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Wait, how is this comment 20 hours old when the video was uploaded 25 mins ago? What AC title are you working on next, I need to make sure I play or replay it before your next video.
Well it wasn't really a stealth franchise to begin with. It was more influenced by action games with social stealth as a gimmick. I think its a case of the mechanics not matching the fantasy the player expect a from a game called Assissins creed. I don't remember the Ezio trilogy having much stealth at all but it's been forever since I played them. I think AC3 was the first one to have traditional stealth in some capacity
- s p a c e the assassins creed game have been about stealth yet not stealth but most people don’t like to wait in hay stack and hide until their target comes in range to attack although the game forces you to not get detected in some missons
what I love about Unity is the freedom it gives you. in older AC games, especially the kenway saga, it seemed like the "correct" path was almost always purposefully created for you to follow. and if you didn't conform to that, stealth would be a lot more difficult. in unity it's just like "here's a dude, here's a big ass building. figure it out"
Yeah, that thing was introduced in AC1 in the assassination missions. They had a smaller scale as it was 7 years older than Unity, but they were great nonetheless. I would've liked for Unity to have optional side quests before an assassination mission that give you different opportunities, intel, maps, guards locations, infiltration spots etc instead of Arno just concentrating real hard and knowing the opportunities.
I love AC1 and Unity for actually respecting you enough to do your own thing and not desynch for going off the rails like most of the games do, it was probably the biggest flaw with the Ezio and Kenway games
It definitely boosted it popularity. But the real hype just startet during the Corona lockdown, a year later. I guess many people got the game for free when Notre Dame burned down, but didn‘t have time to play it until the lockdown.
I always enjoyed the story for assassin's creed unity it's just a terrible shame that the buggy nature of it on its release really hurt the franchise as a whole. Having said that once the game was properly patched up I found it to be a very enjoyable game.
@Danthegamer21 for sure. In my opinion they should just make historical fighting RPGs a thing unto itself, separate from AC. Odyssey, Valhalla, and the Egypt one are good games, just not good ACs.
If this game came out this year, with a slightly bigger map and some stuff added or tweaked, I’d think it was the peak of AC, a major major leap from odyssey. Lol I’d be mind blown by how much better the graphics, world, and most of all free running would be compared to odyssey. They sadly rushed this but, I still think it’s the peak of AC as far as the game itself, story aside
Siddharth Jamdade it ran surprisingly well on my mid range computer. My bet is trash load distance is the secret to why it runs so well even with those textures, shading, etc
I don’t really think it’s that funny, it’s like it’s the only bad word he knows because he overheard it when his parents were watching the 16+ movie when he was a kid.
I might sound like a big weirdo but I think Unity has one of the most beautiful worlds in gaming. The cluttered narrow streets, damaged rooftops, and districts are just so believable. I finished the story, collected all weapons, and collected many of the chests just because I was walking through Paris. Even now and then I'm playing Unity just to walk Paris for a few hours ...
100% agree it is the pinnacle of a AC game they new games are beautiful but they just get boring so fast older AC games just keep you so engaged and I love how I can play for hours just collecting chests and grinding for some cash for the next upgrade if I had 1 wish it would be to bring the old style back
You know when people call lets say Cyberpunk 2077's world empty & shallow? That's what i feel when walking through this Paris you mention. Everything just feels like a simulation (which it actually is...so...), like a Westworld theme park and i'm just there to watch cutscenes and collect shiny objects without meaning or purpose.
I shouted an audible "oh my god, I LOVE YOU Whitelight!" when you said, "can this movement get any deeper? Yes! Just go play AC1 again~!" and began mentioning Animation-Cancelling's importance in Assassin's Creed. I could not believe it. Almost _no one_ actually talks about this, even _when_ they praise movement. Aside from that small tidbit, this video is what I consider to be the definitive Discussion on Assassin's Creed Unity that currently exists on the Internet. You highlight the game's brilliance while not going easy on its BS moments, and that is _shockingly_ rare to see. It's completely understandable, of course; with a game this unique, this special, any of its champions would be unwilling to admit any fault, flaw or damage, but in revealing Unity as honestly as you possibly could, I think you do a far better job of selling people on its merits than any blind praise ever could. Thank you, Whitelight. Thank you for covering one of the most important games in the Assassin's Creed franchise with such sincerity and thoroughness. I'll never forget it. ~ Leo K [Rogue]
There's no one in the world that could mean more from than you. Thanks man. Your content is utterly fantastic. I wish the absolute best to you and your endeavors.
It's awesome how both of you admire each other, you're both great, and I'm glad to see Leo still cares a lot for Unity. Whithelight this video was brilliant and 100% perfect. This game deserved this video so much. Man, i miss this AC gameplay... One day they'll make a remake of unity i hope, and it'll be heaven. Thanks both of you!
