Assassin's Creed Unity

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  1. mitch2129
    Nov 12, 2014
    4
    The Game itself isn't bad, as an assassin's creed fan it'd actually be quite enjoyable, but the game is such a technical disaster that it becomes nearly unplayable at times on PS4, causing you to miss jumps, or mess up timing in fights and dying do to it, at time the frame-rate drops into the teens, which is honestly unacceptable for a AAA game that has been in development for 4 years.The Game itself isn't bad, as an assassin's creed fan it'd actually be quite enjoyable, but the game is such a technical disaster that it becomes nearly unplayable at times on PS4, causing you to miss jumps, or mess up timing in fights and dying do to it, at time the frame-rate drops into the teens, which is honestly unacceptable for a AAA game that has been in development for 4 years. Also the large crowds of people bring nothing to the game besides more stress on the consoles hardware, most of the npc's are lifeless fillers that glitch and pop in anyway, they get in the way, react oddly to the player character, and are just overall pointless, if having the crowds smaller would have helped the game run better, they should have done that instead. So basically, the story is decent, and the game would be enjoyable for any assassin's creed fan, but unless they patch the technical issues, i can't recommend anyone buy this game, i regret buying it myself. It should have been delayed… Expand
  2. TheDahaka
    Nov 11, 2014
    4
    It's Assassin's Creed with lots of bugs, a shocking frame rate and micro tranasctions of up to $100USD enjoy!

    Another game pushed to market before it was ready for release. Keep up the good work Ubisoft, you will be taking away EA's golden turd in not time at this rate.
  3. 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
  4. JohnnyBeGood
    Dec 28, 2014
    4
    Forget the performance problems (they've been fixed for the most part; the game still doesn't look as good or run as well and Black Flag, but whatever), this game would be horrendous if it ran perfectly and looked like real life. Boring main character. I'm actually okay with his motivations and I actually really like that he goes around the assassin order and does stuff on his own, butForget the performance problems (they've been fixed for the most part; the game still doesn't look as good or run as well and Black Flag, but whatever), this game would be horrendous if it ran perfectly and looked like real life. Boring main character. I'm actually okay with his motivations and I actually really like that he goes around the assassin order and does stuff on his own, but he's dreadfully boring. The accents are embarrassingly bad. I didn't know every French person in the French revolution spoke with a British accent. I expect better from Ubisoft (but at this point, I'm not sure why). Every single supporting character (except for the redheaded chick) is a freaking travesty. Poorly written, boring blank slates who offer nothing to the game except tell Arno where to go next. And a final boss fight that makes you rely on the game's biggest technical blunder (as far as gameplay goes), the "cover" system. Half of the time, the character never snaps into cover, and the button to do so is bound to the same button as "free run," so 75% of the time, you'll go flying around or over the piece of cover you intend to get behind, causing the final boss to shoot you with a death laser that drains your health in about 2 seconds. Ubisoft did something special with the game, making the movement system feel like the best it's been for about 30% of the time, and for the other 70%, it feels like the worst thing I've experienced. The game is ludicrously bad because it just feels phoned in. They KNEW we were going to buy it, so they half-a$$ed it.It feels like they got halfway through developing it, and they got bored and went home. It's offensive. Destiny is better, and that's saying something. Forcing myself through the final couple of missions was actually physically painful. I'm going to the Doctor tomorrow.… Expand
  5. 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.
  6. system11
    Nov 11, 2014
    4
    Rubbish performance from this title, not only is the picture somewhat muddy compared to the clear Black Flag, but the frame rate is terrible, actually bordering on unplayable.
  7. 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
  8. nighthawkGR
    Nov 11, 2014
    4
    Bugs,gitches,bad optimization,bad controls...good graphics,interesting story but the game is still a disaster.Ubisoft next time try to run the game in 20Fps,it will automatically fix all of that problems...and 20 fps feels more Cinematic and beautiful :D Hope they can fix so many problems with the upcoming updates,they will transform the game into a real good game.But for now...the gameBugs,gitches,bad optimization,bad controls...good graphics,interesting story but the game is still a disaster.Ubisoft next time try to run the game in 20Fps,it will automatically fix all of that problems...and 20 fps feels more Cinematic and beautiful :D Hope they can fix so many problems with the upcoming updates,they will transform the game into a real good game.But for now...the game is approximately unplayable.… Expand
  9. resh_aykut
    Nov 12, 2014
    4
    I really dissapointed about this game. Ubisoft said we ll do our best for the consoles. And now we see that they reduced resolution of the game resoult is ZERO . There is so much FPS DROP .
    I wanted to play but i cant play with fps drops sory ubi u lost. Me and my friends , we all wont buy Assassins Creed Unity. Desole , ce n'est pas La revolution...
  10. gyigyo2
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    Gameplay: This is the most boring ac game i played and i started with ac1, new gameplay mechanics (parkour) is more frustating than good and its looking extremly idiot in ac game, the best gameplay mehanics was ac1/ ac brotherhood.

    Story: Well i not gonna spell any spoiler, this will be short this is a soap opera nothing more but truly! The only positive was the game ending that was    Gameplay: This is the most boring ac game i played and i started with ac1, new gameplay mechanics (parkour) is more frustating than good and its looking extremly idiot in ac game, the best gameplay mehanics was ac1/ ac brotherhood.

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

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

    i still think the best ac games was AC1,AC2,AC3,AC brotherhood after that the whole asassins creed franchise goes downhill.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. Sionnach
    Nov 20, 2014
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Following up Black Flag, easily the best game in the Assassin's Creed series, was always going to be a tall order, but Ubisoft seem to have despaired of rising to the challenge, releasing the worst game in the series since its inception with the interesting but painfully repetitive Assassin's Creed. The attempt to diversify free-running to allow one to move down as easily as up is a nice idea, but clumsily executed. You never know if Arno is going to jump to the next roof, make a leap of faith, scale the side of the building he's on, plunge to his death, or simply stumble to a standstill.

    Co-op failed more times than I care to note, which is all the more disappointing because many of the stories behind the co-op missions were more interesting than the predictable main plot. Arno is a forgettable Ezio-light, everyone in revolutionary France is British, and the fact that the Assassin Brotherhood has descended into the same staid, stifling bureaucracy as the Templar Order is basically just glossed over. Of much more importance is the fact that Arno. Is. Angry. He's Ezio light in far too many ways, all of them less interesting than Ezio himself.

