Assassin's Creed Unity

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  1. Bortx
    Dec 14, 2014
    2
    Massively poor performance and crashes even after third update on a high end video card and CPU. Riddled with bugs. Unplayable unless setting the resolution very low. Its a real shame because all the work that went into the art assets is being wasted on this poorly optimized graphics engine. Although the control scheme is some what improved, over previous games in this franchise, it is notMassively poor performance and crashes even after third update on a high end video card and CPU. Riddled with bugs. Unplayable unless setting the resolution very low. Its a real shame because all the work that went into the art assets is being wasted on this poorly optimized graphics engine. Although the control scheme is some what improved, over previous games in this franchise, it is not executed well. Feels like an alpha build. Frustrating to navigate the environment. Story line is boring and uninteresting. I have loved this franchise and have played all of them but this one may be the first that I can't get myself to continue let alone finish after a few hours of play. There is nothing new or compelling. Hate that some content is unplayable unless you have a co-op partner. If you like open world games, like I do, I say pass on this and get FarCry 4 instead.… Expand
  2. Strikes
    Nov 16, 2014
    1
    I'm not even going to talk about Graphics or FPS and that massive fail by Ubisoft. However, as a huge fan of the series... a guy that owned almost every collectable, this is the worst, easily, game I've ever played. It's a massive step backward.

    Nothing in this game is fluid. In a game where movement is key, you have to have fluid movement. 80% of the time your character will NEVER go    I'm not even going to talk about Graphics or FPS and that massive fail by Ubisoft. However, as a huge fan of the series... a guy that owned almost every collectable, this is the worst, easily, game I've ever played. It's a massive step backward.

    Nothing in this game is fluid. In a game where movement is key, you have to have fluid movement. 80% of the time your character will NEVER go where you want him to go when you're free-running and moving about. He'll catch things completely off center of camera and attempting to run one block ends up getting about four blocks of movement and 5 times as long to do because of all the extra catching and moving that the character does instead of just going forward. Don't even TRY to go into a window; jesus... it's nearly impossible and I find myself screaming at the character because he can't get in a damn window. Then, if I'm trying to find my way down a building, lord help us there, due to the horribily programmed system, you can't even release straight down until the game knows there's something there for you to grab. I constantly shout at the character like he's my 60 lbs dog greeting me at the door; "Get DOWN!". But, he just won't go down.

    The combat in this game is complete junk. THE worst combat system I've played with, and I tried it on all three system; PC, PS4 and XB1. The biggest frustration with the game comes with the combat camera. They zoom in so HARD on your character that you can't see the damn fight around you!! This makes it nearly impossible to have a fight against more than 2 people and the fight ends up turning into a fight with your CAMERA CONTROLS rather than a fight with baddies in-game.

    I haven't been able to get the Multiplayer to even work, for "Reasons". I can connected to the internet, I have a router (like the rest of the gaming world) but Ubisoft can't seem to get me to connect to their services unless it's 2am. So, a game heavily hyped with Coop is completely useless for me.

    I've gotten completely SUCK on a building and I could go up, or down, and had to fast travel to get un-stuck.

    Get this game if you want to be frustrated as hell, because that's all you're going to get. It's not fun. There's not a thing I can say about it that's nice; which is extremely sad, because I've been a major fan.

    Hey Ubisoft... maybe if you cared LESS about your stupid "Companion App" and releasing another game side-by-side with this one (Rogue) then you'd actually be able to pull out a decent game. People need to be fired, and you need to do something big to make up for this because as a Studio; you just slapped all of your fans in the face.    … Expand
  3. Jeek
    Nov 16, 2014
    2
    If we think only about game and not technical issues, this game is superb. Characters are good, plot is good, side quests are fun, character customization is good. And that is why it's such a shame that Ubisoft screwed up so badly with optimizing.

    My computer doesn't meet even minimal requirements, but i'm still able to play the game even somehow. Low fps, medium graphics, some    If we think only about game and not technical issues, this game is superb. Characters are good, plot is good, side quests are fun, character customization is good. And that is why it's such a shame that Ubisoft screwed up so badly with optimizing.

    My computer doesn't meet even minimal requirements, but i'm still able to play the game even somehow. Low fps, medium graphics, some glitches, game freezes from time to time.

