Memphis, etc.), but nothing too egregious. It’s pretty darn solid!

I’m normally a bit of a negative [censored], truth be told, but racking my brain about AC: Origins only results in: A. I wish you could lock weapons so they didn’t appear in the sell / deconstruct menus and B. I wish there was a little more soft-target lock so that Bayek didn’t swing at air so much in melee combat (the target lock-on alleviates the swinging at air, but it’s really only good for one-on-one fights).

That’s it. The gameplay, the graphics, the soundtrack, the voice acting, the face captures, the character animations (it's simply stunning how many side-quests have custom motion-capture animations), the custom locations (no two camps or hideouts are the same), the ambitious scope, and the overall level of polish… Ubisoft Montreal did an incredibly job with this game and I’m profoundly grateful to experience it a third bloody time.

It’s a shame the trial of the gods community challenges are now turned off and new players will never be able to get the associated three weapons and shield, but maybe you’ll make a relatively cheap DLC for that to make them available to new customers while raking in another $1.99 per purchase. One can hope. 😛

Regardless, thank you again. Man, seeing Bayek again was a good time. I can’t sing your praises enough on this title. Just amazing, even after a collective 300+ hours. When Ubisoft is firing on all cylinders, I don’t think it has an equal.

But enough of my fanboy rubbish. Whole-hearted thanks and good-day!

Edit addition: also, as a silly addition, if you ever do create a second Bayek game, consider me first in line for pre-ordering. He is such a full-fledged, complex character. A genuinely good dude, if you'll pardon my slang. I adored my time with that man. The voice actor really nailed the role and the writers did a great job with the dialogue.

Is Assassin’s Creed Origins 60fps update coming to Xbox Series and PS5 or not?
We’ve been asking for months and we’re getting tired so just say yes or no, please.

origins steam version still 1.6.0 and still freezing my steam deck..i know u revert it to the old patch but my steam version is still 1.6.0 so how is that i did verify the files.