GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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i thought they were going to be lower
biogamergirl gave it a 8.7 out of 10
Assassin's Creed Unity - Review Thread
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BadAss2961
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lol
Even if they get good coverage on sales this year, all they have done is publicized their seemingly mess-of-a-game. Eventually people stop buying.
I have come full circle to this series that I did with COD... Finally you realize its a cash-grab. I bought every COD, then bought every AC, until now.
Totally agree. That's what I was thinking as well.
Karak
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This is kind of awful.
EightBitNate
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The main complaints seem to be that it doesn't shake up the series enough. Rogue looks like more of the same than Unity.
Yep you can tell he's really pissed.
omg "I SEE YOU" lmfao
TetraGenesis
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Holyyyyy shit
CGwizz
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8 Concerning Things I Experienced in Assassin's Creed Unity
November 11, 2014 by JDavisIGN
If Assassins Creed Unity represents the future direction of AAA video games, I seriously question the future health and legitimacy of this industry.
These are 8 real things I experienced within Assassins Creed Unitys first 2-3 hours:
I tried to open a treasure chest, but was told I needed the Assassins Creed companion app to open it, with no additional information or context.
I tried to open another treasure chest, and was told I needed to sign up for Assassins Creed Initiates to open it.
I tried to open a third treasure chest, and was told I needed to upgrade Arnos lockpicking skill.
I upgraded Arnos lockpicking skill, and was told my skill level still wasnt high enough to open that chest. I gave up.
When I paused the game, the second option in the pause menu is an eStore that lets you spend real money on time-saving boosts, bonus in-game currency, and so-on.
I saw a woman floating through the air.
I heard the same line of dialogue 5 times during an early-game chase mission.
I experienced my character flip all around on the side of a building instead of climb through the window like I wanted.
None of the above includes subjective elements I found troublesome, including confusing and uninteresting modern day moments, trial and error mission design, and soulless NPCs.
Assassin's Creed Unity - Video Review
05:39
This is a $60 video game set in revolutionary Paris that continually spams you to sign up for Ubisoft services via locked-away in-game content. This is a $60 video game that paces out unlockables and upgrades at the exact speed that Ubisoft wanted, but then offers to sell you time savers.
With all of this in mind, I still dont necessarily disagree with Martys positive review. Unitys vision of Paris is very impressive. Its story is interesting - Im enjoying the games central intrigue. Plenty of the side missions are satisfying, especially the murder mysteries. My personal score would be lower, but the game has its merits.
But all the issues I outlined above are more than just disappointing - theyre dangerous. Theyre undermining. As someone that truly loves the video game medium, theyre downright scary.
Master Chief Collections matchmaking is broken, and multiplayer requires a huge day one patch. Titanfall is dead. The PS4s 2.0 firmware update continues to cause major problems. The days of going to a midnight launch event and coming home to experience pure launch day gaming bliss seem to be over.
I completely understand the need to up revenue per user above $60 for big-budget AAA games. This is a tough business to be in. But it has to be done in a way that doesnt compromise the integrity of your gameplay, and doesnt test the patience of your players. If youre a game developer, and you care about the long term health and sustainability of this business, please do what you can to ensure were not creating the darkest timeline.
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November 11, 2014 by JDavisIGN
If Assassins Creed Unity represents the future direction of AAA video games, I seriously question the future health and legitimacy of this industry.
These are 8 real things I experienced within Assassins Creed Unitys first 2-3 hours:
I tried to open a treasure chest, but was told I needed the Assassins Creed companion app to open it, with no additional information or context.
I tried to open another treasure chest, and was told I needed to sign up for Assassins Creed Initiates to open it.
I tried to open a third treasure chest, and was told I needed to upgrade Arnos lockpicking skill.
I upgraded Arnos lockpicking skill, and was told my skill level still wasnt high enough to open that chest. I gave up.
When I paused the game, the second option in the pause menu is an eStore that lets you spend real money on time-saving boosts, bonus in-game currency, and so-on.
I saw a woman floating through the air.
I heard the same line of dialogue 5 times during an early-game chase mission.
I experienced my character flip all around on the side of a building instead of climb through the window like I wanted.
None of the above includes subjective elements I found troublesome, including confusing and uninteresting modern day moments, trial and error mission design, and soulless NPCs.
Assassin's Creed Unity - Video Review
05:39
This is a $60 video game set in revolutionary Paris that continually spams you to sign up for Ubisoft services via locked-away in-game content. This is a $60 video game that paces out unlockables and upgrades at the exact speed that Ubisoft wanted, but then offers to sell you time savers.
With all of this in mind, I still dont necessarily disagree with Martys positive review. Unitys vision of Paris is very impressive. Its story is interesting - Im enjoying the games central intrigue. Plenty of the side missions are satisfying, especially the murder mysteries. My personal score would be lower, but the game has its merits.
But all the issues I outlined above are more than just disappointing - theyre dangerous. Theyre undermining. As someone that truly loves the video game medium, theyre downright scary.
Master Chief Collections matchmaking is broken, and multiplayer requires a huge day one patch. Titanfall is dead. The PS4s 2.0 firmware update continues to cause major problems. The days of going to a midnight launch event and coming home to experience pure launch day gaming bliss seem to be over.