    Ubisoft ruined an amazing game with the worst optimizing job done in the history of gaming. If you can't properly play the game, it doesn't matter at all what is inside that game.    … Expand
  4. justwarren132
    Mar 14, 2015
    8
    To everyone **** about the frame rate issue, check the pc requirements before you play it. I'm playing on a gtx 970m and its play's smooth on ultra between 30-40 fps, but I am overclocking it. I enjoy it more than I did on xbox mostly because the fps is about 25 which it barely reached on my xbox one. I enjoy unity mostly for the side missions and I thoroughly enjoy the new sneak mechanicTo everyone **** about the frame rate issue, check the pc requirements before you play it. I'm playing on a gtx 970m and its play's smooth on ultra between 30-40 fps, but I am overclocking it. I enjoy it more than I did on xbox mostly because the fps is about 25 which it barely reached on my xbox one. I enjoy unity mostly for the side missions and I thoroughly enjoy the new sneak mechanic which has been needed for years.… Expand
  5. na06078
    Nov 17, 2014
    1
    I bought this game for enjoy
    but, what the...?
    it's shutting down like hell(shut down is not all of the error / freeze,frame drop etc...) and what now? after the bug fix patch I cant even play the game cuz of the dang acu.exe error when I load my save game it's just shutting down with the message that acu.exe it doesn't even explain what's wrong and now my save fie has been    I bought this game for enjoy
    but, what the...?
    it's shutting down like hell(shut down is not all of the error / freeze,frame drop etc...)
    and what now?
    after the bug fix patch
    I cant even play the game
    cuz of the dang acu.exe error
    when I load my save game
    it's just shutting down with the message that acu.exe
    it doesn't even explain what's wrong
    and now
    my save fie has been disappear

    THIS IS THE BESTEST WORSE GAME OF THIS YEAR

    and 1 score for the story lol
    story was not bad actually    … Expand
  6. bonq
    Nov 18, 2014
    0
    Optimization is **** location look really meh, just same **** once again, no innovation at all. It's boring ! Revolution, **** please Bugasssyn it is... xD

    Plot is boring as well, I don't care about Arno, and hate system that you should pay for easy play. This game is really easy, no challenge for assassin veterans.

    Ubi just, don't make any more games, please...
  7. Yerbatero77
    Dec 1, 2014
    0
    No comprar este juego, está diseñado para funcionar en ordenadores de gama súper alta y consolas por un convenio entre Ubisoft, NVdia, Sony y Microsoft.
    Estamos en presencia del juego más lucrativo e inescrupuloso de la historia, una muestra del capitalismo más asqueroso que puede existir en este mundo. Ubisoft ha dejado sin posibilidad de comprar este juego al 90% de los jugadores de Pc,    No comprar este juego, está diseñado para funcionar en ordenadores de gama súper alta y consolas por un convenio entre Ubisoft, NVdia, Sony y Microsoft.
    Estamos en presencia del juego más lucrativo e inescrupuloso de la historia, una muestra del capitalismo más asqueroso que puede existir en este mundo. Ubisoft ha dejado sin posibilidad de comprar este juego al 90% de los jugadores de Pc, aunque siempre hay varios idiotas que actualizaron su Pc para jugar a esta basofia y cayeron en la trampa de Ubisoft.
    Compré AC I, AC II, ACB, ACR, ACBF, Far Cry 3, menos el ACU porque Ubisoft no quiso optimizar el juego para que corra en ordenadores decentes. Vamos que tengo una Hd 7870 2 Gb VRam, i5 3570, 8 Gb de Ram y el juego anda horrible en mínimo. ¿Cómo un juego puede tener de requisitos mínimos una Gtx 680 o una Hd 7970?
    Iba a comprar Far Cry 4 pero mi indignación hizo que jamás vuelva a comprar un juego de Ubisoft, esta compañía se terminó para mí, no me hará caer en la trampa de gastar una bolsa de dinero para actualizar una gráfica de gama alta o una consola para jugar a un juego que debería correr en un ordenador de gama media.
    Bienvenidos al nuevo EA de la década del '90.    … Expand
  8. ReviewerTheOne
    Jan 3, 2015
    2
    Such a letdown by Ubisoft.They played with the fans heart's and look what happened.Low frame rate,bugs,glitches and other random **** that ruins the game.
  9. Antor457
    Nov 5, 2015
    9
    Assassin's Creed Unity is a typical AC game.It has the same formula.Parkour,investigate,kil etc.But that's what made me love Assassin's Creed Unity.Though this game does not have some certain important elements (Pirate Ships anyone?) It has some new things also.And most of the people on Metacritic who give review for the games,didn't even buy the game! This game is fabulous now! If you gotAssassin's Creed Unity is a typical AC game.It has the same formula.Parkour,investigate,kil etc.But that's what made me love Assassin's Creed Unity.Though this game does not have some certain important elements (Pirate Ships anyone?) It has some new things also.And most of the people on Metacritic who give review for the games,didn't even buy the game! This game is fabulous now! If you got the cracked one,then this game will stutter and freeze.I admit that this game was bad at launch.But now with the patches,it's quite good! The multiplayer has story-oriented missions which I enjoyed! I definitely recommend getting this game now,as it has been fixed.There are still some issues.But these can be overlooked.… Expand
  10. Shane_IL
    Dec 1, 2014
    8
    Let me start off by saying that I was away for this game's release and only started playing once the game's 3 major bugfix patches were already released.

