Assassin's Creed Unity

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6.1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    This game is pure trash and successfully killed the Assassin's Creed series single-handedly. Even putting aside the whole broken release fiasco, this game is completely trash even when it's working as intended. It's bad. It's explosively apocalyptically bad and nobody should buy it or any future title in the series until Ubisoft figures out how to make games and not tests of anger and frustration.    … Expand
  27. JustAHonestUser
    Aug 6, 2019
    0
    Ебаная баганая хуета. Юбисофт пидорасы, покупают фейковые отзывы по 10 баллов, которых игра точно не заслуживает. Еще и донат добавили в сингл. Вот суки.
  28. ByForrest
    Jul 28, 2019
    1
    El juego está mal optimizado y lleno de bugs q ubi no arregla, la historia es mala y genérica, la jugabilidad es mala, el balanceo es malo, los niveles aburridos y hay miles de micropagos.
    Lo único bueno q puedo decir es que se ve bonito.
  29. Schuencks
    Jun 24, 2019
    0
    Garbage. I gave up. Nobody deseves that. the worse ASSASSIN'S CREED game...
  30. DK1994
    May 25, 2019
    1
    Quite possibly one of the worst games I've ever played. Every possible thing that could be awful, is awful. Combat is actually ridiculous. Stealth is non existent. Missions are unimaginative and ill designed. All in all a terrible game
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#91 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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Metascore
70

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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