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
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#91 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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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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