    I am running a fairly high-end rig, I7 4770K, 16GB RAM and GTX 760 OC which I've overclocked above what the manufacturer overclocked by 5Mhz. Not sure about frame rates (as long as the game doesn't look choppy I'm happy), but I am    Let me start off by saying that I was away for this game's release and only started playing once the game's 3 major bugfix patches were already released.

    I am running a fairly high-end rig, I7 4770K, 16GB RAM and GTX 760 OC which I've overclocked above what the manufacturer overclocked by 5Mhz. Not sure about frame rates (as long as the game doesn't look choppy I'm happy), but I am running all the graphics settings on very high and it looks absolutely stunning.

    Gameplay wise I really felt a return to the earlier Assassin's Creed games in terms of missions, free-form assassinations and dense cities with plenty of climbing space. This was sorely missed in the blunder that was AC3 and AC4, which while a thoroughly enjoyable and stunning game, just didn't feel like assassins creed.

    One thing I really like is the integration of co-op/multiplayer in this game. I am anti-social at the best of times and really hate games that push too much multiplayer on you, especially when opting out of it prevents you from finishing the game fully (*side-eyes most recent chapter of splinter cell*). In ACU the coop stuff is there if you want it, but you never really need to.

    My only real gripes about this game so far are the usage of pay-to-win (let's just call a spoon a spoon) which I despise in any game (although kind of understand the logic as Ubisoft lost a ton of revenue to pirates, not the ACIV kind, who then go and give their games bad reviews because they cant get the game fixing patches), and the fact that Initiates was fully integrated into the game even though it is broken and has been since before ACIV.

    All in all if you can run this game and like the earlier titles, this will be a great game, enjoy.    … Expand
  11. Bout73Ninjas
    Nov 17, 2014
    3
    First off, I'm reviewing this game based off its quality as an Assassin's Creed game, not as a standalone game.

    Second, I'm going to give scores here for all areas except story, since this is what I really want to talk about. Graphics are a nice upgrade, the gameplay is still managing to be genius and unbearably frustrating at the same time, But the meat of the review involves the    First off, I'm reviewing this game based off its quality as an Assassin's Creed game, not as a standalone game.

    Second, I'm going to give scores here for all areas except story, since this is what I really want to talk about. Graphics are a nice upgrade, the gameplay is still managing to be genius and unbearably frustrating at the same time, But the meat of the review involves the story.

    Graphics: 7/10
    Gameplay: 8/10
    UI: 7/10

    But here's where it gets dragged so far down.
    The story is extremely vague to begin with. Already, from the very first moments, it feels like a cop-out idea for a story. As the opening unfolds, you are given a certain task. Great. Game's set up. So you continue on your way, trying to find the information in Arno's memories you are tasked with finding. But here's where things get disappointing.

    Arno is a likable Assassin, but he is really written into a corner. His story is basically just Ezio's, and his motivations for being an Assassin are simply not just unrelatable, they're also boring and predictable. So while you're rummaging through his memories, you're having a very hard time connecting with him and agreeing with the things he says.
    I held out hope near the end that the game would turn around, maybe offer some awesome present-day plot twist, but it was worse than I could have imagined. Not only did Arno's story end with nearly everything going wrong, but the information you were tasked with finding is apparently worthless once they find out what it is. Present day you (who you never see or hear, or even know in anyway whatsoever) is basically told, "You did a good job though, we'll call you if we need you to do something else."

