Assassin's Creed Unity: Dead Kings

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6.5

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  1. EzioA88
    Feb 26, 2015
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Assassin's Creed: Unity became notorious last year due to the fact that it released in a fairly haphazard state. While I didn't have any real troubles with the game, disappearing faces, coop connection troubles and framerate slow downs were common when the game came out. Five patches later and it's almost completely stable. Many were annoyed at these troubles and felt betrayed, especially after previous disappointments from Ubisoft like the Watch Dogs graphical scale down. Dead Kings is a bit of an apology letter to the fans. Teased before the game released, it was part of a $40 season pass that also included a bunch of add on missions and a side scrolling game. Dead Kings would have been about $15 or so if it was released separately in a normal fashion, but instead Ubisoft have made it free and scrapped the season pass while doing so.

    Dead Kings is actually a fairly worthwhile add on pack and the super low price of zero dollars should make it essential for those who have been craving more Unity. It introduces some nice new innovations, comes with a bucketload of gear and has about 6 hours of playtime to it if you plan on 100%ing the pack. But while most of it is very nice, the story is where you realise how the DLC came to be free...

    Set after the events of Unity, the six mission Sequence 13 follows Arno as he overcomes a specific event through drinking and fight. When an old friend comes knocking, he is tasked with searching for a mysterious artifact that holds mystical secrets. In the new town of Franciade, danger is at an all time high and its catacombs are crawling with deadly things. The quest soon becomes complicated, as a militia group searches for the device, a betrayal occurs and a kid sidekick even comes along to help out Arno. The 3 hour story is fairly imaginative and at many times it feels like the fifth Indiana Jones movie, just with a touch of Creed. The thing is it's all to short to fit in these bunch of plot points. A whole game could have been made out of this concept, with all the points receiving their due time. Instead, there really is only time to address one key part and it feels fairly rushed when you are whisked through all these problems. The ending mission itself is well designed and calls to mind past Creeds, but the quick montage of wrapping up all of the plot points is handled clumsily- it almost feels like Ubisoft decided to stop working on this DLC, as soon as it was announced as being free and just quickly put a cap on everything. In truth though, this is the only thing I didn't like about this add on.

    Gameplay wise you'll spend most of your time within the new catacomb environments. You are given a refillable lantern and are tasked with solving some puzzles. They're mostly simple, but I like this idea of navigating the darkness. Stealth is also given a greater focus with a brand new enemy faction. There are hundreds of new enemies below ground and they're part of a function called the Raiders. Most of the raiders are easy to kill, but they overwhelm you with their large numbers. You can quickly eliminate them though by finding and assassinating their leader. This need to search for a large enemy without getting spotted is tense and Eagle Vision is given even greater focus. Of course, you can always whip out one of the new Guillotine Guns and just blow up a bunch of foes with a well placed mortar shot. The axe on the head deals a lot of damage and the brutal new animations make your kills more rewarding. It's in stark contrast with the stealth focus and it feels like it belongs in Gears of War, but what the hell? It's an axe that shoots grenades. Who'll say no?

    The new open world of Franciade is well designed and there are some nice vistas. The great amount of fog covering the landscapes always gives it an eery feeling though and the catacombs are dark, dank and dangerous. The amount of detail within the environments is still amazing, even if there are noticeably less interiors. The amount of activities available is also impressive. New Outpost missions task you with killing leaders in Restricted areas and as is expected, they make this feel more like Far Cry. There are also some new Paris Stories and Murder Mysteries which are more worthwhile and there are greater rewards, including cooler new weapons and costumes. There are also tonnes of collectibles, along with two new coop missions- one of which is amazing and the other which is horribly boring.

    Dead Kings may come with a bland and confusing campaign, but its cool new gameplay mechanics, side missions and setting make it worth a download in many ways. So the real question is, would this have been worth buying if it was at its full price? Definitely. Pick it up straight away and enjoy more Unity with a lot more polish to it as well.    … Expand
  2. MacReady82
    Apr 13, 2015
    9
    My favourite part of Unity and I think better than the main story! Reintroduces the tomb raiding element of Assassin's Creed which is missing from the main game. I loved this.
  3. nnevill
    Dec 16, 2020
    8
    This DLC is sort of unnecessary but considering it's free it's not that bad.
  4. ghalebnadhir380
    Jan 15, 2015
    7
    This games has excellent features,it is also the latest game out on ps4 and xbox one.The game is beautiful.The graphics are really good.There are some bugs which ubisoft will be fixing.The sounds are good.The best part is the huge crowds.on the other had the game is also not perfect due to some framerate drops.
  5. nascent
    Oct 7, 2016
    7
    Far far far better than the main story of Unity. Honestly I feel that this should've been the main game. The plot and ending has a better payoff, the atmosphere is more interesting, and the character interactions are more interesting.

    Plus the introduction of a new style of weapon is great. It reminds me of the early assassins creed games such as Revelations, which introduced strange    Far far far better than the main story of Unity. Honestly I feel that this should've been the main game. The plot and ending has a better payoff, the atmosphere is more interesting, and the character interactions are more interesting.

