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Assassin's Creed Unity - Review Thread

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TheVoidDragon

Member
I'm slightly tempted to cancel my pre-order because of these review scores, although i got the game for half price so i can't decide. It sounds like most of the problems are technical issues so hopefully those will get fixed.
 
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BeforeJam

Neo Member
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Oh my.
 
Karak

Karak

Member
Raven77 said:
So Kotaku says the missions are boring

Gameinformer says the missions are engaging



...Not sure who to trust here. I mean, anyone in the US can get this game for $40 bucks today so at least it wont cost $60.
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Actually its right in the middle hahaha. Some are great but some of the main missions are somewhat boring while the actual side missions and stuff are fun. It is just oddly designed through and through.
 
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glaurung

Member
*sigh*

This marks the second time I'm canceling this pre-order.

Hopefully they'll manage to patch all the nasty out of the PS4 version. Might reconsider buying then.
 
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Alucrid

Banned
Jeff-DSA said:
The technical issues (framerate, bugs, getting stuck in geometry) alone should prevent anybody from giving this a 10/10 score. Case closed. You can't reward something a perfect score that has so many glaring technical issues. That's disingenuous and wrong.

Not that anybody really cares what I personally think, but anybody who scores this game perfectly, I will no longer trust anything else you review. Ever. There's clearly an agenda or something shady going on if you can hand out a perfect score to something so problematic.
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but it has that painted look!
 
M

mp1990

Banned
This is sad man,normally i can live with some glitches and fps problems but i won't pay 60$ on a next-gen AC3.At least if Rogue is as good as Black Flag,we're all good.
 
M

Mononoke

Banned
Toki767 said:
Can you get a refund?
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Got it on Xbox One digital. I know MS issued refunds for Battlefield 4. Not sure if the game is THAT broken for them to give me one. :(

I really wish I hadn't gotten it though. The FPS is truly terrible. I'm not being just nitpicky, it drops to 20 fps and below. And it totally ruins the immersion of the game. It makes all the graphics pointless. This is especially a game that requires fluid movements (as it's open world, and you are traversing it and moving through crowds quickly). It's a really bad experience.

I bought Shadow or Morodor last week. And that game is infinitely better. It might not have better graphics (technically), but the graphics it does have + the fluid movement of 30 FPS locked (relatively), makes it a much much better experience. It's night and day. That, and the game is just fuckin awesome. I really should have just skipped Unity.
 
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Kaswa101

Member
PapaJustify said:
It's funny how this is the first year where PlayStation doesn't have exclusive deals for this game and is pushing FarCry 4 instead.

It's like they know at PlayStation HQ what good games are...
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Dat Destiny doe...

OT, although I know I'll enjoy the hell out of this, I'm glad the scores are low. Ubi needs to get their act together as these games have always lacked in polish, and Unity looks to be the worst offender.

Time to wake up, Ubi.
 
Raven77

Raven77

Member
Karak said:
Actually its right in the middle hahaha. Some are great but some of the main missions are somewhat boring while the actual side missions and stuff are fun. It is just oddly designed through and through.
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So would you say its worth $40 dollars?
 
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shadowsdarknes

Member
Endoplasmatisch said:
AC Unity:
Videogamer.com - 8/10

Sunset Overdrive
Videogamer.com - 6/10


Also, where is the BioGamer Review?
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Is someone not allowed to prefer Assassin's Creed over Sunset Overdrive?
The reviewer acknowledged the poor performance. But to some people, sub 30 fps is not unplayable.

Hell, a lot of people enjoyed ACIV on the Wii U and that averaged never even seemed to hit 30 fps.
 
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Toki767

Member
Jeff-DSA said:
The technical issues (framerate, bugs, getting stuck in geometry) alone should prevent anybody from giving this a 10/10 score. Case closed. You can't reward something a perfect score that has so many glaring technical issues. That's disingenuous and wrong.

Not that anybody really cares what I personally think, but anybody who scores this game perfectly, I will no longer trust anything else you review. Ever. There's clearly an agenda or something shady going on if you can hand out a perfect score to something so problematic.
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It worked for Skyrim.
 
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d1rtn4p

Member
Hopefully this is a wake up call to publishers...Nobody wants annual game releases, especially if they sick :) Take your time damnit.
 
Karak

Karak

Member
jrh2 said:
Everyone read this. There are things in this simple bullet point list that I can't believe aren't mentioned in some of the full-length reviews. Shameful.
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I mentioned every single one of them and yep they all exist.
 
B

brandonh83

Banned
Amir0x said:
I want to give credit here and now to two companies though that have bucked the 2014 trend and deserve a lot of praise.

MICROSOFT and NINTENDO.

Microsoft's stable of games this holiday season - Forza Horizon 2, Sunset Overdrive and Master Chief Collection - are clearly designing within the limits of the technology provided for them on the platform and the result is a mostly completely solid 30fps experience (or in MCC case, 60fps). Yes, Sunset is 900p, but it understood what it had to pare back to get it to run acceptably technically and the result is everything else looks wonderful. It's one step back for a dozen step forwards.