    To sum it up, Arno's story was pretty boring and it ended poorly. And to top it off, the present-day story line was next to nonexistent.

    One other area of the game that really disappointed was the game world. Paris looked nice, and looked busy. That's about it. The French Revolution was not explained at all, there was no reasoning for how exactly the Templars and Assassins fit into it, and meeting famous figures (like Napoleon) feels very forced and unnecessary. The city had little life and soul.

    Overall, it was a chore to play, and I am upset that the game turned out so poorly. The story issues were just a result of putting almost 0 effort into it, while the game world issues I mentioned could have been avoided by setting it in a different time period. Paris in any other time would have been a joy to explore, but the Revolution made everything feel dull and hostile, too much so for the City of Lights.    … Expand
  12. jvmcnk
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    As patch 1.2, it works at 1080p on ultra with a single 970 (oc 1450) +3570k (oc 4.3) +16gb ram fine (+ 30 fps solid). No major glitches nor crashes.
    Top graphics, better controls, cool animations, no more health regen, nice crowd effects.
    But after five sequences is boring as hell. Bonus is 3 over 3 cover kills, jesus what were they thinking. I start this franchise with ac3 then ac4 (I    As patch 1.2, it works at 1080p on ultra with a single 970 (oc 1450) +3570k (oc 4.3) +16gb ram fine (+ 30 fps solid). No major glitches nor crashes.
    Top graphics, better controls, cool animations, no more health regen, nice crowd effects.
    But after five sequences is boring as hell. Bonus is 3 over 3 cover kills, jesus what were they thinking. I start this franchise with ac3 then ac4 (I loved them both, a bit more ac4), then try ac1 (I never finished it quite boring), never try ac2 (didn't bother). And this acu is nearly as boring as ac1.    … Expand
  13. Giggles
    Dec 1, 2014
    7
    Honestly, I don't think ACU gets all the credit it deserves because its technical issues overshadow the gameplay changes. And it DOES have some major technical issues, let's get that right out there first. Play the game in its current form and you'll find yourself in a lagfest, freezing every few minutes and glitching through the ground occasionally. Though the new stealth/cover mode andHonestly, I don't think ACU gets all the credit it deserves because its technical issues overshadow the gameplay changes. And it DOES have some major technical issues, let's get that right out there first. Play the game in its current form and you'll find yourself in a lagfest, freezing every few minutes and glitching through the ground occasionally. Though the new stealth/cover mode and descending option are great ideas at their core, their controls feel clumsy and still need quite a bit of tinkering. I'd discourage anyone from buying the game until Ubisoft has released a few patches that solve these problems, as it simply won't be worth your money in its current state.

    That being said, this is the first game in the series (and really, I loved Black Flag, but still) that gives me the actual feeling the creators tried to fix some of the game's biggest flaws. The addition of a pretty decent skilltree and equipment system allows for tons of customisation and lets you adjust your assassin to your own playstyle. Random events, side-missions and storyline missions have a much better design than the game's predecessors, never feeling repetitive or lineair, but instead granting you an incredible degree of freedom to achieve your goal the way you see fit: Which is pretty much what we all wanted missions to look like since the first Assassins Creed. Difficulty has been upped (it's not quite there, but it's heading in the right direction) by making enemies stronger and more aggressive and by having missions require more thinking and planning. Powerful skills, such as bombs, disguise or double assassination, need to be unlocked first, which is actually a pretty nice touch.

    The story of the game is so-so, but it holds up. Arno is definitely no Ezio or Edward, but he's likeable enough not to make you want to stop playing. Same goes for the other characters. Personally, I like Arno's animation a lot as he moves and fights with a lot more "sophistication" and acrobacy than most previous assassins. The whole Abstergo mayham has quite obviously been moved to the background and is now used more as a way of "explaining" the game rather than actually forming a progressing background story. Quite a bummer for the people who enjoyed it, but personally, I never really did. I like the whole "DNA memory simulation" theme behind the games, but the story was atrocious. It's probably better off this way.

    I can't really judge as the game's graphics yet since, because of its horible bugs, I can't play it on (ultra) high. By the looks of it, however, it isn't really significantly better than the previous games. 18th century Paris looks smashing, as we've grown to expect, but doesn't feel revolutionarily pretty. A pretty nifty new feature in ACU's world is the fact you can go indoors now. You can use houses as shortcuts (freely, not in an AC3 cutscene kind of way) and many missions take place inside buildings. This contributes a lot to the whole freeroam feeling.