    Plus the introduction of a new style of weapon is great. It reminds me of the early assassins creed games such as Revelations, which introduced strange and cool equipment that was designed by Leonardo Di Vinci.    … Expand
  6. Crackfarmer
    Mar 3, 2016
    4
    This Dlc broke the Game for me, couldn't launch it after installing this Dlc pack **** Although the Game was still very crappy, the Engine felt like alpha development stage. The Story was somehow not bad but the Glitches, Bugs and performance issues kinda threw the Game for me in the End.
  7. eva3si0n
    Apr 19, 2021
    3
    Dead Kings is as mediocre a product for the most part as Unity. First of all, this is a DLC that takes place in 3-4 hours per 100%. Secondly, there is nothing unique and special here. It's just + 4 gameplay. Dead Kings even more skewly files the plot than the original. 2 missions do not carry any meaningful load at all, and this is 33% of the entire plot. Dead Kings were also going toDead Kings is as mediocre a product for the most part as Unity. First of all, this is a DLC that takes place in 3-4 hours per 100%. Secondly, there is nothing unique and special here. It's just + 4 gameplay. Dead Kings even more skewly files the plot than the original. 2 missions do not carry any meaningful load at all, and this is 33% of the entire plot. Dead Kings were also going to initially sell as part of the Season Pass. Apparently after the terrible release of Unity, Dead Kings was decided to give for free, so they forgot about its further development and released it as it is. You can advise DLC only to those who have been favorable to Unity, for the rest it will cause only even more irritation to the series.… Expand
  8. Mahannbz
    Aug 7, 2021
    7
    Every thing is same like ac unity nothing has been add just a another map it's worse than the whole game
  9. brockcheese
    Aug 11, 2023
    7
    This is a short and dreary story of Arno collecting a piece of eden. It doesn't do anything but pad out the base game so if you liked the base game you'll like this.
  10. PPaul27
    Jan 16, 2015
    7
    This DLC is more interesting than the main game. The new citadel Franciade very reminiscent of Forlì The Assassins Creed 2 with the fog light and the pleasant atmosphere humid. The story is very diverse and offers many hours of fun between phases groundwater and outdoor stages. Added to this are the numerous side missions, new enemies, and last but not least the '' guiliottine '' ... allThis DLC is more interesting than the main game. The new citadel Franciade very reminiscent of Forlì The Assassins Creed 2 with the fog light and the pleasant atmosphere humid. The story is very diverse and offers many hours of fun between phases groundwater and outdoor stages. Added to this are the numerous side missions, new enemies, and last but not least the '' guiliottine '' ... all for free !! Unfortunately, as in Unity in Dead Kings are found annoying drops in frame that ruin in part the game experience here despite the frame rate seems a little more stable ripetto to the main game.

    Questo DLC è più interessante del gioco principale. La nuova cittadella di Franciade ricorda molto La Forlì di Assassins Creed 2 con quella nebbia leggera e quelle gradevoli atmosfere umide. La storia è molto varia e offre diverse ore di divertimento fra fasi sotterranee e fasi all'aperto. A questo vanno aggiunte le numerose missioni secondarie, i nuovi nemici e dulcis in fundo la ''guiliottine''...il tutto gratis!! Purtroppo come in Unity anche in Dead Kings si riscontrano dei fastidiosi cali di frame che rovinano in parte l'esperienza di gioco malgrado qui il frame rate sembra un filo più stabile ripetto al gioco principale.    … Expand
  11. Geralt123
    Apr 27, 2022
    6
    Very lackluster DLC. No wonder it's free. Story is absolute rubbish. Graphics/locations look good. But the missions are really stupid and there are some bugs and lazy programming.

    I did it because it is free, but actualy the main game would have been enough for me. Very mediocre.
  12. FidelGastro
    Aug 6, 2021
    8
    After completing my passage through AC Unity, I was pleasantly surprised to find that DLC Dead Kings is completely free. So I didn't hesitate and immediately downloaded it. DLC offers about three hours of new content. The story is not so interesting, however, this DLC offers a new feature to the game, namely the lantern and the guillotine.

    Since DLC is free, it pays to play it. However,    After completing my passage through AC Unity, I was pleasantly surprised to find that DLC Dead Kings is completely free. So I didn't hesitate and immediately downloaded it. DLC offers about three hours of new content. The story is not so interesting, however, this DLC offers a new feature to the game, namely the lantern and the guillotine.

    Since DLC is free, it pays to play it. However, if I had to pay for it, I probably wouldn't buy it. I rate the same as UNITY, 8/10.    … Expand
  13. DestroyerM24
    May 8, 2022
    7
    After the release of the main game in a rough shape, the community showed their disappointment throughout reviews and Ubisoft as an apology, decided to release the Dead Kings DLC as a free bonus content.

    The story is pretty short, you will only need an hour or so to finish it, this time you will spend more time in the underground and because so, this time the map has both surface and    After the release of the main game in a rough shape, the community showed their disappointment throughout reviews and Ubisoft as an apology, decided to release the Dead Kings DLC as a free bonus content.

    The story is pretty short, you will only need an hour or so to finish it, this time you will spend more time in the underground and because so, this time the map has both surface and underground level available.
    You have again, many chests to collect, artifacts, riddles to finish and other side quest like Franciade Stories, Murder Mysteries (which are easier than the easiest Mystery available in the main game) and Liberate Outpost missions which are also pretty easy to complete ( you just have to kill 3 officers and escape the area).

    All in all a pretty short experience and as this DLC is free, I recommend you to try it.    … Expand
  14. Jollyolfun
    Mar 16, 2022
    6
    pretty empty dlc. didnt add much except for another piece of armor or two..

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

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  1. Atomix
    Jan 28, 2015
    70
    Dead Kings has some good moments and feels like a nice apology from Ubisoft for the original game’s mess. Going back to the roots of the series fits really well into this DLC.
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  2. Push Square
    Jan 19, 2015
    40
    The bleak backdrop of Franciade sums up this miserable outing, as you engage in dreary underground missions built around the most rudimentary of brazier-based puzzles.
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  3. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Jan 19, 2015
    77
    Old crypts and catacombs are very interesting and reminds me Brotherhood's catacomb missions. The Dead Kings offers a huge mission area for a DLC, but this time, storyline is very problematic. Whatever, its a free DLC (and huge one).
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