    Easily the most disappointing aspect of their failure is the fact that Unity is, in a word, broken. Many times I've been warned about buggy games and had little to no problems with them upon playing. The only exception here was Batman: Arkham Origins, a thoroughly flawed game of huge potential, but one which found its feet after a few patches and now sits proudly next to its predecessors. This may well be the case with AC's first real stab at the next-gen platforms, but right now, I couldn't be moved to care. Unity is a hot mess descended from a pedigree I've come to expect much more from.

    In the opening chapter alone I was hit with no fewer than three massive bugs which forced me to reset my console. Countless times I took aim a soldier from cover, and Arno jumped out when I pulled the trigger, but never actually fired. Cue me getting spotted and finding myself in a desperate fight with every guard in the area.

    The loss of the naval warfare is keenly felt, with the game suffering from a stifling lack of variety, and as one of the apparently very small group of people who had always enjoyed the modern day story as much as the historical, I was also disappointed with how little progress was made on that front. My nameless, faceless character (no doubt deliberately nameless and faceless to indicate that we are all now Abstergo's mind slaves or on the verge of becoming such), never sits up or moves about, but is merely fed remote instructions from Rebecah(sp?) and Shawn, who refer to themselves only as Bishop and Deacon. The discovery of the abundance of Precursor DNA among the Sages has led to a desperate race. Abstergo want to harness this DNA as they believe doing so will lead to the Rosetta Stone of understanding the ancient race, and thus, their technology. The Assassins, naturally, want to stop them. Unfortunately, this desperation doesn't come across very well in a couple of scattered video sequences where nobody actually does anything, and the host migration sequences, while interesting breaks from the main story, are over too quick, and again, don't convey much urgency.

    I've returned my copy; the first time I've ever brought back an Assassin's Creed game. The rest of the series still sits on my shelves, and there's a good chance I'll play them all again. If the main problem of awful mechanics is fixed, Unity could actually wind up being a very good game, though it will never approach the rip-roaring heights of Black Flag. And when it hits the bargain bins, I might ask around to see if the multiple patches made a difference, as those for Arkham Origins did. If so, I'll thumb my nose at Ubisoft in my own special way, and buy it preowned so they don't see a penny. As for future releases, I've sworn never to buy a Ubisoft game upon release again.    … Expand
  13. Sizerlokz
    Nov 15, 2014
    4
    This game is bad. The combat system is slow and I don't understand why they changed the controls.
    The graphic are a downgrade compared to black flag. The story is lackluster and it's just a huge flop. Don't waste your money on this game
  14. J4MESOX4D
    Nov 13, 2014
    4
    Assassin's Creed Unity is hugely disappointing game and once again; a massively hyped Ubisoft game fails to deliver a satisfactory experience. The final product is no where near the standard presented at the likes of E3 and is yet another title to add to wave of over-hyped games of 2014 that doesn't live up to expectations.

    I was hoping Unity would propel the series into the next gen on    Assassin's Creed Unity is hugely disappointing game and once again; a massively hyped Ubisoft game fails to deliver a satisfactory experience. The final product is no where near the standard presented at the likes of E3 and is yet another title to add to wave of over-hyped games of 2014 that doesn't live up to expectations.

    I was hoping Unity would propel the series into the next gen on a spectacular level but I am left absolutely sick of what is a franchise that is becoming more tiresome and tedious per release. The gameplay is rather bland, the missions are repetitive and underwhelming, plus the mechanics feel really cheap. It is clear that even the demos showcased at the trade shows this year were craftily upscaled to appear more spectacular than what is on offer with the end product. Even the PS4 version seems downgraded. Textures were clearly enhanced in the scripted promotional videos leading up to release which mimic that of the Watch Dogs saga. The game doesn't look or run anything like how it was promoted and at times; the frame rate drops to south of 20 which is completely and utterly unacceptable. I never thought I'd see the day, a game promoted on the current gen could be downgraded on the same console but yet again; Ubisoft have pulled the wool over people's eyes in terms of performance and technical execution.

    It's clear the game is trying to be more visually ambitious than attempting to deliver an engrossing and in-depth experience but the graphics and technical quality is sunk by lousy optimisation and with boring missions and terrible AI; the whole game falls short on a huge level. I expected so much more but this game should mark the end of the Assassins Creed brand - they've taken it as far as they can and have failed to reach the heights seen with the likes of ACII.

    Overall; Unity is a below average title from a tired series. The game runs poorly in many areas and the core gameplay is extremely shallow. Ubisoft's powerhouse of IP's is falling apart game by game and if you thought Watch Dogs was a letdown; you haven't seen nothing yet. Avoid at all costs.    … Expand
  15. asfj
    Nov 11, 2014
    4
    This is really a next-gen game. You need a PS5 to run it over 30 FPS.
    But, Tech aside, the Paris has more fun than a dump of pacific islands.
    Looking back, Just amazed from 2007 till now, there's been 7 AC titles on main platform...and quality drops year by year... sad. UB just want to squeeze as many coins as it can. Cant expect much from an annual title like CoD.
  16. 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.
  17. rusology
    Nov 12, 2014
    4
    Ubisoft added some really great features! My favourite feature is the super awesome low framerate that gives you the added slow-mo effect when you play the game. Everything now looks like the Matrix scene cept this happens randomly and at times for long periods. Go Ubisoft!
  18. Ozy
    Nov 13, 2014
    4
    Releasing this game now is like moving into an apartment before the building has been completed. You take a dump and the apartment smells because the plumbing hasn't been installed. This leads me to believe the stakeholders wanted the game released to make some quick money. This game needed at least another 6 months of development. I believe the game deserves a much higher score - but notReleasing this game now is like moving into an apartment before the building has been completed. You take a dump and the apartment smells because the plumbing hasn't been installed. This leads me to believe the stakeholders wanted the game released to make some quick money. This game needed at least another 6 months of development. I believe the game deserves a much higher score - but not now not the way it is. Ill increase my score once the patches are made. Hold yourselves from buying until it runs smoothly.… Expand
  19. Dkay7777777
    Nov 18, 2014
    4
    I want to start out by saying that I consider myself to be an Assassin's Creed fan. However, the amount of bugs and issues with this game is simply inexcusable. This game has so much potential, but much of it is wasted due to the fact that apparently Ubisoft doesn't care enough about their consumers to put it through proper testing prior to release. That's the only plausibleI want to start out by saying that I consider myself to be an Assassin's Creed fan. However, the amount of bugs and issues with this game is simply inexcusable. This game has so much potential, but much of it is wasted due to the fact that apparently Ubisoft doesn't care enough about their consumers to put it through proper testing prior to release. That's the only plausible explanation, for how else could a game with this many bugs and this awful of a frame rate be allowed to be released into the market?

