Assassin's Creed Unity Gameplay Walkthrough Part 12-KJS
0Assassin's Creed Unity is the last 'real' Assassin's Creed game. By that, I mean to say it is the last AC game that bared significant semblance to its predecessors.
Unity is a controversial game among AC fans; detractors point out the disastrous release of the game, the lackluster story and boring world.
Fans, however, consider Unity to be the most refined of the AC games, with the best gameplay mechanics, breathtaking graphics, and incredibly fun implementation of multiplayer.
I fall into the 'fans' category. If there is one word to describe Unity, it's 'beautiful'. Among even newer AAA releases, I struggle to find games that look this good. AC Unity's portrayal of Paris is the most realistic video game representation of a city I've played; crowds of hundreds protesting and rioting the streets, hundreds (if not thousands) of enterable buildings including shops, coffee houses, apartments and palaces, each with bustling crowds of people inside, spontaneous crowd events such as thieves, gang attacks and general ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The developers of Unity really tried to recreate the Paris during the French Revolution as faithfully as they could. Graphically, both AC Origins and AC Odyssey fail to look as good as Unity (and note, all three were played with ultra settings).
Other than the world, other things I really enjoyed about Unity include the parkour and stealth mechanics, the multiplayer missions (which you can play by yourselves if you choose to - as this is an older game, there are less people online), the detective missions, and the combat system. The combat in Unity is difficult. Of all the AC games, I would say it is the most difficult. It is slower and more weighty than the others, but this all greatly adds to the realism of the game. Unlike in other AC games where mobs of 10 are easy challenges, I found myself often struggling when fighting more than three enemies.
All of these positives do not mean Unity is a perfect game, however. Despite its world being incredibly beautiful and realistic, critics of this game do have valid points. The story did feel rather rushed and simple, especially when compared to other games such as AC3. Other negatives I found with the game include that enemies with guns never miss, the Nostradamus missions at times were way too simple, and at other times way too difficult, and the over-cluttering of the in-game map. Additionally, while money in the game is not hard to come by, especially as the game progresses, I did find myself relying on spending a lot of time grinding ways to generate money in order to keep upgrading my gear and keeping disposable items (smoke bombs, bullets, etc) stocked.
My main issue with Unity, however, is that despite making such an incredibly beautiful world, the game is poorly optimized. Like I said earlier, I played Unity, Origins and Odyssey all on ultra settings, and out of the three I got the least frame rates playing Unity. Also, as amazing as a crowd of 1,000+ people looks, there is a reason most games do not have crowds of NPCs that large; it is very demanding on your PC and GPU. I spent a lot of time watching NPCs rendering around me nonstop, and it is very, very noticeable and very, very annoying.
Before I finish up the review, I want to quickly talk about bugs. Unfortunately, owing to its horrible release, bugs are what Unity is known for now. I am happy to say that in 2020, Unity is a bug-less game. While my game did crash twice, I actually did not encounter any noticeable bugs, visually or gameplay wise, so the developers definitely deserve credit for resolving everything this game had going wrong for it.
In conclusion, I do think Unity is a great game. The only thing holding this game somewhat back is its story. Please note: the story missions are very fun, but the actual story feels rushed. Judging Unity on its gameplay and graphical and world-building achievements, I would have no issues saying that in these regards Unity is the best in the AC series. Were the story and initial release better flushed out, this would be considered one of the best AC games. As it stands to me, however, it is one of my favourites in the series.
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