Assassin's Creed Unity

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  1. Yaba
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    770 GTX SLI + 3770k @ 4.8 Ghz + 16GB RAM, GPU utlilization is 33% and 2nd GPU is 22%, FPS 19.1, max GPU utilization i saw is 65% for primary and 55% for secondary, FPS is 45-60 on 1080p with everything on low and FXAA. FPS drops are massive so 45-60 FPS for 4-5 seconds then it drops to 24 then back to 45. i play on 1440p, i had to reduce resolution to 1080p to be able to play it, on 1440p770 GTX SLI + 3770k @ 4.8 Ghz + 16GB RAM, GPU utlilization is 33% and 2nd GPU is 22%, FPS 19.1, max GPU utilization i saw is 65% for primary and 55% for secondary, FPS is 45-60 on 1080p with everything on low and FXAA. FPS drops are massive so 45-60 FPS for 4-5 seconds then it drops to 24 then back to 45. i play on 1440p, i had to reduce resolution to 1080p to be able to play it, on 1440p while everything on low and FXAA, Avg FPS 24 and drops to 12-19 on certain non-demanding areas.

    cut-scenes run very bad at 11 FPS, there is no real performance impact when changing graphics options from high to low, just 3-4 FPS gain and thats it, 5 graphics options only.

    in short, this game is in alpha stage and has never been tested on PC nor touched, was ported by Ubisoft crap Kiev and thrown for release because even a novice tester would reject this build from the first min.    … Expand
  2. ENAK
    Nov 13, 2014
    6
    While significantly better than the console versions, the PC port of this game suffers from quite a lot of problems that seem to stem from a lack of optimization. Strange as the quality of the game doesn't differ from the previous outings and these games didn't really have much in the way of such problems.

    From the story and gameplay perspective - it's the usual stuff... Abstergo is as    While significantly better than the console versions, the PC port of this game suffers from quite a lot of problems that seem to stem from a lack of optimization. Strange as the quality of the game doesn't differ from the previous outings and these games didn't really have much in the way of such problems.

    From the story and gameplay perspective - it's the usual stuff... Abstergo is as creepy as usual,the assassins are doing what they do and that's essentially that. French architecture is modelled very nicely as are the characters. Story gets a bit dull here and there though, which is a bad thing in a mostly story-driven game.

    Essentially - a fun game, but the formula is getting kinda stale and due to optimization issues and some minor bugs, it fails to rise above mediocrity. Hence the "slightly above average, 6".    … Expand
  3. LoC_TR
    Nov 13, 2014
    3
    If ACU was just a parkour game it would be **** awesome, it's not though. A lot of things seem forced, I really just want to play my video game without have to download a **** ton of bs apps and add-on **** to get the whole experience. The microtransactions I will never touch, nice try tho. Why would you spend any money at all to cheat a game? It seems really **** backwards, and I justIf ACU was just a parkour game it would be **** awesome, it's not though. A lot of things seem forced, I really just want to play my video game without have to download a **** ton of bs apps and add-on **** to get the whole experience. The microtransactions I will never touch, nice try tho. Why would you spend any money at all to cheat a game? It seems really **** backwards, and I just generally hate the thought of it.

    I enjoyed the gameplay a lot, I really did, but there are too many things that are buzzkills for me. At the top of the list is the attempt to control too much. There is such a fierce grasp around this game I feel the developers let slip too many things through the cracks. The graphics are next gen for sure, the gameplay and story telling is not. On top of all of that is the bugs, which I wouldn't give a **** about if they actually wanted to improve the core of this game. I expected the flow between the parkour and combat to be much more fluid but it seems to be relatively the same with a few minor changes. When games start to bring these kind of emotions out of people you wonder why they backlash so hard at the developers.

    This review is based almost entirely on gameplay, the actual launch with the bugs didn't irk me as much as some of the actual in-game features. Though that doesn't mean it's acceptable.

    MONEY STUFF

    This is where we get to the money game, which they seem to have put an awful lot of time. There are several currencies:

    Franks are used to buy consumables, outfits, weapons, and property.

    AC points(whatever that symbol is) which is a "abstergo" increment of money used to upgrade weapons and buy colors for the outfits.