@@civercras Thanks, Peivol! I'm definitely hoping that we'll once again see a game with movement _at least_ as varied and with as much player-expression available in it as we got with AC Unity. Ubisoft seem, for the time being, very wary of doing that kind of thing, but time will tell. Valhalla is bringing back Social Stealth and statistic-agnostic one-hit Stealth Kills, so that's a sure sign that, if nothing else, they're _listening._ @Whitelight I wish the same to you! I love watching everything you release, it's just a joy to learn from you and see how you processed different games. I love the style of your delivery and I love how, regardless of whether I agree or disagree with a point, it's always _fun_ to listen to. That's pretty rare and tough to pull off. Best of luck on all your efforts, and I'm excited to see what's coming next. :D
@@kindairish2562 But they make no sense in an AC context. When I'm concerned I have games which make sense within their fictional universe and aren't as unique rather than ones which desperately try to change the formulae and thus totally conflict themselves, their predecessors and their lore.
@@jaylan7847 They can work, the witcher 3 shows that, but I think that Ubisoft is not really the right company for it for they don't make RPGs from their heart but due to money, and AC is definitely the wrong franchise to do this to, because it ruins the lore of a franchise which was once a franchise defined by it. If Ubisoft would be making RPG franchises I wouldn't mind, but that they force the formular on my beloved franchise in order to make it sell better just makes me cry, for it appears as if the consumer doesn't count. It might be that Vallhalla will be a very good game, but I know I won't play it for I won't be able to enjoy it due to the fact that it's just not my beloved Assassins Creed and I don't want to buy a product which makes me infinitely sad. Which is why I boycott every RPG AC, not because I think they suck as games but because they are just fundamentally wrong in an AC setting. Goddamit ubi, give me my Bayek sequel! (I like origins, I think the semi-RPG approach is much more enjoyable than the one with dialogue choices and all). Sorry, that was long.
@Drew Madison When the games were still connected by a story either in or outside the animus which you wanted to follow, instead of just rushing through possible settings just because players might think "oh that ones cool". I think they should have grander stories again, character sequels, important modern days with likable characters instead of... Layla... And not just release games with a setting for the sake of ticking it of but because it also makes sense in the context of that overarching story. When I think about the fact that the last time we had an intriguing modern day plot was between 2007 and 2012 and the last game fucked it up I get so sad...
Unity Assassinations made me want to do them perfectly. Like the second I was even spotted by a guard I would literally restart it and do it until I did it perfectly.
yeah me to when I get detected by the target i reload the checkpoint because I didn't want to fight him I wanted to assasaint him it me while but I finly assasaint him
unity assassinations felt like hitman in a way, setting it all up perfect. it truly had the best most focused kills. sure the story is all over the place, but everything else is great. Also the game has even today some amazing graphics, art style. Hell the face animations are still better than any of the new games. They really went all out. Sadly that was the down fall of the game at launch, going for 2 much at once and releasing 2 quickly.
@@fixxa6455 Thats y I think unity is the definiton of a AC game. Stealth that is hard but rewarding parkour that feels real and combat that is reall fcking hard. You can't bullrush the combat it is really hard to anti-gank in unity I fought seven of the blue dudes and I killed 4 before i died but when I completed it felt so good... I miss unity
@@Wig-po5nb I can't stand the new ac games they get so boring so fast I wish they would bring back the old style of how they play it just keeps me so engaged even when I'm just running around collecting chests but alas things change😔
I still think that AC1 assassinations had that hitman feeling but amped up to 11 if you do all the investigations and see the guard spots, patrols, infiltration points, target escape routes etc. But unity's are cool too ngl.
Well the later games don't have buildings right next to each other like that anymore like in Egypt. There's not too much to climb and parkour on. And you can't really do that om a side of a cliff besides climb up it and climb down etc.
Parkour was never ''great'' in this game or any of the AC games. Its passable at the best, you arent doing anything but holding down a run button and pushing forward. Even Unity has the same basic system
@@Azazreal He didn't mean the control scheme, I think he meant with the traversal animations and how much more fluid the game became with Unity/Syndicates parkour. Even the two "Assassins Creed" games don't have this level of detail.
Azazreal it can be that, unless you decide you want to be good at the system. It’s a developer’s dream, in a sense: extremely easy to use on a base level, but with a large amount of depth underneath the surface for those who wish to go deeper with the games’ movement mechanics and express themselves more.
Every shooter game needs to follow the Unity model. I would love a Star Wars open universe game that moved like this with this interaction. I still fire Unity up and just run through Paris and hop across rooftops doing drop kills on criminals and syndicates.
