Dealspwn: 'Ubisoft handing out freebies is a sign of nothing more than being caught in the act. It's sort of like bribery in a way, a one-off act of goodwill to make everything that came before seem hazy. "Take this and love us again," Ubisoft are saying, with a finger pressed against the lips. "It's okay. There's nothing to see here. Shhhhh!"'
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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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."
Glitchy as hell and flat story, nah this aint it. AC2, brotherhood and 4 were amazing games in every respective
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.
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.
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.
Odyssey is a really well-made RPG game ... but it ain't a proper AC game, even though its part of the lore
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.
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.
"Better would have been a statement determined to put quality before the strict annualised milking of the Assassin's Creed franchise. Better would have been an unreserved apology backed up by reassurances that this won't happen again. Better would have been addressing the issues that continue to abound in Unity, beyond the bugs, in terms of the abhorrent commercialisation of the series and the plague of companion app gated content and Uplay rubbish.?"
^^^^This, i don't believe ubisoft have learnt from this situation because most who have played the crew beta will tell you that its heading the way of unity especially with the shady " release day" review that has just been announced for that title
I don't believe that. We've seen plenty of cases where companies screw over their customers, and just say "Oh, sorry about that." At least Ubisoft is giving something back for their screw up. If nothing else, at least give them props for that.
Is it cynical? Yes. Is it akin to bribery in order for us to forget all the launch problems? Yes. Is it a way of ducking a responsibility to promise that future games are properly tested and quality assured? Absolutely.
But I still reckon that this is a good thing, all-told. Talk is cheap - just look at 343/MCC, though the new patch is admittedly a big improvement - but compensation does mean something. I think they deserve some credit.
That said, I still agree with MikeLarry. The best thing they could have done is promise to stop releasing games on such an aggressive schedule and properly quality assure what they launch.
We should stop buying their games. If a game is good or bad is something you can't really control, sometimes you need some luck and that's it.
But they knew this was a glitchy, buggy, laggy, mess, and still they've decided to release it... cause "Who cares? the suckers will give us their money anyways."
This is inexcusable.
And now is like: "Oh, oh. We got caught with our pants down. And they are hating us! I have an idea. Let's give the suckers a freepass and some DLC."
Congratulations Ubicrap, you have won this year's "Worst than EA, and Activision" Award.
People are never happy. Everybody is always negative and cynical on the internet. I'm very glad I'll get Far Cry 4 for free (I would buy it anyway), AND they're fixing AC Unity (which I really like, even in its current bug-infested state).
Disagree all you want, but I choose to enjoy my games.