    I'm rating the game a 7 for potential since, the way I feel it, Ubisoft is really heading down the right track here, giving me high hopes for future AC's. I hope people can see past the game's technical problems and still purchase it once these are fixed, as it might just be one of the most fun games of the series: An uncut diamond.    … Expand
  14. Hadjimina
    Nov 15, 2014
    9
    This games gameplay is awesome ! It really is the game I have been looking forward to a long time. It's very similar to the brilliant ac2 and acb which were my favorite games so far in the series. So gameplay is awesome, but what about the graphics and technical side of things? Graphics are awesome if you can run them at ultra or very high.
    The only real problems are technical issues. It    This games gameplay is awesome ! It really is the game I have been looking forward to a long time. It's very similar to the brilliant ac2 and acb which were my favorite games so far in the series. So gameplay is awesome, but what about the graphics and technical side of things? Graphics are awesome if you can run them at ultra or very high.
    The only real problems are technical issues. It has a lot of perfermance issues as well as bugs and glitches. The glitches are not game breaking though and ubisoft is really working hard to patch it.
    So all in all when the game is running you will be having a lot of fun. Paris is beautiful and the massive crowds are stunning. It really is the best ac game yet...game-play wise.    … Expand
  15. ocre
    Feb 8, 2015
    9
    this game looks amassing and plays quite well. I have an older x58 platform with an x5670 and must say that it really is a very decent and wonderful experience.

    Of course my gtx 980 probably doesnt hurt but i find the game smooth and solid. i was getting the occasional crash till i lowered my gpu overclock which works fine on other games. Really though, dont even need to be    this game looks amassing and plays quite well. I have an older x58 platform with an x5670 and must say that it really is a very decent and wonderful experience.

    Of course my gtx 980 probably doesnt hurt but i find the game smooth and solid. i was getting the occasional crash till i lowered my gpu overclock which works fine on other games. Really though, dont even need to be overclocking a gtx980, just the geek in me.

    Perhaps its because i waited before i ever started playing it, maybe its the patches, idk. Alls i know is that unity is working fine for me and i am really enjoying it. There is so many times i find myself admiring the screen. The graphics have really really great looking moments that are rare in an open world game. A lot of polish but there are some not pretty things to. But it is easily forgivable cause there are just as much stunning. i love games that impress and if you have specs enough to play on ultra, this one sure will.    … Expand
  16. SenshudoTV
    Nov 20, 2014
    6
    Assassin's Creed Unity is a beautiful game when it wants to be. As a first entry into next-generation gaming, Ubisoft has a lot of work to do. Once the bugs are fixed, the game might be worthy of a discount pick up.
  17. gyigyo2
    Nov 20, 2014
    1
    Optimization: its a piece of **********************! on amd 8 core gtx 660 high settings choppy,lagging like hell every ****ng 5 sec!
    Gameplay: This is the most boring ac game i played and i started with ac1, new gameplay mechanics (parkour) is more frustating than good and its looking extremly idiot in ac games, the best gameplay mehanics was ac1/ ac brotherhood.
    Story: Well i not    Optimization: its a piece of **********************! on amd 8 core gtx 660 high settings choppy,lagging like hell every ****ng 5 sec!
    Gameplay: This is the most boring ac game i played and i started with ac1, new gameplay mechanics (parkour) is more frustating than good and its looking extremly idiot in ac games, the best gameplay mehanics was ac1/ ac brotherhood.

    Story: Well i not gonna spell any spoiler, this will be short this is a soap opera nothing more but truly! this is not an assassins creed game! only the name is ac nothing else! Arno is a BAD copy of ezio.The first 20 minute of gameplay as a templar (tragedy of jacques de molay) is better than the whole ac unity game was! finally i SAW a real TEMPLAR guys! finally after AC1! even the musics was better for this short gameplay and it was very cinematic and intense.

    Music/Sound: sound effect is really awesome but still not mach with ac1 lifelike background sounds, same goes for the music wich is unity have a terrible musics, boring,flat unlike ac1/ac2/ac brotherhood they have genius musics.

    i still think the best ac games was AC1,AC2,AC3,AC brotherhood after that the whole asassins creed franchise goes downhill.
    The only positive was the game ending that was pretty good its looks like not a fairy tale game.    … Expand
  18. gamiseta
    Nov 22, 2014
    4
    I'm gonna start this review by saying that I have been a HUGE fan of this series. The story of the elder races and how our past is not what is told to us is a wonderful concept that can be a legendary IP that most players would love and remind merrily even after years. And Ubi was doing a wonderful job twisting the story and surprising players.

