Assassin's Creed Unity

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  1. dzsimarci
    Feb 12, 2023
    4
    Very big potential, but ruined by constant frame dips and the fact that you don't get 30fps on ps4 slim.
  2. djayard
    Feb 4, 2023
    4
    Assassin's Creed: Unity is the jankiest game I've ever played and is frustrating and disappointing compared to previous titles in the series. Compared to past titles, many established features are nonsensically stripped, gated, or otherwise less functional, and the game's animation systems are buggy.

    Assassination: Unlike the previous 4 major titles, Arno doesn't start with double    Assassin's Creed: Unity is the jankiest game I've ever played and is frustrating and disappointing compared to previous titles in the series. Compared to past titles, many established features are nonsensically stripped, gated, or otherwise less functional, and the game's animation systems are buggy.

    Assassination:
    Unlike the previous 4 major titles, Arno doesn't start with double assassination enabled; it's gated behind character progression (and thus made disjointed from the story). Assassination in general works less reliably than previous titles. The targeting for air and double assassinations doesn't seem to work as well as it had in the past, and unlike AC 3 and 4, you can't hold down Assassinate for the game to contextually initiate and chain kills. When combat occurs, Arno can't normal or air assassinate a target (even if you successfully break line of sight and they don't see the attacking coming), but oddly, he can spam corner assassinations. When an assassination fails, the game strangely gives the target i-frames while they are the ground.

    Combat:
    Combat is unstable. Enemies sometimes forget what they're trying to do. For example, an enemy might snap out of being staggered by your attacks, or pathfinding breaks, and the enemy runs around Arno like a chicken with its head cut off. Sometimes the game can't resolve if Arno is fighting or fleeing, so he fails to attack, parry, or dodge, or is stuck repeatedly drawing and sheathing his weapon. This is most frustrating when the enemy lands an attack because Arno is stuck re-drawing his weapon. (The Ezio Collection avoids this by letting you lock-on to force a combat stance.) In the worst case, Arno may just freeze and is unable to attack or move. Another point of frustration: enemy attack indicators aren't reliable; sometimes they fail to render, and other times, they appear too briefly before an attack to be helpful. The too brief indicators might be a design-choice, but it's a poor one since the game makes no effort to introduce or train you towards facing tougher enemy types. The worst of the enemy design is that some enemies can dodge bullets despite being blinded or stunned. When combat is stable, Arno is less capable than past protagonists. Arno: can't use his fists or hidden blade in combat, can't do counter-kills, can't do kill streaks, can't use human shields, can't disarm enemies, and can't block melee attacks. Arno relies on dodge, parry, a 3-hit combo (regardless of weapon type), his tools/gadgets, and some additional moves unlocked through character progression (Stunning Strike, Heavy Attack, and Ground Execution). The third hit of Arno's combo has a long recovery, during which he can't attack or use gadgets (but can oddly dodge or parry), which makes the combat feel clumsy and unresponsive even when the enemy is not bugging out.

    Stealth:
    Unity adds crouched stealth movement to the series (which is great), but that is the only non-controversial change to stealth. The automatic corner cover system of AC 3 and 4 is replaced with a manual cover system that allows low walls to used as cover as well. However, the new system is sometimes unreliable about which surfaces Arno can and can't press himself against. Additionally, exiting cover can be a finicky affair, and counterintuitively, Arno can't round corners like in most cover systems. The new system is further hobbled by the removal of the whistle-lure feature present in the previous two games. Also unintuitively, enemies are lured by the sight of Cherry Bombs and not the sound. The game is inconsistent about whether enemies can hear conflicts or assassinations through walls and floors, and pickpocketing still sucks.

    Movement:
    Functionally, It's not better than previous games. AC 3 and 4 already had controlled descent; (they didn't communicate it well). Some of new animations in Unity make parkour less stable; Arno's spinning jumps sometimes take you in unexpected directions, and entering buildings through windows is slow and awkward. Manual side-jumps have unfortunately been removed, and like all previous protagonists, Arno is defeated by balcony railings and ladders.

    Story and Scenario Weirdness:
    The game doesn't do much to develop characters. Each memory/target sequence feels very short. And inexplicably, targets stay in an area despite finding corpses during missions. When Arno kills a target, rather than hearing a dying confession like in previous titles, the game has the odd choice of Arno viewing specific memories of the target at specific camera angles. It's very strange and causes a plot hole regarding the main antagonist's identity being such a long mystery. The weirder part is that the other Assassin characters are comfortable with Arno's power; it feels like very important things happened during the story's time skips. Why does everyone know about Arno's necromantic mind-reading? The story also fails to endear Arno's mentor (Bellec) and love interest (Elise).    … Expand
  3. ken_shiherlis
    Dec 17, 2022
    0
    Cons : Crowded yet hollow Paris. Repetitive and boring side activities (barring one) . Unconnected and blank story. Unresponsive controls. Unsatisfactory combat. Plain characters (barring one)
    Pros : Elize as a character is fairly fascinating. Smooth parkour system. Engaging murder mysteries side activities.
  4. Azeemo99
    Oct 23, 2022
    4
    Boring. Plain and simple. Every mechanic is riddled with bugs 8 years later and all it really has going for it is its setting.
  5. Agt_Killionaire
    Oct 7, 2022
    3
    I liked the story to a certain degree but the game felt very difficult to play for me. I went from Assassin's Creed Black Flag to this and was really disappointed.
  6. Diegohh87
    Aug 2, 2022
    2
    O pior jogo de Assassins Creed que já joguei. Em pleno 2022 o jogo esta mal otimizado, trava a todo momento, o boneco trava em todo canto, historia fraquinha e como se nao fosse suficiente eu entrei na DLC sem querer e nao consigo sair mais. Que jogo péssimo pelo amor de Deus, nao sei como fizeram isso.
  7. yaminotenshi1
    Jun 13, 2022
    2
    this is one of the **** of all series. clucky and slow, gameplay is boring, story lame, mission difficulties is stupid sometime so easy other time they put 20 snipers with deadly precision.

