Assassin's Creed Unity

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  1. Ratohnhaketon
    Apr 26, 2023
    7
    Assassin's Creed Unity Review:

    Assassin's Creed Unity really looks good in the 2020s, despite being released in 2014. 2014 has been an underappreciated year for Ubisoft, like these games Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, Assassin's Creed Unity, and even Assassin's Creed Rogue. All of them received a polarizing reception, but out of these games, Watch Dogs has been my favorite, and Assassin's Creed    Assassin's Creed Unity Review:

    Assassin's Creed Unity really looks good in the 2020s, despite being released in 2014. 2014 has been an underappreciated year for Ubisoft, like these games Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, Assassin's Creed Unity, and even Assassin's Creed Rogue. All of them received a polarizing reception, but out of these games, Watch Dogs has been my favorite, and Assassin's Creed Unity disappointed me. It had a weak cast, slow and confusing combat system, and a horrendous story. But I have to appreciate for its soundtrack, Paris setting, and the parkour system, which is the best. I'm not the biggest fan of Arno, but he had an interesting backstory, which can possibly lead to a sequel of him against his father's murderer, Shay Patrick Cormac, with the help of Aveline De Grandpre and Connor Kenway. The combat system looked realistic and stylish, but there is no button to dodge bullets or bombs, and Syndicate has significantly improved it. The parkour system had loads of cool moves. Overall, Assassin's Creed Unity has deeply disappointed me, and I'm going to rate it a 6.1/10.    … Expand
  2. Mack9393
    Jan 27, 2023
    6
    I bought this game for $8 in 2023 and I still should’ve gotten it cheaper. Look, it’s old and it wasn’t polished when it came out either. It’s pretty for the time, and may have looked better with fresh eyes a few years back, but now it’s legacy titles make it seem beyond janky. Bought it to fill out my AC collection, but not sure I’ll even finish it. All the English speaking voice actorsI bought this game for $8 in 2023 and I still should’ve gotten it cheaper. Look, it’s old and it wasn’t polished when it came out either. It’s pretty for the time, and may have looked better with fresh eyes a few years back, but now it’s legacy titles make it seem beyond janky. Bought it to fill out my AC collection, but not sure I’ll even finish it. All the English speaking voice actors have accents from the U.K. It’s 18th century Versailles, not London FFS. Even if you change the language to French it’s clearly Québécois… cmon… how many games have they at least attempted to include regionally appropriate accents in their dialogue? Seems like it was a rushed cash grab that, thanks to suckers like me, is still bringing in cash.… Expand
  3. Der_Sperling_
    Jan 18, 2022
    6
    Однотипные задания, сюжет тоже очень и очень примитивный. Спасает только неплохая графика (и то, на Xbox Series X её на данный момент не подтянули, только 60 фпс добавили) и обновлённый паркур. Зато тут есть новшество – донатные шмотки ;)Однотипные задания, сюжет тоже очень и очень примитивный. Спасает только неплохая графика (и то, на Xbox Series X её на данный момент не подтянули, только 60 фпс добавили) и обновлённый паркур. Зато тут есть новшество – донатные шмотки ;)
  4. JJ2FAS4U
    Dec 29, 2021
    7
    Atmosphere: 9
    Enjoyment: 5
    Gameplay: 8
    Graphics: 9
    Music: 6
    Story: 5
    Total: 7.00
  5. memus
    Oct 30, 2021
    7
    The most beautiful and historical AC game so far. But still glitchy in 2021 (played it on Series X).

    Pros: * The game looks great. Arno is handsome. * Paris really came alive. Crowds add to the vibe. And historical period and references make it an interesting place to be in. * Arno is a good protagonist (not a charismatic type like Ezio, more a silent type like Gordon Freeman). Also,    The most beautiful and historical AC game so far. But still glitchy in 2021 (played it on Series X).

    Pros:
    * The game looks great. Arno is handsome.
    * Paris really came alive. Crowds add to the vibe. And historical period and references make it an interesting place to be in.
    * Arno is a good protagonist (not a charismatic type like Ezio, more a silent type like Gordon Freeman). Also, Bellec steals a lot of the spotlight.
    * I did enjoy the murder mystery side missions. They're not complex, but make feel the city more lived in (if you allow me to say it like this :)
    * Getting 100% achievements is possible without entering a world of pain (it's not that fun and mostly repetitive though)
    * Assassination missions make a come back from AC1, and they're good. Not Hitman level good, but AC level good. The core mechanics never were a strong part of the series.