    Until Assassin's Creed: Unity. I wanted    I'm gonna start this review by saying that I have been a HUGE fan of this series. The story of the elder races and how our past is not what is told to us is a wonderful concept that can be a legendary IP that most players would love and remind merrily even after years. And Ubi was doing a wonderful job twisting the story and surprising players.

    Until Assassin's Creed: Unity.

    I wanted to love this game, I really did. I played it for a certain amount of time, not dwelling on it's bugs and/or faults. But again, even a fan has his own limits.

    First of all: bugs. Lots and LOTS of bugs. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I fell through the ground, stuck inside a wall or a cabinet or couldn't catch a ledge and fell to an assassin's worst enemy: gravity. I'm used to bugs in open world games: you can't expect a game to be non-linear and bug-free. But combination of a buggy game play with really serious performance issues leaves scars on you.

    Why do this game requires a great hardware anyway? Shadow of Mordor has better graphics yet my hardware was more than enough to play it. I mean I can agree that it doesn't have crowds, superb animations or a lot of water and/or reflections but it was way better in terms of both optimization and hardware/beauty ratio.

    Another thing about this game is controls. Those damned controls. I've played all other assassin's creed games and while they didn't feel as fluid as this game (in terms of both animations and climbing mechanics) but they let me do what I want to do or how I want to kill my helpless targets. But this game always blocks my progress by not letting me out of cover, stepping on a board that is literally only centimeters higher than the ground I'm on, jump on the platform I want and air assassinate the target I want to air assassinate. Seriously, when you take controls out from a game that requires you to be fluid and synchronized is like eating rice without a spoon or a fork: you are randomly using tools, hoping to do what you want to do.

    Storyline of the era (which is the era of French revolution) is really nice, even though I've no idea how French revolution went in real life. But the story line that I fell in love with (that is the previous race and how humans are created) feels like it's gone to toilet. We don't have a main character, we are just this anonymous player who plays Abstergo product but that's it. No more "let's go outside of the simulation and discover truth about whereabouts, missions and state of today's assassins and templars".

    Conclusion: This game had the potential to be something big yet it failed to deliver what it was supposed to be, both as story and game mechanics.    … Expand
  19. indi01
    Nov 12, 2014
    5
    I only played a couple of hours, my thoughts so far:
    The good:
    -The scale of the world, the number of assets, the settings are really impressive. -fights are more challenging. That's a plus. -I like the story and the characters so far. The bad: -like already stated, performance is atrocious. I'm able more or less to play decently with a gtx 970, although I had massive drops in    I only played a couple of hours, my thoughts so far:
    The good:
    -The scale of the world, the number of assets, the settings are really impressive.
    -fights are more challenging. That's a plus.
    -I like the story and the characters so far.

    The bad:
    -like already stated, performance is atrocious. I'm able more or less to play decently with a gtx 970, although I had massive drops in cutscenes. This performance across all systems is really unacceptable.
    -related, bugs are all over the place. It's a disgrace. I lost count of the pop-ins and of the low res textures, I saw my sword hovering on my side, Npcs get regularly stuck somewhere, collision detection often fails especially on buildings. You get the point.
    -The game looks very good, IF you max it and go heavy on AA. Needless to say, it will murder your frame rate.

    This is a great game with lots to offer. Unfortunately in its current state I can't really recommend it. Shame on Ubisoft for releasing a beloved product before it was ready. I can only hope this turns out like Rome total war 2, where after a disastrous release the game saw improvements.    … Expand
  20. Toxicsix
    Nov 22, 2014
    10
    Just finished the main story arc today and this could be my game of the year. Playing on an original GTX Titan i experienced no major visual issues. Frame rates were good during gameplay but there were times with low fps during some cut scenes and when the city had some heavy rain effects.

    I do feel bad for all the users who gave the game a zero cause they dont have the hardware    Just finished the main story arc today and this could be my game of the year. Playing on an original GTX Titan i experienced no major visual issues. Frame rates were good during gameplay but there were times with low fps during some cut scenes and when the city had some heavy rain effects.

