Assassin's Creed Unity

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  1. RealDarthWeeder
    Nov 12, 2014
    5
    FOR PC GAMERS:
    By Graphic this game is really a Next-Gen BUT..Still the same story as in every AC game since AC2. Game is so poorly optimized even my beast PC has sometimes problem with it (i7,64GB RAM,GTX Titan SLI with newest Nvidia Drivers) so I finished the game today and I like it even when there is TONS of BUGS and GLITCHES this is the AC game we all want after all of this AC3 and    FOR PC GAMERS:
    By Graphic this game is really a Next-Gen BUT..Still the same story as in every AC game since AC2. Game is so poorly optimized even my beast PC has sometimes problem with it (i7,64GB RAM,GTX Titan SLI with newest Nvidia Drivers) so I finished the game today and I like it even when there is TONS of BUGS and GLITCHES this is the AC game we all want after all of this AC3 and AC4..Unity is the young french brother of AC2. (Which is for me still the best AC game.) Paris is beautiful and detailed,story is very simple but not so bad as in AC3 and Co-Op is SO Stupid and you can only get in if you take the player as your friend on uPlay..So game is pretty good if just "UPLAY" it without any other people. Here goes another BUT..If you have slower versions of i5 CPU or GTX cards lower than GTX780 series and less than 8GB RAM..THIS GAME IS SIMPLY--->NOT FOR YOU    … Expand
  2. ShakySkeleton
    Nov 15, 2014
    5
    As a tour of revolutionary France, AC: Unity is wonderful. It's graphics are great and Its level of detail in NPC behavoiur is quite astounding, making the streets of France feel very alive and busy. As a game however, it's playable, but increadibly unpolished.
  3. Revguy
    Dec 2, 2014
    5
    I've been waiting for this game for quite some time, and now that i have played it, i can honestly say that I am disappointed!

    Yet another developer spent more time marketing the game than actually making it good! From the very beginning i felt like it was trying to be something similar to Assassin's Creed 2, which in my honest opinion is the best Assassin's Creed game today. But it    I've been waiting for this game for quite some time, and now that i have played it, i can honestly say that I am disappointed!

    Yet another developer spent more time marketing the game than actually making it good!

    From the very beginning i felt like it was trying to be something similar to Assassin's Creed 2, which in my honest opinion is the best Assassin's Creed game today. But it fails to deliver, it feels copied, cheap, unorganized!

    It seems like Ubisoft tried to make the game look good, and then forgetting what the core of a game should be, which is gameplay as any avid gamer knows.

    First off there's the FPS problems, now Ubisoft said 30 FPS was their target, which is fine by me considering it's a console game, but i rarely hit 30, heck, i rarely hit 20 FPS, I'm usually at 10-15 FPS. Then there's the glitches, i hop into a haystack, and I'm stuck, having to close the game and open it again, i could go on with the glitches but it's pointless, it's just bad coding and bad priorities.

    Now if you ask me, i love the Assassin's Creed series, I've been played since the launch of Assassin's Creed 1, and I've loved every single one of them up until now.

    I'm giving it 5, cause Paris does look quite good, but that's all the game is!    … Expand
  4. Rumplestilskin
    Nov 18, 2014
    5
    ACU. Don't really know what to say about the physics and condition that Ubi let this potential masterpiece go out with. But i must say that Paris is really great, Arno is likable. i feel bad that this game came out the way it did but you guys did an awesome job with FC4.

    All-in-all. Frame rate aside, Enjoyed the game some what.
  5. 10mooses
    Nov 25, 2014
    5
    I've played them all. There's to many.
    Ubisoft need to calm down. AC doesn't have to be a yearly release. Two more games to tie it up, two years apart. Thats all you're aloud ubisoft. It shouldn't be this mindless, buggy crap year after year. Probably should have ended with Desmond.
    It's not that it's a bad game, the problem is that we've see it all before. There's nothing new here, in    I've played them all. There's to many.
    Ubisoft need to calm down. AC doesn't have to be a yearly release. Two more games to tie it up, two years apart. Thats all you're aloud ubisoft. It shouldn't be this mindless, buggy crap year after year. Probably should have ended with Desmond.
    It's not that it's a bad game, the problem is that we've see it all before. There's nothing new here, in fact in some ways it's been stripped back.
    One thing i didn't appreciate was the micro transactions. £50 -£60 AAA title and they're still trying to milk more money out of you. In the game you're constantly skint. It waves fancy weapons and armour in your face, you run around and do all the side missions (pretty much the only way to make money) and by the time you've done them all you can only really afford one or two decent items.