    Cons:
    * The game is still glitchy, even 7 years after the release. Don't get me wrong, it's totally playable. Just the immersion breaks regularly. Also, Quick Resume doesn't work in this game. It tries to reconnect to Ubisoft servers and then freezes.
    * In general, the game lack a lot of polish. E.g. character animation are very slow, so I was dropping two smoke bombs instead of one all the time. The characters in crowds spawn sporadically, teleport and change appearance all the time. And this list goes on and on.
    * Free-running feels great for the first hour. But then you realize that entering window and avoiding objects along your route is painful. Every time I was detected due to controls, not my mistakes or lack of tactics. That doesn't motivate you to plat this game like a stealth game.
    * Nostradamus puzzles are a missed opportunity. Like the third of them is great, the other third lazy, and the last third just awful.
    * In general, most of the side missions and coop missions are not that interesting. I think, starting with the next game, I'll stop to aim for 100% completion.    … Expand
  6. sergioodoardi
    Jul 10, 2021
    7
    Not the best AC but neither the worst one. Nice story. Enjoyable. A little bit repetitive also.
  7. zezeljmare
    Jun 21, 2021
    6
    EN:
    After a few years of release, the game has finally been at least brought to a state where it can be played without huge bugs and glitches. As for the mechanics of the main character, it is unchanged, the movement is very similar to the previous AC games, Paris is very faithfully presented and the game looks great graphically. However the story and missions are quite basic and boring,    EN:
    After a few years of release, the game has finally been at least brought to a state where it can be played without huge bugs and glitches. As for the mechanics of the main character, it is unchanged, the movement is very similar to the previous AC games, Paris is very faithfully presented and the game looks great graphically. However the story and missions are quite basic and boring, often repetitive. The game is also full of various microtransactions, which fortunately do not affect the main story.

    SRB:
    Posle nekoliko godina od izlaska, igra je konačno barem dovedena u stanje da može da se igra bez ogromnih bagova i gličeva. Što se tiče mehanike glavnog lika, ona je nepromenjena, kretanje je veoma slično, kao u prethodnim AC igrama, Pariz je veoma verno predstavljen i grafički igra izgleda sjajno. Međutim priča i misije su dosta bazične i dosadne, često se ponavljaju. Igra je takođe puna raznih mikrotransakcija, koje srećom ne utiču na main story.    … Expand
  8. skippiskip
    Apr 19, 2021
    5
    This game was not as good as Assassin's Creed Rogue, which I thought was the best of the games that I played. This game was boring. Game mechanics were confusing. The story felt like it pulled situations out of the air just to have a situation to force the plot forward. The romance in the game was very unsatisfying. The game was just hot trash all around. What keeps this score from goingThis game was not as good as Assassin's Creed Rogue, which I thought was the best of the games that I played. This game was boring. Game mechanics were confusing. The story felt like it pulled situations out of the air just to have a situation to force the plot forward. The romance in the game was very unsatisfying. The game was just hot trash all around. What keeps this score from going any lower is a convincing open-world, excellent graphics (for its time, but it still looks good today), and the outfits.

    Other than the stupid story, what really kills this game is the co-op missions and the costumes and weapons that are required to purchase with one of two currencies to make your gameplay easier. The weapons were not different enough, and they felt unfair to use depending on the level of what character you engaged in combat with. This was too different from Rogue, and I don't like it.