    I do feel bad for all the users who gave the game a zero cause they dont have the hardware required to enjoy the game. People who say the game was rushed and not finished are incorrect. The game is just graphically beyond current hardware. You can qq about ubisoft not optimsing the game but the fact is the graphics are beyond anything elsecto date.

    The music is perfect, the story is decent but not epic by any means. Combat system can be frustrating at times but fun when you get the hang of the system. I would love to see ubisoft get the gameplay that shadow of mordor had to offer.

    In closing just want to say that if you dont have a power pc your better off trying it out on xboxone or ps4.    … Expand
  21. madrat986
    Dec 16, 2014
    0
    I must say the game runs very bad. Even on low settings (while i play most on high or ultra) i have stuttering issues. Every time i notice a stutter, the polygons reset themselves. This means that your character hair just goes high into the air, then drops down as well as his clothes. Really annoying and distracting. Story seems to be really good. Also, when stutter occurs, your characterI must say the game runs very bad. Even on low settings (while i play most on high or ultra) i have stuttering issues. Every time i notice a stutter, the polygons reset themselves. This means that your character hair just goes high into the air, then drops down as well as his clothes. Really annoying and distracting. Story seems to be really good. Also, when stutter occurs, your character gets locked in the mid air. Since the game is unplayable, and breaks often, I have to give it a 0! I would change this when new patches get introduced and gamebecomes playable, this score would go as high as 7.5-8, not more. I would not increase more because the combat system is the same and it is really boring.… Expand
  22. Veber
    Nov 19, 2014
    1
    Pros:

    1. A lot of buildings now have interiors 2. A lot of people on the streets - seems more realistic 3. 3D map Cons: 1. Total lack of gameplay in modern-day sections 2. A lot of chests, unlockables etc. are locked behind multiplayer **** 3. Current amount of money isn't displayed on screen (you have to go to map to see it) 4. All weapon classes apart from basic sword kinda    Pros:

    1. A lot of buildings now have interiors
    2. A lot of people on the streets - seems more realistic
    3. 3D map

    Cons:

    1. Total lack of gameplay in modern-day sections
    2. A lot of chests, unlockables etc. are locked behind multiplayer ****
    3. Current amount of money isn't displayed on screen (you have to go to map to see it)
    4. All weapon classes apart from basic sword kinda suck
    5. Battle system is now utter click-to-death crap. And yet we're still being chased by 10+ enemies
    6. Smoke bomb no longer allows you to perform instant executions
    7. No ships at all (even non-sailable ones)
    8. Arno is way to easy to kill
    9. Paris is kinda boring
    10. Eagle Vision now has a cooldown times
    11. Overabundance of optional chests, missions and other collectibles
    12. QTE lockpicking (instead of a system used in AC3)
    13. Enemies can somehow evade bullets fired at them (even if they are fired in point-black range amid thick smoke bomb fog)
    14. QTE battle with one of "bosses"
    15. Poor optimization
    16. Long loading times
    17. Final boss is a ripoff of Star Wars' emperor. Hooded cloak and lightnings are included
    18. Parkour system is even less controllable then before.

    Verdict: 1/10 (rock bottom).

    Ubisoft is showing us master class of making the worst game in the series: take tediousness and enemy kiting of AC1, throw a pinch of AC3 bugs and boredom, and add a spoonful of s*it.    … Expand
  23. Ferrelicious
    Nov 21, 2014
    1
    AC:Unity first i was exited for this game but now im not and here is why

    1. The game is badly optimized, fps drops etc.
    2. Bugs and crashes
    3. Price tag
    4."Needs an high end computer" to run this game

    Otherwise the game seems cool with its new graphics but still not worth the price tag (yet)
    My advice is wait for the 3rd patch which they will improve performance and then consider it.
  24. alexbotes
    Nov 19, 2014
    1
    Worst Assassins Creed experience ever.
    I was really excited to get the new Assassins Creed, I even took a week vacation to play the game and get the whole Assassins Creed Experience, I used to know. However - the tecnicals problemes beside – The Sorry is not really good told and you are not able to get involved. It is like they downsized the game experience to a minimum. The Missions are    Worst Assassins Creed experience ever.
    I was really excited to get the new Assassins Creed, I even took a week vacation to play the game and get the whole Assassins Creed Experience, I used to know. However - the tecnicals problemes beside – The Sorry is not really good told and you are not able to get involved. It is like they downsized the game experience to a minimum. The Missions are to easy to solved. Mostly it is just go into a fight, drop a Smoke bomb and click left mouse button……. What a waste of time, it like back in the day when you play Tetris…..    … Expand
  25. gribbeck
    Jan 10, 2015
    0
    This game is the worst game of the 2014, if the next AC will be like this sh...t i will never back to buy another AC game, bad game, bad optimization, the last patch dont fix all the bugs, this is really a great piece of sh....
  26. thisisevilevil
    Jun 3, 2015
    0
    Bribed reviewers: "10/10!!!!!!! BEST GAME EVER, GO BUY THIS!!!!"