When I got around to playing this game, all of the bugs and performance issues people complained about at launch had been ironed out. I was blown away by this game at the time. It was incredible in my opinion. And even though I’m nearing the end of Odyssey, played Origins and Syndicate as well - none of them have brought me the same level of awesome that Unity had at the time.
This is why whenever I play a game (or especially watch a movie) I seldom read reviews as everyone has their own cup of tea and the way they prefer it. If I knew how bad reviews for Unity were I may not have bought it and in fact it broke my game so hard I had to factory reset my Xbox (luckily after I completed 90% of the game) yet it still has a special place in my heart and in retrospect is one of the most "next-gen" looking AC games to date.
I have installed Unity again after watching this video and ran into 2 bugs, one of them was an enemy ragdolling after death which was funny tbh but the other one was me not being able to start up sequence 13 memory 5 of the kings dlc since I didn't finish it and I tried everything but gave up. Running around and doing past favorite missions and some co op was fun though.
To me, that was not the case. Of all AC games, Arno's movement was the most random one I've ever seen. He fell straight down to the floor when I meant to hold lower ledge. He stabbed one guard except two. He didn't cover where he could cover. In other games, this clunky control scheme alone could have easily cost 4 out of 10 scores. AC Unity in Metacritic has solid 7 out of 10. Even with all the initial bugs, reviewers were quite favorable to this game.
I had 1 bug and it was that when going it to the assassin's headquarters for the first time it pushed me into the wall, after that, no more. It was such a good game and I can't at all understand the hate
It feels weird that i played this on release day with my friends and had encoutered 0 bugs. We were so busy playing that thought everyone else was too. But we were suprised and confused when we saw some reviews saying its a buggy mess. That was one of the weirdest gaming experience i had
The media certainly played its part at the release of this game. It was something big, highly anticipated, and they didn't hesitate to replicate the facial bug a thousand times just for clickbait, even though it only occurred on one specific graphics card. It created a whole narrative around this game that, even if it's not polished, doesn't align with reality. And I say this while playing the 1.0 version on disc to get 60 fps on PS5 (for some reason, the frame rate is unlocked in the launch version). It's easily playable, which I can't say about Cyberpunk at launch or even Jedi Survivor, which corrupted my 50-hour save. But as is common nowadays, games are released like this and eventually "fixed." The reception of Unity caused Ubisoft to abandon the game with minimal improvements and completely change the direction of the franchise. It's bizarre and sad.
What are the odds that Ubisoft didn't realize they framed their two protagonists as the real villains of the story, and instead thought it was just a tragic love story?
And essentially killed the Assassins as an endearing faction in the process. I find this ubiquitous assassin/Templar melodrama in every game very annoying. Odyssey was the worst for me “everything bad is the snek-cults fault, there is no political or social nuance because everything is because of the snake Illuminati pseudo-Templars, member Shadow of Mordor? Member the nemesis system? Don’t forget about the shitty sci-fi elements that shape the entire series and get shoved into every title despite how jarring it is to go from killing boar with a fucking spear to jogging down a crystalline space-hallway to get the magic golden apple!” For once I want a protagonist to be like “You both suck, you’re both shitty - I don’t like either of you. I’m going to start my own secret club with blackjack and jezebels!” This series desperately needs some Jolee Bindo/Kreia shit to mix up the stale dynamic.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 You´re absolutely right. Let me just add that the start of AC Origins with the sole motivation of the main characters being avenging their killed son nearly made me quit the game in an instant. What is it with AC and bad stories? I wouldn´t even go as far as to call the storytelling bad - but the stories themselves often are as generic and bland as they come. Killed / kidnapped kids have taken the place of the "damsel in distress" trope in video games for so many years now... Is it really that hard to think of something else to motivate the player?
IGN: “You don’t say good things about that!” Polygon: “That’s not a good game, Arthur”. “It is, and I’m tried of pretending it’s not” They got what they fucking deserved tho, right? In the movie, not real life. Oh shit, here come the joke police.
@@cptncutleg Yeah, I remember the requirement spec of this game is gtx680/770, while the majority of the player base still sit on gtx660 including me. Years later when I update to 1060, I went back for this game and really enjoyed it.
I still remember when everyone spit on Unity. Now that Ubisoft changed the franchise... everyone who spat on Unity wanted Ubisoft to make an AC like Unity again. Yep. the human being is something to be studied.