    Did I get my money's worth? I think so, because I bought it off G2A for less than $2.    … Expand
  9. Anatoliy_DeVile
    Feb 15, 2021
    7
    Марафон ассасинов в пути. Начали конечно не с первого, а с Эцио и его трилогии, которая как и раньше невероятно здорово заходит. Пропустили третью, не нравится она мне вот и всё. Дальше потрясающий пиратский Black Flag одна из лучших частей франшизы. Затем вроде бы по логике должен быть Rogue, но мы решили разбавить морские приключения похождениями по суше, да и вроде как в один год сМарафон ассасинов в пути. Начали конечно не с первого, а с Эцио и его трилогии, которая как и раньше невероятно здорово заходит. Пропустили третью, не нравится она мне вот и всё. Дальше потрясающий пиратский Black Flag одна из лучших частей франшизы. Затем вроде бы по логике должен быть Rogue, но мы решили разбавить морские приключения похождениями по суше, да и вроде как в один год с Unity вышла. Поэтому сначала Франция 18 века! Исторические события в данной части, пожалуй, наиболее интересно и правдоподобно проистекают на протяжении всего игрового процесса - многое от взятия Бастилии до казни Людовика XVI. Ощущается прямо вот вся эта причастность к реальным событиям. Сюжет игры не самый захватывающий, но вполне себе сносный. Баги все на месте, ура, только даже ради них стоит пройти эту часть))) В Unity впервые мы можем проникать в дома, срезать себе путь через них и это действительно интересно, хотя, например, попасть в то же окно иногда бывает сложнее чем просто обойти дом, это проблемы корявого управления. Основная кампания вкупе с допами и любопытной боевой системой, которая отличается от предыдущих частей как бы-то ни было затягивает. Да это явно не лучшая часть ассасинская, но она не бесит так же как третья или убогая Liberation! Так что как итог: погамали не восторженно, но с интересом.… Expand
  10. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    "Assassin's Creed Unity" is underrated. It was the first "Assassin" game made for the Xbox One console. In addition, this was also the first entry to introduce online co-op missions. Unfortunately, the game launched with numerous bugs and visual glitches that killed the experience. But after the updates that fixed it, "Unity" improved. It looks great, but still has several issues. The map"Assassin's Creed Unity" is underrated. It was the first "Assassin" game made for the Xbox One console. In addition, this was also the first entry to introduce online co-op missions. Unfortunately, the game launched with numerous bugs and visual glitches that killed the experience. But after the updates that fixed it, "Unity" improved. It looks great, but still has several issues. The map menu is messy, the controls lack fluidity and the combat is a little clunky. Still, the game manages to entertain well enough. I would rate it with a 7.4 out of 10.… Expand
  11. Deiwidas4
    Jan 27, 2021
    6
    Not the best AC which I have ever tried. Is it the worst? As well cannot say. The problem that I purchased this game only for 1.2 EUR it was a massive discount. Therefore, even though it would totally flop still could not evaluate too badly just due to the price which I have paid :D. In general, I was enjoying the details of Paris, parkour was great as well. I have spent some time on thisNot the best AC which I have ever tried. Is it the worst? As well cannot say. The problem that I purchased this game only for 1.2 EUR it was a massive discount. Therefore, even though it would totally flop still could not evaluate too badly just due to the price which I have paid :D. In general, I was enjoying the details of Paris, parkour was great as well. I have spent some time on this game as I have a bad habit try to complete everything 100%, so I guess it is not the worst game which I have ever tried by checking how much time I have spent on this AC. However, the story, in general, was weak. Arno as well was not the most interesting character. By knowing that I tried this game only in 2020 I did not have any massive bugs or crashes, I guess UBISOFT fixed them. I believe 6 is a fair evaluation.… Expand
  12. punkmilitia
    Nov 24, 2020
    7
    TL;DR spoiler-free Review.

    Amazing graphics, forgetful story.

