AC Unity vs AC Rogue | WHICH GAME IS BETTER? 

I liked Rogue for the Templar point of view and because it was similar to black flag and ac3. Unity I liked because of the gameplay and parkour.

Loved unity so much, that open world was just glorious to roam around in, random events, packed with life. Looks beautiful and the stealth and combat was top notch. Best creed so far, I hope mirage tries to capture this magic

I actually bought Unity, Syndicate, and Rogue for the first time recently. Looking forward to comparing it myself.

They're both good. Both games deserved proper development time. Unity needed to be delayed to late 2015 at the very least. Rogue should have had less copy pasted gameplay and UI, Rogue should have launched in 2014 with it being a cross gen game as well.

Personally prefer Rogue. Felt like it was a simpler A to B storyline with a character whose actions made more sense to me rather than Arno (though Dead Kings does A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING TO CHANGE THAT I can’t count it as part of main game). Also I’m Canadian so slight bias as getting to explore Colonial Halifax and St.Johns was actually really cool in a video game and isn’t something we Canadians get often lol.

I honestly enjoyed rogue much more

Unity - next gen & coolest AC ever Rogue - underrated & sequel to Black Flag Personally Rogue gameplay is a lot easier to play and so much fun with naval combat, but I love Arno and Elise that got me drawn into Unity & Paris is the best city in AC game, Unity offers so much more to do and play coop online.

Arno: “You killed my father, prepare to die!” Shay: “Put up more of a fight than he ever could.” Arno: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!” *charges*

Rogue is after Black Flag my absolute favourite.

Also, let me just say that after some reflection, the Assassins in Rogue actually weren't out of character - they do usually do everything to oppose the Templars and the Order of Ancients, regardless of the consequences, and we have quite a few examples: -Iltani assassinates Alexander (homophobic much? /s), which was on it's way to be a tolerant multi-cultural society. He was hailed as a liberator both in Egypt and Mesopotamia (where she's from lol). Not that the persians were bad rulers, but no one likes to be conquered. This lead to the empire to be broken and divided by it's generals and descendants who spent another three decades at war. Hope she felt good, cuz the common people definitely didn't. Also, don't get me started on how the Order of the Ancients was both controlling Alexander and Persia. Unless there was a schism within the Order, it makes no sense. -Aya assassinates Cleopatra for no real reason, just because she was associated with Caesar, which again, their alliance was the only thing keep Egypt free. With both Caesar and Cleopatra out of the way, Octavian easily took Egypt and he and the Order became more powerful than ever before. Good job Aya! -if we go by real life events, both Templars and Assassins (who are shia muslims) actually worked together a couple times because their enemy were the sunni muslims; -Ezio was very eager to put down the last byzantine resistance remnants, again, because of their association with the Order. The games have always told us that conquerors are bad regardless of their intentions, but Revelations seemed very keen to support the Ottomans and squash any remnants of the Byzantine Empire; -Connor for some reason thinks George Washington was the lesser of two evils when he was the one who ordered his village to be burned. He also owned slaves. I'm not gonna make moral judgements on Washington, but I'm gonna do it on Connor, because there's no reason for him to see the americans as a lesser evil than the brits. History proves us a right. (Trail of Tears, Slavery, Civil War, Segregration, yada yada); -Evie leaves Jacob alone in London, the biggest city of the world, just because they softened the Templars there, not realizing the Templars are s fucking Hydra, where you cut one down and two more grow. Jacob almost died. And if we go by History, her efforts didn't really do much in India; Many times the Assassins don't think of the consequences of their assassinations. Their thought process is (Templar = Bad, therefore, kill). Even the Vikings like Eivor and the Ragnarssons were actually smarter, because when they conquered an english kingdom, they would install a puppet king so the natives get happy to still have a king but said king still obeys the vikings with giving them permission for norse settles and trading deals. It's baffling how the Assassines never tried to infiltrate the Templar or the Order and try to undermine it from within. They should take some notes from Alfred and what he did to the Order in England. "Oh but it's just game. Doesn't need complex politics or anything." Nah man, this games is always trying to make me lectures about the nature of free will vs. control. At least make it make sense. Not saying I support Templars or the Order, as they're usually cartoonshly evil, but the Assassins fucking suck since only their opinion is the only one that matters and kill anyone who disagree. Shay was the only one who understood but also avoided unnecessary bloodshed with Achilles

Both are great, but let's be real here. The biggest miss Ubisoft would ever make is NOT making a title that tries to tie these 2 games + AC III together, having 3-4 playable protagonists similar to GTA V, having Arno Dorian, Connor Kenway & Aveline de Granpre together to team up against Shay Cormac. You could even add in Eseosa to the story as a 4th character, and even Shay Cormac could be a playable character for some missions.... Set it immediately after AC Unity before & during the Napoleon Wars (1794-1814 is perfect), and you have by far the best AC game ever, especially if you add in gameplay features from Brotherhood, Rogue, III & Unity, you literally have the Ultimate AC game.