    Not their best effort but at least it didn't have any of that pirate ship pish    … Expand
  6. LatinCritic13
    May 18, 2020
    5
    Set after the events of AC3 and AC Rogue, Assassin's Creed Unity is a big beautiful buggy mess. There were so much missed opportunities that can be implemented but I guess Ubisoft were greedy to give a smidt. At least, Dead Kings DLC is free though despite a broken love story that feels too depressing to care about.
  7. Thehudthestud
    Dec 10, 2014
    5
    I had such hopes for this game. But alas it betrayed me, the game is fun and innovates in various ways but it really shows the franchises age. The main character is a rip off of ezio, for gods sake his hair and life style and attitude are basically copy pasted from him. There are NUMEROUS glitches and bugs that I have experienced in my game playthroughs. The DLCs were **** All you had toI had such hopes for this game. But alas it betrayed me, the game is fun and innovates in various ways but it really shows the franchises age. The main character is a rip off of ezio, for gods sake his hair and life style and attitude are basically copy pasted from him. There are NUMEROUS glitches and bugs that I have experienced in my game playthroughs. The DLCs were **** All you had to do in the Paris one was climb the effiel tower, really? . The game falls short in so many places I'm just I'm just done with this franchise now.its the new cod. The sacrifice the fan base, story, gameplay, characters just to release the same god damn **** ever year now… Expand
  8. SH1
    Dec 21, 2014
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game had some crashes while I used it, however I did not have any of the performance problems reported in the media. The story was disappointing though. They are in Paris during the revolution, and all that they can come up with is some cheesy love story? What about the motivations behind the revolution, for example? They could have gone into more details about the Jacobin Club at least.

    I think that the game deserves some points for 3D modelling. Obviously a lot of effort went into re-creating Paris. There were some fun moments, and the fetch quests were not that bad. The controls were awkward at times but generally the combat was fluent and logical. In this sense the game succeeds from a core mechanic point of view.    … Expand
  9. mikelis
    Dec 21, 2014
    5
    This game could be easily the best of the series but.....dear Buggysoft don't rush the f..ing GAME! We would buy it even it was after Christmas...now you just screw your reputation as company! I played every AC game, and from titles 1 until 3 WERE ASSASINS GAMES! Then you decided to just stop a great storyline and waste our time with pirates (though Black Flag was fair game, not great) andThis game could be easily the best of the series but.....dear Buggysoft don't rush the f..ing GAME! We would buy it even it was after Christmas...now you just screw your reputation as company! I played every AC game, and from titles 1 until 3 WERE ASSASINS GAMES! Then you decided to just stop a great storyline and waste our time with pirates (though Black Flag was fair game, not great) and French Revolution!! THE MAIN STORY OF AC GAMES IS THE FUTURE DAYS!! Not just Assasins - Templar battles in random eras!! And that wasn't enought for you Buggysoft!! You took this very nice era and you filled it with so fu...ing buggs and glitches!! You could have made an epic game!! I gave a 5 because of city design ,the Missions that were very interesting and the Multiplayer Missions (thought it was buggy enought) and i hope you will hold only the good things in your next games. I am very sad because that game could be the best game ever!… Expand
  10. KaTwOoOMan
    Jan 19, 2015
    5
    The game is good, I love AC Unity because of it's representation of Paris. May be my judgement is subjectif???

    BUT, it doesn't woork properly! Not even 4 patchs can make this game work! It's a shame, I can't finish it! 70€ for this game???
    Please developers do you work!
  11. Abdulbaqr
    Feb 17, 2015
    5
    AC3 was very good, and I skipped AC4. I went to get this one at a midnight release and was stoked to start it up the following day after work. Visually beautiful, I loved the cityscape that was laid out. I liked that the story delved a little more into the templar and assassin back-and-forth, but there wasn't much incentive to play the side quests. You can earn more than enough moneyAC3 was very good, and I skipped AC4. I went to get this one at a midnight release and was stoked to start it up the following day after work. Visually beautiful, I loved the cityscape that was laid out. I liked that the story delved a little more into the templar and assassin back-and-forth, but there wasn't much incentive to play the side quests. You can earn more than enough money through the clubs that you renovate to buy legendary weapons. At a certain point I just put it down and traded it back in to Gamestop.… Expand
  12. theFounded
    May 13, 2015
    5
    Now after playing AC unity for around 24 hours I ready to give my honest review. To put it short AC unity is lackluster. Now lets start at the beginning, First the story. In the story of ACU we are introduced to Arno, a common a kid who orphaned after his dad died of a murder. He now lives with a family in the upper class. The daughter of the family he lives with is an obvious loveNow after playing AC unity for around 24 hours I ready to give my honest review. To put it short AC unity is lackluster. Now lets start at the beginning, First the story. In the story of ACU we are introduced to Arno, a common a kid who orphaned after his dad died of a murder. He now lives with a family in the upper class. The daughter of the family he lives with is an obvious love interest. The story is not all that interesting, there is no cool plat twist. No character stands out, the only thing it does right is add to the lore of the AC universe. Arno is a pretty flat character. He is charismatic in all the wrong ways. So overall the story is not why you should buy this game. Now the game play, the game-play is greatly refined with a new parkour mechanic allowing to ascend and descend. However I think the descend mechanic needs some work. The parkour is also pretty glitch. While running on rooftops Arno will get stuck jump super far randomly and is generally pretty choppy.The new fighting mechanic is pretty good. It is now more challenging.... However they still throw enemy after enemy after you like in the old games. This is so annoying since combat is harder we cant fight 20 guys at once, however the game doesn't seem to care. Next the AI is pretty, who am I kidding its god awful. In combat the walk around and when they deiced to attack you they do a extremely dumb animation. Its like they growl at you before swinging. And the most annoying thing of all is the guns. The enemies will often just spam using their guns forcing you to get them first, however the controls to doge the gun fire is broken. To dodge a gun shot you have to push the X button however, if you are not near an enemy you cant doge it unless you run behind something. The gun system is horrible they need to redo it. Next lets talk stealth. To put it simply its crap. Mainly due to the enemy placement.The enemies are placed in a way that it is almost impossible to take out anyone without being detected. Unless you use the "phantom blade" which is basically a silenced gun. However you only get like 5 at a time and it costs so much to refill them all. The stealth seems like it was made for a splinter cell game. I say this because without a gun you are screwed. Now lets end this up with the multiplayer. It is odd. It is definitely enjoyable if you get your friends, but without people you now it is not all that fun. The stealth is a lot more enjoyable when you work together but not by much.
    Alright lets end this review.
    Final verdict 5/10
    Positives
    Impressive visuals and world
    New combat
    Decent Parkour
    Negatives
    Bad story
    Clunky gun combat
    Glitchy
    Uneven parkour
    Bad stealth