    Hack points are the microtransaction increment. You can buy everything in the game with these points if you have the real life dolla bills to throw down. This is where I get a little irritated. What it feels like they're doing is slowing down progression in various ways.. getting to places feels slower (possibly because our character runs slower on a 1:1 ratio of paris? Idk), combat is slower. Leveling seems to take forever, which also means I don't get to use all of the abilities throughout the entirety of the story.

    In combination with the Initiate program... which you have to sign up for.. to unlock certain items.. so that you can eventually buy them. There is also mobile apps i've yet to download that unlock other in game **** This also allows you to open up certain Red and Gold chests. So basically theres stuff in the game that you can do because you haven't downloaded all the crap yet on all your devices.

    So what this feels like to me is a they've added a grind to the game so you either

    *dump tons of time into if you want to complete everything, and buy everything.

    *OR buy upwards of 100$ worth Hack points so can buy better equipment earlier, or buy boosts to level up or w/e.

    *None of the characters are really that intriguing. They seems to be cookie cutter Templar vs Assassin attitude.

    *The crowds themselves are quite massive but, but for the most part they stick to a particular spots. Theres obviously roaming people from street to street, but there doesn't seem to a concious of the AI. Once again there are only so many models and some many outfits/colors. They don't react to you directly or your deeds you've accomplished. I kinda expected the city to be more "alive," at the time period it was a very turbulent and the city was of the edge. This is not the feeling the game gives off at all.

    *The parkour is better than the last few installments and is probably the best part about the game as a whole. Trekking the city and just looking at every detail that goes into each inch of the world. Unfortunately the movement is plagued by many of the same issues such as, you're still frequently getting stopped in your tracks from either bad pathing, or odd obstacles. The downward parkour (new) is nice for sure but doesn't act how i expected either. Sometimes Arno jumps impossible heights without taking damage or suffers from the same issues as the upward parkour and goes a path you didn't wish him too. Some paths that seem like they should be, are not.

    *The combat is much slower imo and rugged, it's fun but there isn't really anything revolutionary about it. In the beginning the enemies seem to be tougher but there are only a few enemy models so their patterns are easy to learn over time.    … Expand
  4. ChocoROID
    Nov 13, 2014
    3
    My experience on performance.

    When I got my GTX 770 in june, overclocked it 20 1300mhz, combined it with my i54670k, also overclocked to 4.4ghz, I boasted that I could play any given game at maximum settings on my 1080p monitor. Playing games at high and stable framerates was such a massive leap from the low frame low quality, low resolution console equivalent. Crysis 3? No problem.    My experience on performance.

    When I got my GTX 770 in june, overclocked it 20 1300mhz, combined it with my i54670k, also overclocked to 4.4ghz, I boasted that I could play any given game at maximum settings on my 1080p monitor. Playing games at high and stable framerates was such a massive leap from the low frame low quality, low resolution console equivalent.
    Crysis 3? No problem.
    Sniper Elite 3 with supersampling? That runs a dream too.
    The mess that was Watch_Dogs? Ultra Worse mod settings even still ran well.
    AC: Black Flag? Rarely dips below 60fps.

    Assassins Creed Unity? I get better framerate running Skyrim on my tablet. This is without a doubt the most poorly optimised game available on the PC, barely worthy of being labelled and Alpha considering the sheer fluctuation of frame rate this game provides me. I would be satisfied, if this game ran on ANY given graphics setting at as little as 30fps solid. But that is the worst thing. It does not.

    The frame rate is not the main problem here. It's the stability. The frame rate fluctuates wildly even in the damned pause menu. In my personal experience, It would skip up and down at random between 40 and 60 constantly with stuttering. A few times a minute it will pop down to the low twenties at random.

    If you know anything about how frames render, you will know that this scenario is significantly worse that just running it at 30fps constantly. That is not even an option for me.

    This chaos was after altering settings to work as best as they possibly can. The fluctuation persisted in all available settings.