    Overall: 77
  13. Cementer200
    Sep 28, 2020
    5
    Assassin's Creed Unity is a average game. AC Unity is a open world game set in Paris during the french revolution. The main story is good and bad the side missions and activities are good the gameplay update from assassin's creed black flag.
  14. storygamer
    Aug 27, 2020
    6
    Action paired with history and stealth. As a huge Assassin`s Creed fan, I was a bit disappointed with the development of this series. Sure you have some cool characters, a decent fighting system and a wonderful animated Paris during the french revolution. But you can feel the lack of inspiration while playing for some hours. Entertaining, exciting but not the revolution I wanted.
  15. Mauriciojw
    Jun 25, 2020
    7
    I was looking forward to play this game since it's release in 2014. Now, here is what I think about it after I finish 50% of the game.
    - Positive aspects: The reconstruction of the 18th century revolutionary Paris is fantastic and very realistic. The combat moves, and the character movement, are also much more realistic that on previous games. The customization options are also very    I was looking forward to play this game since it's release in 2014. Now, here is what I think about it after I finish 50% of the game.
    - Positive aspects: The reconstruction of the 18th century revolutionary Paris is fantastic and very realistic. The combat moves, and the character movement, are also much more realistic that on previous games. The customization options are also very interesting, plus the rift missions that where, in my opinion, the best missions of the game. Arno and Elise are good characters, but not the Best in the series.
    - Negative Aspects: The controls of the game don't respond very well, which could be very annoying. The story is very fast paced, and the missions are too repetitive. The optional objectives are a pain in the ass, plus the fact that the game has a lot bug's. The map is also very confusing, there are too many icons in it. Ac unity is a good game, but nothing more that that, it tried to return the series to it's rots, but what they achieved was a mixed game.    … Expand
  16. tom974
    Jan 5, 2020
    6
    I felt a lot of things playing this one. Globally it's a good game and I enjoyed it : good graphics, nice story, a liveful Paris to explore, scenarized sidequests.
    Had they brought a correct level of finition to this opus, my score would be an 8. But now, here we are with the same old game of the licence, more beautiful, slight gameplay changes but that's not enough for me, plus the    I felt a lot of things playing this one. Globally it's a good game and I enjoyed it : good graphics, nice story, a liveful Paris to explore, scenarized sidequests.
    Had they brought a correct level of finition to this opus, my score would be an 8. But now, here we are with the same old game of the licence, more beautiful, slight gameplay changes but that's not enough for me, plus the present timeline is put aside. More, the game is full of bugs and glitches which is really annoying and disappointing coming from such a big studio.    … Expand
  17. DKurac
    Mar 29, 2019
    6
    The story isn't good. Assassins order is different it is like some political party which is stupid. Elise is templar that is strange. There are 3 locations Paris, Versailles and Franciade. Paris looks good I like it. Versailles is small so you are here just 1 sequence that is pity and Franciade looks so dark which I don't like. You can custom your outfit there are some good things but mostThe story isn't good. Assassins order is different it is like some political party which is stupid. Elise is templar that is strange. There are 3 locations Paris, Versailles and Franciade. Paris looks good I like it. Versailles is small so you are here just 1 sequence that is pity and Franciade looks so dark which I don't like. You can custom your outfit there are some good things but most of them looks terrible. Skills are bad I don't like it and lockpicking could be better. I really enjoyed Nostradamus enigmas and Murder mysteries these missions are great maybe because you don't need to actually control him so much. And also good are companion missions because these are often 10 sec missions. Other missions aren't good. Just some Co-op missions are good rest is bad and sometimes bugy, One thing I really dislike is when someone who is AFK join you so you can't finish it and even kick him out. Collecting is terrible because you can't buy maps so you have to find everything by yourself and that is impossible. Overall it is good looking game with some good things but everything other is terrible. What really annoyed me is that controls. In 80% of time he is just trying to annoy you like while running he firstly have to jump on every chair, there is stupid climbing he goes everywhere except where you actually want to go, then he stucks in tree and similar things, terrible combat everyone attack at the same time and they are also shooting at you so you can't attack and you just slowly dying.… Expand
  18. Matias8654
    Jan 12, 2019
    5
    Unity no esta a la altura de la francia de Ubisoft, aunque es claro que los juegos de Assassin's Creed estan hiendo a la baja
  19. gun_luis
    May 20, 2018
    5
    BUGS y mas BUGS. Historia decente, ambientación espectacular... pero la peor jugabilidad de la saga, llegando a desesperar.
  20. RickyBlob
    Feb 14, 2018
    7
    The game is essentially A.C. so I don't know why so much hate about Unity , I've been playing it for about 2 hours on a XboxOneFat and while I've experienced some frame drops , the game is totally far from unplayable , the narrative pace is great and it looks and plays fine.
  21. Laflamme
    Dec 17, 2017
    7
    To be honest, I don't know why the fan have so much hate to this game I mean, maybe it's because I play this game years after his release and I heard that at the release the game was full of bug but for me I enjoy playing this game. For sure not the best assassin creed , but maybe not as bad as the game rating.
  22. Broyax
    Mar 16, 2017
    7
    Beaucoup d'ambitions pour ce nouvel Assassin's Creed dans la ville lumière ! d'ores et déjà une merveille graphique et la baffe de cette génération (en attendant encore mieux sans doute, l'avenir nous le dira) : ce Paris est magnifique, reproduit avec un souci du détail maniaque, à l'échelle 1:1, avec un nombre de pnj hallucinant, une météo dynamique et des intérieurs tout aussi détaillés.Beaucoup d'ambitions pour ce nouvel Assassin's Creed dans la ville lumière ! d'ores et déjà une merveille graphique et la baffe de cette génération (en attendant encore mieux sans doute, l'avenir nous le dira) : ce Paris est magnifique, reproduit avec un souci du détail maniaque, à l'échelle 1:1, avec un nombre de pnj hallucinant, une météo dynamique et des intérieurs tout aussi détaillés. On approche d'un certain photo-réalisme ici dont nul autre jeu ne peut se targuer, surtout en tant que monde ouvert.