    Only buy this if you are a true AC fan if not it is worth a pass. If you are going to buy it wait for a sale, this game should be priced 15 through 20 bucks.    … Expand
  13. Hynch
    May 14, 2015
    5
    Missions are boring. It's nearly impossible to play the game stealth. Framerate is terrible. The character "customization" outfits all look the same. The collectibles are way too abundant. The multiplayer is terribly laggy with lots of rubberbanding and invisible enemies. Lastly the combat is tedious and feels like I am trying to poke enemies to death with a sewing needle. I am so glad IMissions are boring. It's nearly impossible to play the game stealth. Framerate is terrible. The character "customization" outfits all look the same. The collectibles are way too abundant. The multiplayer is terribly laggy with lots of rubberbanding and invisible enemies. Lastly the combat is tedious and feels like I am trying to poke enemies to death with a sewing needle. I am so glad I only spent $15 on this game. Sadly even at that price the game was a waste of money. Take my advice and skip this game.… Expand
  14. Dweller-V
    May 18, 2015
    5
    AC Unity is a clear shining example of a game that hasn't had much effort put into it, a bland story with uninteresting characters mixed with mediocre combat.. When AC Unity first released it was a labyrinth of bugs and frame drops that took over a month to improve (not much improvement).
  15. Dartek
    Sep 17, 2015
    5
    Really a good looking game, what else? Open world but really repetitive, lot of bugs, not a great story, actually is kind of boring... too bad for this franchise but AC U doesn't help, and please the secundary missions are so anoying... Do not try this game unless you are a big fan
  16. PhilosophyRex
    Oct 16, 2016
    5
    Un juego que no es ni la mitad de lo que podría a ver sido, el sigilo no funciona correctamente, las misiones son repetitivas, hay algún error que otro con los npcs, la historia principal carece de interés, el protagonista no tiene carisma y la parte del presente es meramente anecdótico porque no aporta nada...una pena que no se haya aprovechado este periodo histórico. Eso sí, la FranciaUn juego que no es ni la mitad de lo que podría a ver sido, el sigilo no funciona correctamente, las misiones son repetitivas, hay algún error que otro con los npcs, la historia principal carece de interés, el protagonista no tiene carisma y la parte del presente es meramente anecdótico porque no aporta nada...una pena que no se haya aprovechado este periodo histórico. Eso sí, la Francia de la revolución francesa está muy bien recreada, prácticamente es lo único que sacar en positivo.… Expand
  17. Nel
    Dec 10, 2016
    5
    There is a lot of bugs in here, and the story isn't as good as in the other creed games, I would suggest that you skip this one, and go for the next one. The graphics, and gameplay is fine, but it kinda gets overshadowed by all the grime bugs.
  18. CheeseLord
    Dec 11, 2015
    5
    Assassins Creed Unity is not what I expected, but well let's go for them pros and cons

    PROS Very stunning graphics Okay combat system but big improvement from previous games since they aren't tap a button to win Free roaming co-op! CONS Horrible parkour physics Frame rate drops when running through crowd at the streets (The Xbox One can keep a proper frame rate when running    Assassins Creed Unity is not what I expected, but well let's go for them pros and cons

    PROS
    Very stunning graphics
    Okay combat system but big improvement from previous games since they aren't tap a button to win
    Free roaming co-op!

    CONS
    Horrible parkour physics
    Frame rate drops when running through crowd at the streets (The Xbox One can keep a proper frame rate when running through crowd)
    Meh story, never liked it very much

    Personally I think Assassin's Creed is going towards the wrong steps to a successful franchise and it's just being milked to waste.    … Expand
  19. RoverGrover
    Aug 7, 2015
    5
    It’s not quite as bad as everyone is claiming it to be. The game is beautiful, crowds feel more real and graphics are stunning. It’s just…kind of soulless. The map is cluttered with “unlock with our app” treasures and the “multiplayer” ghosts are kind of immersion-breaking.

    It’s not even the glitches that are bad, it just doesn’t have the same feel as previous installments. The    It’s not quite as bad as everyone is claiming it to be. The game is beautiful, crowds feel more real and graphics are stunning. It’s just…kind of soulless. The map is cluttered with “unlock with our app” treasures and the “multiplayer” ghosts are kind of immersion-breaking.