    If you absolutely have to play it, then you will be spending a long time adjusting settings. My hint to you is to start with turning AA either off or to FXAA. These options are the best thing you can do for your experience.    … Expand
  5. K1ll3r2100
    Nov 13, 2014
    0
    Now , i have a custom 1000$ pc this game runs like **** , here is what i did to try and make the fps better :
    1. Turn down all my visual setting for windows .
    2. Use overdrive on my amd video card. 3. Placed it in my C disk (its a special disk that processes a lot faster , forgot the exact name) 4. Used a game booster , on top of all the visual downgrades. 5. Turned everything , i    Now , i have a custom 1000$ pc this game runs like **** , here is what i did to try and make the fps better :
    1. Turn down all my visual setting for windows .
    2. Use overdrive on my amd video card.
    3. Placed it in my C disk (its a special disk that processes a lot faster , forgot the exact name)
    4. Used a game booster , on top of all the visual downgrades.
    5. Turned everything , i mean EVERYTHING to absolute bare minimum in the game.
    6 . Closed everything else that was on from my pc , even the **** anti-virus.
    The result , NOTHING

    Oh and this is only how it runs!

    The new combat system : PURE **** . Now , let me explain : the fun for me in ac was to try and be stealthy but if i fail it was just as fun to kill all the guards in an area...Now you cant do that , its a serious challenge early on to kill 2-3 guards , the parry system is broken , you need to hit them a lot just cause the game tells you to , you CLEARLY MAKE THE FACE AWAY FROM YOU WHEN YOU PARRY , ANYONE AND I MEAN ANYONE CAN PUSH A SWORD THROW A GUY WHEN HE IS FACING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

    Stealth : **** again . Again , you don't understand who can see you , who cant see you etc , you just get a weird ass circle around you and puff , nothing else.

    The initiation in the brotherhood : Some weird voodoo **** , THEY DRUG YOU! Think back to ac brotherhood : a small speech , the universal " Nothing is true , Everything is permitted" a hand symbol and a sendoff by the master assassin , not some bull**** .

    Arno himself : weird as **** background with Elise , never actually explain how Arno knows about Templars , it does explain , slightly about assassins but never bout the Templars. He is kinda nice , in a way , kind of a dick , i like that , but he changes....

    Graphics : tried to turn everything to max , was barely working but i was still able to get a good idea of how they wore : slightly above decent , nothing else...hell you can call them good but they don't live up to the required specs

    Bugs : crap ton of them : running on roofs - you glitch into the **** roof
    running on the streets - you glitch into the **** people
    you synch a viewpoint , you cant get down anymore (happened 2/5 total )
    you walk on the streets - the people start flying

    All in all if ubisoft fixes all and i mean ALL the performance issues , bugs the game may be good...i will stile despise the **** combat system but with a a number of upgrade maybe it will be better .
    I suggest you wait at least 6 months before buying it , this is a release worse then watch dogs and that is saying a lot.    … Expand
  6. Wesker1856
    Nov 12, 2014
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the only major Assassin's Creed release about which I can say I'm disappointed. The game is poorly fine tuned as the myriad of glitches and bugs can attest to. In other words, even if someone were only to play it for an hour, it would become obvious that the game was subjected to minimal polish. The story is no where near as interesting or engaging as any of the other Creed games e.g. AC2 or AC4: BF. Although I played it to its finish (I beat the game) on a powerful gaming computer, I can imagine how frustrating the intermittent stuttering and wildly unstable frame rate could be for those who played it on a less power computer or even either of the consoles. Just to give an example of the poor polish the developers did for the game, on the very last story mission, the antagonist continually repeats the same lines over and over if he attacks you or is interrupted while he is speaking in any way.

    To sum up, the game is buggy and glitchy, has little polish, and has an uninspiring, uninteresting story compared to the other games in the series. It's still an okay game, but no where near the quality you would expect from an Assassin's Creed game.    … Expand
  7. Futureops
    Nov 12, 2014
    4
    "Milked yearly installment"
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    Assassin's Creed: Unity could have been a solid game if it worked the way the developers intended. The game does an amazing job showing you the French Revolution but still feels lackluster and does is filled with technical and gamebreaking issues along with microtransactions.    "Milked yearly installment"
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    Assassin's Creed: Unity could have been a solid game if it worked the way the developers intended. The game does an amazing job showing you the French Revolution but still feels lackluster and does is filled with technical and gamebreaking issues along with microtransactions.

