Assassin's Creed Unity in 2024... (10 Years Later) 

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unity feels newer than mirage

The French Revolution is also the PERFECT setting for an AC game. It defines everything that the Brotherhood and Templars would be involved in. Lower class mobbing tyrants. The trailer also showed the true spirit of AC. Assassins hiding amongst the crowd, destroying gates and weakening defenses so the angry mob can take the credit and they can continue to hide in secret and just overall shaping history as it happens from the shadows.

10 years ago, developers cared more about quality over fidelity.

This game is still unmatched with all the NPC's it has. Love it.

AC unity was hands down a great game even though i came late into the game when i got an xbox one and was blown away by what i saw. The city, the graphics, the parkour, the stealth was next level it was fun going around using the disguise ability in restricted areas to get close to someone or plan out attacks. Some might not agree but i thought the ai was more aware in this game then any other AC game, the way bandits would talk shit to you in public if they spot you made it a good excuse to blend in with the crowd like a true assassin and the Napoleon soldiers would react to you if you were doing something you're not suppose to and come towards you issuing a warning (most of the time in certain games they'd either ignore you or full on kill ya)

You forgot to mention the historical and cultural accuracy! It's a modern AC game that still feels like a well researched love letter to its time period and culture. Maybe even the last one to do so. The RPG AC games are obviously pure fantasy, but even the "real" AC games aren't much different now. Mirage feels more like Aladdin than an actual historical setting.

AC UNITY was a masterpiece when I played it back in 2020 and I still sing its praises to this day as the best of the 'classic' AC series before they became RPGs. I know that the game's failures were due to a lot of AC fans (including critics and reviewers) bemoaning its incredibly buggy state at launch and its failure to deliver on some very optimistic feature promises, the fact that everyone was exhausted with classic AC's repetitive gameplay loop and the fact that the game didn't run decently and properly on any platform except the most high-spec'ed PCs of the time...but by 2020 nearly all of those issues had been addressed and when I played it, it was a mindblowing experience. But here's something that I think encapsulates why AC UNITY is the last good game of the classic series and also why the design ethos behind AC is why ORIGINS is the only truly decent AC RPG game as well - both games are 'hand-built'. AC UNITY's depiction of Revolutionary Paris is probably the series most deeply and accurately researched setting they've ever made. Having been to Paris and been a student of history, architecture and art history, I can say that the amount of detail and effort the team put into creating Paris of that era has NEVER BEEN SEEN SINCE in an AC game (with the possibly exception of ORIGINS). And you can tell, based on later entries in the series, that Paris in AC UNITY was built by hand, not procedurally generated. The whole city was built on maps from the era, many of the major locations and streets where built using paintings from the era, and the whole game's design ethos, art direction and aesthetic is accurate to French culture, French history, French architecture, French fashion and French aesthetic preferences. Which isn't surprising given Ubisoft's French influences as a corporation, naturally they wanted to do their own culture 'right' and they knocked it out of the park. The hand-crafted, built from scratch, aspect of UNITY is why the parkour is so good, the animations are so seamless, the combat is so smooth and perfect and fun. It's a process of refinement driven by a desire to make something 'the best it could be' for - what arguably must have been - their greatest AC title they were ever likely going to make in a long time. The game's crowd simulation is also jaw-dropping and actually makes the stealth - finally, after all these years - feel powerful and realistic. And yes - you are correct - no AC game since Unity has attempted this kind of crowd simulation. AC SYNDICATE's London was a ghost town, when in reality it should have been TRIPLE the amount of NPCs you see in UNITY. They seemed to have made a half-assed attempt at some crowd density in ORIGINS, but you see that by the time you get to ODYSSEY they dialed it back and when you get to VALHALLA the population of the entirety of England seems to be around 1,000 people. The tiny pathetic crowds in AC games, post UNITY, are the most immersion breaking aspect for me and it SUCKS HARD because the maps keep getting bigger and bigger and they're full of fewer and fewer people and creatures. Story - sure, I reckon that's very subjective. I know some people didn't like the characters. I personally did, but I can't argue that they're objectively great or anything. And UNITY - for me - does fumbled where the RPG games didn't: they put you in the middle of history, but if you don't know the history of the setting then all these ultra-famous figures are just meaningless NPC's. The story of UNITY doesn't do enough, sadly, to really convey the genuinely amazing and terrifying story of the French Revolution which actually would give your missions HUGE consequences historically and profound meaning. I think it drops the ball there - AC fans and gamers were very ready for the Discovery Tour version of AC; but Ubisoft didn't figure that one out for two more games. I would love to see an AC UNITY remaster or even a Discovery Tour of the game because I think it would just round out the whole experience and make AC UNITY that rarest of things: a peak perfection moment of the video game artform; something that will never really age because everything is so carefully hand-crafted, hand-built and refined from a place of genuine passion and love. I mean, shit, when Notre Dame burnt down, they got the lady who built the AC UNITY version of the cathedral to help in its reconstruction. By contrast, SYNDICATE is the perfect example of a game that isn't hand-built and is emblematic of a company's "path of least resistance" in game design (that you see slowly infect ODYSSEY and completely destroy VALHALLA). We know more about 19th Century London than just about any historical city from that period in time. But SYNDICATE's 19th Century London is procedurally generated - it doesn't match ANY known map of the city, the different regions all have similar architecture, there's only about 3 dozen types of buildings and a handful of building textures repeated ad-nauseum (to the point where you actually find identical houses side by side in places). The city is a ghost town, none of the NPCs do any interested animations or interactions, hell characters in the game don't even remove their hats when they go indoors which is a major no-no in the time period. Because the city wasn't designed by hand, it was all procedurally generated and then tweaked where it needed to be in order to fit missions. The game is ugly, it feels like you're playing a game instead of time-travelling to a real place filled with real people, shit they didn't even design the rooftops in such a way that you could parkour properly -- a problem that UNITY saw and overcame by building the rooftops by hand. UNITY and ORIGINS are reflections of a super-ambitious, hand-crafted, history-first, immersion-first, approach to game design that is clearly hard, expensive and time-consuming and something that Ubisoft immediately course-corrects by the next game through automation and doing things half-assed.