    It’s not even the glitches that are bad, it just doesn’t have the same feel as previous installments. The characters are fine but the story is hard to follow. Forget about “multiplayer”, its do one mission while 3 other fools are running around doing their own thing. The fact that this series has turned into a meaningless cash cow is evident everywhere. It’s been a year    … Expand
  20. AbstractCat
    Aug 21, 2015
    5
    Paris, 1789. The French Revolution turns a once-magnificent city into a land of terror and chaos. Its cobblestone streets flow red with the blood of commoners who dared to rise up against the murderous aristocracy. As the nation rips itself apart, a younger man named Arno embarks on a harrowing journey to expose the authentic powers behind the Revolution. His pursuit thrusts him into theParis, 1789. The French Revolution turns a once-magnificent city into a land of terror and chaos. Its cobblestone streets flow red with the blood of commoners who dared to rise up against the murderous aristocracy. As the nation rips itself apart, a younger man named Arno embarks on a harrowing journey to expose the authentic powers behind the Revolution. His pursuit thrusts him into the middle of a ruthless struggle for the fate of a nation, and transform him into a true Master Assassin. From the storming of the Bastille to the killing of King Louis XVI, experience the French Revolution unlike any medium that has come before, and assist the people of France carve out for themselves an entirely new destiny.… Expand
  21. Janisa80
    Aug 6, 2019
    5
    The controls on this game is why I'm giving it a low score. The story is interesting, there are a tons of collectibles to collect, and the "completionist mentality" that I have ate at me to finish the game. I did finish the main story, but couldn't compete all side quest or collecting chest because of how aggravating the controls were to me. Arno will not go where you want him to atThe controls on this game is why I'm giving it a low score. The story is interesting, there are a tons of collectibles to collect, and the "completionist mentality" that I have ate at me to finish the game. I did finish the main story, but couldn't compete all side quest or collecting chest because of how aggravating the controls were to me. Arno will not go where you want him to at times, or go where you don't want him to. I got stuck on a clothes line 8 feet above the ground and couldn't jump, drop, or anything. I had to fast travel during a side quest just to get control back. If you are a true fan of the Creed's I'd still recommend it for the story.… Expand
  22. Maxreviews420
    Jun 2, 2016
    5
    I did like this game at first but as I got later into the game it was confusing. There is absolutely no help for finding a way into the buildings you, um let me guess NEED TO GET INTO FOR THAT MISSION!!! As this game was near impossible for me to play I never bothered getting even halfway into the story. But I did like how smoothly the game ran and how realistic the riots were but apartI did like this game at first but as I got later into the game it was confusing. There is absolutely no help for finding a way into the buildings you, um let me guess NEED TO GET INTO FOR THAT MISSION!!! As this game was near impossible for me to play I never bothered getting even halfway into the story. But I did like how smoothly the game ran and how realistic the riots were but apart from that Ubisoft has taken a once great series and ruined it… Expand
  23. KayVen17
    Dec 29, 2016
    5
    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln    Deutsche Review - Kritik

    Der folgende Test ist in 5 Kategorien zusammengefasst. Diese 5 Kartegorien ergeben die Gesamtpunktzahl von 0 - 100 Punkten. Um einen passenden Userscore zu geben wird auf oder abgerundet. Bei 84 Punkten ergibt das einen User Score von 8. Bei 86 einen von Userscore von 9. Falls eine 85 kommt entscheide ich ob ich es eher positiv oder negativ nehme. Regeln verstanden?
    Dann sind hier meine Punkte.

    Mein persönlicher Score = 53/100
    Mein User Score = 5/10

    Lohnenswert? = Ja lohnt sich auch trotz technischer Mängel.
    Fortsetzung erwünscht? = Wenn, dann mit was richtig Neuem    … Expand
  24. eva3si0n
    Apr 19, 2021
    5
    Assassin's Creed Unity was for the most part the boundary between the old games of the series and modern ones. Ubisoft initially decided to change too much, but there was not enough strength and desire. Most of the mechanics were cut out, a lot was returned from the original, but everything was implemented mediocre. The game is contrast, there is a magnificent artstyle and an excellentAssassin's Creed Unity was for the most part the boundary between the old games of the series and modern ones. Ubisoft initially decided to change too much, but there was not enough strength and desire. Most of the mechanics were cut out, a lot was returned from the original, but everything was implemented mediocre. The game is contrast, there is a magnificent artstyle and an excellent study of target kills with a disgusting balance, a weak soundtrack and just disgusting optimization at the start. Yes, in 2021 there are no bugs left, but I remember the game on release in 2014). Unfortunately, the theme of the French Revolution was not revealed, it is actually happening somewhere in the background, and the confrontation of the orders takes place somewhere in the back of the plot. In general, Unity could be rated 7/10, but balance kills. Also, the attempt to promote donate in the game for $60 is simply disgusting. A game with a huge potential that Ubisoft could not realize, and most mechanics earned only in Syndicate.… Expand
  25. Lowzone
    Nov 24, 2016
    5
    Une suite décevante après un super black flag.