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    PROS-
    + Recreation Of French Revolution
    + More Stealth Focused
    + No In-game Loadsceens
    + Acrobatic Parkour System
    + Paris Feels Alive
    + Many Things To Do
    + More Character Customization Options
    + Colorful Textures
    + Co-op Works Well

    CONS-
    - Often Suffers From Poor Lighting
    - Frequent Frame Drops
    - Poor Pacing
    - Stupid App Tied In
    - Nonsense Crowd AI
    - Exploration Often Gets Interrupted
    - Tons Of Gamebreaking Glitches
    - Filled With Microtransactions
    - French Characters Has British Accent
    - Lackluster Story
    - Arno's Interactions With Other NPCs
    - Unfinished Broken Game

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    CONCLUSION
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    WORLD - 8
    STORY - 5
    GAMEPLAY - 5
    GRAPHICS - 5
    TECHNICAL - 2
    COOP - 5
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    GAMESCORE - 4.8 "MILKED"
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  8. darkfury45
    Nov 12, 2014
    10
    Best lagg simulator since watch_dogs. You'll be lucky to reach 60 fps on ultra high graphics, maybe even thirty. On high without AA I'm lucky to get 15 in some places. GJ ubisoft, your lagg simulators keep improving.

    Nope, couldn't keep a straight face.
  9. nanito444
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    Poor frame rates for Gtx 780 OC I mean come on!!!
    The game crashed various times and its stupid to do that.
    Poorly OPTIMIZED Yet AGAIN!!!!

    Why? Ubisoft Never OPTIMIZES its games for PC and always buggy.
    They Graphics settings does not Improve my FPS. Well it does but only by 1-3 Fps
  10. 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
  11. martinez-x
    Nov 12, 2014
    10
    Wonderful, true next gen graphics must be demanding, and PC version of this game looks really awesome!
    I'm playing it on Core i7 4790K with Geforce GTX 970 (OC'ed to 1455/78000mhz) and 16GB ram and it works flawlessly (50-60fps) with everything maxed out except for antyaliasing which I set to FXAA because in this game it gives the best visual result (I know it's weird but it's true). In    Wonderful, true next gen graphics must be demanding, and PC version of this game looks really awesome!
    I'm playing it on Core i7 4790K with Geforce GTX 970 (OC'ed to 1455/78000mhz) and 16GB ram and it works flawlessly (50-60fps) with everything maxed out except for antyaliasing which I set to FXAA because in this game it gives the best visual result (I know it's weird but it's true). In my opinion it's one of the best games of 2014, unfortunately really strong PC is needed to fully enjoy it, but Assassin's Creed Unity is a good reason to upgrade your rig. There are few glitches (like TXAA which looks worse than FXAA) but it's nothing that couldn't be fixed with a patch.    … Expand
  12. Graub
    Nov 12, 2014
    1
    Assassin's Creed Unity is an unplayable, broken mess on PC. Crashes to desktop, dropping through the environment, NPC actors falling out of the sky, conversations not triggering, and on and on. Poorly optimized for PC (of course) and my GTX 780 Ti struggles to maintain even 40 fps in Paris. Completely unacceptable. Ubisoft, go eff yourself, this is the last straw.
  13. vince52
    Nov 12, 2014
    10
    The game is working well with 2 GTX 680 and Intel core i7 4770k. I love to see how the creators reproduce Paris.
    The framerate is good for me but could be better.
    I think that ubisoft will patch the game.
  14. xcoders
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    Broken piece of crap game, Ubi$hit does it again, first Watch Dogs, now this, let's hope they didn't mess Far Cry 4 too. This is unbelievable, we should sue this company, it's unacceptable to deliver such a flawed and unfinished product when we were shown a beautiful game, that's false advertising. I hope you go bankrupt ubi$hit, I also hope you never ever see the light of day again andBroken piece of crap game, Ubi$hit does it again, first Watch Dogs, now this, let's hope they didn't mess Far Cry 4 too. This is unbelievable, we should sue this company, it's unacceptable to deliver such a flawed and unfinished product when we were shown a beautiful game, that's false advertising. I hope you go bankrupt ubi$hit, I also hope you never ever see the light of day again and you are sent to jail, rot in there, and if you ever get out of jail I hope you never ever develop and/or publish any other game.… Expand
  15. chelonia
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    Watch Dogs has been dethroned! Assassin's Creed Unity is now the worst game of all time. Ubisoft is clearly trying very hard to beat EA at their game.
  16. nidvar
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    My computer can run Black Flag AC3 and Far Cry 3 no problem.

    It can only run ACU on the lowest settings but then it looks like a playstation 1 game.