    I understand that games will have a few bugs that slip under the radar every once in awhile, but the amount and severity of the bugs in this game is absolutely unacceptable.
    Also, at times the frame rate in this game gets so bad that it feels like you're playing an online game on dial-up internet.

    Another issue I have is the fighting in this game, as there's a significant delay in the time you push the button to the time that Arno actually does the move you're telling him to. For instance, if I push the X button, there's a delay from the time I push the button to the time that Arno attacks. Compare this to the instant response you get when playing Shadow of Mordor, and this delay seems like an eternity.

    The one upside to the game is how amazing the graphics are, as it's easily one of the best looking games out there. However, the graphics aren't enough to make up for the overwhelming amount of things that are wrong with the game.

    Ubisoft should be embarrassed by this pathetic excuse for a AAA title.    … Expand
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. TiFosO
    Nov 11, 2014
    4
    It could be the best Assassin's Creed game but unfortunately they messed it up. Lots of bugs, way too long loading screens, poor framerate, cheesy plot without any twists. I just do not know how they managed to create this first ''next-gen'' game, which has huge drops in framerate and these freaking long loading screens... Unity is only above average.
  23. Antharian_
    Nov 19, 2014
    4
    Low fps and bad stealth mechanics ruin the overall feeling of the game.
    FPS is barely at 30 and it drops alot lower quite often.
    That ruins the navigation and combat a lot of times. Your ps4 struggles to performe. Stealth is not well implemented and AI is total rubbish. Combat seems more challenging at start but bad camera angles and low fps make it unsatisfying fast, plus you can    Low fps and bad stealth mechanics ruin the overall feeling of the game.
    FPS is barely at 30 and it drops alot lower quite often.
    That ruins the navigation and combat a lot of times.
    Your ps4 struggles to performe.

    Stealth is not well implemented and AI is total rubbish.
    Combat seems more challenging at start but bad camera angles and low fps make it unsatisfying fast, plus you can abuse smoke bombs and cheat your way out of its higher difficulty.

    The architecture of paris is brilliant, good drawing distance but the overpopulated streets are buggy and visual unsatisfying , crippling the overall gaming experience with low fps and fps drops.

    Co-op is somehow fun but only with your friends, random matches are a zerg fest.
    Co-op and stealth dont match.

    Overall a game not worth your time , much more your money.Avoid it.    … Expand
  24. Unladenswallow0
    Nov 18, 2014
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. GOOD ASPECTS: The city is beutiful and expansive
    The story is better than black flag
    The combat is much improved and provides more of a challange than before

    BAD ASPECTS: Severe frame rate drop in, really not acceptable in a next gen title running on a next gen system..

    Texture loading is awful in places, makes it look like you are running through porridge

    NPC's all look the god damn same, i once ran through a crowd of people all wearing the same thing, all saying the same thing "Vive le france" over and over again..

    Strange sound drop ins, i dont know how to explain this any other way than say that it is like the game has torrets. Sometimes i might hear a random "UGGGGHHH" out of nowhere in the middle of a stealth sequence or repeated NPC dialogue "I DONT KNOW HOW THEY FIT ALL THOSE...." all carrying pikes with heads, thousands of them. This is my biggest gripe, at first it was funny but now its just god damn annoying. Fix this **** Ubisoft.    … Expand
  25. O-N-E-H-E-R-O
    Nov 11, 2014
    4
    Alex Amancio lied to everyone. This is by far the worst Assassin Creed game. There's no way around it: this is the FLOP OF THE YEAR
    Don't believe the super positive reviews....Ubi uses it's employees to makeup fake reviews as was proven many times in the past.

    Keep your sanity and avoid this game
  26. poopygamereview
    Nov 12, 2014
    4
    I've been a long time lurker here at metacritic and through all of the bad games in the past and disappointments, I've never felt the need to put in my two cents until now.

    This has to be the biggest disappointment (although probably foreseen) of this year. Regardless of whether or not Ubisoft released in order to make a holiday deadline, this game is unplayable. Assassin's Creed IV was    I've been a long time lurker here at metacritic and through all of the bad games in the past and disappointments, I've never felt the need to put in my two cents until now.

    This has to be the biggest disappointment (although probably foreseen) of this year. Regardless of whether or not Ubisoft released in order to make a holiday deadline, this game is unplayable. Assassin's Creed IV was TRULY locked at 30fps and played fine. This game, however, might as well be locked at 25 or even 20, because that is what you'll be seeing most of the time. There are points where it drops into the teens and even single digits! If anyone thinks this is acceptable or playable, they are deluded.

    What's sad is the framerate isn't even the biggest issue. The free-running is janky as ever, propelling you into drunken shamblings over seemingly unobtrusive objects that would make all but the most level-headed of gamers throw their controller in frustration. The texture and model pop-in is at an immersion-breaking point; even existing in most of the game's cutscenes where it just looks like terribly lazy transitioning. Not to mention the game breaking glitches and bugs. I've fallen through the world so many times that at this point I wouldn't mind playing the game 1000 ft below Paris. At least the framerate is stable! The co-op is easy to drop in and out, thankfully. But that is about as good as it gets. There is almost no coordination or planning unless you're playing with friends. Most of the 4-player missions/heists consist of four shambling glitchy Arnos racing and rushing through the enemies from checkpoint to checkpoint until coming upon an anti-climatic end and sub-par armor reward. Which brings me to the microtransactions. It's obvious Ubisoft is trying to push the mobile freemium onto AAA titles. Prices of certain pieces of gear or weapons jumps from an acceptable amount of in-game coin to an absolutely absurd amount, hinting that you'd have an easier time just paying real money for it. A piece of armor, for example will jump from 5000F to 250000F from one tier to the last tier.