I completely understand the need to up revenue per user above $60 for big-budget AAA games. This is a tough business to be in. But it has to be done in a way that doesnt compromise the integrity of your gameplay, and doesnt test the patience of your players. If youre a game developer, and you care about the long term health and sustainability of this business, please do what you can to ensure were not creating the darkest timeline.
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http://www.ign.com/blogs/jdavisign/2014/11/11/8-real-things-i-experienced-in-assassins-creed-unity/
I would laugh if the patch notes just read like so:
"Attempts to fix EVERYTHING."
Denton
Member
Pretty sad that this vastly improved games design will get completely overlooked because of the technical problems. But it's Ubis own fault I guess.
John Bender
Banned
Highly disappointed at videogamer.com
Even mentioning it doesn't run "properly" on consoles, but still giving it an 8 out of 10?
I mean, seriously, what the fuck?
That's a big stretch. I wouldn't compare this to Blacklist's stealth, that's far too kind. Cover system is a mess for one.
This is messed up. Please stop designing games around milking more money out of me.
ninjablade
Banned
is the combat much better now. i only played AC1 and 2 and the combat was too easy and boring.
And look how much things have improved since then :/
Lol a Ubisoft shitshow is only surpassed by an even bigger Ubisoft shitshow.
brandonh83
Banned
Some of that shit looked like it was taken right out of Ringu.
Is this the first horror entry in the series?
Acquiescence
Member
Can't imagine Ubisoft is all too pleased with the critical reception thus far.
Last Uchiha
Banned
This happens when you selling the same game 8 times :] burn Ubisoft burn
Karak
Member
I didn't know I had that footage until right when I was getting ready for the review and I saw him peeking out at me.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
I expected Arno to be the new Ezio, and the story to be the best yet. I assumed that Ubisoft, a french company, would grind Unity into some amazing. But hear that the story and that the assassins creed universe is boring and a disappointing, is extremely disappointing to me.
AC games for me are fun to play because of the momentum of the story. To have made a bad story, you piss me off having to watch your cut scenes, trying to explain context to me I wouldnt otherwise get. How more unsatisfying can it be?
And worse than Assassins Creed 3? Man. I hope AC Rogue will have a better story than this, because this is freaking tragic. But I pre-ordered so I will give it a go, but by this point I guess I am just waiting for DAI to pre-load so I can move on.
If AC Rogue turns out to be good I will buy that once it hit steam!
AC games for me are fun to play because of the momentum of the story. To have made a bad story, you piss me off having to watch your cut scenes, trying to explain context to me I wouldnt otherwise get. How more unsatisfying can it be?
And worse than Assassins Creed 3? Man. I hope AC Rogue will have a better story than this, because this is freaking tragic. But I pre-ordered so I will give it a go, but by this point I guess I am just waiting for DAI to pre-load so I can move on.
If AC Rogue turns out to be good I will buy that once it hit steam!
Intheflorsh
Banned
79 on metacritic so it gets the
sturgboski
Member
Jeff Gertsman (I probably butchered that) and his review of Kane and Lynch for GameSpot and resulting actions is my response to your item #1.
79 on metacritic so it gets the
That is disappointing. Sure it didn't live up to the hype and promise, but Destiny was and is not the broken mess AC Unity is...
On youtube I think, there was a livestream with Alex and Patrick.
Hope they learn from it. Just like they did from AC3.
guggnichso
Banned
I wish it would. Hint: it doesn't.
Spoiler: It runs much, much, MUCH worse than those.
fatigues_gasolini
Member
Wow, this is the first Ass Creed I will not buy at launch. I skipped it for dragon age and it looks like it was a good idea.
KefkaPalazzo
Member
79 on metacritic so it gets the
I'm going to need to print out several copies of this.
Karak
Member
So true. Its funny I was talking to another creator for my channel and that is actually what we discussed. Some of the bugs look like they are on purpose and from a horror movie.
Windom Earle
Member
Huh? Doesn't matter from whom it comes, this is disgusting news.
edit: Not talking about the review here.
79 on metacritic so it gets the
It's only got 6 reviews so far, one of which is a 5/5, so I'd wait a bit before handing that out.
MHWilliams
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Karak
Member
I hope someone will do the same with DA:I.
I read a reviewer who saw npcs falling from the sky many time for example.
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
This is what happens when you rush games out and stick to a horrendous yearly cycle.
This needed 6 months more in development. Maybe even 1 more fucking year so they could have come up with something worthwhile.
This needed 6 months more in development. Maybe even 1 more fucking year so they could have come up with something worthwhile.
The Last One
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A77a77in'7 Creed
I'm not at all a stealth game player, so I honestly couldn't really tell you. I thought it looked quite a bit like what they did in SC, and I have no doubt they simplified it a lot since I managed to actually use the system and even enjoy it, which never happened to me ever in the stealth elements of any AC ever before.
Much better maybe not. They tweaked it a bit with the new perfect counter system, but mainly they made fights against more than 3 people (at higher level at least) much more challenging. I died quite a few times when running around trying to find the chests in the most difficult districts of the city only to find them with 4 or 5 high level guards on it. It's the first AC game where I actually used the smoke bombs to run off a fight.
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