    1/10
  17. Rauxa
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    Completely avoid this game, this is not a full price release it's at alpha stage at best. The game is bad and repetitive, with performing issues that it's impossible to get a smooth experience independently how good your PC is. All animations are jagged due to imcomprehensible frames drops, transitions between animations are not done, everything pops out of the blue, you can see inside theCompletely avoid this game, this is not a full price release it's at alpha stage at best. The game is bad and repetitive, with performing issues that it's impossible to get a smooth experience independently how good your PC is. All animations are jagged due to imcomprehensible frames drops, transitions between animations are not done, everything pops out of the blue, you can see inside the houses when you are literally 2 meters before them; all of this issues to get not better graphics than last generation consoles. There are so many bugs it stops being funny 10 min into the game.

    On top of all the bad performance when you get it running game is boring and repetitive. There aren't any new mechanics in coparison to previous games, I'd say that there are less than previous games. It really feels like the first assassin's creed.

    Not even worth waiting for sale.    … Expand
  18. Tubey
    Nov 12, 2014
    2
    A 78 IGN? A 78.

    OK, well first thing first - I have a pretty bloody decent rig (actually I believe I have the recommended card, the GTX 780 and a boatload of RAM, indeed I pass every metric on Can You Run It?) and I can not get this to run at 30fps consistently at all. Even on low settings. Indeed, you have to play it on low settings unless you have a £2k+ rig, as I challenge anyone to    A 78 IGN? A 78.

    OK, well first thing first - I have a pretty bloody decent rig (actually I believe I have the recommended card, the GTX 780 and a boatload of RAM, indeed I pass every metric on Can You Run It?) and I can not get this to run at 30fps consistently at all. Even on low settings. Indeed, you have to play it on low settings unless you have a £2k+ rig, as I challenge anyone to cope with an hour or two of gaming with this title without wanting to punch a wall as your character jerks horrifically around the screen at 10fps at crucial moments.

    Even when it DOES run somewhat smoothly (when I can get the abysmal UPlay to stop being its' usual terrible self of course), the pop ins are atrocious and the glitches... Oh dear Jebus the glitches... Words cannot describe what an unfinished mess this game is, but I'll try. I've fell through the floor twice, walked through walls repeatedly and at one point was stuck in midair. And all of this is before I mention the NPCs, which do incredibly random things - including an ice skating moonwalk in a circle at one point.

    Was this tested at all? How can a major studio release this? I mean, I can sort of understand an indie studio having to meet a deadline for monetary purposes, but Ubisoft? Seriously?

    Let's just assume the game ran flawlessly for a moment and talk about the gameplay. Is it OK? Yes. It's the same as past AC titles, and for all the hate the series gets, that's not a bad thing as it does what it does fairly well. Is it great however? No. It's got to the Call of Duty series 'paint by numbers' stage where we are getting the same game, almost totally, year on year, with no improvements whatsoever.

    So it brings us to my final point - why would you buy this game? It's a buggy mess, yet even if you could cope with that, it does absolutely nothing more than Black Flag, which also featured the stellar sea-based content. So if you were coming new to the franchise, you'd objectively have to buy Black Flag. If you were an old hand and wanted another AC fix, you'd objectively either replay or buy the cheaper Black Flag. There is no rational reason to buy this title. It is, in effect, completely and utterly pointless.

    Avoid. Seriously, avoid. Don't do it. Don't support this yearly iteration franchise nonsense. Don't give them tacit approval to keep doing it. Please, avoid buying this title.    … Expand
  19. zorgzag
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    Terribly optimized!!! Typical console port,

    gtx 690 , 2600k ,

    16 gb

    freeze game

    Massive Lags

    Lot of glitches

    Poor Combat Mechanics

    I highly suggest to skip this one..

