Assassin's Creed Unity

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Assassin's Creed Unity
File:ACUnityCover.jpg In Paris, we don't have faces, only eyes and teeth.
Genre(s): Action Adventure Stealth Platform(s): Microsoft Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Release: November 11, 2014 Engine: AnvilNext 2.0 Developer(s): Ubisoft Montreal Publisher(s): Ubisoft Country: Canada Series: Assassin's Creed Predecessor: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Successor: Assassin's Creed Syndicate

Assassin's Creed: Unity is a stealth action-adventure video game published by Ubisoft and developed by Ubisoft Montreal.

It is the eighth installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise and the first game in it to be released exclusively for eighth-generation consoles, specifically the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.

Bad Qualities

1. Rushed Development: The game was given a three-year development cycle but the team at Ubisoft was more concerned about the technology instead of the actual content. This leads to a large number of bugs at launch, including an infamous one where the faces of the characters disappear and all that's left is their eyes and teeth. In fact, the game was so buggy that they ended up releasing a patch that weighs 6.7GB!
2. Despite the first Assassin's Creed game that was released natively to the 8th generation consoles (such as the PS4 and Xbox One in 2014), the game is locked at 30 FPS because the game developers wanted the game to be cinematic. Despite this, the game suffers from poor framerate dropping from 28 to 22 FPS on both consoles.
3. Some of the main missions are very boring and repetitive as they can be very frustrating to go through.
4. The story is also very boring and bland full of mostly forgettable characters (except for Arno).
5. Poor combat system which has been downgraded from previous games, and several key features were removed from it.
6. As mentioned earlier, several key features from the franchise have been removed like hand-to-hand melee, picking up weapons from the ground, and crouching.
7. The game features an upgrade system, and while that isn't bad, the only way you can upgrade your skills is with upgrade points which are hidden throughout the game's world.
8. The Present Day story is very barebones and it has nothing to do with the storyline from the previous entries in the series.
9. Because of the reasons above, it's an embarrassment for Ubisoft's reputation.

Good Qualities

1. Arno Dorian is a likable protagonist, and by far the only character in the whole game who is considered tolerable compared to others.
2. Good voice acting, even though not a lot of the voice actors are recognizable.
3. The parkour animations are very fluent and are a major improvement from the previous games.
4. Unlike the past installments, you can actually find alternate costumes based on Ezio from the Ezio trilogy, or Connor from III without having to buy them via DLC.
5. Lots of cool weapons to choose from, and a lot of them are unique.
6. You can now fully customize your character and change each part of his outfit to your liking.
7. The world map now has a 3D environment, making it a lot easier to tell where you are and where you should go.
8. Unlike the last few games, there is no console-exclusive content, not even on PlayStation, on any of the platforms, meaning that all of the content, including DLC, is available on every single platform it is available on.
9. Arno’s love interest, Elise de la Serre’s death scene was emotional.
10. The graphics are very good and still hold up to this day.

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