Zero Punctuation: Assassin's Creed: Unity - From Pirates to Paris

[hermes]

So.... If they'd patch the game and fix all the technical issues, would it an actually good game?

No, the game is considered mediocre and boring, even for those lucky few that never encountered a bug.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

So Ubi is beginning to falter with the series and Black Flag was probably the fluke to 3 and Unity's fumbles. Sounds about right. If they're going to make the series yearly they need to find another way besides just firing out console releases year after year. Maybe they should consider putting the series on handhelds and rotating them with the console titles. At this rate, AC isn't going to last much longer and with the inevitable blackhole created from its absence, Ubisoft would be in trouble. It amaze me at how so many game companies fail to get such basic business concepts down.

 

[Darth_Payn]

I think a golden opportunity was missed here to reinvent both the Templars and Assassins. Basically throughout all of history, the Assassins have been awesome and the Templars giant dicks. But it would have been really cool if they pulled a Wanted, and still kept most of the Templars evil, but added a twist that the Assassins are very morally questionable and very easily manipulated. If they had the player kill some nobles only to learn later said nobles were actually really nice, but the head Assassins got snubbed at a party by them or something, that'd be a fun twist. Anything other than pure heroic heroism on the parts of the Assassins. Its always Robin Hood in white, and that gets rather boring.

That sounds like what AC:Rogue is shooting for, since that game has you(actually you're the same nameless, faceless, voiceless Abstergo employee you were in IV) controlling an Assassin who switches sides to the Templars after a mission gone wrong, and it shows that the Assassins weren't all squeaky clean as we thought. Then again, the order of Ezio's time had cavorting with mercenaries, thieves, and prostitutes. It at least explains how the Colonial Brotherhood fell before Connor built it up again. But that Templars fighting among themselves sounds intriguing (since I love it when antagonists fight among themselves, because that's so rare), but odd that the freedom-loving Assassins would sit out this revolution.

 

[Thanatos2k]

I think I'm just done with Ubisoft for a while. They can't even release working games anymore and are instead focused on how they can trick you into preordering.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I just can't wrap my head around the idea that they had the audacity to not just release an unfinished product, but also fill it with microtransactions and constant Uplay reminders. And then there's that "companion app" that you have to integrate into in order to unlock stuff that you already payed for. Who the fuck thought that would be a good idea? They even advertize Uplay integration crap as a feature. It's a nuisance, not a feature. It doesn't benefit the consumers at all. I'm glad that I had enough reason to ignore this the moment I saw those abysmal system requirements. I suspect I won't be buying anymore of the Assassin's Creed games. Perhaps Rogue on sale some day. But I think I'm done because I don't think Ubisoft is smart enough to let go of the shit they decided to implement in Unity. Microtransactions and gated content are here to stay.

 

[rgrekejin]

So Ubi is beginning to falter with the series and Black Flag was probably the fluke to 3 and Unity's fumbles. Sounds about right.

Well... possibly, but this misses the fact that AC: Rogue is actually quite good and relatively polished. Sure, it's being overshadowed by it's bigger, more heavily marketed next-gen counterpart, but the fact that Rogue can exist and be good somewhat undercuts the narrative that Unity's sole problem was it's development cycle.

 

[slimbiggins]

Si se acabara todo el contenido del internet y solo pudiera quedar una cosa, me gustaria que fuera esto

I would like if they stopped with all the internet stuff and could stay with one thing.

 

[J Tyran]

So where was I? Oh yes. Do you really have to use the hidden blade to assassinate now? That seems kind of lame. I'd gotten used to murdering people however I wanted.

Totally, its very lame. Being creative with your kills was a big part of the fun, seems like they did this as part of the "making it more challenging" as you have to get close to the target instead of hitting them with a frenzy dart or something.

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

Oki doki. If all the content of the internet vanish but only one thing remain, i would like to be this. sorry for the bad pronunciation compadre

Amusing idea. When the aliens discover Earth and find this recording, they'll conclude that human beings have photo-receptors that are extremely sensitive to yellow, have extremely well developed vocal cords that allow them to speak fast without stopping for breath, and have two basic body types: short and dark with pointy ears, or tall and white with a cleft head.