    There are many other small frustrations that add to all of this I could mention, but I feel like I would just be redundant at that point. Do yourself a favor and save your money for the myriad of blockbusters coming out next week (Dragon Age, GTAV, LBP3, SSB4, or even Far Cry 4 if you can forgive Ubisoft at this point). Wait until Ubisoft acknowledges these issues and maybe come back in a month or two to see where it's at.    … Expand
  27. nokomply
    Nov 12, 2014
    4
    It's so sad to see how Ubisoft has screwed a potentially extraordinary franchise as Assassin's Creed in their insane quest for making more money.
    Killing Desmond was the first big mistake. Now the present sequences of the game are completely boring and sour.
    Assassin's stories aren't interesting as those of Altair and Ezio. Finally, in their quest for release one game per year, the    It's so sad to see how Ubisoft has screwed a potentially extraordinary franchise as Assassin's Creed in their insane quest for making more money.
    Killing Desmond was the first big mistake. Now the present sequences of the game are completely boring and sour.
    Assassin's stories aren't interesting as those of Altair and Ezio.
    Finally, in their quest for release one game per year, the games has become more and more poor developed. That's the case of AC Unity.
    I really had such great expectations on this one, and now I'm just disappointed and sad about the result. Full of bugs and glitches. It doesn't worth the 60 dollars I paid for it. Great ambitions, poor quality.
    And the worst of all, now they want to sell us everything that should come with the game just out of the box. Ubisoft has become so greedy it sickens me.
    I'd really wish Ubisoft read this critic and open theirs eyes. I still have faith in the franchise but every time it is more difficult to keep it.    … Expand
  28. Kallion
    Nov 16, 2014
    4
    I would define myself as Assassins Creed fan. I´ve played every game so far, but this isn´t quite as amusing as the others were. I mean seriously frame breaks on a next gen console, that´s not how i like it. The controls are sometimes very squishy and the story, well it´s all right so far, but it isn´t quite the same feeling as it was.
    So maybe it´s time to say goodbye to this franchise    I would define myself as Assassins Creed fan. I´ve played every game so far, but this isn´t quite as amusing as the others were. I mean seriously frame breaks on a next gen console, that´s not how i like it. The controls are sometimes very squishy and the story, well it´s all right so far, but it isn´t quite the same feeling as it was.
    So maybe it´s time to say goodbye to this franchise and start with something new. You can do it Ubisoft!    … Expand
  29. Britisher
    Nov 18, 2014
    4
    Overall quite a good addition to the series, Unity has nice graphics, a number of side activities, co-op and a brilliant location. I felt Ubisoft really upped the difficulty in the game, which was very good considering combat and "stealth" in all other titles prior were very easy.
    The game has also got a considerable number of new features which, in my opinion, is a healthy addition -    Overall quite a good addition to the series, Unity has nice graphics, a number of side activities, co-op and a brilliant location. I felt Ubisoft really upped the difficulty in the game, which was very good considering combat and "stealth" in all other titles prior were very easy.
    The game has also got a considerable number of new features which, in my opinion, is a healthy addition - these include character customisation and a point/skill levelling system.

    Is it 'unplayable'? No.
    Does it have frame rate issues? Slightly, yet I rarely noticed this in my game.

    I have given this game a '7' for a number of reasons:
    * The game does have some underlying problems (eg. framerate).
    * The story-line is poor, repetitive (in almost all missions the objective is to assassinate someone in a building through stealth/stealing from someone). Optional objectives are not made clear. It also lacked action and unique characters thus making it hard to follow and boring. Arno's bipolar part-gentleman part-joker feels unnatural and false. To an extent Paris also feels like a city within London due to the voice-acting which tends to encompass 'Posh English' and Cockney.
    * Lacks multi-player which is featured in all other Assassin's Creed games.

    In the end, the game is decent and if you are a fan of the series (as I am) then I would suggest buying it. I do not believe the game deserves "4.3" as a user score in any way - this has only been caused by trolls who apparently expected an aeroplane ticket to 18th century Paris. Tough luck.    … Expand
  30. Glitchy97
    Nov 19, 2014
    4
    I'll be honest I used to be a Ubifan-boy but AC Unity just did it for me, the game feels like it was developed by someone who has no experience what so ever.

    -The new combat system is terrible: In all the other ac games its been practically the same, hit triangle to shoot, square to attack and circle to counter and slow down time just long enough to choose whether you want to disarm,    I'll be honest I used to be a Ubifan-boy but AC Unity just did it for me, the game feels like it was developed by someone who has no experience what so ever.

    -The new combat system is terrible: In all the other ac games its been practically the same, hit triangle to shoot, square to attack and circle to counter and slow down time just long enough to choose whether you want to disarm, kill, shoot, hurt and those sometimes changed depending on the game, but in unity its square to attack as usual but when you're attacked all there is, is parry and dodge: dodge is pretty much usless since parry does the same thing and is almost a counter but there is now slowdown or indicator that you're being attacked and if you don't hit it at the right moment you get a chunk of you life taken away, but the worst thing about combat is the lack of human sheild, since every enemy in the game has a pistol, if they stand back and decide to shoot you, you're screwed. You can't use any weapon you want like in all the others you can only use a melle weapons (which you must buy for any real damage) for actual combat, air assassinations are also very glitchy and I'm not even sure whether a double air assassination is possible on this game.

    -The parkour is equally horrible, all you can really do is up or down and they seem to never want to just let go of the wall, for example sometimes you'll want to jump over a bench, but the character will just glitch and hold onto to bench and you press everything you would to get down but nothing will work, it even says there is a "wall eject" if you press X which does literally nothing and every jump is just buggy and choppy.