For me Ac Unity was the best Ac game I ever played. The world design, the setting, the side quests, everything about this game felt perfect. I absolutely loved the murder mystery missions.

This may sound nitpicky, but you learn more about Achilles's motives and method by reading the War Letters collectibles around the game map. Explains how he was chosen by Ah'Tabai before he died and how Achilles thought the Mentor was too soft and that the Brotherhood needed to be more aggressive. So he was definitely just a different kind of leader even before he lost his wife and son, which could obviously make him even more irrational. Of course it should still have been better explained within the main story. The part that confused me more was how Adewale just went along with everything even after two earthquakes, one being in Haiti where he had many friends and allies. Felt very contrived to have him side with Achilles so easily.

Rogue just because of a view of haytham (and templar clothes are kinda cool) if there is a game with haytham as main character I would sell my kidney for it

You actually made me chuckle a couple of times Mr. MasterAssassin, nice humour you put in your video. I value your opinion & takes in general on all of these videos, but i just wanted to point out again how well some of these are put together, like this one for example. Thanks for your hard work :)

The problem with rogue was the repetitive gameplay and map design. Also shay doesn't feel like a Templer outside cutscenes. Ac unity on the other hand failed miserably at story for me - they could have actually set the story around French revolution instead of romance.

Great video. you should make a series of Jin Sakai vs AC protagonists expect for Demi Gods and Eivor

I think for arno the best line is 'I live to serve' when he started mission with bellec

Dude since I ran into you're channel I decided to try unity for myself and fell in love with the game.

Rogue reminds me of ac3, so I'd have to say unity because I could design my own character

Bruh how do you only have 165k. You deserve more

To me I'm not a ezio fanboy Im a Edward fanboy because Edward was the first game I played and Arno was the second

somehow I would've loved if we had had Napoleon or le roi des thunes as the final big bad in unity because they're both relatively known characters and we both helped their rise earlier, so it'd feel a lot more impactful than what we got with germain (that's basically Origins story all over but the concept just is great imo so wouldn't have hurt, and especially for arno already tragic story it would've fit very well imo)

Haythem Kenway deserves a full game for him self

It just hit me that both of these games will be 10 years old next November, damn time flies.

7:41 fun fact: the reason he has a western accent is because he was trained by the Canadian brotherhood, and the reason he's so radical is because he saw them all get wiped out and that's why he joined the French assassins

A comparison between 3 and rogue would be cool because both games are somewhat similar yet different in some aspects as well so i was wondering about what game does each thing better

just started playing both of these (again) so this is funny cause I wanted this exact video for the past few days lol

I belong to the 1% of the Fandom who will defend Rogue to the death even against Unity. I will admit that Unity was Gorgeous but it's the polished combat from the Kenway Saga, The breathtaking North Sea and Shay's potential and a character that makes me Love Rouge

much prefer these longer types of videos

Love your analysis, in my opinion both are great and have their respective greatness in certain area. I would say Unity wins overall (especially how it looks and gameplay) but Rogue is always intriguing, considering how it connects the 'main titles'

I know you already did a video about it. But Shay Arno & Connor deserve a follow up game w/all three of them in it. Might be a tall task but I loved the colonial era of AC

Before Rogue, I was really invested in the Assassin Brotherhood. But then Shay's story opened my eyes, to the Templars. I learned that despite it's flaws, Order was better than Chaos, when it came to progress and building a respectful future. Haytham was right in AC3, you can't just cause havoc in the name of freedom. It has to be achieved and made a mutual idea for everyone.

Both in my top 5 favourites 💙

I remember when at the time I couldn't get a PS4/Xbox one so I bought Rogue and even now I believe I got the better game (still haven't completed unity yet since my game data got corrupted)

At the time Ps4 and XB1 had just been released so they released these 2 at the same time with Unity being for the newer consoles. I was obsessed with Unity at launch because of the new parkour system. Felt very groundbreaking back in 2014 even though it was glitchy af. I was also never liked the ship mechanics and AC Unity stepped away from that after black flag.

Never played unity. I just love rogue for some reason.

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Here’s how I interpreted rogue: Shay was disgusted by how the Assassin’s changed to a power hungry group which is why Shay defected, and because Achilles was spared from the rest of those who were killed, he understood and realized where his faults were and so that’s why he’s different when he’s training Connor because he didn’t want to repeat what he did in the past, and so Shay wasn’t a Templar who betrayed the Assassin’s, he was still part of the brotherhood, but it was the assassin’s who betrayed him and considered him a “ROGUE”.