    Quand l'on pense que black flag était un jeu si puissant et riche en matériel l'on attends rien de moins de la suite non? Malheureusement Unity a échoué.... il a descendu la barre au plus bas. Le système d'évolution du personnage est complètement brisé si vous faites trop de missions secondaires à la fois. Mon perso principal était    Une suite décevante après un super black flag.

    Quand l'on pense que black flag était un jeu si puissant et riche en matériel l'on attends rien de moins de la suite non?
    Malheureusement Unity a échoué.... il a descendu la barre au plus bas.
    Le système d'évolution du personnage est complètement brisé si vous faites trop de missions secondaires à la fois. Mon perso principal était tellement puissant que j'ai perdu tout intérêt pour les approches furtive qui sont sensés être à l'avant dans cette franchise... j'étais simplement un tank qui avançaient sans danger dans les ennemies faible comparé à mes skills.

    La majorité des mécaniques qui étaient si intéressantes dans black flag ont disparues!
    Il y a tellement de bug visuel apparent que l'immersion est pratiquement impossible.
    Il y a même des walk through break .... j'ai du utiliser des sauvegardes précédentes à mainte reprises parce que l'objectif ne lançais aucune mission ou bien j'étais pris dans des collisions trappes.

    Les 5 points que j'attribue ici dans la review vont à l'équipe audio qui ont fait du bon travail au niveau du sound design. La musique aussi est très intéressante! Un peu lente à changer de lorsqu'elle devait tomber en mode combat mais très bien composé.

    Pour finir, ce assassin va faire en sorte que le prochain qui sortira ne sera pas dans ma liste de pré commande.

    Désolé Ubi meilleures chances dans le prochain.    … Expand
  26. ZeoN
    Jul 30, 2017
    5
    Personalmente no me gusto demasiado y nisiquiera llegue a terminarlo.Escenarios bastante bonitos,pero bastantes bugs que a dia de hoy no se si habran solucionado en su totalidad.Para los amantes de la saga,les gustara.Pero esta por debajo de otras entregas
  27. Zomgclaude
    May 20, 2018
    5
    Despite all patches, this game is still incredibly buggy in 2018.

    But as a French speaking person, I thought I'd play this one in French, which is something I never usually do. That's when I realized that for me, the worse part of this game was the cringe worthy voice acting. If a game is set in Paris, devs should have people from Paris voice the damn thing, not French Canadian    Despite all patches, this game is still incredibly buggy in 2018.

    But as a French speaking person, I thought I'd play this one in French, which is something I never usually do.

    That's when I realized that for me, the worse part of this game was the cringe worthy voice acting. If a game is set in Paris, devs should have people from Paris voice the damn thing, not French Canadian actors with a phony in-between accent.

    No worries, I then decided I'd just play the game in English. Well tough luck Frenchie, all the NPCs that populate the city are voiced by the same Quebec voice actors as the French version.

    I recognize this is a very regional problem that affects just a handful of people, but if they're going for historical accuracy and realism, they should go all in, rather than say 93%.

    Ultimately, between actors and micro-transactions, it was hard for me to enjoy this game and I didn't finish all objectives/trophies as I normally would for a game like this one.    … Expand
  28. XxAlbertoBuzzxX
    Jun 2, 2020
    5
    Assassin´s Creed Unity
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  29. gamerz4life
    Mar 10, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finally picked this game up to try it after reading that Ubisoft had actually done enough patches that the game was mostly playable without running into grotesque looking NPCs or falling through the Earth. The game itself is indeed playable, I finished the whole story but wow was it a lackluster experience. If you're here looking to be immersed in history like we were during every AC game prior, you're going to be severely disappointed. Arno exists during the French Revolution, yes, but he lives completely apart from it. And it's like he's completely oblivious to the fact that a revolution is even occurring. You'll hear things once and awhile, like the storming of the Bastille (you literally are jumping off the fortress when the people are about to come through), and sometimes see things; King Louis got executed (the closest you got to being near history) and you briefly meet Napoleon (probably the best part of the game albeit too short). You won't walk away from this game feeling as though you learned anything about this piece of history, you'll be lucky if you understand who the names of people that are literally just tossed at you or thrown into your codex actually represent. Indeed, half of them aren't even close to what their real-life counterpart was like.

    Onto gameplay, you may not run into people with missing faces but you sure are going to get your fill of other glitches. You'll find yourself falling off many roofs that in any other game the character would have been grabbing on to stop themselves from falling, not here, the whole grab ability is nonexistent, I mean you're lucky to properly climb a building in some sort of fluid motion, good luck going down in some sort of climbing fashion. Arno cannot climb into a window fluidly, you will be climbing all around that window trying to hit the trigger when it appears. Some of the co-op challenges can be completed on your own, but most of the 5-star ones need other people to play with you, but good luck finding anyone to do those with. A particular co-op mission in which you finish your army training by having to climb and jump to collect flags, you can drop waist deep into the ground and get stuck. People actually crowded around Arno and stared, as though they were mocking the fact that I had apparently found a quicksand pit. The blood effects are sometimes horrifying. Particularly during story missions after you just killed a couple guards and go to talk to the NPC objective, Arno will turn around his whole face just soaked in dark blood, as though he's a mass murderer. It's a terrifying sight to behold. Indeed, one part was with Elise and Arno said something about their previous escapade not having as much blood, in which he once again was drenched in it.