    La jouabilité a été reconsidérée et plus orientée infiltration que jamais, en témoigne ce système de combat punitif qui vous invite à le fuir comme la peste... L'interface est bien pensée, l'intelligence artificielle n'a plus rien à voir avec celle (complètement débile) de Black Flag. En vérité (pourtant) la maniabilité reste fidèle à la série : le personnage n'allant pas toujours là où on voudrait qu'il aille et l'architecture particulière de Paris ne se prète pas idéalement à toutes ses gambades.

    La campagne est intéressante dans ses missions mais pas dans son déroulement : comme de coutume dans les AC, elle n'a que peu ou pas d'intérêt en elle-même. Pour être honnête, ça s'est dégradé et Brotherhood était le dernier à faire (un peu) illusion à cet égard. Rien de rédhibitoire cela dit, on est pas dans un jeu de rôle... la personnalisation est quand même très poussée avec tout un arsenal de capacités, de gadgets et d'armes en tous genres.

    On se retrouve dans un AC très agréable à jouer et bourré de contenu et ma foi, ça devrait bien rouler. Sauf que le jeu ramouille sans arrêt (et ramait parfois honteusement avant les patches) et que les temps de chargement entre le lancement initial, les briefings, les cinématiques et les voyages rapides sont horripilants. La musique est discrète, quasiment inexistante et le doublage québécois fait mal aux oreilles. Les bugs -légers mais persistants- sont aussi de la partie et en font l'AC le plus mal fini de la série, sans conteste.

    Unity demeure un bon AC mais aurait mérité une bien meilleure finition ainsi que -peut-on rêver- un personnage féminin jouable ? la si mignonne Elise nous fait d'autant plus regretter cet état de fait. Je ne peux donc dissimuler complètement une petite déception alors qu'en même temps je m'émerveille devant les qualités évidentes du titre. Ubisoft doit à l'avenir s'occuper de son bébé avec une plus grande attention et une plus grande rigueur...    … Expand
  23. NexusTsunami
    Jan 22, 2017
    5
    Ich spiele AC seit dem erstem Teil. Ich beschränke mich bei diesem Review auf das Kampfsystem. Warum auch nicht, so waren die doch je nach Epoche (authentischen) Spielewelten von Ubisoft eine Reise wert (so auch in Unity).

    Allerdings möchte ich mich mit dem "neuen" Kampfsystem nicht anfreunden. Für viele mag das Kampfsystem der älteren Teile zu anspruchslos gewesen sein. Für mich waren    Ich spiele AC seit dem erstem Teil. Ich beschränke mich bei diesem Review auf das Kampfsystem. Warum auch nicht, so waren die doch je nach Epoche (authentischen) Spielewelten von Ubisoft eine Reise wert (so auch in Unity).

    Allerdings möchte ich mich mit dem "neuen" Kampfsystem nicht anfreunden. Für viele mag das Kampfsystem der älteren Teile zu anspruchslos gewesen sein. Für mich waren sie essentieller Bestandteil des Spieleerlebnisses in der Reihe. Ich WOLLTE übermächtig sein und durch gut getimte Konter meinen Gegner spektakulär niederstrecken.

    Leider verwehrte mir Unity dieses Kampfsystem und speiste mich mit sinnlosen "Schlag hier, schlag da"... Ansonsten muss ich ehrlich gestehen, ich hatte kein Bugfest.    … Expand
  24. jsharbour
    Nov 26, 2016
    5
    This game has the worst stealth of the entire series--that is to say, there really is none, even though it's hyped in skills and items. Useless. Stealth does not exist, it is only icing to make the player feel as if it's happening. Guards will spot you through walls, around corners. When one guard spots you, 100 guards come running to the scene. I have personally watched guards materializeThis game has the worst stealth of the entire series--that is to say, there really is none, even though it's hyped in skills and items. Useless. Stealth does not exist, it is only icing to make the player feel as if it's happening. Guards will spot you through walls, around corners. When one guard spots you, 100 guards come running to the scene. I have personally watched guards materialize into thin air, Star Trek style, to rush my character. That's complete ****