    I am also really disappointed, i was expecting a lot from this game...
  20. Ochetazinco
    Nov 12, 2014
    6
    Let me begin by saying that Ubisoft did not mess up, everyone has the impression that they did, but no. They did this intentionally, and let's get to the root of the problem, why did they do it? Who are we kidding, we all know why they did this, come on. Do you know why they did this? Do you?...I do...it should not be a secret...... PIRACY. That's right...all this happened because UbisoftLet me begin by saying that Ubisoft did not mess up, everyone has the impression that they did, but no. They did this intentionally, and let's get to the root of the problem, why did they do it? Who are we kidding, we all know why they did this, come on. Do you know why they did this? Do you?...I do...it should not be a secret...... PIRACY. That's right...all this happened because Ubisoft is trying to throw the pirates off it's trail. It is painfully obvious, in fact, the over-bloated graphics are a part of it's very strategy to recover revenue lost to rampant online piracy, as well as the included micro/macro transactions and the generic gameplay. I will outline three valid points: 1) why bother to make a good game, and innovate, spending time and money, when they are just going to pirate anyway? 2) We should over-bloat the graphics, that way, when pirates flock to buy a new shiny Nvidia GPU, Nvidia will pull in revenue from which Nvidia will pay us commission, that is one way of recovering revenue lost to piracy. 3) We should cripple the game at release, that way we can release patches later that will fix it for those who legitimately buy it, those who pirated it will never get those updates. 4) Let's put in micro transactions to unlock game content, that way pirates get freemium access, as well as get some extra revenue from legitimate buyers. 5) Let's over hype the game, that way we get more preorders, the more preorders, the better off against those who will pirate it. Yep, this is it. Remember EA and Sim City and all it's online problems, well, this is the same. I myself will not be buying this game no matter what...and BTW I pirated it.… Expand
  21. Mamoulian
    Nov 12, 2014
    4
    This just has to be some kind of a joke! First Far Cry games a decade ago had better graphics and optimalization than this FAIL! I own a very high end PC so I put everything on max graphic wise as I always do and I was astonished - is this the promised revolution? What is this?? Everything looks pixelated, outdated and ugly. Characters faces, speech, textures, ugly wide black rectangles atThis just has to be some kind of a joke! First Far Cry games a decade ago had better graphics and optimalization than this FAIL! I own a very high end PC so I put everything on max graphic wise as I always do and I was astonished - is this the promised revolution? What is this?? Everything looks pixelated, outdated and ugly. Characters faces, speech, textures, ugly wide black rectangles at the bottom and the top of the screen, strange glitches, missing textures and other unbelievable stuff.. is this a joke?? Who will give me my money back!!… Expand
  22. Chapa9dj
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    What an absolute disgrace to us AC fans. And to think i was excited for the French Revolution settings, but unfortunately its all overshadowed by the enormous amount of problem that this game carries. As much as i tried to deal with the awful performance, glitches, poor texture rendering, low resolution textures, unstable frame rate, clunky game play and the pathetic micro-transactionsWhat an absolute disgrace to us AC fans. And to think i was excited for the French Revolution settings, but unfortunately its all overshadowed by the enormous amount of problem that this game carries. As much as i tried to deal with the awful performance, glitches, poor texture rendering, low resolution textures, unstable frame rate, clunky game play and the pathetic micro-transactions which was the icing on the cake, i have finally given up on this and decided to quit.
    I cannot believe i've spent $90 bucks for this. Just when i thought i learned a lesson with AC3 in which i got robbed out of $80, the same fiasco happens again. But this is even worse, its Watch Dogs disaster all over again.

    I advice anyone to stay out of this and wait for this game to be dirt cheap, don't make the same mistake i did twice.
    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I will never buy a single Ubisoft game ever again.    … Expand
  23. Zexus
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    I would love to write a review but i cant since the game is literally unplayable. Got a 2500k OCd to 4,6 ghz and a 660ti also OCd yet i cant seem to get even 30 fps. Slowdowns, freezing and stuttering are constant here.

    DO NOT buy this, do not even pirate this until Ubisoft gets their **** together.

    This might very well be the worst and most unoptimized port of all time.
  24. bluex_01
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    I am severely saddened with how this turned out. It had everything that should have made it a good game. A decent story with romance, a charismatic character, and intrigue. A massive city which looks amazing, technically only if you just look at a single frame.

    So where did they go wrong? In-app Purchases in a full-fledged 60 dollar game. Terrifically Horrible Performance on PC.    I am severely saddened with how this turned out. It had everything that should have made it a good game. A decent story with romance, a charismatic character, and intrigue. A massive city which looks amazing, technically only if you just look at a single frame.

    So where did they go wrong?

    In-app Purchases in a full-fledged 60 dollar game.