Yes you should play Assassin's creed unity even in 2050

This game is a masterpiece, the most beautiful assassins creed in every aspect, im close to platinum it because im addicted to this game. I've played all the assassins creed games, but this is my favourite one, and Assassins creed II, Black Flag and Origins in the second place. Great video, I agree with you in all. Let's hope Assassins Creed Red (Japan) will be on another level and a truly next gen game🌠🎮💪

AC Black Flag in 2024... 😍 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T1fTOpvMWPA.html

very impressive shots of living open world from 3:00 gonna show my buddies...

2014 was a weird year for new games in general, but for many people it had a lot of bugs, but none that really bothered me. They fixed a lot of the bugs so the game has become a lot better, but back then it might have been too late and people had kinda given up on it. For me unity is the best game to roam and run around in. It has the best city landscape, there's a lot of life in it (npc activities, origins and especially oddesy feel dead in comparison) and I enjoy the side quests (especially the murder mysteries and the puzzles). Since I've started replaying the game I have also appreciated and enjoyed the main story, which I didn't really try to understand the first time I played it, but back then I didn't find the villains to be especially memorable. (I never played the co-op quests much because I play on ps4, so I don't have much opinion on those), People also like to complain that Arno was supposed to be the "next ezio", which I don't really think applies. Ezio is almost the perfect character, and his mistakes never have consequences, and if they do, someone else seems to be at fault. Arno has very many flaws; brash, a little arrogant, puts his personal mission over that of the brotherhood, and his actions get him expelled from the brotherhood. After the main game he kinda becomes a grumpy, lone wolf. He is his own character. I think many peoples dislike of him is because they wanted another ezio, but he didn't become the next ezio in spite of them having similarities in their origin. All in all it's actually my favourite ac game to play, especially now since they fixed the bugs. Because of the bad press back in 2014 its probably the most underrated game in the entire series.

AC Unity is the best game in the franchise. Prove me wrong

I just downloaded it after playing mirage and valhalla over again. It feels really nostalgic tbh reminds me of good childhood memories

I've been an AC fan since day 1... unity continues that feeling and movement evolution from the orginal ACs for sure... plus its stunning! I'm also a major nerd of the french revolutionary history. This game was prefection to me.

