First off, a caveat: I apparently got a gold-plated copy of Unity. Clipping errors, falls through the world, cutscenes out of horror movies, I had a grand total of 3 glitches, all online. This is written from that perspective. Unity is a wonderful experience, and a great co-op opportunity, if they ever get that aspect to work. Unity is the first game that feels like a next gen in terms of raw display and sheer amount of gameplay. A major gripe I've heard is how brief the story is, but to me that feels like eating only dessert and skipping 4 other courses, as I've put in 15 hours and am maybe halfway through the whole game. Otherwise, Ubisoft is working on the bugs with co-op, so this will focus more on single player.
Graphics are beyond sublime. The detail, the coloring, even the shadow play you can tell really gets the PS4 horses behind it. The number of random strangers also makes the city feel like a city. Audio is also wonderful, and just listening to the city is worth just stopping and watching for a while.
Combat is steadily improved and has more layers and possible courses. Guns are as bit overpowered now, and you don't get as easy a prompt as you used to to grab a human shield, but everything gradually stacks up your abilities. Doing combat well has a benefit of granting customization cash, rather than just grinding up the housing market and becoming a billionaire used to be. Upgrades to your cafe are also more than just go hear and spend money to get more money, but layer in more story. The only downsides are that the splinter cell esque "last position" make escaping a bit of a trial, and snipers have both perfect vision and apparently NV, as every rifleman on the map will see you at the first alert, and enemies can see you from the ground way too easily.
The story for Arno is wonderful, and has to be experienced as giving away anything is too much. While Ubisoft is pulling a lot of miles from their psychedelic vision quest missions, its still awesome. Your(the players) story is very meh and papered on and includes quite a few bizzare and offputting moments, as I don't think I'd join a group of self described Assassins after a single video chat from my sofa, but as you do. There's not much that can be done with the starting setup which is actually rather cute, and once you're past the alright I'll buy that moment it becomes much more enjoyable.
While the other characters are hit and miss, Arno and Elise are well developed and tastefully delivered. Their love story is not shoved in your face at every opportunity, but spread out and slowly built on, with side bars, love letters, and out of mission conversations. Its actually a romantic story set in place so gently and subtly its a treat to experience when an opportunity arises.
Co-op currently has serious issues. While my connection is partly to blame I'm certain, within 5 minutes of play I hit a frame rate issue that was horrific, and I fell through the floor during an air assassination into oblivion. Also, all the missions from the first one star heist requires you to have completed the single player story, as you basically must have all of the major abilities (lockpicking/double air assassination/6 star equipment) to be at all effective or to get all the benefits so it feels greatly unbalanced. Initiates is also struggling along, and is something I'd been looking forward to since AC3. Uplay must be inundated, so I may have to reappraise after the system is up and running, but currently it is just awful. The Companion App is cute and adds a bit in terms of story but feels very half-baked and is full of synchronization glitches.
Side missions are revamped and almost more fun than the Assassin side bars. The murder investigations are wonderfully done and actually make you both work and at least rub two brain cells together. The Nostradamus Disc clues are hard. I wanted hard back after how much fun the Animus gltiches were in Brotherhood, and this almost swings the pendulum a little far in the other direction. But they're well done and if you are attentive the layers of the onion can be peeled away. I do like that you'll get a prompt so if you're hopelessly lost you can still find your way.
Theres very few nits. The chests are a bit weird, and they all but force you into the companion app. While I'm addicted to all things Assassins Creed, that's just wrong. Collectibles is still far too much of drinking from a fire hose, and being forced to clear the map of chests that're basically worthless after about a 1/3 of the way through the game for a single trophy is annoying. A few minor bugs at random moments in single player, but nothing game changing, though that is with the caveat that I apparently got a gold plated copy, as many, MANY others has had more glitches to the point that the whole game could be called a hot mess. I wish you could see open doors and windows with your eagle vision, as trying to get into some buildings is a scavenger hunt for the one open window.
Overall, this is great. Wonderful story. Engaging and challenging combat, fun, cute, and tough side missions in equal measure, and a environment that is gorgeous enough to just sit and watch. Just give Ubi a few more weeks to try and get some multiplayer aspects of it to actually work. Otherwise this is a great display of what the PS4 is truly capable of.
Dead Kings DLC: Dead Kings tacks on some more story following the end of the main storyline of Unity, and is really more blah of the same variety. There're a handful of nifty environments to explore, such as a massive crumbling cathedral, but many of the missions are beyond crazy hard if you're trying to get all of the bonus points. The story opening for it is underdone and lame. The underground environments are pretty well done, but they needed a better rationale for introducing a lantern rather than imply that Arno is afraid of bats and/or cockroaches. The guillotine guns are laughably terrible, and I've yet to see another person use them, munch less use them well. I'm not through DK story yet, so maybe theres a couple good puzzle quests, but the fuse has really fizzled out already for me. I still love how massive and open the city is and all of the single player magic, but they did really drop a lot of balls from previous incarnations. AC Initiates sputtered to life and promptly died again, so maybe this'll quietly get folded off. But given out of 11 games they've managed to do 8-9 of them to the 4-5 star level, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt that this is mostly growing pains of handling a new level of software.
While I plan to expand on this once the co-op mechanism has its major bugs ironed out along with AC Initiates, please comment why if you do not find this review useful as I'm not used to this many negative votes.
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Assassin’s Creed Unity
For centuries, France has been ruled by the privileged few. No longer. On this day, the people of Paris have risen up against tyranny. Now, in the midst of one of history’s most chaotic and brutal revolutions, the fate of a nation rests on the edge of the Assassin’s blade.
Introducing Assassin’s Creed Unity, the next-gen evolution of the blockbuster franchise powered by an all-new game engine. From the storming of the Bastille to the execution of King Louis XVI, experience the French Revolution as never before, and help the people of France carve an entirely new destiny.
A Co-Op Experience You Must Play To Believe
In addition to an epic single-player campaign, play with up to 4 players online and experience the open world of 18th-century Paris together. Pull ambitious heists and take part in unique narrative-driven missions designed exclusively for co-op play. Sabotage an execution. Protect an emperor. Assassinate a Templar agent. Victory won’t be easy; you and your lethal band must rely on communication, coordination, and diverse skills to accomplish your missions, then vanish into the shadows.
A Ruthless New Hero for a Brutal World
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Full Motion Control ParkourEnjoy unprecedented freedom and control over your Assassin with new parkour mechanics for free running up, across, and down city walls and buildings. |
Reinvented CombatA deeper fighting system provides a richer combat experience based on skill, timing, and flow. |
Enhanced StealthMaster improved stealth gameplay, including a new stealth mode, cover system, and crowd-manipulation techniques. |
Deep Customization of the Master Assassin
Craft a unique play style by choosing weapons, gear, outfits, and specialized skills. Mix and match from hundreds of possible combinations and build your stealth, fighting, and navigation abilities from a new, expansive skill tree. Become the ultimate Master Assassin.
Discover Revolutionary Paris, Brought to Life as Never Before
Carve through the stunning full-scale open world city, a feat only made possible through the power of an all-new game engine. Explore detailed building interiors and discover secret catacombs and sewers. Embark on ancestral missions, treasure hunts, murder mysteries, contracts, and more. Witness the chaos of the French Revolution firsthand and become immersed in the realistic, systemic crowds of up to 5,000 AI-driven characters.
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