    Terrifically Horrible Performance on PC. Worse optimized than AC3 and Black Flag together. Glitches everywhere, controls are a mess, these two combined cause you to fail missions because your character decides to loot a body instead of parry an attack when you're still fighting someone.    … Expand
  25. MrAro
    Nov 12, 2014
    1
    - "Don't buy game from Ubisoft which didn't leave yet!" (c) MrAro
    This game needs to appropriate an award: The most curve optimization in the history of video games.
    Weak plot, Graphics not according to system requirements. The gameplay is stupidly taken from other parts. And after that to ask for game of 38 dollars? Ubisoft, you have no respect for own fans. I will tell all once    - "Don't buy game from Ubisoft which didn't leave yet!" (c) MrAro
    This game needs to appropriate an award: The most curve optimization in the history of video games.
    Weak plot, Graphics not according to system requirements.
    The gameplay is stupidly taken from other parts.
    And after that to ask for game of 38 dollars?
    Ubisoft, you have no respect for own fans.
    I will tell all once again: don't buy game from ubisoft which didn't leave yet!    … Expand
  26. VellerRusofob
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    Ебаная неоптимизированная и забагованная параша, с той же унылой боевкой и всех уже заебавшим паркуром! Короче очередной высер УёбаСофта)
    p.s Люди, не верьте Жирофону-Логвинову, этому жирному пидару Юбики наверняка прислали чемоданы!!!    Ебаная неоптимизированная и забагованная параша, с той же унылой боевкой и всех уже заебавшим паркуром! Короче очередной высер УёбаСофта)
    p.s Люди, не верьте Жирофону-Логвинову, этому жирному пидару Юбики наверняка прислали чемоданы!!!
  27. Bananana
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    Why is this released? Why is this even a game? Nice game Ubisoft. I need a NASA PC to run this game on low settings. I would be ashamed if this was my games.....
  28. davidheras
    Nov 12, 2014
    6
    I think, This game need to have a patch. we can't value only for the optimization. I lfeel like watching Paris and as is done. And the history is quite beautiful .
  29. RYRY
    Nov 12, 2014
    2
    Let me start off by saying that I have always been a huge fan of the franchise; I was there at the start of it. Black flag was the first one my gaming PC and I enjoyed that game, but not immensely as past titles in the franchise. However I do have to say that Unity is a huge let down for me and that really hurts being that I love this franchise too much. My rig is equipped with an i5Let me start off by saying that I have always been a huge fan of the franchise; I was there at the start of it. Black flag was the first one my gaming PC and I enjoyed that game, but not immensely as past titles in the franchise. However I do have to say that Unity is a huge let down for me and that really hurts being that I love this franchise too much. My rig is equipped with an i5 3570k and a 770 and runs the game comfortably on high settings minus the occasional frame dip tantrums. I feel like ubisofts minimum and required specifications were unfair. Even though I think you feel more like an assassin than in previous titles being that they added sneaking/crouching and taking on two or more enemies at once is a handful. There is also immense customization options for Arno's outfit and gear which I like. Free running feels like jogging it's slow and sometimes feels unresponsive, it's just not fluid as it has been in the previous titles and compared to black flag the controls/keys feel more awkward than that of its predecessor.You'd be better off hooking up an Xbox controller to play this game on your PC. Also I may add that t co-op is terrible, I don't think any assassin's creed titles need multiplayer. In my opinion although they added neat little features like the sneaking ability and customization that should have been incorporated in previous titles, I have to say Ubisoft took a major step backwards with this iteration and the franchise which will ultimately affect my decision about buying another AC title in the future. If you were expecting something different out Unity compared to past titles, don't. Ultimately it feels more like a copy and paste trying to compete with CoD in a pissing match and CoD's bad luck is starting to rub off onto a once great franchise. The only thing different in Unity is the character you play as (Arno) and the setting (Paris 1789 French Revolution) the player is put in. Regardless of everything, I think the specifications ubisoft posted were the ultimate turn off for me. The specifications are overrated and outright irrational. Either some dense person posted the specifications on the ubiblog or they didn't take the time to optimize the title. In conclusion, I am beginning to think the franchise has lost its 'mojo'. Ubisoft needs to take a break from the franchise or step up their game in the next itteration (no pun intended). Hopefully Ubisoft can redeem themselves with the next Assassin's Creed title.… Expand
  30. hkdse
    Nov 12, 2014
    0
    this is just an alpha version of the game. Totally unoptimized. Why can't they just put some of the marketing budget into optimization? They deserved 0 score.
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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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