    combat system is **** as ever. you should be ashamed to publish such crap
  8. HarisBIH9
    May 24, 2022
    1
    Force you to buy with real money to unlock on the map the places of chests etc.
  9. Kevin9est
    Mar 23, 2022
    4
    The game can have nice graphics, the story is always important, !! But what's the use!
  10. Stratslinger315
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    Absolute mess of a game. The worst combat system I have encountered in a long time. Movement is clunky and that makes parkour just not fun. If the parkour element fails, assassins creed fails. Period. To anyone praising this game: please stop. You like it, but your praise of the parkour and combat and stealth is really just not right. People are buying this game based on that and gettingAbsolute mess of a game. The worst combat system I have encountered in a long time. Movement is clunky and that makes parkour just not fun. If the parkour element fails, assassins creed fails. Period. To anyone praising this game: please stop. You like it, but your praise of the parkour and combat and stealth is really just not right. People are buying this game based on that and getting upset when they find out the game actually sucks. Play a game that does it well, like Ghost of Tsushima for example. Then come back and play unity. That’s called perspective and it’s something most of you lack and it makes up it reviews nothing but bs that leads to purchases by people who were mislead. If you only play assassins creed, your perspective is not worth hearing . I’m sorry, but that’s a fact. Don’t buy this game. I know I won’t be buying another AC game. This was the last straw for me.… Expand
  11. Omareltayar
    Sep 17, 2021
    4
    Arno is the worst character in the AC franchise, AC unity is the worst game in the AC franchise. Buggy, weak character building. The game is just unfinished. Bad game
  12. eighthhokage
    Jul 4, 2021
    0
    Garbage graphics even by 2014 standards, super laggy, horrible controls, they took out such important improvements from previous titles. As a whole Assassins creed 2 runs smoother and has better gameplay and about the same graphics. Waste of money and I only spent $8
  13. Maurer
    Jan 12, 2021
    4
    The concept of game was very interesting, although, You can finish most of activities solo and most likely you will so, because of "random" players unless you have no friends to play with. Story is weak and gameplay is a little bugged and very poorly optimalizatied in term of my ps4 fat, was working really loud and was very hot.
  14. Bazi13
    Jan 12, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A jogabilidade é sisplesmente a melhor da saga. O stealth e parkour são muito bem feitas e te passa a impressão de estar no lugar do assassino. A história não é a melhor da saga, e os bugs tiraram um pouco do brilho do jogo, e agora com a maioria corrigido se tornou meu Assassin's Creed favorito.… Expand
  15. T_leaf
    Jan 2, 2021
    3
    I played this game in 2020, apparently it was optimistic of me to assume Ubisoft had ironed the kinks out of this game by now as I still faced countless bugs, glitches, and crashes. The story in this game was completely boring and the characters lacked anything memorable. My least favorite game in the series, cannot recommend.
  16. Adam643
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad game, bad characters, bad assassin hideout, bad fighting mechanics. The only good thing are the parkour mechanics, and those are amazing in unity. However, there’s many glitches, and I’ve had my story progress wiped after joining a multiplayer game. Strange. 0/5… Expand
  17. M1staWhala
    Nov 21, 2020
    0
    Most forgettable game in the AC franchise. Despite all the crying fanboys do about the new games, you can clearly see why Origins, odyssey, and Valhalla are a step in the right direction when you get to play **** games like this and AC Syndicate.
  18. Dananjoyoman
    Nov 1, 2020
    3
    Alright first of all lets talk about the graphic, the fps, and the glitch. So the graphic is okay, the fps is kinda laggy when theres a crowd, npc, etc, and there are so many glitch even tho they are some of them are already fix. Now lets talk about the story and the movement. I like how this game is connected to assassin creed rogue also the story and the combat and the parkour is kindaAlright first of all lets talk about the graphic, the fps, and the glitch. So the graphic is okay, the fps is kinda laggy when theres a crowd, npc, etc, and there are so many glitch even tho they are some of them are already fix. Now lets talk about the story and the movement. I like how this game is connected to assassin creed rogue also the story and the combat and the parkour is kinda good I like that type of game . Maybe thats it (sorry if my english is bad)… Expand
  19. Archdragon90
    Aug 13, 2020
    0
    Worst **** assassins creed game. This game for some reason will not let you jump in a where you want him to, let go of walls when you want to or just jump off the wall to another ledge. This game has none of that. I will always get stuck on a building and I am forced to just fast travel somewhere to get unstuck from a build. the assassin talent where you hit "E" to take no damage whenWorst **** assassins creed game. This game for some reason will not let you jump in a where you want him to, let go of walls when you want to or just jump off the wall to another ledge. This game has none of that. I will always get stuck on a building and I am forced to just fast travel somewhere to get unstuck from a build. the assassin talent where you hit "E" to take no damage when falling doesn't work. I die everytime. Just a **** **** gameplay than all the other AC Game. DO NOT BUY!!… Expand
  20. iliasvosk
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    All Ubisoft games is failure, boring and pointless is not worth wasting hours of your life.
  21. tapasboi
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    This game is a big **** u have 0 health, everyone is a professional sniper doesn't matter if they have a pistol or a rifle they will shoot u in the head from 200m distance. I just want to kill the **** sage without having to die to npc's 1239014097158761 times.
  22. laloACw2809
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amo a esta franquicia de videojuegos como ninguna otra, pero este juego me decepcionó bastante. Empezando por la calidad grafica que en comparación con Black Flag deja mucho que desear, la muerte de los Élise no fue bien argumentada, el que Arno traicione la orden de asesinos solo demuestra el poco desarrollo del personaje y que el mismo mate a su maestro solo encadena una secuencia de malas decisiones del director por forzar una identidad al asesino. Le quitan la hoja doble justificando que es parte de la hermandad francesa, pero no justifican el hecho de que hay un retroceso en las armas y el equipo que se emplea, eso sin mencionar las fallas del propio juego por los bugs en cuanto al gameplay. Lo mas notorio para mi fue el hecho de que trataron de resumir la vida de Ezio en un juego, primer punto, ciudad europea, segundo un joven moreno de cabello largo que pierde a su padre y un sujeto carismático loco que conoce cuando por problemas con la ley esta en apuros (en este caso la cárcel, y Ezio a su tio Mario cuando lo buscaba Vieri en Florencia) y después muere, una pelirroja (como Sofia, la esposa de Ezio) de la que se enamora, pero en este caso muere igual que el primer amor de Ezio, los problemas con la hermandad (Ezio no quería ser asesino y busco a Rodrigo por su cuenta en el segundo mientras que Arno los traiciona descaradamente), y a diferencia de la trilogia de Ezio, en el Unity desaprovecharon bastante los personajes históricos hasta parece un mal intento por emular la desaparición de Da Vinci pero ahora con Napoleón Bonaparte, una decepción de juego.… Expand
  23. Ali8
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    Ubisoft, you are so vile and greedy, in vain fired Patrice. NO OPTIMIZATION NO OPTIMIZATION NO OPTIMIZATION NO OPTIMIZATION NO OPTIMIZATION NO OPTIMIZATION NO OPTIMIZATION
  24. Emuslip
    Feb 17, 2020
    1
    Este juego es un ASCO! Mala optimización, bugs, glitches, GRACIAS POR MATAR A LA FRANQUICIA!
  25. Apex01
    Jan 31, 2020
    4
    By far the worst assassins creed to this piont. The Controlls are terrible. When u want to climb down a wall the game does other things 90% of the time. It is nearly impossible to stay undercover and every enemy shoots you down with you having no Chance to attack him. The worst 20 hours of my life. Only played it because I want to play all assassins creed games...
  26. Ishi123
    Aug 20, 2019
    0
    Years after its launch, this game is still a broken mess. The parkour system was completely destroyed so it takes about 500 tries just to hop up a two foot ledge. They made a big deal about being able to run into windows and stuff but they didn't tell everyone that it actually takes 20 minutes to do so because the system is so broken. Arno will do literally everything you don't want him toYears after its launch, this game is still a broken mess. The parkour system was completely destroyed so it takes about 500 tries just to hop up a two foot ledge. They made a big deal about being able to run into windows and stuff but they didn't tell everyone that it actually takes 20 minutes to do so because the system is so broken. Arno will do literally everything you don't want him to do, constantly screwing up your plans and getting every single enemy on you. When you inevitably get caught because you can't detach yourself from a sofa or a 2x4 on the ground, you'll be constantly bombarded by enemies that shoot you with pinpoint accuracy from every single direction all at once, and if you try to interrupt them with a sword swing, they'll just fire immediately instead of after 5 seconds. Enemies attack you all at once now so you'll most of the time end up in an endless parry loop until one enemy disables your circle button and forces you to get hit for no reason. If you try to run away from them you'll end up falling victim to the parkour that got you caught in the first place, and you'll attach yourself to a nearby wall and start to climb up with no prompting whatsoever and you'll be hanging there on the wall in convenient gun range and you'll immediately be shot to death by every single guard in Paris and then your lifeless body will fall to the ground and ragdoll all over the place and clip into a wall before falling through the map and then the game will crash and corrupt your save data and then light your PS4 on fire and makes it shoot melted plastic at your face from the disc drive.

    This game is pure trash and successfully killed the Assassin's Creed series single-handedly. Even putting aside the whole broken release fiasco, this game is completely trash even when it's working as intended. It's bad. It's explosively apocalyptically bad and nobody should buy it or any future title in the series until Ubisoft figures out how to make games and not tests of anger and frustration.    … Expand
  27. JustAHonestUser
    Aug 6, 2019
    0
    Ебаная баганая хуета. Юбисофт пидорасы, покупают фейковые отзывы по 10 баллов, которых игра точно не заслуживает. Еще и донат добавили в сингл. Вот суки.
  28. ByForrest
    Jul 28, 2019
    1
    El juego está mal optimizado y lleno de bugs q ubi no arregla, la historia es mala y genérica, la jugabilidad es mala, el balanceo es malo, los niveles aburridos y hay miles de micropagos.
    Lo único bueno q puedo decir es que se ve bonito.
  29. Schuencks
    Jun 24, 2019
    0
    Garbage. I gave up. Nobody deseves that. the worse ASSASSIN'S CREED game...
  30. DK1994
    May 25, 2019
    1
    Quite possibly one of the worst games I've ever played. Every possible thing that could be awful, is awful. Combat is actually ridiculous. Stealth is non existent. Missions are unimaginative and ill designed. All in all a terrible game
  31. genji22
    Aug 18, 2018
    0
    You can't have a stealth-focused game have a multiplayer focus, it just doesn't work. As demonstrated by Assassin's Creed Unity, the game just feels like it slogs through mission after mission with a lack of cohesion. And does it surprise anyone at this point that the game doesn't look anything like it did at E3? Man, what happened to you Ubisoft?
  32. doomfist229
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    You can't have a stealth-focused game have a multiplayer focus, it just doesn't work. As demonstrated by Assassin's Creed Unity, the game just feels like it slogs through mission after mission with a lack of cohesion. And does it surprise anyone at this point that the game doesn't look anything like it did at E3? Man, what happened to you Ubisoft
  33. gardoc1
    Aug 17, 2018
    0
    microtransaction currency prices revealed ($9.99 to $99.99)
    microtransaction currency prices revealed ($9.99 to $99.99)
    microtransaction currency prices revealed ($9.99 to $99.99)

    Boycott this bollocks
  34. starvid1
    Aug 16, 2018
    0
    How can the critics give this game such a high score? Not only are these missions cut and paste from old games, but this game is so full of glitches its unbelievable! This group obviously has no knowledge of how to develope on the PS4.
  35. Ed95PkFr
    Jul 9, 2018
    4
    Amazing visuals and crafted world, but horrific combat (even by AC standards) and bland, uninspired story. Most of the glitches patched by now, but some of the mistakes ubisoft made are as good as gltches.