    I have no idea why they changed any of these things since they were absolutly fine before. Ubisoft boasts graphics so good it can only run on 30fps but really its looks pretty much the same as black flag, excluding the view point synchronizations. The mechanics of "The crowd" seem non-existant and lock-picking is like no other game, it just feels like a hacking puzzle from black flag. Consumables are used up very quickly since at the start to about half way you have almost no inventory space, and if were to die after using a smoke bomb for example, upon respawn (after a very long loading screen) the item isn't given back.
    Multiplayer is poor since bad connections just add to the uncorfortable feeling of the game and to be ablt to play properly you have to complete missions to get points to unlock abilities that ordinarily would already be available. I've experiances a few times when the frame rate would drop to about 5-10 frames and 1 or 2 crashes. The only thing that could redeem the game would be the story line which I haven't yet finished but for now it gets a 4 for an large open map (yet smaller than in ac4), slight improvement on the graphics and a few minor details other games would usually leave out.
    Poorly coded and designed-Too much hype.    … Expand
  31. whiskeywhiskey
    Nov 27, 2014
    4
    Assassin's Creed Unity has wonderful potential. With its ever so slightly improved graphics and massive maps, I wanted to really dig deep into this game as I have with the past releases from Ubisoft. Even with the massive new update released this week, it still had issues with the frame rate. The problems really emerge when you end up in fights. How could a game which hinges on the thrillAssassin's Creed Unity has wonderful potential. With its ever so slightly improved graphics and massive maps, I wanted to really dig deep into this game as I have with the past releases from Ubisoft. Even with the massive new update released this week, it still had issues with the frame rate. The problems really emerge when you end up in fights. How could a game which hinges on the thrill of swordplay have such terrible fighting? Want to swing your saber? You will see the motion stop about 4 times before you've landed a hit. Major fail on the launch Ubisoft. Perhaps you should have focused all of your attention on ONE game versus two.… Expand
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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
  37. 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.
  38. 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
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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...
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. Kevin9est
    Mar 23, 2022
    4
    The game can have nice graphics, the story is always important, !! But what's the use!
  52. 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
  53. 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.
  54. Kingjulian
    Nov 25, 2014
    3
    Assassin's Creed 4 is a broken mess of a game that should have never been released in the condition it's in. Bought this game and don't have an internet connection? Too bad, you get to enjoy falling through the ground, getting stuck in hay bales and walls, atrocious frame rate drops and all variety of game breaking bugs.
    On top of the technical awfulness, this game just isn't good. The    Assassin's Creed 4 is a broken mess of a game that should have never been released in the condition it's in. Bought this game and don't have an internet connection? Too bad, you get to enjoy falling through the ground, getting stuck in hay bales and walls, atrocious frame rate drops and all variety of game breaking bugs.
    On top of the technical awfulness, this game just isn't good. The traversal feels more imprecise and unpredictable than ever, the combat feels particularly sluggish and drunken, and the story is a joke. I couldn't even bring myself to play this game for more than an hour at a time (before I traded it in) because there's simply nothing fun about it.
    Congrats, Ubisoft. Your awful business practices and lack of professionalism has put me off this series for good.    … Expand
  55. VaaderDj19
    Nov 16, 2014
    3
    Assassins Creed Unity is that moment where the Goose that lays the golden egg is finally killed by the Greed of Ubisoft. This game has been released about 3-4 months before it had any right to be put up for sale. I don't believe the Developers and Programmers were incompetent but it's obvious that they have been forced to sign off on a game that is just not finished.

    Plethora of    Assassins Creed Unity is that moment where the Goose that lays the golden egg is finally killed by the Greed of Ubisoft. This game has been released about 3-4 months before it had any right to be put up for sale. I don't believe the Developers and Programmers were incompetent but it's obvious that they have been forced to sign off on a game that is just not finished.

    Plethora of Glitches and a Framerate that makes the promised '30 Frames Per Second' seems like an idealistic dream. The Game doesn't usher in the franchise to a new Console Generation but it's more like a badly ported PS2 game!! Insanely long load times separate bits of game play, in which, glitches galore and the stuttering frame rate make sure that you are never enjoying the experience.

    The hey days of the Assassins Creed games telling a proper story are gone. The story and the cut scenes are so bad that i don't even remember what the point is. Gameplay is ruined by the Frame rate and the glitches, the fact that you know that even running on Roof tops could lead to you getting stuck in some house that you weren't supposed to enter or fall through the floor, means that you are never enjoying the experience.

