Assassin's Creed Unity

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. aciphex
    Feb 5, 2015
    1
    the game itself is great...what cannot be ignored is how quickly they rushed this game out the door...for the first time ever i wont be buying an assassins creed game...i feel no shame in torrenting a broken game
  19. Monchis
    Dec 20, 2014
    1
    After several patches this game is still unplayable on my pc, stuttering, hitching, jittering and now 10 second freezes problems... port is very bad. I can´t belive ubi kiev is still there after ruining pc ports one after another.
  20. Boneblast
    Jan 28, 2015
    2
    This is my first review, I own Ac:Unity on ps4, the game brings nothing new in comparison with the versions for older consoles, except for the great graphics

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

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

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

    The Ugly
    -U Play
    -The Companion app. Uses the same formula like any other freemium game on the mobile market, pay to not wait, pay for in-game currency
    -Locked content (U-Play, companion app)
    -the feeling of an unfinished game that fails to deliver what it hyped people about
    -DLC
    -Crowd dynamics
    -Extremely bad voice acting in English because of the mixture of accents, the brigands seem to inherit very raspy cockney accents.    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. JensTrolldom
    Mar 7, 2015
    1
    AC: Unity looks as good as all AC games, and the world is very immersive. The only problem is that the game is still unplayable 4 months after release. It can run fine for maybe 10 minutes, and then it just starts to freeze every 3. second or so, and flip the camera angle to the sky. Another problem is when you are in combat. The game will suddenly stop responding to mouse and keyboardAC: Unity looks as good as all AC games, and the world is very immersive. The only problem is that the game is still unplayable 4 months after release. It can run fine for maybe 10 minutes, and then it just starts to freeze every 3. second or so, and flip the camera angle to the sky. Another problem is when you are in combat. The game will suddenly stop responding to mouse and keyboard input, and you just die.

    If they manage to ever fix the game, i would rate it 8 or 9. The only reason i gave it 1, and not 0, is the fact that Ubisoft gave away free season passes to all who bought the game. And a free "AAA" game from Ubisoft to all that had bought the season pass before this.    … Expand
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. AgentVenom117
    Feb 21, 2016
    2
    Glitchy,boring and unplayable this game is proof that Ubisoft need to re think the assassin's creed franchise and have too re think there strategy and try and maybe one day a game as good as assassins creed 2 will surface but until then Ubisoft will keep on craping out this unoriginal and glitchy garbage.
  28. 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.
  29. Kevin9est
    Mar 23, 2022
    4
    The game can have nice graphics, the story is always important, !! But what's the use!
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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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