    I bought this game as a history fan fascinated by the French Revolution. The world created (Versailles and Paris) is phenomenal and fully captures the heated atmosphere of the    Amazing visuals and crafted world, but horrific combat (even by AC standards) and bland, uninspired story. Most of the glitches patched by now, but some of the mistakes ubisoft made are as good as gltches.

    I bought this game as a history fan fascinated by the French Revolution. The world created (Versailles and Paris) is phenomenal and fully captures the heated atmosphere of the revolution. The visuals for 2014 are exceptional and still looks better than many games in 2018. The story starts strong and Arno (main character) is introduced with an interesting backstory and full of personality. The story and quest design takes a dip around 1/3 of the way in, and all the assassination quests become exactly the same, just lazy and generic writing. The assassins brotherhood itself is pretty pointless, actually restricting Arno and he works much better independently. My main problem with the story is that as someone who loves the history of the Revolution, the story of the game is very Forest Gump; a love story in Paris that just occurs at the same time as the Revolution. Arno never gives his opinions on the revolution and seems to have no interest in anything other than Elise. In comparison to the story and characters of Black Flag, this falls very short.

    The parkour aspect is the best in any AC game i've played to this point and the ascending/descending mechanism is very good. However, it works much better in free roam than in quests when your stealthing or trying to get away from soldiers shooting at you. The transition from walking to running is stupidly awkward and there seem to be inconsistent glitches embedded in the parkour system which ruin it. The combat is diabolical - decent but easy stealth, terrible melee swordplay, with a broken counter system and impossible to fight multiple people at once because whilst fighting one of them, the others just stand back and shoot you. Not very practical... Also the microtransactions hehe not good    … Expand
  36. starvid
    Jul 3, 2018
    0
    игра не интересная очень много глюков лагов и прочей ерунды оценка 0 больше не могу поставить
  37. belgrim
    Jun 10, 2018
    0
    Absolutely terrible game. Even with the bug fixes. AI is awful, story is awful, lack of side content. Just an all around awful game made by an awful company. The gaming industry has gone to ****.
  38. njja02
    May 15, 2018
    3
    A terrible, bland, broken mess of game. The game has decent combat and fantastic visuals, but everything else falls completely flat.
  39. ourtimehascome
    Aug 7, 2017
    0
    With its bugs, glitches, innocuous combat and tiresome missions, Assassin's Creed Unity is the worst AC game in the series and one of the worst games ever. When it finally connects, the multiplayer is full of lag and other issues. Unity's story is one of the simplest, and it seems as though it is not an official entry in the series, but a fan-made game instead. The characters are unlikableWith its bugs, glitches, innocuous combat and tiresome missions, Assassin's Creed Unity is the worst AC game in the series and one of the worst games ever. When it finally connects, the multiplayer is full of lag and other issues. Unity's story is one of the simplest, and it seems as though it is not an official entry in the series, but a fan-made game instead. The characters are unlikable and the plot is entirely predictable. Most of the missions are just repetitive, recycled variations of the same type of objective.… Expand
  40. Editman3
    Aug 6, 2017
    2
    Glitches+Bugs+Trash controls+Repetitive Sidequest+Bad CO-OP+Neat Graphics (its why it is a 2)+ Teriible main character= Assassins Creed Unity what else is there to say about Ubisoft i'm glad they got their act together finally.
  41. Alio
    Mar 25, 2017
    4
    Never played a game ai was that hyped for and it was trash ,the story was **** the gameplay controlls **** side glitches every where quest **** combat **** the game was too short tho crappie the character was not interesting at all ,the only thing I liked was the stealth and had a little fun withe the Co Op and the graphics was good
  42. dugazoid
    Oct 3, 2016
    4
    The last Assassins Creed that I played was IV, and it lasted like half an hour in my PS4. AC Unity is better than that little piece of junk, but still not a great game. Not even a decent game.

    Despite the several bugs I suffered, I was able to finish it.

    Meh.
  43. VermilionPrime
    Aug 9, 2016
    3
    The technicall mess is so bad in this game that you will automatically desist on playing it. This game is a Joke. Frame rate is awfull, glitches, bugs and crashes make this game one of the biggest failures in the gaming history.
  44. OutATime
    Jul 26, 2016
    4
    I enjoyed the thought of a return to the series routs, in a way, with the new characters and story. The performance and bugs however soiled the experience.
  45. Jarbear28
    Mar 30, 2016
    4
    The same game every year. the performance is horrible and the story is boring. This Assassins Creed has ruined any intention of playing future assassins creed games.
  46. CriticsCave
    Mar 25, 2016
    0
    GARBAGE! This game is not only insulting to assassins' creed fans, but also the gaming community as a whole. Never have I seen such horrible level design, voice acting, game-play, AI, and story. There is absolutely nothing that will make you want to continue the game! I had to force myself through it to get a disappointing ending. It would be a lot more bearable if the main character wouldGARBAGE! This game is not only insulting to assassins' creed fans, but also the gaming community as a whole. Never have I seen such horrible level design, voice acting, game-play, AI, and story. There is absolutely nothing that will make you want to continue the game! I had to force myself through it to get a disappointing ending. It would be a lot more bearable if the main character would be like-able even in the slightest. The game has a fantastic soundtrack and sound design, I'll give Ubisoft that, but everything else is literally utter garbage. Stay away unless it's for free.… Expand
  47. AgentVenom117
    Feb 21, 2016
    2
    Glitchy,boring and unplayable this game is proof that Ubisoft need to re think the assassin's creed franchise and have too re think there strategy and try and maybe one day a game as good as assassins creed 2 will surface but until then Ubisoft will keep on craping out this unoriginal and glitchy garbage.
  48. rodericrinehart
    Jan 30, 2016
    3
    This game was a mess in terms of game engine, launch, graphics errors, multiplayer disaster, no real stealth, and bugs on launch. It might be worth ten bucks if you enjoy the franchise since it is as patched up as it will get. It's still a leaky ship and it is quite repetitive.
  49. Lokidos
    Jan 22, 2016
    0
    The fps drop makes it unable to play ihave like 15 to 20 fps everywhere i cant understand what im doing i would it give more if u ever wanted to fix but udont . Last time with ubisoft fuk u idiot noobs ...Fukin trash
  50. Look444
    Dec 20, 2015
    3
    I'll ignore everything performance-wise cause we all know what a disappointing optimization this game had.

    Cons (I start with cons because **** this game) ·Gameplay-wise, it's nothing new. ·Character is boring, plain and stupid sometimes. ·Èlise feels forced a lot of times and what happens to her could be seen from miles away. ·Villains are dull. ·Story is just... lame. "Oh noes,    I'll ignore everything performance-wise cause we all know what a disappointing optimization this game had.

    Cons (I start with cons because **** this game)
    ·Gameplay-wise, it's nothing new.
    ·Character is boring, plain and stupid sometimes.
    ·Èlise feels forced a lot of times and what happens to her could be seen from miles away.
    ·Villains are dull.
    ·Story is just... lame. "Oh noes, bad things happened to me. Now I gotta kill every bad guy for my personal revenge".
    ·I have no idea what they are trying to make out of the Assassins in this game but they look like **** Just as much as Templars.
    ·Modern day story is nonexistant.
    ·The sounds you hear on the streets are repeated over and over again. Just walking through Paris you might hear the same lady screaming 5 times in less than 3 minutes.
    ·Ending is pure garbage

    Pros:
    ·They made the game feel alive and the Revolution like something real.
    ·Climbing feels smooth.