    In conclusion if you are new to the franchise, 'Don't buy it' this game doesn't deserve to be out on the market. Since it is a buggy glitchy mess that never deserved to be put out for sale. However, if you are someone who loves the Assassins Creed Franchise, ' Don't Buy it' else this piece of garbage will ruin great memories of a time where Assassins Creed was about achieving Greatness in Gaming.    … Expand
  56. 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
  57. RazerN
    Nov 12, 2014
    3
    Bugs and frame rate issues are not acceptable at this AAA level. Considering the cost of the game it shows Ubisoft care more for making money than releasing a solid day 1 game.
  58. mosessaur
    Nov 23, 2014
    3
    AC Unity could have been the best AC in the series. It has the successful elements for AC Brotherhood. With this brilliant idea of Coop missions.
    The game totally removed annoying repetitive tailing mission to something really interesting. The idea of showing you different appotunity and let you decide which way you should approach the mission was great idea indeed. The crime mystery    AC Unity could have been the best AC in the series. It has the successful elements for AC Brotherhood. With this brilliant idea of Coop missions.
    The game totally removed annoying repetitive tailing mission to something really interesting. The idea of showing you different appotunity and let you decide which way you should approach the mission was great idea indeed. The crime mystery missions were also good new addition. Gives you this Batman detective mission taste.
    Another element borrowed from batman was the Nostradamus Enigma missions where you start to solve few riddles similar to the ones used to be in Arkham series.
    Now to the bad things. Which are really really bad
    Sadly the game is broke. Too much bugs. Annoying bugs. Game breaking bugs. Companion app sync bugs. Uplay connectivity bugs. Lots of bugs everywhere and almost touch every aspect of the game.
    UbiSoft even asked gamers to disable online features. Can you believe that?! They were too excited about these online features and to workaround few bugs they asked us to disable the online features.
    Also in order to reviel everything on the map you need purchase Helix points in order to unlock time saver packs. Helix points are available on PlayStation Store or XBox Live. and they are not cheap.
    This is just too much. UbiSoft totally ruined the game with all the bugs and microtransactions.
    Happy to give it low score below 5    … Expand
  59. 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
  60. 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.
  61. Maycolino10
    Nov 11, 2014
    3
    Huge Huge Let Down! Im sick and tired of getting hyped by Ubisoft games and be disappointed for how old and outdated the game engine is, which is basically a last gen game with all kinds of hiccups, framedrops, pop-ups, etc etc, from day one. That make me think about how they cheat people showing and outstanding game before the release in super PCs and how far is that from the real thing.Huge Huge Let Down! Im sick and tired of getting hyped by Ubisoft games and be disappointed for how old and outdated the game engine is, which is basically a last gen game with all kinds of hiccups, framedrops, pop-ups, etc etc, from day one. That make me think about how they cheat people showing and outstanding game before the release in super PCs and how far is that from the real thing. Im not usually write any review but right now im very pissed off… Expand
  62. ohthesandraz
    Nov 12, 2014
    3
    What happened to Ubisoft? This game looks nothing like it did in the E3 showings. The game looks beautiful when it isn't running into framerate issues 95% of the time. You didn't have to rush this game, but you did. Was the pressure from your marketing partner too much? You could have done what 2K did and delayed Evolve. But no, we get this shoddy piece of work. This is my second worstWhat happened to Ubisoft? This game looks nothing like it did in the E3 showings. The game looks beautiful when it isn't running into framerate issues 95% of the time. You didn't have to rush this game, but you did. Was the pressure from your marketing partner too much? You could have done what 2K did and delayed Evolve. But no, we get this shoddy piece of work. This is my second worst purchase of a game I've ever had.… Expand
  63. KazuhiraMiller
    Nov 21, 2014
    3
    I won't **** here, this game is pretty bad. The glitches and bugs are incredibly rampant, with character models flying all over the place and cut audio appearing in and out at random times. I've had to leave the game numerous times to be able to finally free my character from the window that they had somehow fused into. Multiplayer in this game is also where you can find an abundance ofI won't **** here, this game is pretty bad. The glitches and bugs are incredibly rampant, with character models flying all over the place and cut audio appearing in and out at random times. I've had to leave the game numerous times to be able to finally free my character from the window that they had somehow fused into. Multiplayer in this game is also where you can find an abundance of glitches and the occasional frame-rate nose dive. I've had the game go from 27 fps to 15 fps within the blink of an eye and stay there for more then 3 minutes. I've also had missions FORBID THEMSELVES from letting my friends and I complete said mission, a prime example of this would be a mission were you have to take out snipers within buildings before a characters chariot comes between their cross-hairs. The mission INTENTIONALLY makes it so that once you've taken out at least 8 of the 9 snipers, the last sniper disappears from existence, and your left looking at the bar that says "8 Out Of 9 Snipers Eliminated" until you restart the mission again and hope that the game is in a forgiving mood. The story of this game feels like a french version of ACII, and in no way does it improve upon it or give you a memorable character like ACII did. The only thing this game seems to do right is the combat system, but about 2/3s of it is still BS. They took away the mechanic were you were able to turn any enemy into a meatshield when an enemy was about to shoot you, so now, every time you fight a group of enemies, you have to either roll around and move like an autistic child on a sugar high to avoid being shot, and even WITH that, you still get hit. The enemies AI seems to have also taken a massive amount of steroids, because the difficulty enemies present now is even more then that of all previous AC games enemies combined. So enjoy dying a lot. Overall, I'm glad a friend lent me this game, because I would have regretted this purchase till the day I died… Expand
  64. pjmeyer22
    Nov 13, 2014
    3
    My disappointment is not with Assassin's Creed. It's with Ubisoft, EA, Square Enix, and other mega big gaming companies. They set release dates in stone and end up releasing games before they are finished. Dragon Age's healing system and healing spells are gone. Linking CO-OP, multiplayer, and singleplayer. together does not work. I want to play stealth, I am playing smash and bash, and IMy disappointment is not with Assassin's Creed. It's with Ubisoft, EA, Square Enix, and other mega big gaming companies. They set release dates in stone and end up releasing games before they are finished. Dragon Age's healing system and healing spells are gone. Linking CO-OP, multiplayer, and singleplayer. together does not work. I want to play stealth, I am playing smash and bash, and I am ahead of both of you because all of my skills are maxed out. Now I really don't want Dragon Age:Inquisition. We are not going to make the game harder, We're just doing away with health spells. Did anyone remember the eight hours it took to beat Dungeon Siege 3. I am sorry a game should not go from 35 hours of game time to just 8. I am sick and tried of these half baked games. I am so happy Rockstar pushed back GTA 5 PC release to 2015. Because it means they are crossing their T's and dotting their I's.… Expand
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. f0bbs
    Nov 11, 2014
    3
    I think the review saying "don't listen to the complaints, just go out and buy it" is really not helpful at all considering the games frequent buggy combat, parkour, clipping and frame rate issues. I found the story boring and not interesting enough to hold my attention, maybe if I wasn't having such problems with the game i would have stuck it out but in it's present state it just sucks.I think the review saying "don't listen to the complaints, just go out and buy it" is really not helpful at all considering the games frequent buggy combat, parkour, clipping and frame rate issues. I found the story boring and not interesting enough to hold my attention, maybe if I wasn't having such problems with the game i would have stuck it out but in it's present state it just sucks.

    I would say it's one of the worst AC's so far. People saying that the game doesn't have problems are completely lying and I can't believe people are saying they didn't experience any frame drops! It's complete lies. The game is unfinished and you should seriously think twice about buying it. If Ubisoft fix it then fine, but why would anyone want to play a game that runs < 20fps in most areas.

    People just don't want to admit it's issues and that's really sad and is the reason why companies keep releasing unpolished content, so many people will just like anything and look past the genuine problems. I would definitely say that the game is not worth the full price in its current state. It needs to be fixed with a patch.    … Expand
  69. Dokem
    Nov 12, 2014
    3
    Nothing like AC4BF. Very dissapointing. Nice graphics, but a lot of glitches and bugs, freezes, etc. Story is way less fluid so far. There is a cash shop also. I will give this game a negative review until they fix the bugs. That first update didn't solve much. Or maybe it was worst? I played for like 2 hours. Going to wait for next patch to continue. If you really want this game, INothing like AC4BF. Very dissapointing. Nice graphics, but a lot of glitches and bugs, freezes, etc. Story is way less fluid so far. There is a cash shop also. I will give this game a negative review until they fix the bugs. That first update didn't solve much. Or maybe it was worst? I played for like 2 hours. Going to wait for next patch to continue. If you really want this game, I recommend to wait a couple of weeks and see if the problems are resolved. If not, then its better to spend money on something more polished.… Expand
  70. Queltz
    Nov 13, 2014
    3
    Let's face it, Assassin's Creed has had it's ups and downs within the series. Last year's AC:Black Flag was a breath of fresh air in a slowly drowning franchise.

    Yet, instead of continuing on that path, Ubisoft has decided to come back to it's roots, releasing AC:Unity, resembling greatly to AC:2. To make it simple. We've lost the ''new'' that we had found with AC:Black Flag. Yes we    Let's face it, Assassin's Creed has had it's ups and downs within the series. Last year's AC:Black Flag was a breath of fresh air in a slowly drowning franchise.

    Yet, instead of continuing on that path, Ubisoft has decided to come back to it's roots, releasing AC:Unity, resembling greatly to AC:2.