The side missions and detective quests were nice too. Heavy weapon animations are crazy as well. I just love the late European Middle Age setting of the older games.

I got loads of games from my best friend and unity was one of them. Never played it and I haven’t played an AC game in years so I guess it’s time to give this one a go

I just started getting into AC and I chose unity as my first game, best decision I’ve ever made coz I love this game so much. I did try origins before starting unity but I didn’t get past the prologue coz it wasn’t what I expected from AC (still a good rpg game if you’re looking for those). Rn I’m playing through Mirage and I’m enjoying it but not as much as I did Unity.

Just got this for like 8 bucks on the steam sale. It's actually staggering how good this looks. Even tho it's baked lighting (limiting to non dynamic day/night cycle) it's absolutely gorgeous, and like you said, the crowd and detail density puts a lot of current games to shame. Hoping i connect with this one more from a story stand point as i never ended up finishing it back in the day. I played syndicate like 7 years after its release and it's honestly my favorite next to brotherhood, so hope this one can hold a candle too.

I just recently revisited these games. Blackflag was amazing Valhalla was good but different and im downloading Unity now so hope its good.

This game is criminally under rated.i felt like I was the only one at launch that loved it and to this day the game holds up real well. This is probably the best game in the series but people will over look it because the game had tech issues at launch but go back and play it today and you will love everything about this game it's incredible

I still find myself once in a while coming back to Unity, the weapon variety and the customizations are awesome.

Imo, Unity is the best AC game, the best animations, combat, stealth kills, etc

Finally after 10 years I'm able to play this masterpiece. Great review! Just Subscribed.

I never hated the game because I never got the bugs. I love this game! Peak AC. The graphics still hold up!

I've started to do parkour videos because of you :)

Just started last week for the first time. Completely hooked.

The issue back in the day was they heavily advertised the multiplayer aspect over the main story aspect. It was solid overall really

This graphic in 2014 was crazy 🔥😍

4:12 Yeees, that's a very good point. Just running around aimlessly just to get into fights. I'm honestly amazed by how good this game is. My 1st AC game.

Unity was one of the first game which got released with bugs, and I mean huge ones. Nowadays we got used to it and don't hold so much grunge over bugs (as long as they get fixed), but for some reason Unity still get a bad rep because of that. Maybe because it was the first AAA game like that? Now, the developers really tried to push the engine to the limit with the number of NPCs and it is the reason why they can suddenly appear and disappear in the screen, but that's such a minor flaw when comparing to the legions of little details included in the game. The dialogues were crafted so that you can stay near two speaking NPC and follow the conversation. The conversation will loop but each response is a natural answer of the previous one. For the first time, everything was to scale and so Arno can enter any open building without the need of a transition screen. That renders the parkour much more interesting. Every corner, rooms..etc is filled up with people doing something, it is such full of life. Graphics are amazing: textures feels real, the streets are crooked, Paris alternates rich city houses in this sparkling rococo style with muddy wooden barracks. The costumes are very rich. In addition to points made in this video, the stealth in this game is also incredible once you properly gear up and learn how to use darts, smoke bombs and crackers. The attempt of multiplayer mission was a nice idea, perhaps needing a bit more work. The only real beef I have with it is that the menu was clearly not finished. You cannot start several session, you have to delete all to replay the game, and once you started your session, the only way out is to stop the application. You cannot go back to the main menu. At the end of the day, this is what one would ask of an AC game: entertaining parkour, satisfying combat mechanics, a working stealth, the correct amount of gear and collectables (those RPG ones are good games, but way too much equipment to collect and craft), a storyline with a real interaction with the creed, historical monuments to explore, a few riddles in addition to assassinations. It got all of those points right. It is, I find, the most fluid and enjoyable one of the series.

It's such a shame we shat on it when it came out. Sure it had its graphic glitches, but it really pushed the tech at the time.

This is my favorite AC game even when I played and got the platinum in 2014 I didn’t have game breaking issues like the reviews made it out to be going to redownload it and replay it in my PS5

Initially it suffered from bugs but what I like is you can play coop with your friends

The take on the combat i have to add a bit, i do love how heavy and how impactful every hit feels in this game. The pacing aren't as quick as the other AC games but that what makes it so good imo.. it made every swing and block feels way more meaningful rather than just keep parrying + execute or spamming the attack button. Although i wish it had more variations with the weapon choices...