    For the story itself, once you discover that Elise is a Templar, you would think that would play a huge role in the story but it has no gravitas to the story at all. in fact, for the first quarter of the game she says you murdered her father and disappears to god knows where. And when she finally does return, she perfects the line of 'Let's split up.' Every mission the two of you split up and you're once more doing things on your own. If you couldn't figure out how to add meat to the character then why even bother having her? Speaking of having little meat to the character, how about Arno himself? He could've been a fascinating character. The whole Assassin/Templar confliction in regards to his father is murdered by a Templar and his adoptive father is a Templar murdered by a renegade Templar. He's searching for his adoptive father's murderer (which makes him oblivious to the whole French Revolution thing) but it's just like Point A to Point B and it's just shallow. And let's talk about how Arno joined the Assassins, he gets thrown in the Bastille and just happens to meet this guy who's an Assassin and knew Arno's father? And in an undefined amount of time (way too short to be any sort of competent Assassin) after training with a wooden broomstick? you're ready to give your life to the Brotherhood and taking on complicated missions. Also, stare at this wall Arno, look you've got Eagle Vision! (Eagle vision that must now recharge as well) And you know you did your story wrong when upon meeting this guy, Bellec, you instantly know he's gonna turn against you later and you're going to have to kill him. Oh, Arno also joins the Brotherhood by saying he wants revenge for his adoptive father's killer, literally says that's the only reason he's here and later on, the Council says they believe revenge is the only thing on Arno's mind. Uh duh? He straight up told you that? The best part was that Arno was basically just using the Assassin Brotherhood for his own ends.

    I could write a book about how disappointing this game was. The worst part was that it could have been great but Ubisoft doesn't care about great games, they just want as much money as fast as possible with little work.    … Expand
  30. res0nancer
    Jun 5, 2023
    5
    Если бы не отсутствие характера у главного героя и принятых им любых важных решений, то игра могла претендовать на похлопывание по плечу и ободряющий оклик "так держать", однако визуал вне крутости архитектуры, создает ощущение "грязи", боевка ощущается странно и к ней нужно привыкнуть и понять ее. Паркур, анимации, передвижение по миру - идеально. До сих пор эталон того, каким АссассинЕсли бы не отсутствие характера у главного героя и принятых им любых важных решений, то игра могла претендовать на похлопывание по плечу и ободряющий оклик "так держать", однако визуал вне крутости архитектуры, создает ощущение "грязи", боевка ощущается странно и к ней нужно привыкнуть и понять ее. Паркур, анимации, передвижение по миру - идеально. До сих пор эталон того, каким Ассассин может быть. К сожалению, Assassin's Creed - это не только паркур и красивая декорация, это и сюжет, противостояние идеологий, таинственность и раскрытая тяжелая судьба ассассинов. Юнити пытается заходить на территорию этого всего, но попытки эти, на мой личный взгляд, - провалились.… Expand
  31. drxym
    May 23, 2019
    5
    Ubisoft rushed this game out and it shows. Aside from the general bugs which they eventually fixed here are some of its problems.

    1) The city is virtually static. Nothing moves. Huge crowds are rooted to the spot waving their arms forever. There is no day or night cycle. 2) The parkour controls are horribly frustrating. It's too easy to become stuck on a fence or a ledge especially    Ubisoft rushed this game out and it shows. Aside from the general bugs which they eventually fixed here are some of its problems.

    1) The city is virtually static. Nothing moves. Huge crowds are rooted to the spot waving their arms forever. There is no day or night cycle.
    2) The parkour controls are horribly frustrating. It's too easy to become stuck on a fence or a ledge especially when trying to go through windows.
    3) The enemy AI borders on brain dead - if you alert the enemy they bum rush your last location and then stand around like idiots before resuming their routines.
    4) There is no way to whistle / attract an enemy from a hidden location or cover.
    5) The there are virtually no horses in the game. None you can ride, none in the streets apart from one for a fast travel location. Think how ridiculous that is for the period.
    6) No moving boats either except for a few on rails. Think how ridiculous that is too.
    7) Anachronisms - the game was lauded for recreating Notre Dame cathedral but medieval spire had been dismantled at the time because it was close to toppling over. I bet much of the architecture in the game reflects later restoration efforts.
    8) Perfunctory skill tree. Not only is it annoyingly bare, it's a pain to navigate through the menu.

    This game's successor Syndicate improved on a lot of these things, especially efforts to make the city come alive although it took Origins / Odyssey to get the series properly back on track.    … Expand
  32. Dneprovskiy
    Feb 21, 2021
    5
    Сложно играть в это, когда играл в предыдущие части серии. К сожалению assassin's creed закончился в третьей части, когда умер Дезмонд.
  33. virtualvince
    May 15, 2020
    5
    This game was very pretty for its time, and arguably the best realised city in an AC game when it was released. I Plat this recently, so have a decent gauge on the title. Unfortunately the thing that immediately stands out in my mind: the controls.