    Can't really find anything else that's good. It was pretty boring for me.    … Expand
  51. Splatterman
    Dec 5, 2015
    4
    Yes, you can find enjoyment in Unity. If you have patience. Patience for the buggy physics. Patience for the combat to be ridiculous one out of three times. For the "Trying to joke about the shortcomings" that end up just being cringeworthy. For the feeling of too open, yet too guided. And just the amount of general oddities and bugs and gameplay downfalls that, one by one wouldn't do muchYes, you can find enjoyment in Unity. If you have patience. Patience for the buggy physics. Patience for the combat to be ridiculous one out of three times. For the "Trying to joke about the shortcomings" that end up just being cringeworthy. For the feeling of too open, yet too guided. And just the amount of general oddities and bugs and gameplay downfalls that, one by one wouldn't do much wrong, but altogether end up making it a grueling process.

    I didn't have much fun with it. It definitely brings some good stuff to the table, but it's stuff that Syndicate not only brought to the table, but actually made fun to play in a good game. I guarantee, if you're thinking about buying this because some people say it's got good features, I guarantee that Syndicate has those and more. This is not a good use of money, honestly. I got it for free with a bundle, and I still somewhat regret it.    … Expand
  52. gdiego135
    Dec 3, 2015
    4
    Terrible game I didn't even beat it i just played a few missions and already it sucked, the combat system is whack compared to assassins creed 4 and you can't even quit the game like go to the main menu their's no option!!!!! and sooooo many bugs DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME
    there are much better assassins creed games this isn't one of them.
  53. mtotheg91
    Nov 5, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So I´m making one thing clear from the start. Assassins Creed Unity is the worst Assassins Creed so far.
    Even if you don´t look at the bugs, which are plenty, the story is not good at all. The game only focuses on Multiplayer. Which is a huge improvement since its predecessors. But it has no story about the old civilization what so ever.
    !!! Spoiler!!!
    So your father is an assassin and dies. You becoming an assassin. hmm. kinda like Assassins Creed 2. Your mentor kinda betrays you and you kill him. You get thrown out of the brotherhood, keep on fighting, kill a view templars and at the end you fight the big boss of the templars in paris. Which suddenly has a artifact weapon.
    Your "love" dies and you kill him. You get the artifact weapon. The end.
    !!! Spoiler!!!

    So this is the story in a nut shell. Climbing is very anoying in unity. You are much faster, if you stick to the streets and just simply run. The side missions may contain a little bit of story, but basically its the same as in all the other assassins creed before. Which is not bad. Its the imense volume of these side missions which make it hard to even use you map. All you see are icons of some side mission. The rewarding of those side missions is questionable. Defend a guy against 3 enemys you get 1500 Livres. Kill an oponent which is guarded by 1000000 soldier and you get 700 Livres?! I´m mostly disapointed by the story, i know from the start, that the game has a lot of bugs, but bugs plus "already-seen-heard-played" story?! well eventhough i only paid 30 € for the game, it was wasted. I don´t know more about the story of assassins creed itself. I just played as some random assassin which is in my perpective not very charismatic.

    So if you never played assassins creed, its a funny game. But if you played it from the start, you simply be disappointed. Because it doesn´t matter from which point of view you look at it, the game is simply not in the league as its predecessors. I know that this is mainly caused by the marketing of the game. Because there policy is: Every year 1 assassins creed game has to be released. But with the new posibillities of the next gen consoles and the growing marked and a relatively high standard of a game. This is just not bareable.
    If this is the course assassins creed is taking, i´m not really up for it to buy the next releases.

    I know this review is kind of emotional, but to get to the point:
    pro:
    the grafic is good.
    the multiplayer has improved drastically
    movements look nice
    playing the game is fun to some extend
    roleplaying feeling because of the equipment you can get and combine
    contra:
    the story is not good
    there are a lot of bugs
    climbing in paris is a pain in the ass
    getting fast from point A to point B is only possibly threw running on the ground
    not really charismatic characters

    So all in all, its not a bad game like E.T. But it is the worst assassins creed which has been made thus far.    … Expand
  54. Kopter
    Oct 23, 2015
    4
    Juego bien planteado, mal diseñado, fatalmente programado. No es un juego, es un parche gigante de un bug bestial. No sé como tienen la poca vergüenza de sacar un juego en este estado, y aún arreglándolo se ve perfectamente que este juego, tiene problemas de mecánica brutales.
  55. SCLancho
    Oct 9, 2015
    0
    When you care about the money and not about your clients, this things happens. When Ubisoft decides to make 3 Assassin's Creed in one year, is because they don't care about us, just about our money.
    This is by far the worse game I ever played. Weak story, graphics like the previous one, but with thousand bugs. You will get frustrated making unnnecessary jumps, or stocking somewhere in a    When you care about the money and not about your clients, this things happens. When Ubisoft decides to make 3 Assassin's Creed in one year, is because they don't care about us, just about our money.
    This is by far the worse game I ever played. Weak story, graphics like the previous one, but with thousand bugs. You will get frustrated making unnnecessary jumps, or stocking somewhere in a pursuit.
    I had no patience to finish it 100% like the others, feeling like wasting my time. Definitely i will not buy any new Assassin's Creed, for me this saga is dead.    … Expand
  56. WhiteMatter
    Sep 18, 2015
    1
    To be honest this is probably the worst Assassin's Creed yet. Well I do like some parts of the game but overall it is not really worth it. I suggest you wait for the other upcoming Assassin's creed and let us see what happens
  57. Shinclone
    Sep 10, 2015
    2
    This whole franchise is just so stale. Chunring out the same game year after year is the height of lazyness.
    AC4 was a breath of fresh air. Yes it had the same tired and boring missions and overall poor storyline, but i brought a new piece of gameplay with it. Unity is a massive step backwards in all apsects. Avoid.
  58. forthewatch
    Sep 4, 2015
    4
    Assassins Creed Unity was the final nail in the coffin of the Assassins Creed Franchise. Abysmally dull and meandering... A chore for the most patient of people to sit through.
  59. TAD_TK
    Aug 26, 2015
    0
    Definitely it is the worst one in Assassin's Creed's series till now I acutely enforced myself to finish it & definitely won't buy any new Assassin's Creed games if Ubisoft ever make another one like this piece of ****
  60. Shahid646
    Aug 19, 2015
    1
    AC IV was much much much better than unity. I wasted my money to buy it on the first day of release. it is boring and lots of error. game play is not good, Framing is bad and they changed the controls that i didn't like. I rather like Rouge...
  61. Matodox
    Aug 14, 2015
    1
    The French Revolution was a setting that many fans wanted and for good reason. Sadly, the potential get's squandered away completely, because for the first time in Assassin's Creed, the protagonist never get's to be a part of history himself, it merely serves as a background setting for the largely uninteresting “conflict” between “Ezio" and the templar's. It's not like it was in AC andThe French Revolution was a setting that many fans wanted and for good reason. Sadly, the potential get's squandered away completely, because for the first time in Assassin's Creed, the protagonist never get's to be a part of history himself, it merely serves as a background setting for the largely uninteresting “conflict” between “Ezio" and the templar's. It's not like it was in AC and AC3, where Altaïr was with King Richard on or when Connor was directly involved in the Boston Tea Party and when they signed the Decloration of Independence, he was there himself. They helped shape history, unlike Arno who doesn't have the slightest interest in the revolution. We never really get to interact with some of the most famous historical figures either, like Napoleon Bonaparte, Theroígne Mericourt and Marie Antoniette. Napoleon only makes a brief cameo in the story line and a Paris story, Theroígne only appears during a few Paris stories and some co-op misions and Marie Antoniette ONLY appears in a cutscene for one of those co-ops. We NEVER get to interact directly with her at all.

    Every single character is very forgettable and very one dimensional. It is painfully obvious that they tried to cater to Ezio fans, by creating his french clone. Everything from his pony-tail, his clothes (at first and in the prison) to his behaviour, where he tries to be charismatic and witty in every situation, but instead of being those things, he becomes the exact opposite. Like a true try-hard. While I won’t exactly say I hate him, I very much dislike him, especially as a protagonist. He’s the least skilled and least likable Assassin ever. Even Elise who is otherwise somewhat of a hot chick, only cares about revenge for her father and uses Arno as her lapdog (man that guy is whipped). All of the villain’s and ESPECIALLY - what is supposed to be - the main baddie, completely fail to make us - the gamers - root against them. They simply do not receive enough screen time to make us know who they are, what they stand for, their motivations/goals and simply care for them at all.