I still love it it is awesome dude I know your a huge content creator but I am a small content creator and I don’t even need to make a video if you don’t want but I’d love to play unity with you

Yes unity had a rough launch but playing it now after everything has been smoothed out, the game is so different. It is the MOST complete AC hands down. Combat, story, graphics, parkour, everything. And I say this as an Ezio Trilogy fan myself. You covered everything in this video perfectly.

I kust started playing this yesterday for the first time wtf! My favs were the ezio games but im already loving the parkour in this game

How do I unlock the co op mission the tournament?

5:30 I absolutely loved the "glitches in the matrix" parts. Especially the part where you walk into a sewer and come out into Nazi invaded Paris. That. Was. Amazing.

Damn your drip is lit.....can I ask your equipment set

So this was one of the first games I had when I bought my ps4. I remember playing only about an hour of it and stopping because it completely crashed my brand new fresh out the box console TWICE! It was to the point I got warning screens about data corruption….. don’t get me wrong I loved what I played of it but wasn’t about to risk buggering up a new console for it. Would love to go back and give it another go though.

Cheers @L321 I've just reinstalled this on my Series X! Just a separate question, do you buy your games physically or digitally? And is there a new setup video coming soon?? Have a great day!

Unity was seriously overlooked when it came out.

I didn't finish this game, will try to play Unity again, hoping that my saved game from the cloud is still there.

Loved this game. Pre-ordered it but didn't play it straight away when it came out, because I was still playing Shadow of Mordor at the time. So began playing it 2 or 3 months later while most of the bugs were luckily already fixed. Just started it again on my PS5 because of the Olympic Games and it holds up so well! My advise is to set the spoken language to French as it adds much to the immersion.

Just finished this game. I wished I saved my helix and money for buying and upgrading the best gears and not wasting them initially. Those Cafe mission is a must for income generation. Playing with subpar gear is challenging and fun, but I loved power fantasy.

Can you Platinum this game by doing coop missiom solo still ?

I love unity, maybe doesn't have the best history but gameplay, graphics, and co-op it's just peak in the franchise

This was the first AC built for the next generation of consoles (after the original ps3 and 360 generation) from the start so they built a whole lot of new systems and used new graphics technology. The performance was not good though so they dropped in in the next installment (Syndicate) and went back to using the old engine albeit with some tweaks. I still think this is the best looking AC game hands down. I think they might have used some elements in the newer games but still i think this one has something that all others dont seem to have...

I loved this game when I first played it in 2015. I'm pretty sure I got into it after they fixed many bugs so I didn't notice anything wrong and it's definitely in my top 2/3 games of Assassin's Creed!

I’m playing unity in my ps5 and gosh it always delays the moments

the bo2 moment was great mate

I love the combat in this game the most, after they started to make it more cartoony, i loved the realism and grittiness in this games combat

I remember this game had trouble running above 30fps on most systems on release.

No but this was my first AC back in 2016, I was IN LOVE with everything about it. I got so obsessed that I even read the sketchy book about it and saw every documentary on the french revolution just to get more of the game. Imagine my surprise when I found out people didn’t liked it. And then when I played syndicated and the parkour wasn’t nearly as good. I was flabbergasted

Hey i have a question Is Assasins Creed Unity 60 fps in ps5 right now or not ? i am willing to buy it and try it for the first time if it has 60 fps because in google people are confusing and some say i have to play it offline to not download the patch that locks it to 30 fps

I never got a chance to play it cause my Xbox at the time couldn’t run it but now when I play it the Xbox one makes it so smooth

I got acu for ps5 from the store but it has the same graphics as the acs games i played on my ps3 does anybody know if i can change them cuz they dont have it in options 😢

When will you start the missions of this game?

How are the online services in AC Unity ????

I remember back in the day when I got a new ps3 and my neighbor gave me his disc of ac unity to try on my new ps3. I played for the first time, loved it. So I kept going to borrow his disc everyday. And ever since i thank him for giving me the disc of one of the best ac games ever. And one of my favourite games ever🥲🔥💯🙏

I still can’t believe how immersive the NPCs were like you listen to their conversations and see what they get up to on the streets. Other AC games they’ve reduced NPC activity

I loved this game at release. I was one of the rare few that didn't experience any bugs or glitches. Idk why but I didn't.

