Assassin’s Creed Unity is an action-adventure game set in Paris during the French Revolution. The player controls Arno Dorian, an Assassin who seeks to uncover the forces behind the political unrest. The game introduces new weapons, including the Phantom Blade, a modified Hidden Blade with ranged capabilities.
Gameplay emphasizes stealth, parkour, and close combat, featuring updated free-running mechanics and a revised fighting system. The open-world setting recreates 18th-century Paris and includes historical events such as the storming of the Bastille and the execution of King Louis XVI. Unity also includes a cooperative multiplayer mode supporting up to four players.
Assassin's Creed Unity refines the franchise's gameplay and graphics with next-gen tech, and the results are understandably excellent.
Not a disaster then, but Unity is Assassin's Creed reverting to type despite its glitzy surface. For that reason, and not for the belly-aching about performance and paygating, Unity is probably one to skip.
A magnificent city full of exciting assassination missions, marred by broken co-op and technical issues.
Assassin's Creed: Unity is at once an object of exquisite beauty and exhausting boredom.
Brighter than Unity's ambitions, perhaps, since the sacrifices made on the story front are clear. But it's still an impressive sandbox, and does its setting justice. Rough edges or no, Assassin's Creed Unity is a technical step forward, and likely a title every fan who's made the leap to next-gen will want to see for themselves.
