Assassin's Creed: Unity Is Already Out In The Wild, PS4 User Leaks Footage From Final Version

Assassin's Creed: Unity officially releases in two weeks, however the PS4 version is already out in the wild. It seems that retailers are already breaking the game's street date, and that some lucky owners are already playing this new Assassin's Creed title.

[BigBosss]

Will give this game a go, looks pretty good! I know, I know...there has been the whole controversies regarding 900p and all.

[ironfist92]

Its only a controversy if you want it to be. I couldnt care less personally about 1080p/900p

[TheWackyMan]

People are just making it a way biggger deal than it actually is. It's a little annoying, but nothing to go berserk over.

[Eonjay]

I respect both views as valid and having merit. People absolutely have the right to be upset and the also have the right not to care. Neither can claim a moral high ground over the other.

[Bansai]

Why characters don't have any shadows ? Even when light is obviously shining on them...

wtf xD

[GribbleGrunger]

Why are people missing the point over and over again? It's NOT about resolution, it's about one console getting gimped because of a weaker console. The resolution is simply a gauge of that difference and always has been. It's the XBOX camp that decided to change the argument to 'you can't see the difference'.

[TheWackyMan]

GrubbleDrunger, we get it. We know what the issue is, please stop acting like we don't know cause we do. It just seems to me like a lot of you are getting upset cause you can't sit there and gloat about how amazingly powerful your PS4 is because it has a slightly higher resolution.

Playstation fans were doing the exact same thing last gen "It's not a big deal" "you can't see the difference" "it doesn't actually matter!!!" please stop acting like it hasn't happen in the past. In fact multiplats last gen had much bigger differences than current gen. Can we all just agree that resolution doesn't make or break the game at all so can get on with our lives?

I don't even own an Xbox One, I mainly play on PS4 and PC, so don't even try to pin anything on me.

[GribbleGrunger]

@TheWackyMan:

I don't give a damn about what other Sony fans say or what XB1 fans say. I don't give a damn whether some people can't tell the difference between the resolutions. I don't give a damn about bragging rights. I don't give a damn about whether it makes a 'game' better or not. All I care about is that developers make the most of what THEY were INVITED to help BUILD. I'm sure Sony will have been reminding publishers/developers of that

[starchild]

@Bansai

The shadows are there in the beginning when he walks through the sun coming through the window. The rest of the time he is inside and in the shadow of the roof and there are no local lights such as candles or lamps so it's correct for there not to be any distinct shadows.

We have seen plenty of other footage where hundreds of shadows are being cast in a single scene.

[fallacious]

I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

[bixxel]

Gameplay>Graphics

[hay]

"Dat" moment when the child in cutscene runs like a child, and during gameplay like every assassin in the series we have ever seen, which we have been bored of the overacted animation since AC2. It bestows significant pain upon my reticular formation.

How about pass.

* runs off into the wild with the same overacted AC animation despite having different body structure *

[Why o why]

No wacky, the differences were not bigger last gen.. there were no games almost double the resolution last gen so the 'cant see the difference' makes me wonder how those same guys noticed smaller differences last gen.....(see LoT or DF comparisons.)

At least get it right. People are more pissed their console isn't being used to its full potential because of the devs unwillingness to deal with the back n forth...... you say you get it but you obviously don't get the same thing or maybe you do get it but don't care and thats fair enough but please, lets not act like those voicing their displeasure dont have a case when theres tons of evidence to show they hit that sweet spot for consoles irrespective of the comment the dev naively made

[nix]

@whaky

we are in next generation. "next generation". if we are to get the same resolution then why the hell are we even buying the consoles for?

it's that simple.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

There is an assumption that making versions in parity will by its nature make one version (ps4) less of what it "could" be. That very well could be. However this game is and always was going to be multi platform. So perhaps parity has allowed the dev to focus less on trying to tune to the specific hardware and instead focus more on adding and developing the overall game? I am sure there are some trade offs to be gained by not having to focus on pushing one or the other platform. Hopefully AC Unity will be a more polished and bug free game for it.

[Saigon]

Sad to say, I wanted this game before all of the controversy but later changed my mind because I didn't like how the devs responded to the issue. If they stated that this was our resolution because this is what we want, I would have still picked up the game. But because they want to avoid controversy, which caused a huge stir anyway, is not justified in my opinion. To me that statement was arrogant. They pretty much said to us, "we made the decision because we wanted to and we didn't want you to argue about it at the same time". What gives them the right to say that.

Look gamers are passionate. They want the best bang for their buck. They are going to be passionate, when they don't get what they want. To me that just shows true gamership.

For this game, I will be doing the talking with my wallet and not purchase it. Do I blame this on gamers, no, I blame it on Ubi the developer.

BTW, The game does look good, but still I will not be purchasing this game.

[gangsta_red]

@Gribble

"...it's about one console getting gimped because of a weaker console."

"It's the XBOX camp that decided to change the argument to 'you can't see the difference'."