 

[blackrave]

Wait, Desmond was chopped to pieces?
O_O
For once I would like a game where after 2-3 games main protagonist lives happily ever after
For fucking once

 

[Random Wanderer]

I find it mildly amusing that the escapist played an ad for this very game right before the video itself, when I came in here to watch it.

In truth, I abandoned that Assassin's Creed series after 3, as that was when I realized that, whatever story the creator(s?) may have had in mind back when the series began, it had been completely forgotten and/or abandoned in the process of turning the series into something they could just keep shoving out games for. They wanted to be able to keep putting out Assassin's Creed games, and actually having a functional narrative had clearly gotten in the way of that, so they just ditched it.

 

[Evil Smurf]

Why is it called unity? Does it run on the unity engine?

 

[Scorpid]

So.... If they'd patch the game and fix all the technical issues, would it an actually good game?

Gameplay wise? Probably, Paris looks great and the Free-Running seems cool when out in the open.

However, the Revolution is depicted... mildly incorrectly, especially concerning Robispierre. In general, the research quality in the previous games isn't here- most of the organisations or people who were of gray morality in the Revolution and Reign of Terror are all Templars, to the point where a French politician said the game was glorified Right-Wing propaganda: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2839167/Off-heads-French-socialists-declare-new-Assassin-s-Creed-video-game-right-wing-propaganda-against-people-portraying-revolutionary-leader-psychopath.html

tl,dr: Gameplay wise it'd be OK when patched. Story wise? Just buy Rogue when it hits PC next year for that.

This game really upsets me. Like Yatzee I thought that the French Revolution was tailor made for the AC series, its such a beautiful fit and such a interesting period. When I heard they announced that it would be here I actually cheered and got excited and couldn't wait to get the game, I mean AC3 was meh but everyone loved Blackflag! Aaaand my policy to never buy a game at launch was once again reaffirmed and my opinion of Ubisoft embittered to hell. The most disgusting aspect for me that I've read from reviews is the constant reminder to participate in the peripherals of the game. I DO NOT GIVE A SINGLE FUCK ABOUT MULTIPLAYER OR SUPER PREMIUM DLC EDITION WITH RED BOOTS! And that shit is the shit that turns the game rancid beyond recovery to me.

 

[Nikolaz72]

Why is it called unity? Does it run on the unity engine?

Maybe its an ironic thing.

The French Empire is divided.
Both orders are divided.
The main protagonist divided.
Heck, even Desmonds body is literally divided.

Hence Unity is some sort of sick joke?

 

[Something Amyss]

Maybe its an ironic thing.

It kind of is, though I'm not sure they planned it that way. People felt the "brotherhood" part of the revolutionary creed was exclusive. One of the proposed and sometimes used alternatives? Unity.

It wasn't very popular, though, because it mandated rendering a second, female character model.

 

[Nazulu]

This was hilarious. It sure gave Yahtzee a lot to work with, all the rumours I heard before it's release were true. That's amazing! Can't wait till he does the new Sonic game.

I haven't bothered with Ubisoft for a long time now. All this and fucking Uplay is bloody cancer to the industry, and I wish they would just die already.

 

[Rozalia1]

Worse than 3? I really doubt that, I found that game crap and I got it for free (legally before anyone gets any bright ideas).

looks like Assassins creed has finally found its franchise killer am i right? also hopefully the final nail in ubisofts coffin too. also fuck uplay and fuck ps plus

You think this is a a franchise killer? *laugh* Minor speed bump for Ubisoft at worst. Look at EA, people are already doing the "they ain't so bad" threads. Give it a year where people find some other Bogeyman and they'll all be talking about how such good chaps Ubisoft are.
As for your "fuck" statement, Uplay I can at least see reasoning... but plus? Why would you show such emotion towards something that in no way effects you? Most odd though it is the internet.

 

[LenticularHomicide]

Eh, mermaids probably count as sea mammals, totally not weird...

Maybe so, but Yahtzee is exclusively a dolphin/porpoise man. Watch his previous ZPs for the evidence.