I always thought with unity they tried to make Arno like a french Ezio but kinda failed, the story of vengeance is good in both games..Shay got the most amazing outfit out of all the Assassins

Rogue has the darkness and beauty of Ac3 with the best features from black flag sized up a level while also connecting both games through the story. If it wasn’t for rogue we wouldn’t hold the other two kenway games in as high esteem as we do!

Unity has better: Graphics Parkour World Time period Animations Assassinations Multiplayer Rogue has better: Story Main character Targets and allies Ships Multiple locations

You should make a video about ac brotherhood's first three missions in monterrigioni, where ezio helps people, but those people foreshadow what will happen next, maybe they are Cesare's spies, like guy who was mistaken for machiavelli

I think for arno the famous line is 'I live to serve' so use that line

Connor cameos are always funny af

Rogue. 1. Shay was badass. 2. Shay had the best outfits. 3. Most unique story (play as Templar). Either way, this is like comparing apples to the megalodon shark. Unity was in development for 4 years, Rogue was developed in 8 months, start to finish. Rogue had almost 0 marketing and was just there to satisfy old gen users. Despite all of the odds against it, Rogue was the last game to capture the AC magic, which still hasn't been done since, from it's predecessors before the RPG elements really started to take over, ending the series as we knew it, and starting a new.

GIVE ME LEEEEE 🤣 Great video again love it

I like u have to control multiple districts more than hit that lvl before u can do a story mission feels more impressive

Love your video, and you should do, which is better, Alexios or Kassandra's if you haven't done it yet, and I like Rouge

9:34 Actually those assassin enemies were also taken from Black Flag's gaurdians during The Observatory mission.

what game of the ac series would you most reccommend? im asking it now bcs steam sale is still going on and im wondering which version would be the funnest to play.

I really like both games but I think Rogues side content was better. You take over forts and settlements and hand them over to the British which is beneficial to the Templars. It’s also very satisfying in my opinion. The Café Theatre is also very fun to renovate but just not as good or useful as the fort/settlement takeovers.

Master assassin a idea for a video would be unanswered questions about assassins creed regarding its story

love you bro❤

I don’t really like having the grey area where both the assassins and Templar’s can be good and bad. I think it was better and simpler to have assassins hood templars bad. Maybe I’m just bias because ac 2 is my favorite ac game

I have the perfect idea for the next video, Who is the stealthiest assassin?

Rouge and Unity are 2 of the best AC games, I really enjoyed playing them.

first, happy new year I love both but i prefer rogue it story, it characters, it twist, it score yeah, both games are criminally undereated

Hands down, in terms of sound track rogue takes the edge for me, it really gives me the nostalgic and adventurous vibe, eben while battling the ships, the track is still in my head, although i enjoyed unity alot with it's amazing gameplay and graphics, Rogue's sound track is something i could never forget.

We need a Unity vs Syndicate or Syndicate vs Odyssey now

Both of these games are the best next to Ezio Trilogy!. Why don't you consider keeping a 1 to 5 rating for each category rather than a 1-0 system. It gives a chance for categories to balance off and slightly edge one over the other. I personally like a rating system. It just makes tracking very easy and engaging, as we would know what to choose if we want gameplay or story or any other category... Because Not every one are same. Like If you guys agree = )

I want to see if master Assassin prefers the RPG Modern day or the Rouge am Unity type modern day

Have a great day

the "give me lee" gets me all the times lol

Look... I love Shay. Shay is fantastic top three protagonists for shure but I think Arno is the best. Not only is he very charismatic but also the way he thinks just resonates with me.

Unity won? Man, wasn’t expecting that.

Black flag is my favorite in the series, and having t templar version of it is a welcome addition, never liked unity that much to begin with

I wanna see Connor freak out meeting Telltale's TWD Lee

shay and arno's drip in the whole franchise is S tier, their battle would be legendary

Rogue for me . I don't like Unity story much but rogue for me is great

what if ubisoft made an alternate game in a different universe where the templars are actually in the right and the win against the assassins? Like an alternate universw where the Auditores are trying to take control of Firenze because of the orders theyvd gotten?

Thinking on it now, I read this off the Wiki so take it with a grain of salt, but wasn't Bellec originally part of the American Brotherhood, which is why he has that accent in the first place?

Rogue it’s my second favorite assassin creed game right behind black flag

Unity is my personal favorite AC game and Arno deserves a squeal like many others while Rouge disappointed me because I feel like Haytham was the perfect character for the setting.