Hilarious, the Sony camp refuses to believe that their system just couldn't handle what this game was set out to do. So in true Sony fan fashion they have to blame the other console.

It's Final Fantasy 13 all over again. Numerous reports have come out from Ubi about why the PS4 version is in 900p. But you refuse to believe it as you just stick to what one person who wasn't an engineer said. You take that and run with it while closing your eyes and ears at other explanations.

I mean lets not even look at Infamous SS that doesn't even have half the features, multiplayer and NPC's AC:Unity does just to achieve 1080p, Driveclub doesn't have nearly the amount of cars and is at 30fps just to achieve 1080p and you guys are blaming Xbox One and Ubi for not taking full advantage of the PS4?

Your own 1st party devs havn't done it, and yet you want THIRD PARTY devs to do this?!?

It's just more crying and moaning from the Sony camp as they try to elevate non issues. If you were more vocal about other issues maybe you would get better gameplay in games, a stable online and maybe the promised DC PS+ edition. But no, you would rather worry about what the resolution is for a multiplat game on PS4 compared to the Xbox One.

[DAS692]

I have a 60" tv... THE RESOLUTION MATTERS. And like everyone before me has said, it's the principle. Make the game to the best of your ability on EVERY platform. You give PC extra optimizations and features graphically. DO THE SAME FOR CONSOLES AND STOP SELLING OUT. And don't even get me started on the Watch Dogs fiasco. That bunch of lying BASTARDS, even gimped the PC version! Thank the lord for hackers!

[ramiuk1]

graphics look great and gameplay look smooth.
just hope its ok on my projector as resolution affects at 106"

[Future_2015]

gameplay looks smooth hahaha nice 1

[chaldo]

@Future_2015

Fail troll haha nice 1

[MasterCornholio]

I'm more worried about the rumors about the framerate than anything else.

[Raider69]

Better wait for DF analisis on the framerate before buying this game..just my call!

[AgentSmithPS4]

Lol look closely at the jpg next to the story title, the 'blue guy' representing the PS4 is down and bleeding after Ubi sent the parity-monster after him. The guy in green appears to be handing a bar of gold to the other man as payment for the cowardly attack.

[DEAD-DEVIL-DISCO]

Look. If your girlfriend and another guys girlfriend have the same size set of pretty tiddies, but one of the ladies tiddies werent as blemished or whatever, would another man be jealous? Would you love the tiddies you loved any less? Dont forget you chose those puppies for the long haul. Would you cry like a baby endlessly? Over the slighest i mean slight difference .This is the real question. Gawd stfu already

[jhoward585]

Man, some of you guys take this res sh*t so seriously.
No one gives a dam about game play anymore. shame.

[ironfist92]

Looks great! Cant wait to pick up my copy. Its a shame so many games are being leaked tho.

[Redrum059]

I'm loving the lighting in this game, still holding off on this game , I am buying it, just not day 1.
Maybe day 6 or 7.
Or month 6 or 7 lol

[KnownAsEpic]

Spoiler alert

[Sly-Lupin]

I thought the whole point of the current hardware generation was to finally be able for console games to handle 1080p/60FPS.

Instead we've got the same sub-1080p 30fps games we were saddled with in the last generation. If the PS3 can do 1080p games and the 3DS can do 60fps, there's no reason for ANY AAA-level PS4/XB3 game to be incapable of the same.

It's just lazy development: God forbid they sacrifice a little bit on texture quality or lighting/particle effects or ****ing Ragdolls.

[starchild]

Of course they could do 60fps and 1080p, and they could have done it last generation as well, it's just that consoles have fixed specs and devs very often would rather spend that rendering budget on things other than resolution.

Even though I do enjoy higher resolutions in my PC games, I definitely don't think it is the most important thing. I'm glad devs aren't being pressured into prioritizing resolution on consoles. It's very often not the best choice.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

You don't buy a lambo for it to drive like a civic si...

[baodeus]

But what u bought is a civic, not a Lambo.

[ainTgoTTime2bleed]

Let's see which one hits the dealer first for repair;)

[ginsunuva]

Many things can output 1080/60fps if the content itself doesn't take up enough processing power.

I can render a blue screen at 4k/120fps if you want right now.

[purp13m0nk3y]

Meh. Pretty underwhelming visuals. In particular the hair and facial animations look no better than black flag.

I'm sure the massive crowds and city vistas will be more impressive, but honestly I was hoping for a larger jump in fidelity being this game was supposed to be built from the ground up with "next gen" hardware in mind.

Am I correct in assuming this still runs on the same engine as black flag?

I had hopes that this game might finally move the franchise in an interesting new directions and had planned on a day one purchase. But might hold off purchasing at all to see if the game does offer anything in the way of gameplay improvements over black flag. I got bored of black flag very quickly. The naval battles were cool but the combat mechanics were just rehashed from the earlier games.

Was anyone else secretly hoping for a resolution bump with the day 1 patch like they did with black flag?