    Ab-so-lutely the worst controls in an AC game, and any platformer / open world game I've ever played in general. Actually so bad I felt    This game was very pretty for its time, and arguably the best realised city in an AC game when it was released. I Plat this recently, so have a decent gauge on the title. Unfortunately the thing that immediately stands out in my mind: the controls.

    Ab-so-lutely the worst controls in an AC game, and any platformer / open world game I've ever played in general. Actually so bad I felt myself writhing in pain at points and audibly screeching at the non-responsiveness at times, the inconsistency and unexpected jank, how there's often a delay (by which time you're already screwed), how it demands precise control at times when the control is anything but precise.

    I am soo glad they fixed the controls in later AC games, such as Origins or Odyssey. There were a handful bugs in this fully patched version, but extremely rare in a game full of 'stuff' to do. Sometimes repetitive stuff, sometimes mind-numbing stuff, but there's stuff, and a lot of it. And chests, and cockade collectibles, and a lot of them. Too many of them. You have 250+ collectibles, and thank god you can open all chests. When the game originally released you needed a mobile app to open some chests. Ubisoft saw sense and fixed that at the end of 2014. Also, special mention about all the side-missions, many of which are very samey and repetitive, but some definitely stood out as decent. For example, I found co-op fun. This was probably my favourite side content outside of some of the heists missions and the Rift missions. However the Murder Mystery / Companion / Paris stories stuff? Not so much. Really grindy, and really samey.

    The game also manages getting 00's of NPC on screen at a time, which caused some of the launch issues on fps. Playing it today, I have to hand it to them. The FPS did not stand out to me. The issues with this game are the controls. I pushed through as it's AC, and I hate to not 100% games if I can avoid. Will I ever touch this game again though? Heck no. This one for AC series completionists only.    … Expand
  34. Dosagu
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    I'm making this review in 2020, just to tell everyone how the game is now.

    The game looks great, most of the bugs are fixed, and the game is playable, but it must be said, than even with all the bugs fixed, the gameplay its not very good, the story is between mediocre to ok, because it doesn't advance the grand story of the AC games. Trophy wise, this games brings the grindiest trophy    I'm making this review in 2020, just to tell everyone how the game is now.

    The game looks great, most of the bugs are fixed, and the game is playable, but it must be said, than even with all the bugs fixed, the gameplay its not very good, the story is between mediocre to ok, because it doesn't advance the grand story of the AC games. Trophy wise, this games brings the grindiest trophy list you cand find.    … Expand
  35. Dr_Unk
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This game was frustrating. This is what happens when you try to put out game after game every year.
  36. LironesAlviento
    Aug 2, 2020
    5
    Uno mas, entretenido como todos pero sin alma como la mayoría de los juegos de la franquicia.
  37. Elite_Soldier
    Apr 14, 2022
    5
    I'm just writing at least 150 characters because I wanted to save this review in a more convenient way to look back at scores that I had given stuff as a user
  38. Gaebora
    Aug 17, 2023
    5
    This game is not underrated, it is appropriately rated. I played this game half way 8 times, beat it, and i can verify, this game is a draaaaag. The parkour feels sloggy, the protagonist is a c***hold who contributes nothing to anyone except himself and failed doing that too. Side objectives were so trivial during missions it didnt matter at all. The only actually good part of the game isThis game is not underrated, it is appropriately rated. I played this game half way 8 times, beat it, and i can verify, this game is a draaaaag. The parkour feels sloggy, the protagonist is a c***hold who contributes nothing to anyone except himself and failed doing that too. Side objectives were so trivial during missions it didnt matter at all. The only actually good part of the game is the customization. Had to rate it so low because it took 9 attempts to just find out the story lmao.… Expand
  39. nasty_nec
    Feb 6, 2021
    5
    Pros: somewhat enjoyable game, beautiful open world. Cons: Too much guards everywhere. Some missions bit tedious and repetitive. If you die, it throws you way too far back from where you left off.
  40. Godudu
    Aug 16, 2022
    5
    Game is meh, weak compared to other old Assassin's game. It has great parkour, very cool stealth and tools and is visually satisfying to see things happen, such as combat and traversal. But side content is trash, story is very bad, it looks like they didnt even bother with it. Its just there because it needs to have something. Multiplayer is fine.
  41. TIMITOAH
    Sep 29, 2022
    5
    Finally finished it, got it in a bundle with my first PlayStation but never finished it until now, I had fun but the parcour mechanic got on my nerves because Arno wouldn’t do what I wanted
  42. AdoMobA
    Jul 4, 2023
    5
    Pros
    - the parkour animations are second to none in the series
    - the ability to hold and use two tools at the same time makes for some smooth feeling gameplay - Paris is beautifully realized with surprising crowd density that makes the city feel lived in - if you can get an online co-op going, it can be very satisfying to mow through missions with actual people instead of npcs Cons    Pros
    - the parkour animations are second to none in the series
    - the ability to hold and use two tools at the same time makes for some smooth feeling gameplay
    - Paris is beautifully realized with surprising crowd density that makes the city feel lived in
    - if you can get an online co-op going, it can be very satisfying to mow through missions with actual people instead of npcs

    Cons
    - the parkour mechanics feel terrible, leading to the character doing something unintended more often than not
    - the story feels extremely bland, boring and short, compared to any other game in the series
    - the weird gear score level system this game has going on makes it feel weirdly unbalanced

    Playing Unity in 2023 feels like playing a game from another century. It looks surprisingly good with all of its architecture and crowds yet it feels like the most vapid version of the old AC games.