    The main story is perhaps my biggest gripe with this entry. It takes heavy inspiration from AC2’s revenge theme, which is already a pretty standard plot in almost every action movie ever. It fails to keep me engaged in it like in previous entries. Even though Black Flag is my least favorite (besides this one), mainly because of it’s uninteresting story - both past and modern day - at least it wasn’t short. If I hadn’t done multiple side quests and co-op missions between the sequences I could’ve been done in less than 10 hours. All the missions get incredibly repetitive after just the 3rd sequence, You KNOW that every sequence will culminate in a pointless assassination of a random templar. All the “twists” like Arno’s dad(s) getting killed and Elise dying was really predictable. The modern day part isn’t even there. Again, you’re a random guy in 1st person, that’s supposed to be “you”, instead this time you never even get to walk around. You briefly interact with a chick assassin named Bishop in some sequences but that’s about it. The MD part is arguably the MOST IMPORTANT aspect of the franchise. Many fans such as myself, keep coming back for more, solely because of the MD conflict between the Assassin’s and Templar’s, yet they’ve removed it completely this time, making this a history sim when it shouldn’t be at all. Ubi’s biggest mistake was killing off Desmond, who I loved immensely. IMO they should just bring him back because this whole 1st person, silent and RANDOM protagonist BS is not working out AT ALL! It seems to me that Ubi is afraid to move forward with the core plot, because then they would likely have to end it in a few years and that’s probably why they started with this pointless “you’re the protagonist” $hit, meaning a huge source of their revenue is removed. So sadly, they milk the hell out of this and completely screw up the lore of this once beloved franchise.

    The few positive things: I actually kinda liked the murder mysteries. I thought they were fun for a little diversity and I like using my brain when it’s something that doesn’t completely fall out of perspective (like the Enigma mysteries where you have to KNOW the entire map like the back of your hand). And the world is beautifully realized, no doubt about that. The huge crowds, the graphics are very good and the architecture is magnificent. Truly makes it feel like a next-gen game. Sadly, that’s all the positive there is to say about this. I simply can’t believe that they used 3 years to develop this and yet it is so unpolished. So much so that it should just have been cancelled completely instead. I should also warn that the controls are very bad, there are still numerous game breaking bugs and the frame-rate issue which causes your PS4 to overheat during menu sequences still exist. Overall, just don't buy this game unless you're a hardcore AC fan like myself.    … Expand
  62. MCFThousandCuts
    Aug 7, 2015
    3
    Right go get some holy water throw it on this then proceed to buy a very heavy chest throw it in the ocean go and buy AC Black Flag be a drunken sailor happy days.
  63. grumete_2012
    Jul 21, 2015
    3
    Terrible gameplay, full of bugs and stressful as it can't be no more. You really need patience if you want to play this one. Hours playing will be necessary just for completing basic objectives. It gets boring and quite annoying. Don't worth it.
  64. Gamegenie2600
    Jun 25, 2015
    4
    I dont know how they do it, but assassin's creed is both interesting and dull at the same time. The story and settings are all interesting, but the game play is dull, and slogging through the game play to get to the story is just annoying.
  65. greywindd
    Jun 20, 2015
    0
    most awful game i have ever played. checkpoint system drives you crazy. it has fps drops on ps4. how can a game have fps issues on a console. how did you made it. and appearently jumping through windows haven't coded yet. it's just depends on luck if your character does it.

    congratulations ubisoft. you changed the one of the most awesome game series i ever played in my life to a    most awful game i have ever played. checkpoint system drives you crazy. it has fps drops on ps4. how can a game have fps issues on a console. how did you made it. and appearently jumping through windows haven't coded yet. it's just depends on luck if your character does it.

    congratulations ubisoft. you changed the one of the most awesome game series i ever played in my life to a garbage. i wont buy new games. and i regret buying this game. i just dont want to play it anymore.    … Expand
  66. nxhakim
    May 31, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just ended the game to see if there's something added to the June story arc... quick advice: don't waste your time. Also, the game play is so slow and the loading times frustrating.… Expand
  67. Coops
    May 29, 2015
    1
    Dreadful, boring rinse and repeat. I love this series of games but I must say this is the worst of the lot. Sure it looks pretty now the bugs have been sorted out but that's it. Franchise fatigue has most definitely set in, time to leave assassin's creed alone now and concentrate on new ip's like watch dogs.
  68. Fibsi
    May 28, 2015
    3
    At first I wanted to buy it,but than Assassins Creed was so glichy. Yesterday I Play it with my friend and I am happy that I don't buy it. It's maybe a good game but not it's not my style.
  69. Mangs
    May 17, 2015
    1
    Pre ordered this game after loving Black Flag. What a mistake that was! It took me seven months to finally complete the game because of how boring it was. The story line was dull and the gameplay repetitive. I forced myself to complete it just because I'm looking forward to the next one set in London. I'll buy AC6 regardless because London will be awesome, but I hope it is closer to AC4Pre ordered this game after loving Black Flag. What a mistake that was! It took me seven months to finally complete the game because of how boring it was. The story line was dull and the gameplay repetitive. I forced myself to complete it just because I'm looking forward to the next one set in London. I'll buy AC6 regardless because London will be awesome, but I hope it is closer to AC4 than AC5 in similarity, otherwise I'll be utterly disappointed.… Expand
  70. Cosmolink
    May 8, 2015
    3
    SPOLIER: Story wise at the end

    What kind of Women would choose Vengence over Love AND Revenge, I just can't respect that choice in the story telling.
  71. Arthainius
    May 8, 2015
    4
    So far I have enjoyed all the AC games but this was pretty rough on my stomach after dropping 60 bucks on it. Soon as I got the disc in I was overloaded with extra content to buy ... I thought I was already buying a complete game but judging by all the dlc we only got half of it..... The graphics are good but the texture style is boring to look at after just a few minutes. Also whatSo far I have enjoyed all the AC games but this was pretty rough on my stomach after dropping 60 bucks on it. Soon as I got the disc in I was overloaded with extra content to buy ... I thought I was already buying a complete game but judging by all the dlc we only got half of it..... The graphics are good but the texture style is boring to look at after just a few minutes. Also what revolution? There was more revolting in Blackflag Freedom Cry. Now were getting ADS for a world premiere sneak peak at the new AC game? So all the (unearned) money made off this game goes into hype advertising and not the game. Are you smellin what im cookin here?… Expand
  72. Jellybean15
    May 5, 2015
    4
    AC Unity should’ve been a fantastic. It was the first game to reinvent the franchise since AC3, and with so many good ideas under its belt, Unity was on the road to becoming the first truly next gen game that AC fans wanted. Instead, we get a title that falls flat on its face and easily ends up being the worst AC game in the franchise.

    You play as Arno Dorian (essentially just a rehash    AC Unity should’ve been a fantastic. It was the first game to reinvent the franchise since AC3, and with so many good ideas under its belt, Unity was on the road to becoming the first truly next gen game that AC fans wanted. Instead, we get a title that falls flat on its face and easily ends up being the worst AC game in the franchise.

    You play as Arno Dorian (essentially just a rehash of Ezio) who ends up joining the Assassin’s to redeem himself for the deaths of those he feels guilty for. Arno does this by using an unexplained ability to read the thoughts of his targets upon their death, revealing his other targets until he finally finds the one in charge of it all. The story has its entertaining moments and easily one of the most emotionally impactful endings in the franchise thus far, but falls short due to the lack of focus on the French Revolution itself and the lazily done present day storyline.

    The story may be average, but it pales in comparison to the game’s many misfires. The parkour system was remade with good ideas and is the best system for controlling your lateral movement, but with no control over your speed, movement becomes very janky in tight environments which severely weakens the stealth gameplay. While being able to crouch is awesome, Arno’s lacks of fluid movement or responsiveness makes stealth frustrating. Worse is the poorly programmed and inconsistent enemy AI, leading to multiple instances of you getting caught unfairly. Plus, since most enemy layouts are overly packed with guards and snipers, stealth becomes nearly impossible and frustrating.

