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Will Assassin's Creed Unity be bigger than its controversy ?

MWEB GameZone writes: "Unity could have been the next-gen game we've been waiting for, but it might end up being the biggest disappointment of 2014.

According to Ubisoft, this is what players can expect from Unity and Rogue.

We only predict good things for Rogue, but where Unity is concerned? What can possibly go wrong?"

HanCilliers3453d ago

What can possibly go wrong?" EVERYTHING

starchild3453d ago

How? The game is awesome from what I have played so far. And it runs great on my PC. It's also easily the best looking open world game so far.

I understand people being disappointed that the framerate isn't better in the console versions, and I fully agree that Ubisoft should have prioritized a more stable framerate and dropped whatever they needed to in order to get it, but I simply can't fathom the level of hate this game has received. People were hating on this game since its announcement and now that it has been released those same people are jumping on any negative point and blowing it up to ridiculous proportions.

I would bet my life that many or even most of the people that are bashing this game the most haven't even played it.

HanCilliers3453d ago

Let me just be clear, I DONT want Unity to fail, but I do have a problem when debs overhype and under deliver. Much of Ubisoft's hype was about how Unity will be the next leap forward for next-fen gaming - and it that regard I don't think it delivers.

Very glad it's playing fine on your platform though :)

lord zaid3453d ago

Only six agree votes for this pearl of wisdom. That seems woefully low.

Eonjay3453d ago

Ubisoft seems to have a problem with presenting honest representations of their projects. Clearly they should have learned from Watch_Dogs, but obviously that is not the case. Worse yet, at E3 they said that they were targeting 1080p 60FPS on consoles. Then they went for 30 bor cinematic purposes but somehow fail to reach that.

The thing is, the hordes of copies of NPCs add nothing to gameplay.

This of course is only compounded by a throughly un optimized attempt at parity. Thats right, they also failed at parity. On top of that add in an assortment of glitches, cheesy DLC, and suppressed reviews and you have what they claim is their best game that pushes each console to the limit.

Except, there is a difference between maxing out a CPU and designing a game that takes advantage of a console.

SonZeRo3453d ago

60FPS at 1080 would be nice, but there should be no excuse for not reaching 30 as that has really been the standard for a long time now and i'm sure both consoles have over enough power to do 30FPS+ in AC:U

HanCilliers3453d ago

Give that man a bells!

Ubisoft seems to have a problem with presenting honest representations of their projects.

Exactly the problem. As you've said, we saw it with WD, now Unity, what's gonna happen with FC4?

Sillicur3453d ago

Well said, hordes of NPC copies does nothing for me.

However, Dead Rising 3 also has a metric ton of NPC's at the same time, yet it runs well...

Optimization is the problem here wont you say?

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SonZeRo3453d ago

im starting to fear for Farcry if this is how Ubisoft is going to handle its projects. All i can hope for is that the games run better on PC than on the consoles

starchild3453d ago

Unless you are one of those PC gamers that expects every game to run at 60fps, I can guarantee you can get a solid, consistent 30fps in this game and it looks amazing.

I just don't understand some people. Shadow of Mordor was much more disappointing to me as far as performance goes, despite being a really fantastic game. AC Unity is marginally more demanding, but it looks vastly better than Shadow of Mordor.

Before Unity came out, Ryse on PC was the best looking game on any platform, but surprisingly Unity looks even better than Ryse, and is a massive, densely packed open world game to boot. Despite looking better and being an open world game, though, Unity is only marginally more demanding than Ryse.

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I Played Assassin’s Creed Unity Almost 10 Years Later. It’s (Kinda) Spectacular

Shaz from GL writes: "Assassin’s Creed Unity is looked at as one of the worst in Ubisoft’s iconic franchise. But playing it nearly 10 years later reveals it may just be the best"

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Skuletor43d ago

Do the NPCs still randomly levitate every now and then? Even years later I noticed they hadn't patched that out

andy8543d ago (Edited 43d ago )

Honestly I loved the PS4 ACs. I'd love next gen ports of Black Flag, Unity and Syndicate

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Five small but brilliant maps in games

Small video game maps that are packed with things to do are better than huge but empty maps. Here are five small but brilliant maps in games.

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leahcim497d ago

I am playing the Batman Vita game, it is amazing really.

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Why Assassin’s Creed Unity remains one of the best games in the series

GF365: "Since the first Assassin’s Creed game, there have been entries up until now. There are more than a few titles that are far from an ideal stealth game. Let’s discuss why 2014’s Assassin’s Creed Unity is one of the best games in the series."

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isarai522d ago

Glitchy as hell and flat story, nah this aint it. AC2, brotherhood and 4 were amazing games in every respective

Furesis521d ago

Yeah i would say brotherhood and 4 were the best for me. I have not played the new ones and Unity was my last one. Seems like i made a good choice.

DarXyde521d ago

I gave up after Revelations. Just couldn't bring myself to care anymore and I got burned out of the gameplay.

Definitely agree on 2 and Brotherhood though. Great games.

YourMommySpoils521d ago

A Ubisoft AC game that's not glitchy? That will be the day.

Knightofelemia522d ago

After constant glitches Arno being boring nah I am good I skipped Unity. I will always like the Ezio trilogy, Black Flag, Rogue, Odyssey, Syndicate. I use to love the franchise but now it feels stale and boring. But my list of favorite entries into the franchise will vary from other players favorite entries.

RaidenBlack521d ago

Odyssey is a really well-made RPG game ... but it ain't a proper AC game, even though its part of the lore

ToddlerBrain521d ago

It’s funny because, at launch, it was universally panned for being unplayable. It’s a great game that holds up today. I’m glad they fixed it.

staticall521d ago

The only good things i remember from Unity are pretty graphics and really good descending mechanics (even though it sometimes didn't make much sense, when your character can drop down from like 10 meter height onto a flagpole perfectly).

Game is glitchy to this day, i was playing in it years after the release date (with all the DLCs) and it's still broken. You had to reload missions too often for my taste (characters do not spawn, you fall through the floor, getting stuck in falling/sitting/aiming animation, hidden blade stop working, assassination target running away at the start of the mission). Story was meh, searching for all the treasures wasn't enjoyable at all. Coop was pretty much useless, i've beaten every coop mission in solo. Helix rifts were awful as well.

Not saying i hate this game or anything, but it got too many problems.

Assassin's Creed (i know it's a controversial opinion) and Assassin's Creed 2 are still great to this day.

anast521d ago

Unity was okay. I prefer Syndicate and Origins.

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