    The parkour is the most improved of the entire series to this date. I bought this game late after all the early complaints had been addressed, so my rating is based on the "fixed" version of Unity. The missions are absolutely stupid. I rated only one of the pointless side quests 5 stars; all the rest, including all of the main missions, got a 1 or 2. Mainly, because stealth does not work. For instance, a mission to assassinate someone inside a building crawling with guards. So I'm on a window ledge waiting to kill a guard inside. He walks up, spots me, 100 more guards show up, shooting at me through the wall (apparently the window is 10 feet wide). I crawl a few feet away, be still for a few minutes, and all goes back to normal. Translation: Suspense of disbelief blown. Here I am, an assassin, infiltrating a royal house, clearly up to no good, and the guards just give up after 2 minutes and walk away. I realize the game can't accommodate them actually searching the grounds, but give me a #*@*%^&# break.

    There's no way to attract a guard to come toward your hiding spot. He might just wander by but usually does not. So what can you do? You have to basically complete the missions exactly as the designer intended because there's no way to misdirect a guard to sneak by or kill him silently. It's all just bollocked up and not fun.

    While completing sequence 9, I became so agitated my blood pressure went up, and I just began screaming at the game. Not because I screwed up. This late in the game, I know what the #*@# I'm doing. Because the game does something unbelievably stupid that causes me to restart at the last checkpoint. In other words, I didn't do it EXACTLY the one way it must be done. So much for open world. That's **** There is no open world here, it's a big city scape full of useless treasure chests if you want to waste 50 hours opening up fkg chests. Which gets old after about 1 hour.

    This is yet another example of an Ubisoft game that had so much extraordinary potential--like Splinter Cell Blacklist--but the stealth is completely broken so it's just NOT FUN. Although I quit Blacklist after the first few missions out of utter frustration, I stuck with it in Unity because the story was interesting. The gameplay is the usual horrible Ubisoft **** but the story is enjoyable so I suffered through stupid **** missions created by incompetent designers and playtested by fans rather than real QA people. A real QA team could not have tested this game.

    I will absolutely never touch this game again after having finished it. Never again! Black Flag, though, was enormously fun and replayable. The Ezio series was fun, though it too had enormously frustrating problems with parkour. So there's the rub: Unity fixed most of the serious flaws in parkour, but STILL manages to anger the player into near controller-smashing rage.

    I don't have anger issues. This game brings out rage in me in the same way that a bad driver on the freeway does. It's a justified rage because my best effort has no impact on the situation. So, yeah, that's the best analogy I can think of: Playing a typical AC game is like commuting to work with idiots on the road. At least in AC my life isn't in danger every day, but the emotions are the same.    … Expand
  25. xvvolf
    Aug 23, 2016
    5
    I purchased this game well after release so all the release day bugs were hammered out. Still, framerate was a massive issue while playing Unity.
    The game was too ambitious graphically. It is a graphically stunning game, but the gameplay quality takes a massive hit with dropped frames constantly occurring.
    Also as a single player only gamer, having the multiplayer missions scattered    I purchased this game well after release so all the release day bugs were hammered out. Still, framerate was a massive issue while playing Unity.
    The game was too ambitious graphically. It is a graphically stunning game, but the gameplay quality takes a massive hit with dropped frames constantly occurring.

    Also as a single player only gamer, having the multiplayer missions scattered all over was just flat out annoying. You can play them as a single player, but most are just flat out impossible without 2 or more players.    … Expand
  26. azgoodaz
    Aug 16, 2016
    7
    Assassin’s Creed Unity where to start?

    Assassin’s Creed is a game that “I like,” I don’t love it (like a fanboy that buys each game on day one) or hate it (for how long the series is). But I like Assassin’s Creed for how in-depth the story is for both the Assassin and the character inside the Animus. One thing that I love the most about the Assassin’s Creed games is the places/city’s    Assassin’s Creed Unity where to start?

    Assassin’s Creed is a game that “I like,” I don’t love it (like a fanboy that buys each game on day one) or hate it (for how long the series is). But I like Assassin’s Creed for how in-depth the story is for both the Assassin and the character inside the Animus. One thing that I love the most about the Assassin’s Creed games is the places/city’s the game puts you in. But Unity took a different approach and I think they didn’t put enough ‘love’ into the game.

