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Polygon: You can spend $99.99 on Assassin's Creed Unity's new in-game currency

Polygon: "Assassin's Creed Unity features a new alternate in-game currency used to unlock in-game upgrades, and it can be bought for real-world money in amounts up to $99.99."

Robochobo3869d ago

Have to make up them development costs somehow.

kingdomtriggers3869d ago

Assassins Creed is like the 3rd best selling video game franchise in the entire industry. They make a pretty penny every year off this milked franchise.

bmf73643868d ago

A majority of revenue from COD Ghoats DLC was from gun camos and voice packs like the stupid cannabis skin and snoop Dogg announcer packs. It showed that even annual release games can milk microtransactions.

FlameHawk3869d ago

What? Selling the game makes up for the development costs. Not to mention that the game is shit across all platforms which means they didn't spend a lot of money in the game in the first place.

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starchild3869d ago (Edited 3869d ago )

Yep, the vocal minority of ignorant people is always louder than the majority of gamers that are spending more of their time actually enjoying the games.

I would be willing to bet that the majority of those that are bashing Unity the most haven't even played the game.

I'm loving the game so far. The gameplay is great and the game is gorgeous and runs just fine on my PC.

LOGICWINS3869d ago

^^You have a point Thunderbird86. We should all play the game before rendering judgement.

HOWEVER, given all the negative press Ubisoft has received this year:

Blatant downgrading of Watch Dogs

Resolutiongate

Microtransactions

Pre-release announcement of DLC

Milking to the point where there are TWO major AC releases in ONE year

Unity needed to be a masterpiece! From what we are seeing in the reviews, it doesn't seem like they delivered that.

rpd1233868d ago

Have you even played the game? I don't see where all this hate is coming from. On Xbox One, I've had a steady framerate the entire time so for except for 2 times where the game froze for a bit and the framerate dropped pretty low. Is that mildly annoying when it happens? Yeah it is. But the framerate has been fine for the remaining 10 hours I've been playing so I don't see the problem. It's a massive game, expecting absolute perfection is ridiculous. It's not like Skyrim on the PS3 or anything. From what people have been saying, you'd think Ubisoft sold an unplayable game which is just not true at all.

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NewMonday3869d ago

I'll just get it on my PC and use trainers to unlock them all an even more for free

Stiffler3869d ago

I don't wanna be 'that guy' but I hate it when games do this. It just pells cash cow and it's cheap.

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Volkama3869d ago

Even Microsoft have eased off on the micro-transactions since launch, but Ubisoft must have missed the part where everyone hates seeing them.

I was tempted to try this out. Reading about transactions.. I am no longer tempted.

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen3869d ago

Only an idiot would spend money on crappy upgrades in a milked to death franchise.

Muzikguy3869d ago

And this is why I won't be buying this game. More importantly, why I've stopped playing AC games altogether. I understand you can just play the game and get the stuff, but this is getting ridiculous IMO

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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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Skuletor459d ago

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

andy85458d ago (Edited 458d 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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leahcim913d 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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isarai937d ago

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

Furesis937d 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.

DarXyde937d 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.

YourMommySpoils937d ago

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

Knightofelemia937d 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.

RaidenBlack937d ago

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

ToddlerBrain937d 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.

staticall937d 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.

anast937d ago

Unity was okay. I prefer Syndicate and Origins.

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