    To make it simple. We've lost the ''new'' that we had found with AC:Black Flag. Yes we have a deeper customization system for armour and weapons, a new Parkour System that helps with descending from higher grounds, but then, we also have many major issues.

    The plot is somewhat boring, but we usually can get passed by that when the gameplay experience compensates.

    The thing is, it doesn't. We have a broken game. A release that should have been delayed for the loyal and new players.

    I've played it on the PS4. The choppy frame rate is horrible. Indoors, I usually drop around 20ish FPS and let's not talk about the outdoors and it's overcrowded roads which kills it.

    I've encountered many bugs with very little game time, where the PC won't respond to the controller's commands, glitches, instant kills, and very sluggish battles where I wasn't able to fight the enemies.

    I've played many of the AC series, yet have never been so disappointed by one (excluding the 1st and original AC)

    Also, let's note that the game is harder than all of the other entries, with far-away check points and with a less powerful PC.

    It breaks the mood. I don't feel all that powerful and had the fantasy of being able to play the previous assassins from earlier entries.

    Get your stuff together Ubi.    … Expand
  71. hkryzanski
    Nov 17, 2014
    3
    . it was just a leap backwards from black flag. controls were a mess. acquiring skills was an annoying process. missions repetitive and boring. the only thing that kept me going was the fact i kept dying. comparatively you got significantly less health than in other assassins creed games. (yes i raged) this game probably had the least amount of freedom from all the assassins creed games.. it was just a leap backwards from black flag. controls were a mess. acquiring skills was an annoying process. missions repetitive and boring. the only thing that kept me going was the fact i kept dying. comparatively you got significantly less health than in other assassins creed games. (yes i raged) this game probably had the least amount of freedom from all the assassins creed games. don't waste your money on this game… Expand
  72. Bishop76
    Nov 19, 2014
    3
    This game is a train wreck from the word go. The combat is clumsy and painful - so many attacks come at you from off screen and the mission structure seems built solely for punishment, never for fun. The parkour is AC3 clunky as you get hung up on everything and jump around like a retarded monkey who has no idea where he's going. The graphics look great, sure, but when they're runningThis game is a train wreck from the word go. The combat is clumsy and painful - so many attacks come at you from off screen and the mission structure seems built solely for punishment, never for fun. The parkour is AC3 clunky as you get hung up on everything and jump around like a retarded monkey who has no idea where he's going. The graphics look great, sure, but when they're running at 6 frames per second, it can be irritating. The story is pedestrian. The main character feels like a poor man's Ezio. Everyone involved with this game should be publicly shamed for screwing up so royally after the immensely fun Black Flag.… Expand
  73. Rumbles
    Nov 22, 2014
    3
    This is the first time I have felt the need to write a review for a game on this site. There are so many fake reviews on here for this game, it's disgusting.

    There is essentially only 8 hours of game play here, the catch is that you have to spend 40 hours grinding to get to even cash to play on. While the co-op seemed like a great idea, it was implemented in a terrible way. 11 missions,    This is the first time I have felt the need to write a review for a game on this site. There are so many fake reviews on here for this game, it's disgusting.

    There is essentially only 8 hours of game play here, the catch is that you have to spend 40 hours grinding to get to even cash to play on. While the co-op seemed like a great idea, it was implemented in a terrible way. 11 missions, that play out the same way every time, there is no replay value in the co-op.

    The ending is the biggest insult of all, no spoilers, but anyone that has played it will know what I mean. I don't believe anyone should spend money on this game, maybe buy it second hand, because I suspect the market will soon be flooded with copies of AC Unity.    … Expand
  74. hkb
    Dec 14, 2014
    3
    many many bugs, nothing new for the story, AC Rogue, Unity, Victory ... developed in the same time, Ubisoft is milking the franchise to the bone. AC is officialy like any other COD title, not worth it.
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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.
  79. 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.
  80. 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.
  81. 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.
  82. 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.
  83. 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.
  84. 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
  85. 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.
  86. 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
  87. 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.
  88. 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.
  89. digidoggie18
    Nov 13, 2014
    2
    I have played and bought every Assassins creed game since it first started. Each one ha progressively gotten worse except for back flag. The cinematics are extremely detailed, looking almost life like however, when you get past that first one your like what the heck is this. You then pick from a menu of stories which absolutely killed the game for me and made it seem more arcade like asI have played and bought every Assassins creed game since it first started. Each one ha progressively gotten worse except for back flag. The cinematics are extremely detailed, looking almost life like however, when you get past that first one your like what the heck is this. You then pick from a menu of stories which absolutely killed the game for me and made it seem more arcade like as opposed to sandbox like. Ubisoft focused way too much o those cinematics This game is an unfinished game like most have been for ps4. They finally fixed the character jumping off high walls when in free run mode. Finally they have a get down button combo. From there the motions got way more choppy and the game lags in frame rate. Character motion reminds me a lot of how UFC turned out this year where if he character doesn't line up with an object they want to climb or grab you see them slide to the object like moonwalking. I played about 40 mins the first time and got this lack of smooth character play and choppy play about 20 times. I have completely decided to take this game back and will not be doing a full review or play through. After black flag this deserves to be tossed in the trash it was overly hyped like watchdogs and most other ps4 games this season… Expand
  90. SeniorMints
    Nov 15, 2014
    2
    Polished turd. I'll give it a few points just because the artwork is great. I loved AC:Black Flag, but this game is a total wreck. There are a lot of glitches that need to be patched, but I don't imagine there is any patch for the dull gameplay.
  91. traffmeister
    Nov 13, 2014
    2
    When did Assassin's Creed become so dull, and SO BROKEN? Seriously, it's like companies don't even play test their games any more... Ubi is becoming the new EA which is just so sad, releasing unfinished crap and justifying stupid things like parity/sexism etc. This game is probably improved by some of the stupid bugs, which just shows what a poor effort it is. It does have some nice visuals though
  92. 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.
  93. spyder_gamer
    Nov 13, 2014
    2
    Nothing new , just the assassins ever with more quirks in gráfricos animations and taking advantage
    a striking historical fact . and thus follows UBSOFT with his super deceptive marketing .
  94. Kensike
    Nov 11, 2014
    2
    My first and final entry in the assassin's creed series. This game is a bug filled mess, not only have I experienced several game breaking bugs (including one I'm looking at right now where I'm stuck after stealth killing a guard inside a bundle of hay), I've experienced massive frame rate drops, constant multi-player disconnects, the inability to accept any friend requests (connectionMy first and final entry in the assassin's creed series. This game is a bug filled mess, not only have I experienced several game breaking bugs (including one I'm looking at right now where I'm stuck after stealth killing a guard inside a bundle of hay), I've experienced massive frame rate drops, constant multi-player disconnects, the inability to accept any friend requests (connection error please try again later), I can't enough bad things about how horribly they made this game work, it even had the audacity to force close the game when I was looting a regular guard unit. Ultimately, if this is an example of the franchise's greatest strengths, consider yourself lost regarding a potential customer. Seriously, a game should not be running as poorly as that title. Ubisoft has a knack for releasing broken games, it seems.… Expand
  95. lastgen
    Nov 11, 2014
    2
    Seriously people like this? Is the same garbage! It looks like **** compared to black flag. Choppy. Laggy whatever you wanna call it. Quality of next gen games are terrible. This should be dlc
  96. einzelwolf
    Nov 12, 2014
    2
    OK, I had not played an AC game since the first one on PC so I was expecting some true next gen experience here. Alas, I was extremely disappointed.