    First off lets state the obvious, the performance. The performance of this game is all over reviews, but what’s so horrible about it and why are people giving it low scores? Me personally… I wouldn’t call it horrible. It is very playable, but there are hiccups and glitches. When running around, climbing, walking through huge crowds, etc, there will be small frame rate drops. By just watching, you can tell the frame rate takes a total on the game. I think Ubisoft pushed this game way too hard, way too early and way too fast with current-gen consoles (Xbox One and PS4).

    Gameplay, missions, cutscenes and in-game money. Gameplay, it’s very weird honestly. When you move in a direction where you want to go while climbing, the character sometimes doesn’t go in that direction. For example, when you try to go inside a window, he jumps on the other side of the window, or he just jumps on top of the window… its just filled with small bugs. Just to throw this in here, ‘sometimes’ there are also audio cut outs when wandering through the city and there is also swimming in this game for those wondering, mostly for those that think you might die in the water, but you won’t die. Missions are widespread throughout the city, they give take advantage of using the whole map. There are 12 Sequences and in each sequence it has around 3–4 missions (maybe more or less). Cut-scenes are amazing like with every Assassin’s Creed game, but it does have a few bugs, like sometimes the characters hair, and outfit accessories just randomly flys and jumps in the air (you can probably find videos about this). Another cut-scene bug is when the AI randomly spawns in the cut-scene. In-game money is hard to come by actually. Money can’t be earned when completing missions… which is really weird. When you upgrade all your skills, and empty your characters ammo/bombs/arrows you will need around 2,500 credits in order to get restocked. Only way to make money is during side missions.

    Where is the Animus by Abstergo? The Animus is nowhere to be found in this game. There are really only two Animus related content in this game. One is small (2–3) cut-scenes with an Animus women employee letting you about a certain mission or telling you little background information on what the Animus is (very weird for new players if they are getting into the Assassin Creed titles with this one as their first). The second Animus related content is when a rift opens in your game, you have to find it and jump through it, then you get put in a different time period, you run around until you find the portal, climb some more, jump in the portal and then your back in the Unity storyline (very weird). Was I the only one that liked the whole in-real life thing they did where you can wander around the Abstergo company like in Assassin’s Creed 2 and Black Flag?

    For the $7.06 (digital code price) that I paid for this game based on its standard ~ $19.99 price (as of 3/16/16), the game was enjoyable but the performance didn’t stop me from playing the game. The storyline was somewhat there (but there could have been more added), background information about the Animus is completely gone, gameplay/missions are fairly long/in-depth and performance is buggy/glitchy but it’s still playable.    … Expand
  27. Pjeb
    Jun 8, 2016
    6
    No longer broken - or completely broken - with an engaging, if confined story, and lots of familiar AC mechanics, but far too many mindless collectible tasks; infuriating for the completionist.
  28. zaitsu
    Apr 26, 2016
    6
    I always was a huge fan of assasins. Its look ok , fps is droppy but its still the same good assasin. For everyone who enjoyed any part of franchise this is must have. I wilk try Syndicate
  29. youlouz
    Mar 26, 2016
    6
    This is a mediocre game with a poor story

    PROS
    -Smooth gameplay
    -Fun missions

    CONS
    -extremely frustrating
    -Terrible story
    -Glitchy
    -Long loading times
  30. DanishGamingGuy
    Mar 1, 2016
    5
    again with the accent problem ubisoft. well besides that it was harder the more recent games in the franchise which i liked still the frame rate was bad and the story was not good and it was very buggy
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#51 Best Xbox One Game of 2014
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#7 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2014
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#22 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2014

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 59 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 59
  3. Negative: 2 out of 59
  1. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Feb 15, 2015
    50
    Paris shows some promise, but it's hard to enjoy a game when it's so nauseating, even if it does suggest a return to the series' best ideas. Maybe next year. [Issue#119, p.65]
  2. CD-Action
    Jan 9, 2015
    70
    As the first next-gen addition to the series Unity is a stepping stone on the way to something outstanding, but not an outstanding game in its own right. [13/2014, p.32]
  3. Games Master UK
    Dec 30, 2014
    75
    If you're invested in the classic AC style, this will do the trick. You'll love being a part of Ubisoft's Paris. [Jan 2015, p.68]
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