    Sadly, the only real motivation to use stealth is to avoid the even worse combat. Largely similar to the Batman Arkham games, your only defense in combat is to counter or avoid enemy attacks. Plus, every enemy carries a firearm, so you’ll have to watch out for the symbol to dodge their shots, since the human shield skill from AC3 is now removed for whatever reason. However, the claustrophobic camera largely prevents you from actually being able to see enemy attacks (especially while in interiors), while the crosshair that alerts you to incoming fire fails to appear half the time. Both of these problems almost ruin combat because they make it cheap and unfair rather challenging.

    The sad truth is, every new mechanic is plagued by problems. The upgrade system that allows you to unlock new skills sounds cool until you realize most of them are just standard skills you've had by default in previous games. Arno brings no new skills to the table, and the higher skills he does have take too long to unlock. It’s also frustrating that only story and co-op missions give you the points to unlock them instead of all mission types.

    Character customization is also a cool new addition with a variety of outfits and weapons, but most of the higher level pieces are locked behind annoying prerequisites. These would've been great if they were alternatives to just buying them, but forcing them on you is too restrictive.

    The weapons and outfits are supposed to add replay value, but that is immediately ruined when you find the game only has one save file with no in-game menu that lets you start the story over.

    Another problem is the unnecessary change or removal of abilities that were moving the series forward. You can’t attract enemies to you by whistling, you won’t stay in a hide spot if an enemy sees you enter it, and the double assassination is harder to pull off.

    Annoyingly, Unity retains the mindset of “quantity over quality” in terms of the side content. There’s a ton of stuff to do but it all feels the same. Murder mysteries are a step in the right direction but are only fun to play once. Plus, the checkpoints for most of these missions are awful, since they can cause you to start at the beginning or spawn you way across the map, and sometimes directly in the enemy’s line of sight.

    Co-op is also a letdown because it doesn't make for stealth games to begin with, but the bad stealth mechanics just ensure you’ll get caught regardless of how coordinated your team is. Taking them on solo only makes them ridiculously hard, while the rewards tied to them require multiple playthroughs, making co-op a grind to get through.

    Overall, everything in AC Unity has so many problems, that the few good things like the amazing graphics and presentation are bogged down by them. When Unity performs flawlessly, it becomes the experience I was expecting, but becomes nearly unplayable due to the unnecessary removal of useful mechanics and with every new feature having its own slew of issues. Ultimately, I love Unity for the direction it was taking the franchise, but I hate it because of how poorly executed it all was. It's easily the biggest gaming letdown I've had in a while.    … Expand
  73. LittleHastur
    May 4, 2015
    4
    Doing video games in order to make money is not a wrong attitude, release broken games in order to boost profits is.
    AC Unity is a broken game end of the story, a broken game made by developers who want to exploit the franchise as much as possibile with no regards (at all) for the quality of the product.
  74. GeorgeOfJonses
    May 2, 2015
    0
    Absolutely the worst game I have ever played. It's not even bad in a funny way like Ride To Hell, it is just frustrating, broken and a disgrace to gaming.

    After the amazing Assassins Creed 4 this game had a lot to live up to but it took no steps forward and 100 steps back. If you are looking for a good Assassins Creed then buy 4 or Rouge.

    **** This Game
  75. GeraldOfRivia
    Apr 14, 2015
    2
    Got this game when i bought my xbox one. The xbox i bought at a reduced price. Lucky. Cause had i spent 50€ on something like this i would be a very sad man. Bad graphics with no color, terrible game mechanics, super confusing and really boring story. All the missions are the same. As in the same as the past SEVEN ac games. And the list goes on! This is supposed to be next gen, but itGot this game when i bought my xbox one. The xbox i bought at a reduced price. Lucky. Cause had i spent 50€ on something like this i would be a very sad man. Bad graphics with no color, terrible game mechanics, super confusing and really boring story. All the missions are the same. As in the same as the past SEVEN ac games. And the list goes on! This is supposed to be next gen, but it feels more like a step backwards for ubisoft! Happy i did not spend a coin on it! With all that being said, i have played and completed all other games in the AC series. And dear ubisoft. Now i am a tired man. Tired of doing the same again, and again, and again, and again, and again. This one, i probably wont complete..… Expand
  76. HungryHippo123
    Apr 14, 2015
    4
    Disappointed from ubisoft i was really expecting something promising, i like the characters and the view of paris, but it is not worth you hard earned money for this i hope ubisoft have a better year in 2016
  77. 4nti7hesis
    Mar 23, 2015
    3
    Let me start off by saying, no game deserves 0 out of 10, if someone put effort into making a game it deserves at least a 1 even if effort is lacking. This game is that lack of effort, I'm sure the story is pretty solid but I cannot get far enough into it before some experience ruining glitch occurs that brings me back to realizing this game isn't an immersive experience its a chore. ILet me start off by saying, no game deserves 0 out of 10, if someone put effort into making a game it deserves at least a 1 even if effort is lacking. This game is that lack of effort, I'm sure the story is pretty solid but I cannot get far enough into it before some experience ruining glitch occurs that brings me back to realizing this game isn't an immersive experience its a chore. I consider myself very open to new ideas and am not quick to write off a game that isn't perfect at launch, but nearly 5 months after release the game still feels extremely clunky and unpolished even after all the updates they through into it. And when I say clunky what I mean is frame rate drop, free running mechanics not working as their supposed to (worse than ac1 imo), a slew of graphical and rendering issues, and walking through NPCs like they are phantoms. I played up to sequence 6 before I said, I'll wait for the patch, so I waited for a few months and still not enjoying the game due to this unpolished product. Just going to look up a plot synopsis online because I can't take another minute of playing this very clunky and unfinished product. Hopefully Ubisoft learns from this experience and doesn't release another sub-par game just to meet a deadline.… Expand
  78. AwesomeReviews
    Mar 20, 2015
    4
    Many things that are wrong about today's gaming industry:
    -Half-finished and glitch-filled games that are released anyway because "we can always just update them later, right?"
    -Single-player games that are next to impossible to enjoy without an internet connection (and thus also PS Plus) -In-game items accessible only by paying real-life money This game is all of the above, in many    Many things that are wrong about today's gaming industry:
    -Half-finished and glitch-filled games that are released anyway because "we can always just update them later, right?"
    -Single-player games that are next to impossible to enjoy without an internet connection (and thus also PS Plus)
    -In-game items accessible only by paying real-life money

    This game is all of the above, in many ways. It's buggy and crashes often. It's mostly single player, but in order to unlock all of your character's abilities, you'll need to complete all of the online multiplayer co-op missions. And there are quite a few in-game items that can only be unlocked through paid content packs.

    And, as for the game itself, when it works, you'll be treated to barely-above-PS3-quality graphics, a sometimes-confusing stealth mechanic, and a parkour element that ensures that your character will always hang onto the wrong ledge and thus be seen by the enemy.    … Expand
  79. GuywiththeGames
    Mar 19, 2015
    4
    Not a bad game, looks nice and the main character starts out very funny. But one problem, THE GAME IS SSSOOOOOO BBOOORRRIIINNNGGGG. The main character loses his funny personalty after the second sequence. The main missions are boring, the side missions, and there is SOOO much lag.
    You can skip this game, go play Ac2 or something.
  80. JensTrolldom
    Mar 7, 2015
    1
    AC: Unity looks as good as all AC games, and the world is very immersive. The only problem is that the game is still unplayable 4 months after release. It can run fine for maybe 10 minutes, and then it just starts to freeze every 3. second or so, and flip the camera angle to the sky. Another problem is when you are in combat. The game will suddenly stop responding to mouse and keyboardAC: Unity looks as good as all AC games, and the world is very immersive. The only problem is that the game is still unplayable 4 months after release. It can run fine for maybe 10 minutes, and then it just starts to freeze every 3. second or so, and flip the camera angle to the sky. Another problem is when you are in combat. The game will suddenly stop responding to mouse and keyboard input, and you just die.

    If they manage to ever fix the game, i would rate it 8 or 9. The only reason i gave it 1, and not 0, is the fact that Ubisoft gave away free season passes to all who bought the game. And a free "AAA" game from Ubisoft to all that had bought the season pass before this.    … Expand
  81. Gangialf
    Mar 4, 2015
    0
    To possible buyers: " Fly, you fools!"
    I thought that nothing could be worse and more bugged than ACIII: then AC Unity came out.

