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
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#91 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 40
  3. Negative: 4 out of 40
  1. Eurogamer Poland
    Jan 14, 2015
    90
    An excellent and huge game. The positives are emphasized by detailed world that seems more alive now than ever before.
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  2. Arcade Sushi
    Jan 13, 2015
    70
    Unity is not a bad game, but it certainly doesn’t feel like it advances the series very much, especially for the first title in the series to be a fully next-gen game.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jan 13, 2015
    60
    Bugs really throw Unity under the guillotine. [Jan 2015, p.78]
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