12:55 A ship can hold a boat a boat can not hold a ship -Captain Kenway

first vid from 2023!!! yoo

Wouldn’t haythem be considered a Templar protagonist as we played as him

Unity is my favorite assassins creed game so far. Love all that aren’t the rpg games but that was really got the feel of assassins right

Idea: Do assassin's creed protagonist Comabt teir list

Rogue by far- No bugs, better story and PROPER ACCENTS.

Hello MasterAssassin can you please play Deus Ex human revolution and review it??

I prefer Unity, but rogue will always have a special place in my heart. P.S. Recently I rewatched Tenet and I think a stealth game based in that universe with inverted items would be really sick.

I honestly liked both. haven't had bugs with unity. rogue was too similar to ac4 but I liked shay

unity had the potential to be the greatest true AC game in the series. I myself adore the game since most of the bugs have been fixed. i mean the open world city of paris, the combat, the STEALTH, was almost perfect to me after i fully played through it in 2022 (i stopped pretty early into the game on my original play through years ago. i think the only valid still-standing negative about this game is the narrative but I still loved every second of it. i understand however, why people would dislike it.

Shay is probably cooler, but Arno is half-austrian so easy win for him. I recently replayed Unity and it’s just gorgeous, although it’s story is a bit lackluster, I just prefer the assassin-Templar conflict over a Romeo and Juliet story (and unity was definitely more love story) Edit: yes, the brotherhood is presented pretty cool in Unity

yes Unity imo. great video

I've enjoyed Unity from day one and put it up there with the Ezio trilogy. Rogue is a fun one off

You could say Arno found his own luck after Unity

They didn’t know removing the artifacts we’re destroying places until later in the game

7:27 Despite having an operational brotherhood, the counsel definitely did not do things the proper way. They assigned assassination targets willy nilly. They are reckless. Arno does one small step of investigations, reports it back to the council with a SUSPECT and the council members immediately are likely, "So that "suspect" was definitely involved in the murder then, kill them". They don't prompt Arno to conduct further investigations, nothing. Arno just does one step of the investigation, reports back with a SUSPECT based on the small step of the investigation and the counsel immediately states, "Kill him". They did the same with Lafreniere. Arno came and put Lafreniere as a SUSPECT and the counsel is like "kill him" before they found out that Arno killed him beforehand. Turns out, Lafreniere actually warned Monsieur De Laserre so the fact that the council assigned him as a target with no discussion whatsoever should speak volumes of how the French brotherhood operated.

Your part on rogues story is the reason why although I somewhat like the game, it will never be a great AC game to me, the assassin's are basically just templars and vice versa. I also really love Unity, its in my top 5 AC games for sure

The only thing that’s wrong with Unity these days is that Ubisoft’s switch to from UPlay to Ubisoft Connect inadvertently made it’s multiplayer components unplayable because Ubisoft didn’t even bother to update AC Unity to be compatible with the new Ubisoft Connect, so Ubisoft has also underhandedly taken the Unity Multiplayer down as well along with the rest of Ubisoft’s legacy library.. 🤨 There’s thankfully a workaround for Consoles though which is to disconnect the game from your Ubisoft Connect account but it’s not perfect.. 😕

They molded the story to suit the gameplay

One of the thing I hate about The Assassins in Rogue is that they have an Army and Assassin hunters in ships

Rogue. I honestly believe that Unity, even tho it got more appreciated with time (which is a good thing) it had also became a little bit overrated. Unity’s mechanics are great, the parkour is great, the combat is great, the stealth is great, Paris is great, the interface is great, everting else? Not so much, Arno starts as a good protagonist but once he joins the assassins he becomes even less charismatic than Connor, the story is boring and gets to nowhere, Paris, while a beautiful city, is void, I mean, the npcs, the crowds and the random soldiers that attack you help to build a city that feels alive, but when it comes to activities…all the missions are a repetitive and sometimes uncreative, there is nothing to do besides stealth missions (syndicate got this way better than Unity, with those missions with historical figures and the liberation of London) buying buildings serves almost no purpose, something that is weird since the AC franchise had done that in many games before and it was better, even fricking Rogue.

Story and characters: Rogue Parkour, look, setting, combat and most stuff: Unity

If ubisoft just had the foreseight and patience to delay unity for one more year it would have been everything that it was hyped up to be. Just needed a much better story that is actually important to the overall story arch of the series, and some more time to pad out the bugs and gameplay. If that were the case i think it wouldve been considered the ac game we always wanted, and ubisoft wouldnt have moved over to the rpg style

Does anyone else think that Assassin’s Creed games would make great movies! As long as they keep to the game structure and make no bad changes! And what actors would do justice to the main assassin and Templar roles?

Shay and arno look like the type of people you don't play with in that thumbnail

On my tenth playthrough on rouge, Shay is king in my eyes