[ksnm0]

i agree

[skulz7]

Its a different engine to Black Flags. It took them two years just to build the engine and work started just after Brotherhood. You can't detect how good the graphics are on YouTube videos trust me. I went to BGS and saw it being played in front of me. It definitely has the best graphics for any open world game I have seen so far. It looked better than infamous second son and that's coming from a ps4 owner. You have no reason to be worried on the graphics department.

[purp13m0nk3y]

Ok cool. I'll reserve judgement until I see it in the flesh. I've a question regarding hair and facial animations/expressions if you wouldn't mind sharing your first hand experience?

From that vid they both look fairly mediocre. What were your impressions of the quality of the close up character models and animations during cut scenes (IMO this is where black flag fell down) how do they compare to say TLOU or UC3? As these titles are, for me, the benchmark for realistic facial animations and realistic hair ect.

Thanks.

[skulz7]

@purp13m0nk3y

The facial animations in cutscenes are absolutely astonishing. Look at the cutscene between Napolean and Arno on Youtube - it really is great. The cinematics definitely have that "movie" feel to them. What they said was that NPC's in the game (such as the crowd / guards) will be less detailed than the main characters who are in the cutscenes. What I will say is that the transition between gameplay and cinematics is incredible. There is no loading and the cinematics are the same as the game world graphics. The hair on some characters are good, although the hair is the worst feature of the NPC's. I wouldn't worry though as the facial animations are top notch.

I would say in terms of facial animations, you will definitely be satisfied. They are some of the best I have seen. In terms of hair, it looks good, but not as good as the facial animations.

In terms of overall graphics, its the prettiest looking open world game, despite it being at 900p. I wish people would understand that the resolution doesn't make a game good. I also think a 1080p patch at launch is likely. Despite the resolution, the textures, the lighting and the scale of the city is crazy. You will not be dissapointed. Don't let YouTube videos dictate what the graphics are like. I would recommend watching a demo of Unity in HD without full screen on YouTube as that gives you a clearer look at the graphical fidelity which you will get.

[chaldo]

@purp13m0nk3y

If you've been following this game, the gameplay has actually changed. Finally.

New stealth system, improved/more difficult combat system (according to UBI), completely new climbing system, and it seems like it's going back to it's roots from AC2 which is great.

And I know I'll get disagrees for this but, I am picking this up on PC. I just hope it will be better optimized than AC3.

[purp13m0nk3y]

@chaldo & @skulz7

Thanks for the great replies and being so mature and helpful. We need more of this on N4G.

Hearing your comments has me all hyped for this game again. Really hoping Ubisoft deliver on this one :-)

[jhoward585]

The textures in unity looks really nice. I Don't really care if its 900p

[Meltic]

where is the early copy availble ??:)

[D-riders]

Lost interest in this game a few weeks ago over ubisoft bs. Silly people keep talking about resolution , the problem is that people want the most out of a system and if it gets the same results as the xbox1 version than its not the best it could be.

[FullmetalRoyale]

Want to know what I want out of my system?

Games to play.

I'll be picking up CoD Monday, Unity a week from Tuesday, and Dragon Age: Inquisition the week after.

You can sit here and complain, we will be playing games.

[Ma1nframe]

Just another UBISOFT Downgradeing/Bullshotting fiasco.

[Crazay]

BASTAHD!

[Speak_da_Truth]

Man!! UBISOFT just dropped the ball *for me. I had FC4 and ACU on pre-order and when that Ubi Dev said "We kept the specs the same to avoid all the debates and stuff" I cancelled my ACU pre-order. Not because the game is 900p but because what that dev said meant they purposely didn't use one system to it's full capability. Now its the FC4 dlc fiasco IDK whether to cancel my pre order. I don't support this kinds of BS!!!! from companies/publishers

[toddybad]

They made a game. They are under no obligation to maximise power use and can make it to any spec they want. It's up to you if the game interests you to purchase it. It's bizarre and childish to moan because a Dev made the game they wanted to.

[jhoward585]

900p isn't as bad as everyone might think. you want 1080p than go to your TV setting and put your sharpness on max, and walla you got 1080p.

[jhoward585]

@disagrees

I was joking. on the 2nd sentence that is.

[CervantesPR1]

i hope this game flops on PS4 that will teach them to not do parity, you dont bite the hand that feeds you

[starchild]

Why do you guys keep using the word "parity" for the whole game? Only the resolution and target framerate are the same, but that doesn't mean the rest of the graphics are the same.

[Geekman]

"I hope this game flops."

Wow.... Just WOW...... That is just...... WOW.

[shadow_satey]

Cool. Will rent it, but I'm not buying it. I refuse to move an inch so a game company can thrust the "parity" bullshit into the video game industry. I'm not desperate enough to pay money for a hobby when the company manufacturing it is just BSing people. Same with EA. Have fun kiddos.

[Mikey Mike]

It's all about the patch... Just like the last one!