Just found this channel today and you sir have earned a sub. Keep it up man I love these videos 🤙

The combination of 1:1 Paris architecture, no holds back visuals, dense crowds, and realistic animations truly inhibits the feeling of stepping into a Time Machine and being transported back to the French Revolution. No other AC game has that same feeling. You play them and you feel like you’re playing a game. Unity is just crazy immersive.

How can I cap my FPS on pc ?

Played unity in 2014 at age like. 9 or 10 and never beat it despite the amount of times i played it. 9 to 10 year's later ive returned to beat this game after beating its predecessors

I really enjoyed this game, especially about a month after it came out. The hate stemmed from its poorly optimized release and being required to download an app on our phones to 100% the game (that app went down in 2015 I believe). Lastly people complained about the controls (I always liked them). Glad people are starting to open their eyes and appreciate it.

The story in Unity is actually really cool. Arno is an awesome assassin.

How does Unity hold up in this year technically with graphics and frames? (I’m planning to buy it soon.) (Are there still bugs?)

I played this a few months ago... bloody brilliant game!

Unity REALLY needs to implement these same parkour, combat, and feels into their newer games. I felt very let down the first time i played odyssey, valhalla, ect. It's like it took all their energy to make this master piece and I have a feeling its gonna take a very long time to charge back up😂

I wish they'd release an update for consoles. Still the best stealth and parkour systems in this game.

waiting for the next steam sale to see if i can get my friends to get it, last spring sale, we all got watch dogs legion, been a blast to play through the co-op content but it doesnt really beat unity's combat and parkour

And AC is good in 2024 on basic ps4? Has got this game good graphics on ps4?

I’m starting with unity. I’m also new to the stealth genre in general so my honest opinion is after about 30 minutes of play. It’s a little slow so far I’ve only just got to the palace. I don’t understand the story. 8/10 so far but I haven’t played enough for a actually valid opinion

Are the servers still active???? I maxed out this game when it game out 😂😂 wouldn’t mind coming back

Man theres so many things u can do in the game that folks don't know.... Every weapon on the game has its own animations... In wen u go to yo crib u can actually stand by the fireplace n warm up n u can watch the theater 🎭 n drink coffee ☕....n more

Just started unity after running through mirage then valhalla, tried to play odyssey a bit but couldn't stand it for some reason. Completely hooked on unity thoughh

I think the same think, its an awesome game, i stopped playing the games at 3 and picked it up at unity, best decision ever.

This guy is now my favourite ac content creator ❤

The only thing that sucks is that the co-op missions are dead. I like to 100% games but needing to do co-op missions to get a couple of trophies ruins my chances, same with black flag

best looking european city or historical city ever built in a game still today in 2024, the only that doesn't feel like a diorama in proportions

The jumps are so fukin unreal 😂

Syndicate was my favorite parokour only because of the animations

How does it play on ps5 on ps plus? Does it hold up? Is it filled with bugs like in ps4. I remember this game bring a mess with tons of glitches and frame drops.

This game released in a buggy state and it was not a trend to patch repair a game after release. Its a masterpiece

I remember that game

Soo good. playing daily.

I played this game in 2018 without updates because I didn't have internet and I bought the game on disc and enjoyed it like never before despite the 20000000 bugs it had but after entering to play it in 2024 I consider it the best game or one of the best in the Assassins creed saga

i really need somebody to play coop with

The reason that parkour was such a big thing in this game was because the French were who started off “parkour” as we know it, so Ubisoft showed respect to that in this game but I do agree they should have given us this parkour but even more improved in the new games

what’s the outfit??

I wish they’d do more on Aron’s story I’d most definitely play

I was so excited when Unity came out, and the graphics and the parkour are absolutely astounding still, and I loved how so many buildings were open to exploration. Arno was thoroughly unlikeable though, and all the microtransactions cluttering the map were annoying. Couldn’t be bothered to finish the game.

A half a year later The Witcher 3 released. What a time for gaming.

Remember when, back in the day, devs were hired based on merit? That produced some bad-ass games, didn't it.

we are playing two different games my graphics do not look this good but 10/10 game