    For starters, the parkour is beautifully animated. It was in fact a youtube video of somebody performing a series of nice looking vaults and jumps that brought me to replay this game. And my god I should have stayed a viewer rather than a player.

    Arno feels like you are controlling a character that was made to first move with the original Resident Evil tank controls, which was then converted onto a joystick. The only part of this system that works reliably is the descend down option.

    Everything else feels like it is pulling from a deck of ten cards, where only one of those cards is the action you intended, while the rest are just the most awful alternatives that will completely mess up whatever you were trying to do. Vault over a fence you vaulted over ten times before? How about I hop up on it and refuse to leave it. How about climbing up? Nope gets stuck for ten seconds before the character finally gets up even though it makes it seem impossible. Did you miss a ladder? Oh god have mercy on your soul, cause you are gonna miss it three more times as Arno will press his shoulder into it but otherwise ignore its existence.

    But still, this game sometimes works as you intended it and those are the moments that feel wonderful. Running through a place, dropping smoke bombs, disabling guards with Phantom Blade quickshots before making a beautiful looking escape. They are rare, but when those moments go off without a hitch it feels fantastic.

    What does not help is the story. My god if this aint one of the most generic plots in this series I don't know what is? It also feels so predictably boring it ain't even funny. Kill guy, learn about another guy. So you kill that guy to learn about another guy and then you kill that guy. The cherry on top is the anemic and frankly pathetic modern day story that has no consequence, no emotional payoff, no…. nothing.

    Unity is not a complete travesty of a game. It is, however, painfully average. I was lucky to not play it during the release, so thankfully I have avoided all the bugs. Yet the movement mechanics feel like they remain bugged to this day. What a meh experience.    … Expand
  43. HeitorCampos
    Mar 13, 2023
    5
    After the patches, it was an okay game. Not good, not bad. Honestly the only good thing about this is the setting (could say this about every AC game I played, honestly), it fits the series really well and if you like history like me, you'll enjoy that part, but when it gets old, there is nothing here.
  44. MrDubensky
    Apr 2, 2023
    5
    I am a graduate of Dominican University's Master of Library and Information Science Degree Program. I studied the video game industry for 33 months and have worked with Amazon's Luna controller, Playstation IV and V, and XBox One S and Series S. I purchased the following add ons to Assassin's Creed Unity: Dead Kings, Secrets of the Revolution, and the Underground Armory Pack. For someoneI am a graduate of Dominican University's Master of Library and Information Science Degree Program. I studied the video game industry for 33 months and have worked with Amazon's Luna controller, Playstation IV and V, and XBox One S and Series S. I purchased the following add ons to Assassin's Creed Unity: Dead Kings, Secrets of the Revolution, and the Underground Armory Pack. For someone who started with Assassin's Creed Odyssey purchased for full retail prices at Target at the onset of Covid-19 and as someone who recently purchased Assassin's Creed Origins for use on the Luna network, I am not an enemy of the franchise. I am sitting in front of a $550 Playstation V and it not only does not want to honor the disk (used) but it also does not want to honor the three add-ons that I purchased.

    I didn't expect to be used yet again so a bunch of people can show me how much better they are at playing the game on Twitch and Playstation V. In order to be denied downloading the game, I was expected to delete five games from my 666 gigabyte harddrive on the $550 Playstation V.    … Expand
  45. 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
  46. 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.
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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...
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. 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.
  60. 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.
  61. 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!
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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.
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. 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
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. 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
  78. 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.
  79. 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.
  80. 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
  81. 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.
  82. 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
  83. 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.
  84. 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.
  85. 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.
  86. 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.
  87. 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
  88. 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
  89. 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...
  90. 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
  91. 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
  92. 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.
  93. 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.
  94. 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.
  95. Kevin9est
    Mar 23, 2022
    4
    The game can have nice graphics, the story is always important, !! But what's the use!
  96. 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
  97. 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.
  98. 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
  99. 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
  100. diehard-gamer
    Dec 29, 2014
    3
    You want to know everything you need to know about Unity in one easy step? Take a long look at the cover. Its a stock AC 'boyband' image with the ladz striding forward at slighty different angles, hoodies at the ready, eyes furtively averted or staring moodily ahead, one adjusting his sleeve ...... Etc. And the content behind the cover is eveything you'd expect from the boyband image - aYou want to know everything you need to know about Unity in one easy step? Take a long look at the cover. Its a stock AC 'boyband' image with the ladz striding forward at slighty different angles, hoodies at the ready, eyes furtively averted or staring moodily ahead, one adjusting his sleeve ...... Etc. And the content behind the cover is eveything you'd expect from the boyband image - a manufactured pop mish mash of past hits, other peoples songs ,no cohesion and nothing new. And dong get me started on the bugs, It should have been called AC Boyband Bugfight. Theres a very good reason most places are selling it £20 less than RRP a few days after its much hyped release. Wait unitil its in the £5 bargain bin.… Expand
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#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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