Here we are once again facing a series that fans recognize them as “stuck” in some ways ; despite annual changes in each of their deliveries need a reinvention of the series, and why not, a return to his roots.
Since the release of Assassin’s Creed III and the beginning of the American saga, we saw that the franchise took a slightly different track; He left the majestic European cities to show gray colonial cities and vast rural landscapes and open seas to explore by boat. Although I loved becoming a pirate, especially Black Flag, I felt that Assassin’s Creed lost some of its essence was the admiration of ancient cities in the past; breathe the smell of the crowd and colossal scale walls.
With Assassin’s Creed Unity , returned the taste of the origins of a series that can fall into the repetitive and whose annual deliveries seem increasingly just a skin of the same; we are dealing with a title that aims to give a fresh start to a franchise that already weigh more years will not stop wasting your success.
For four years, ten teams around the world worked for a French company trying not to look bad to deliver its first product designed for a new generation of hardware that just tells the history of France.
HISTORY
One of the highlights or at least symbolic-in the history of mankind is the storming of the Bastille in 1789; event is considered the first step against the monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution ; put it in a textbook and may seem boring but put in a game, and the result is something palatable and addictive.
Unity not only leads us to this important historical moment and puts us in the heart of the most representative of the same events as other titles in the series; also has a personality all its own that takes its direction gives added the game’s narrative interest.
For Unity we do not follow historical moments so markedly as in Assassin’s Creed III, title it seemed we were going following a textbook in their chapters recounting how won the struggle for independence of the United States; on the contrary, Unity free to take the stage for the French Revolution and taken to follow the story that we knew in the books, presents a story attached to its characters, Arno and Elise, a kind of “Romeo and Juliet “universe of Assassin’s Creed.
The atmosphere surrounding the characters is perfectly maintained, needless to say that Ubisoft has all the resources of the world to put researchers use historical sciences in favor that offer the best atmosphere, a generally consistent and stage magic touch characters and events that did exist to make us feel that the Animus and genetic memory is something that does exist.
GRAPHICS
Being a product tailored hardware generation; we expect great results in your graphic section. We can certainly consider Assassin’s Creed Unity as a game series that looks great.
Art direction , which certainly takes a great deal of historical research behind it is magnificent; recreation buildings one by one pupil delight us with detailed textures of its various materials together with new lighting and fog effects are combined in a result that delights the pupil. From the brightness of gold and marble palaces of the bourgeois to the gray of the taverns filled slums of mud and puddles , visual Assassin’s Creed Unity transport us to eighteenth-century Paris ; the detail is such that we will see even revolutionary graffiti on the walls of houses in the alleys of Paris.
Scale buildings never were more enjoyable, not only because they now require us to find his rare ascent routes, but because it is a delight all around us. The draw distance is obviously much greater than anything previously seen in the franchise ; our gaze is lost in the horizon and see the immensity of the city with its buildings principles; Looking down from the tower of Notre Dame to see a crowd that piled against the doors of the cathedral which small ants.
Speaking of people, is perhaps the greatest achievement of the game and what’s hard for our consoles; whereas previously we had just over 200 characters on screen, now the number of Naps in the streets of Paris increased to 1000 , each with their own behaviors.
Such is the ambition of the game that is inevitable technical errors ; One downside are the various bugs frame rate drops, but is something that a patch could fix it, to the benefit of Ubisoft, there are no perfect games.
GAMEPLAY
Assassin’s Creed Unity retains the basic tenets of the franchise, has significant changes that may come to bewilder even the most enthusiastic audience. Here are some key points of changes made to the gameplay that we have not mentioned.
1) THE COMBAT MODE
One of the most important changes in Unity is that combat was adjusted and balanced; your goal is to become a creeping shadow. That does not mean that the action is over, for fighting with swords or a new variety of weapons, including heavy weapons and the fire will remain a constant but will be more difficult and unable to string together multiple attacks from rivals.
Avoidance movements expanded two attack buttons, one to dodge a shot and the other to parry with the sword. The health system punishes you more, being now the gauge does not recover automatically, but requires medication; in addition, the fact that you have all your health does not save you from death as a stab rivals in a dangerous area can kill you with one blow.
2) THE STEALTH MODE
Derived from the previous point is that stealth takes a strong significance; therefore no goals but by the very success of the missions. The pace of the game encourages you to be more cautious.
In this section we mention that the whistle was removed to attract rivals, now the game forces you to use weapons such as smoke grenades or mortars to create distractions.
3) THE PARKOUR SYSTEM
My way of getting around the city also changed a lot in the new parkour system that not only included dozens of exciting new animations, but I also drove him to be more cautious. This time you should look much better your falls to a health system that does not automatically recover, in addition to performing movements like the shot that breaks the fall by hand.
CUSTOMIZATION
Assassin’s Creed was always linear in the sense that you will be offered a protagonist yes you changed weapons but little progress was necessary. A major change in this installment of the series is a deep customization system that not only allows you to create your Assassin with different appearance from other players, but it’ll fit to suit your game.
You start from scratch with a character who can not do anything almost, indeed, not the Hidden Leaf has available or abilities we once had by default as the throwing coins to distract people or use picks to open chests. Each and every one of your skills you desire Murderer spending points you earn in missions; you decide what to prioritize and what to do without being your initial murderer’s almost like a blank canvas that you’re painting.
That said, the progression is important; the main missions are rated at a certain level, if your character has reached. How do you level up? Buying with your points a variety of clothing and weapons that will affect your basic statistics and equipping new skills that recognize other characters in the series.
OPEN WORLD
Paris is not only full of people, there are many things to do, a good variety of side quests compared to other titles in the series. In addition to climbing all the watchtowers and hundreds of collectibles to gather.
MICROTRANSACTIONS
Set includes microtransactions for those that want things easier. There is a special shopping package in exchange for real money that will give you maps that reveal the secrets or allow you to “hack” the Animus to get valuable pieces of equipment to customize your murderer currency. It does not seem very fair to include this particular business system to be integrated into clothing or weapons for your Murderer who otherwise seem unattainable with money from the same game; will have to wait a bit to see how much imbalance may cause according to the development team looked much balance, time will give us the answer.
CONCLUSION
Assassin’s Creed Unity is a beautiful sight and the depth at which you are already used, Ubisoft added new game mechanics that exquisitely seasoned an absorbing experience, extensive and very well made … oh, boy does is extensive! The map is huge and in every corner there are a dozen of activities spread from the top of a tower to the bottom.
Assassin’s Creed Unity is an Assassin’s Creed again, but it’s also Assassin’s Creed was always meant to be and maybe only now able to deliver, either by the power of the new consoles, because they spent the time it deserves or perhaps both. No matter what the reason, if Ubisoft makes each future installment of the series and effort like this, I will be more than happy with what comes every year.