Same for Nintendo. Bayonetta 2? Wonderful. Captain Toad? Wonderful. Mario Kart 8? Great. Smash Bros. Wii U? I haven't followed it but I'm sure it'll run great

THANK you companies who continue to ensure we aren't face stuffed with technical abominations.
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This shit right here is why I have a Wii U and looking into an Xbox One very soon. I want a PS4 next year for stuff like Bloodborne, but for now I feel like Nintendo and Microsoft are actually delivering when it comes to first party content. Sure these multiplats are problematic on whatever console, but when it comes to great, well-performing exclusives, these guys are doing so, so good.
 
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jmdajr

Member
Amir0x said:
I want to give credit here and now to two companies though that have bucked the 2014 trend and deserve a lot of praise.

MICROSOFT and NINTENDO.


Microsoft's stable of games this holiday season - Forza Horizon 2, Sunset Overdrive and Master Chief Collection - are clearly designing within the limits of the technology provided for them on the platform and the result is a mostly completely solid 30fps experience (or in MCC case, 60fps). Yes, Sunset is 900p, but it understood what it had to pare back to get it to run acceptably technically and the result is everything else looks wonderful. It's one step back for a dozen step forwards.

Same for Nintendo. Bayonetta 2? Wonderful. Captain Toad? Wonderful. Mario Kart 8? Great. Smash Bros. Wii U? I haven't followed it but I'm sure it'll run great


THANK you companies who continue to ensure we aren't face stuffed with technical abominations.
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No doubt give credit where it is due. I hope Naughty Dog delivers. PS3 is still a better system. By a lot.
 
ComputerBlue

ComputerBlue

Member
Blimblim said:
Sorry to spoil your fun with a positive review, I know here on GAF I should not say anything positive about a Ubisoft title. But anyway, I actually enjoyed the game quite a lot, it has problems (especially the terrible terrible loading times) but damn it's absolutely breathtaking to look at and the gameplay is better than any other AC game before (I mean the core AC gameplay, not the naval stuff from BF of course). I played it on Xbox One and the framerate wasn't locked for sure (dipped to 25 when it got very busy), but it stayed playable at all times and there was no tearing.
Not perfect certainly, but I enjoyed almost every minute of it (outside of that bloody black loading screen...).
As usual, full text on the French version of the site, only the conclusion and + - in English, and many videos from both the X1 and PC version (though 30 fps as our PC guy is still dling the game):
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_we_reviewer_ac_unity-16043_en.html
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Everyone misses Jespers music, yet Ubi doesn't listen. So I take it ambient music is non existent in this game then? ffs ubi.
 
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ELAMOR

Member
Amir0x said:
I want to give credit here and now to two companies though that have bucked the 2014 trend and deserve a lot of praise.

MICROSOFT and NINTENDO.


Microsoft's stable of games this holiday season - Forza Horizon 2, Sunset Overdrive and Master Chief Collection - are clearly designing within the limits of the technology provided for them on the platform and the result is a mostly completely solid 30fps experience (or in MCC case, 60fps). Yes, Sunset is 900p, but it understood what it had to pare back to get it to run acceptably technically and the result is everything else looks wonderful. It's one step back for a dozen step forwards.

Same for Nintendo. Bayonetta 2? Wonderful. Captain Toad? Wonderful. Mario Kart 8? Great. Smash Bros. Wii U? I haven't followed it but I'm sure it'll run great


THANK you companies who continue to ensure we aren't face stuffed with technical abominations.
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yep Nintendo is delivering this 2014.
 
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Zafir

Member
How does the PC version run then? Most of the complaints seem to be technical issues, but that shouldn't be an issue on PC.

Of course companies never do separate reviews for a PC version.
 
V

Vizzeh

Banned
DukeBobby said:
Poor Alien: Isolation.
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Which was a poor choice of game-journo to review that game imo and I quite like Ryan too. Fantastic game.

Also: Atleast Dragon Age is slaughtering the reviews today, hugely positive and likely the best game out this side of xmas :)
 
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Toki767

Member
Azula said:
Got it on Xbox One. I know MS issued refunds for Battlefield 4. Not sure if the game is THAT broken for them to give me one. :(

I really wish I hadn't gotten it though.
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It's worth a try to ask. I think Microsoft might be a bit more lenient on refunds than Sony at least.
 
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conman

Member
Griss said:
Legit shocked. Feels like the two games they 'hyped' the most, ACIII and Unity have both turned out to be disasters. After ACIII there's no way I'm touching this one.

Shame, because Black Flag was incredible. Maybe I should look into Rogue?
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I suppose when put alongside AC3, AC4 does look "incredible." But this series has gone off the rails and become a victim of Ubisoft's factory-style production process. AC3 was a mess in every possible way. AC4 wasn't a mess, but it wasn't coherent. It was a game of lots of individually great pieces, but they never came together. It sounds like Unity has hit AC3 levels of mess.

I don't think we're seeing a "hit and miss" cycle. I think we're seeing a pattern that is wrought of piecemeal factory-style production, occasionally resulting in "not bad" products. Hardly an endorsement for AC Unity 2.
 
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