    To UBISOFT: I wish you the worse, from the bottom of my hearth.
    Glad I bought a second hand game avoiding to give you money to such a fraud of a company.
  82. BlueEye79
    Mar 3, 2015
    0
    Oh mein Gott, so viele Fehler in einem Spiel habe ich noch nie gesehen. Mal abgesehen davon ist die Story mehr als dünn und ich habe den Eindruck das se.it dem ersten teil nicht mehr passiert ist. Es wiederholt sich alles. Für mich steht fest nie mehr wieder ein Assassin´s Creed solange Ubisoft nichts ändert
  83. ericdchase
    Feb 27, 2015
    3
    I love Black Flag so this has been disappointing. Graphics are amazing, city is amazing, Forcing multiplayer is an annoyance and low. The game mechanics are not as user friendly as black flag. Bunch of glitches. It's a bummer of a follow up for the masterpiece that Black Flag was. I wish they'd do some upgrades to improve.
  84. idanidan123
    Feb 25, 2015
    3
    This game is kinda terrible. I've been playing it for two days in story mode and it was good (sort of) but some stuff were awful: There are many lags, the fps will drop sometimes, the combat is harder, and the jumping is bad. I think it's one of the worst games of 2014... Sorry Ubisoft, you failed this time.
  85. GamerJosh0137
    Feb 16, 2015
    4
    After I heard about all the bugs, and glitches after this gamer first released, I decided I would wait until Ubisoft fixed most of it before I would play it. I cant imagine what it was like before the patches. What a disaster for Ubisoft. For a company that releases some top tier games this was by far the worst one I played so far. The only somewhat fun thing I found was the gearAfter I heard about all the bugs, and glitches after this gamer first released, I decided I would wait until Ubisoft fixed most of it before I would play it. I cant imagine what it was like before the patches. What a disaster for Ubisoft. For a company that releases some top tier games this was by far the worst one I played so far. The only somewhat fun thing I found was the gear customization and all the different weapons to play with. Unity is based during the french revolution. People are protesting, soldiers are killing etc. The most impressive thing about this game was the number of people in crowds yelling and fighting. This is quickly put at the fore front of problems with this game when you try to move your character. Nothing about is is smooth. It is one chug after another. Ubisoft went on record saying that they fixed all the annoying movements from poor control mapping. This is 100% false. It is worse than ever. You try to climb up, your character moves sideways. You try to go through a window and you end up climbing past it. It is just terrible. In Ubisoft's defense, it would be almost impossible to top black flag, but the infuriating part was THEY DID! But only for last gen consoles. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! The defining moment for The Assassin's creed franchise and they put the OBVIOUSLY much better game with the much better engine on the much worse consoles! WHAT!? And to make it all even worse is the absurd amount of micro-transactions you would have to do to even finish the game 100%. I paid 60 bucks for this game, and now you are telling me that in order too experience everything i have to spend 5 dollars here and five dollars there. Then they want you to download the companion app witch is totally backwards. Why in the hell would you work so hard creating a game that is supposed to submerge the player in the story and setting to just yank them out of it completely all so they can open blue chests. Wow....... I know this was supposed to be a review but they have already stolen enough of my time and hard earned money. Do yourself a favor and stick with Far Cry 4 or buy a last gen console if you dont still have one and play rogue.… Expand
  86. aciphex
    Feb 5, 2015
    1
    the game itself is great...what cannot be ignored is how quickly they rushed this game out the door...for the first time ever i wont be buying an assassins creed game...i feel no shame in torrenting a broken game
  87. DrMufasa
    Feb 1, 2015
    3
    Im sad... When I heard that they took out the naval warfare I think it could be a great idea... BUT when they ruined the game with all the COOP crap forced down your throat I almost cried.
    The way you fight now is so stupid you cant choose which weapon you wanna use anymore and the guards has the 100% hit rate on pistols and when you fight and you dont have the time to dodge and where is    Im sad... When I heard that they took out the naval warfare I think it could be a great idea... BUT when they ruined the game with all the COOP crap forced down your throat I almost cried.
    The way you fight now is so stupid you cant choose which weapon you wanna use anymore and the guards has the 100% hit rate on pistols and when you fight and you dont have the time to dodge and where is the fun in that DODGING!! Where is the human shield that was cool now it sucks! And why OH WHYYYY! must everything be a Massive Multiplayer CRAP! let me choose if i want to play multiplayer and be reminded every F****** where i go that I could join and get help... well maybe I dont wanna play with others... and if I did maybe I would be able to go to the menu and choose F****** Multiplayer like there has been in almost every other game... I have so much hope everytime you release one of your Assassins Creed games... and mostly I have been happy with it... but this! Im sad. I was interrested in the story not the difficulty of the game... Where is the fun in that you have to be spotted first before you can get them near a wall or a bench or something... Thats stupid.
    And why must I pay all that money for a game that has F****** in game puchase... WTF!!! Is this Farmvile? Please make it better next time.... because it was the best francise EVER at one moment... Make me happy again.    … Expand
  88. Hi_Im_Jon
    Jan 31, 2015
    3
    This game isn't the worst game I've ever played, but it is not good. Simply put, if you are an Assassin's Creed fan looking for a new game, buy Rogue! If you are an Assassin's Creed fan and you have played Rogue, than play the Ezio trilogy again! Die hard Assassin's Creed fans might be able to get passed Ubisofts Yearly release of what I call a $60 beta, but not me! I have well over 10gbThis game isn't the worst game I've ever played, but it is not good. Simply put, if you are an Assassin's Creed fan looking for a new game, buy Rogue! If you are an Assassin's Creed fan and you have played Rogue, than play the Ezio trilogy again! Die hard Assassin's Creed fans might be able to get passed Ubisofts Yearly release of what I call a $60 beta, but not me! I have well over 10gb (I lost track of the exact number after 10) of updates and patches clogging up my hard drive to fix the issues that should have been fixed before this game was put on that poor Blu-Ray disc. I plead for ubisoft to take at least a year and a half on these games and stop charging us full price to experience the beta. I'll gladly allow Ubisoft to pay me, to test for bugs pre release!… Expand
  89. Pilotdaboss
    Jan 29, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Assassin's Creed Unity is an unfinished game that was rushed out. There are so many bugs and glitches in the game and it felt like it was running under 30 fps. The story was just boring and it doesn't make any sense at all. Co-op is terrible!! I could never join my friends in a mission and if you join a public match, players could get you killed easily. The only thing I liked about this game is that missions are more difficult from the previous games and enemies are a lot tougher so it gives you a challenge. Overall Assassin's Creed Unity is a copy and paste game with more bugs and glitches… Expand
  90. Boneblast
    Jan 28, 2015
    2
    This is my first review, I own Ac:Unity on ps4, the game brings nothing new in comparison with the versions for older consoles, except for the great graphics

    The Good +Beautiful city +Customization +Accurate historical events +Napoleon +Graphics +Nice voice acting in French The Bad -Combat mechanics are flawed -The Characters feel empty even though the story is full of blood    This is my first review, I own Ac:Unity on ps4, the game brings nothing new in comparison with the versions for older consoles, except for the great graphics

    The Good
    +Beautiful city
    +Customization
    +Accurate historical events
    +Napoleon
    +Graphics
    +Nice voice acting in French

    The Bad
    -Combat mechanics are flawed
    -The Characters feel empty even though the story is full of blood thirsty personal vendettas
    -Customization. In previous games you had all the assassin powers, now you need to buy them, also the micro-tranzactions that fuel the in-game currency needed to obtain gear if you don't want to unlock some fancy pants or a sword/pistol.
    -The unlockable content (non-dlc) feels useless, and takes a lot to unlock hence Enigmas
    -Only one city. Compared to other AC franchise games, Unity has only one city and 2 regions (without DLC).