    First of all, the frame rate drops on PS4 are just out of this world, it feels sluggish and there are so many visual bugs that it is impossible not to feel pulled away from game play. Game world seems alive and beautiful but so unpolished    OK, I had not played an AC game since the first one on PC so I was expecting some true next gen experience here. Alas, I was extremely disappointed.

    First of all, the frame rate drops on PS4 are just out of this world, it feels sluggish and there are so many visual bugs that it is impossible not to feel pulled away from game play. Game world seems alive and beautiful but so unpolished and unfinished I don't know what Ubisoft was thinking.

    Combat is a bit better than before but when you have experienced combat in Demon's Souls and such this feels like a 3 year old trying to put a square in a triangle hole.

    Storywise there's nothing worth noting and no real involvement with France's real history which is a shame.

    OK, game is disappointing overall and feels unfinished and rushed down. There are microtransactions in game which is stupid to say the least, even more after Projekt Red (creators of The Witcher games) have announced that all DLC for The Witcher 3 are going to be for FREE. Take note Ubisoft.

    Final comment: Do not buy, rent first and see for yourself if it is worth it or not.    … Expand
  97. AcesAndEights
    Nov 11, 2014
    2
    I am a long time fan of AC. That said, this game had the worst performance I have ever seen. The frame rate is so bad that it is unplayable. So upset Ubisoft released this garbage to us. Oh, and the micro transactions were removed from the review builds. Yes, you gotta pay for the good stuff above the 60 bucks you pad for the game. Sony was nice enough to refund me my money. 1st timeI am a long time fan of AC. That said, this game had the worst performance I have ever seen. The frame rate is so bad that it is unplayable. So upset Ubisoft released this garbage to us. Oh, and the micro transactions were removed from the review builds. Yes, you gotta pay for the good stuff above the 60 bucks you pad for the game. Sony was nice enough to refund me my money. 1st time ever I asked for one.… Expand
  98. Cookiebooky
    Nov 12, 2014
    2
    First Watchdogs and now this?!
    First off, the graphics reminds me of Assassins Creed 2 or 3 on ps3 or xbox360 and this should be on Next Gen. Nope. Low graphics.
    Also so many glitches like guards getting stuck in walls, flying and other NPC being weird wizards and going weird places. The combat and free-roam/parkour system is also very broken. Fx parkour teleport, poor combat system.    First Watchdogs and now this?!
    First off, the graphics reminds me of Assassins Creed 2 or 3 on ps3 or xbox360 and this should be on Next Gen. Nope. Low graphics.
    Also so many glitches like guards getting stuck in walls, flying and other NPC being weird wizards and going weird places.
    The combat and free-roam/parkour system is also very broken. Fx parkour teleport, poor combat system.
    Framerate drops like a dubstep beat even in cutscenes, cutting the frames to 10-15FPS. Choppy gameplay in general.
    The story I like, rather good so far but is really buried by this broken game and you dont pay attention to it because you are too busy yelling at the screen in frustration.
    I'm usually a calm gamer but this **** put my rage mode on.    … Expand
  99. LucidKitten85
    Nov 12, 2014
    2
    If we were to review this game on visuals alone, it would be finest Assassins creed game in the franchise. Its feels like a return to form of the older games but a mix of the last 2. You feel the medieval history of an old city mixed with the colonial modernism of the time. The visuals are without a doubt absolutely breathtaking. Overall the game feels like a low level assassinationIf we were to review this game on visuals alone, it would be finest Assassins creed game in the franchise. Its feels like a return to form of the older games but a mix of the last 2. You feel the medieval history of an old city mixed with the colonial modernism of the time. The visuals are without a doubt absolutely breathtaking. Overall the game feels like a low level assassination mission game. Gone is the larger mythos that has made assassins creed the series we have grown to love and replaced with it is a story of petty vengeance. That is of course a point in all the games but here it is the entire story. There is no character development, the story focusing mainly on Arno. He's a likeable guy but since the entire story is driven by his desire for vengeance and nothing else we never get to know him. We don't see any of the artifacts from the first civilization highlighted very much in the game. In fact those references which were ripe in all the other games are nearly non exsistant in this one.

    The missions are pretty decent because they make you think. You have several points of entry in order to get into the buildings, and have to plot them well. The problem is that you usually have to kill pretty much every enemy available to reach your goal. They also began to feel stale after awhile because the formula is pretty much the same. The targets never really become a part of the storyline because all you ever see is them in Arno's after assassination visions. That leading up to another sore point I have with the game. The after death scene where the main character finds out the motivations of his targets and often apologizes for their death is gone. Replaced with it is Arno looking into their past events from his own eyes. I imagine to some that's a good thing. For me the departure from the format of previous games is just sad to see.

    The modern half of the story is pretty much gone. Besides a few little tidbits here that plays almost no part. You aren't even sure if you are the same character from the last game or an entirely new character this time around. I always enjoyed this half of the game as much as I did the parts where you lived in the past. It was nice to see the tie ins from the past to the present. What you get in this game feels more like a distraction from the main story than anything else. Overall the game has a lot of intentional but just does not deliver.    … Expand
  100. vallentagal
    Nov 12, 2014
    2
    I'm disgusted with the level of BS this game carries and what it represents for the future of gaming. If you respect this medium and want it to be better overall, avoid this game. Discourage anyone buying it and recommend them Shadow of Mordor instead.
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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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