    Actual game: one giant meme 0/10. They should stop making these AC games. They are getting worse with each release. It's an insult to the first 2 games and the expansions for AC2.
  27. jawsnl
    Nov 24, 2014
    0
    I always loved and played assassins creed but what ubisoft did with this game is **** up for all the fans... First Watch dogs and now this.. UBISOFT FIX YOUR GAMES BEFORE SELLING THEM!!!! You lost me as a fan..
  28. haydendaws
    Nov 24, 2014
    0
    If I could give it a review lower than 0, I would. **** is unbelieveably bad. I have had bowel movements after Buffalo Wild Wings that were more tame that this games relentless barrage on my wallet and booty. I feel the exact same why I did coming home from my Uncle's house when I was a child.
  29. nikh
    Dec 23, 2014
    2
    i was being nice to this game cause i had hope that one day it will be fixed but nope ubisoft just said go **** your self cause even after the update 1.4 this game runs like **** on pc memory leaks fps drops its broken and if you have a card that has 1gb of v ram dont even bother buying this game
  30. bskierys
    Jun 4, 2019
    7
    It still amazes me how poorly this game is perceived. While this is not a revolution that it was told to be, but I had a great time playing it.
    What shines the most in Unity are the main assassinations. Honestly, I think they are one of the best in the series. Each one of them is unique. in each one, we have multiple ways to attack. We can free the prisoners to create a diversion, we can    It still amazes me how poorly this game is perceived. While this is not a revolution that it was told to be, but I had a great time playing it.
    What shines the most in Unity are the main assassinations. Honestly, I think they are one of the best in the series. Each one of them is unique. in each one, we have multiple ways to attack. We can free the prisoners to create a diversion, we can rob a monk to grab a key to the secret entrance to the building and so on. And for the first time in the series, I feel that Altair's word are true: "I am the blade in the crowd". The crowds in this game are amazing. There are a lot of people on the screen. Of course, they are mindless copies with no purpose, but this is still enough for you to feel like a real assassin.
    When speaking of crowds is hard not to mention the setting. The game takes place during the French revolution in the 18th century. And I have to admit, I have a mixed feeling about that. As usual, the city is done with perfection. Walking on the streets of Paris, now full of barricades and flames, climbing on a Notre Dame Cathedral - just amazing. But I feel like the story potential of the Revolution was just wasted. The Revolution is just a background. We don't take part, we are just passing by.
    The story is ok. That is all I can say. The protagonist has its moments. For the first time in the series, I felt like we have someone who questions what other people is saying to him. But for the most part of the game, he is just flat and boring.
    The gameplay was rebuild. The combat is better and a little more difficult. The introduction of descending action during parkour was a great choice. And for the first time in the series, we have a dedicated stealth mode. I also really liked the open-world activities in the city. Especially detective quests and city object-finding puzzles called "Nostradamus' riddles".
    Don't get me wrong. The game has its problems. Technical issues, Poorly designed user interface, forgettable story and an open world filled with just a little too generic quests. But It is a good game. I recommend you give it a try.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Hyper Magazine
    Feb 9, 2015
    70
    Well at least it's better than ACIII. [Issue#257, p.66]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 24, 2014
    73
    Newfound openness of Assassin’s Creed demonstrates just how inadequate its AI really is for a stealth game: pampered nobility usually simply ignores a bloodied body on the dance floor, and guards don’t care much either. At least they’ve learned how to fight: unless you “cheat” with smoke bombs, it’s highly unlikely you’ll survive a melee against a group. [Jan 2015, p.62]
  3. Riot Pixels
    Nov 27, 2014
    67
    As I write this, Assassin’s Creed: Unity is a bugfest, but technical problems, however annoying, can and probably will be fixed. It is not cracks in textures that it is the most worrying thing about Unity, but the cracks in game design and writing.
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