    The Ugly
    -U Play
    -The Companion app. Uses the same formula like any other freemium game on the mobile market, pay to not wait, pay for in-game currency
    -Locked content (U-Play, companion app)
    -the feeling of an unfinished game that fails to deliver what it hyped people about
    -DLC
    -Crowd dynamics
    -Extremely bad voice acting in English because of the mixture of accents, the brigands seem to inherit very raspy cockney accents.    … Expand
  91. JMR
    Jan 24, 2015
    0
    This game is absolute garbage 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50, the game should never have been released right from the get go there are glitches that will break your game and cause you to throw your controller at your console. Never trust a review from a big website they are all paid smh...
  92. oleksey
    Jan 23, 2015
    1
    I love stories. I love graphics. But I love stories more. I am comparing this release to first four releases with Ezio, and this make me feel Unity has nothing related to the assassins. We knew Ezio, we got attached to him, he was respectful, showed compassion to everyone he met. The story was clear, and you knew why are you doing "this and that". This is why lots of us loved the story.I love stories. I love graphics. But I love stories more. I am comparing this release to first four releases with Ezio, and this make me feel Unity has nothing related to the assassins. We knew Ezio, we got attached to him, he was respectful, showed compassion to everyone he met. The story was clear, and you knew why are you doing "this and that". This is why lots of us loved the story. Now, talking about Unity and Arno... We don't know anything about Arno, we don't know why is killing everyone (I am not going into details), there is almost no story in the game. The brotherhood shown as a bunch of douchebags. Why is Arno an assassin at all? there are litteraly millions of collectibles, half locked under stupid Companion app, another half under some other stuff... Nothing makes sense to me. After playing the game, I sold it. And I am going to replay the story with Ezio once again. And, I am not going to buy Victory.… Expand
  93. Kadeemluvmusic
    Jan 17, 2015
    4
    With all due respect, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is better than Unity. And although I'm not very hyped about the upcoming Victory, but there are tons of wrong with Unity. I was going to try and grab a hold of the excitement set in Paris, but I was a little worried that this could be Assassin's Creed III again. I think that the game is sooooooooooooo not ready. Matter of fact, UbisoftWith all due respect, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is better than Unity. And although I'm not very hyped about the upcoming Victory, but there are tons of wrong with Unity. I was going to try and grab a hold of the excitement set in Paris, but I was a little worried that this could be Assassin's Creed III again. I think that the game is sooooooooooooo not ready. Matter of fact, Ubisoft didn't even completed the game unless they allegedly supposed to because that's what angered fans didn't want. I rent the game on Gamefly and it was ridiculously bad. A flawless story with a couple of messy bugs and glitches, the combat system isn't working properly. 2014 was a bad year for games that should've been delayed until 2015 or beyond and they payed the price. I thought I was going to buy this game, but everything is just a complete waste. Assassin's Creed: Unity should've would've could've been cool at some point, but just stick to Black Flag.… Expand
  94. ithastobegood
    Jan 15, 2015
    0
    I was really looking forward to assassins nxt gen i just finished rouge and jumped straight into unity what a game-play difference the control of the character in unity is the worse if not more so then conner in ac3 and that was bad i have had to restart so many times i got bored with the game which is a shame because the buildings look great ubisoft take note we just want a good oldI was really looking forward to assassins nxt gen i just finished rouge and jumped straight into unity what a game-play difference the control of the character in unity is the worse if not more so then conner in ac3 and that was bad i have had to restart so many times i got bored with the game which is a shame because the buildings look great ubisoft take note we just want a good old fashioned creed game but with nxt gen looks also please please please get rid of the co-op function we don't want it if you have not got this game yet do not buy it you will be left completely disappointed go get rouge it might be a bit black flag but who didn't like black flag… Expand
  95. f_lombardi3
    Jan 14, 2015
    0
    Ok Honestly, I only rated this game a 2 because of the gameplay. The game itself is good but the glitches and bugs ruined my experience. I couldn't play it for more than 2 minutes without the frame rate struggling or the game glitching out on me. It was utterly ridiculous. I would wait for price drop or rent it. I wouldn't purchase this at full price.
    #NEXTGENGAMINGBABY
  96. ManofMacedonia
    Jan 12, 2015
    3
    I wanted to be fair. The Assassin's Creed series has proven that it can produce amazing games such as AC: 2, AC: Brotherhood, and AC: Black Flags. On the other hand, this series has proven that it can produce games with terrible gameplay (AC: Revelations) and story (AC: III). This edition to the Assassin's Creed series takes all of the terrible elements from previous Assassin's Creed gamesI wanted to be fair. The Assassin's Creed series has proven that it can produce amazing games such as AC: 2, AC: Brotherhood, and AC: Black Flags. On the other hand, this series has proven that it can produce games with terrible gameplay (AC: Revelations) and story (AC: III). This edition to the Assassin's Creed series takes all of the terrible elements from previous Assassin's Creed games to create a disgusting abomination.

    I started this game excited and ready to jump into the French revolution. After about five hours of playing, I realized that this game is seriously broken. However, it would be a lie to say that the whole game is terrible. There were some element in this game that I hope to see in future Assassin's Creeds.

    Let's start with the few positive aspects of Assassin's Creed: Unity

    Positives:
    Simple side missions to keep the player entertained after finishing the game.
    Customization options for your character.
    The ability to choose your character's weapon.

    Now the myriad of negatives.
    Negatives:
    Glitchy as Ride to Hell: Retribution
    Customization options are limited
    Arno is dislikable
    Elise is a B*TCH
    I non longer care about the war between the assassins and the templars
    The rife combat can not be upgraded in the skills menu
    Combat doesn't work at all since the game is glitchy
    The story about the previous civilization is now weak
    No puzzles
    Forced to use a hidden blade to assassinate your target (this takes away the creativity of the player and how they choose to kill their target)

    (Just to name a few of the negatives) - Metacritic is playing an ad that is cause major lag and I don't have the patients.)

    Conclusion: Don't buy this one.    … Expand
  97. Phoenix_Wright_
    Jan 5, 2015
    4
    Absolute crap! They removed the naval features, which is one of the best parts of the game, as well as botching the coop mode. it was even more disappointing than watchdogs, and that BIG
  98. Solerion
    Jan 2, 2015
    0
    Optimisation raté, chant en canadien alors que c'est censé représenté un des plus grand theme historique de France c'est tres moyen et sortir le jeu avec 300 bugs plus des patchs patchs, patchs, repatch ,repatchs ......... bref on dit merci qui ? merci UBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII -5/10
  99. Thegodfatherson
    Dec 31, 2014
    4
    Assassin's Creed Unity respects history in a way no game has done before. The crowd technology is by far the best I have seen in any game and the graphics look amazing. But Unity also has a lacking, mediocre story and I thought this game would be like The George Washington DLC in Assasin's Creed 3 but even better. Well, the combat is just button mashing and there is plenty to do in theAssassin's Creed Unity respects history in a way no game has done before. The crowd technology is by far the best I have seen in any game and the graphics look amazing. But Unity also has a lacking, mediocre story and I thought this game would be like The George Washington DLC in Assasin's Creed 3 but even better. Well, the combat is just button mashing and there is plenty to do in the open world but The Campaign is weak, broken and full of glitches. Playing on the PS4 I encountered many glitches and bugs that also interfered with the Multiplayer aspect of Unity. And that was annoying because I wanted to try out this new feature but it had too many bugs and glitches to work well. Unity is a failed opportunit, that could have been a better game. But the glitches, bugs and the boring story make a game better left on store shelves until Creed 5… Expand
  100. diehard-gamer
    Dec 29, 2014
    3
    You want to know everything you need to know about Unity in one easy step? Take a long look at the cover. Its a stock AC 'boyband' image with the ladz striding forward at slighty different angles, hoodies at the ready, eyes furtively averted or staring moodily ahead, one adjusting his sleeve ...... Etc. And the content behind the cover is eveything you'd expect from the boyband image - aYou want to know everything you need to know about Unity in one easy step? Take a long look at the cover. Its a stock AC 'boyband' image with the ladz striding forward at slighty different angles, hoodies at the ready, eyes furtively averted or staring moodily ahead, one adjusting his sleeve ...... Etc. And the content behind the cover is eveything you'd expect from the boyband image - a manufactured pop mish mash of past hits, other peoples songs ,no cohesion and nothing new. And dong get me started on the bugs, It should have been called AC Boyband Bugfight. Theres a very good reason most places are selling it £20 less than RRP a few days after its much hyped release. Wait unitil its in the £5 bargain bin.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 40
  3. Negative: 4 out of 40
  1. Eurogamer Poland
    Jan 14, 2015
    90
    An excellent and huge game. The positives are emphasized by detailed world that seems more alive now than ever before.
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  2. Arcade Sushi
    Jan 13, 2015
    70
    Unity is not a bad game, but it certainly doesn’t feel like it advances the series very much, especially for the first title in the series to be a fully next-gen game.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 13, 2015
    60
    Bugs really throw Unity under the guillotine. [Jan 2015, p.78]
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