That’s because Ubisoft listened to the gob Shite games media and ac TH-camrs who made bank shit talking ac all day on TH-cam for a year. They aren’t the actual AC fans. I played Unity at launch I never experienced any game breaking bugs or glitches that took the immersion from me. The media went crazy hating on this game and it was probably one of the best single player early next gen games of that time. My only problem with the game is there was and still Is no new game option in the main menu and you had to delete your progress to make a new game save. Yet now look at the ac games coming out today they don’t even compare to unity or any of its predecessors... as a fan of the series since the first game, I would say the last great ac game was with syndicate honestly. I also think it’s because most of the big games companies have changed, they don’t listen to their actual target audience. Instead they focus too much on what their investors target audiences want. It’s why for example, we got no single player dlc for GTA 5, why ac is no longer ac anymore with no assassins and why Bethesda is a shell of what it used to be these days. Greed and not listening to the true fanbase ruined AC just like most other franchises today. Odyssey and origins were good games but terrible assassins creed ones. Honestly not hyped for the new game but will be getting it anyway.
The criticism was understandable. Unity came out at the height of AC fatigue. People were tired of the same gameplay loop. An evolution of the system, no matter how good, wouldn't suffice with such a terrible technical state. But with the new AC games downgrading everything that made the old games unique, people went back and rediscovered the now patched Unity.
Mattchester I don’t think people were bored of the same gameplay or style at all? I never heard anyone saying that at the time. Assassins creed 4 is regarded as one of the best assassins creed games in the franchise (it was the second game to have a different gameplay style after revelations) and it came just before rogue and unity so I don’t really get what your saying there. Also most people I’ve met, myself included never experienced bugs on unity day 1 of launch that broke the game. I think the games media trashed unity over the no face bug and the sheeple gamers followed suit. I’ve been a long time fan of the series since the first game released years ago and I know unity is a great game through and through. There are better ac games like 2 and 4 but there are also worse ones like liberation and odyssey.
In 6 month they could have polished the engine and remove bugs, but not have better game design. Still, the joke is what happened, since the first patch was something like 40/50 GB... The "patch" probably was just the more up to date install of the game. Or the patch was bugged...
@@aromaz6401 *stolen joke* ... how the actual fuck do you steal words? last time i checked using the alphabet wasnt illegal. or did i miss something? you cant *steal* a joke. if so then people telling jokes they read online would be punished by now... i might just sound stupid for writing this but comeon... calling a joke *stolen* is like saying you stole bread after just paying for it...
The thing about Arno that always struck me was the ending, as you mentioned, but I got a totally different message from it. In Arno, we see everything that could have gone wrong with Ezio's character. Forsaken by the Brotherhood which he helped to save, the woman he loved and his family put in the ground, and the man who trained him betrays him and tries to overthrow the Brotherhood. Unlike Ezio, he doesn't seem to make any real friends inside or outside of the Brotherhood, and is instead entirely alone. While Ezio got to experience love with Cristina and Caterina, and while he was hurt both times, it was not only something that made him stronger in the case of Cristina, but with Caterina he had already been so battle-hardened that he managed to push through. Arno, on the other hand, never got that because Elise was how she was. That's why that "Leap Of Faith" at the end of the cutscene is so impactful for me. Arno has given up. He sees all the flaws in everything he's done while just trying to be a better man and find love, and he sees all the flaws in both sides of the Templar-Assassin conflict, because it cost him the love he was trying to pursue. So, ashamed of himself and his actions, abandoned, and alone, he commits a final "Leap Of Faith" to his death.
I haven't read the last sentence of your last paragraph but I immediately thought of Arno killing himself lol. I thought of him hanging himself moments after the leap of faith and if Dead Kings never happened.
>has given up. He sees all the flaws in everything he's done while just trying to be a better man and find love, even if Unity wasnt set in revolutionary Paris, this writting would still set it up as the most French assassin
The way that the ending of Rogue tied into the beginning of Unity was a huge shock to me. I still remember the shock i felt after I had finished Unity and started Rogue.
The most under appreciated and underrated game of all time. Ubisoft blew it. If they had played it smart and delayed it to polish it instead of shoving it out of the door it would be hailed as a technical masterpiece of last gen.
Yessss but fuck themmmm all they care about is money. Not the fans not the community.... It could've been easily... the best game! But yeh Valhalla is my last chance for ubisoft
The fact that I still see recent comments about a game near 7 years old now and still giving it praise shows just how much this game is better than newer ACs.
@@alstenfung5508 the OP was talking about seeing comments praising Unity. That is not any sort of argument against the critiques brought up in the video, just a statement.
I think it was a combination of franchise fatigue, the abundance of open world games in 2014 and the lack of a defining unique feature like AC4 sailing or SOM Nemesis System to separate it from the pack that generation. Going back to Unity now is unique in the era of massive sandbox rpgs.
It was exactly because of the glitches at launch. I for one am glad people took a stand against this game, it needs to happen more often. They now take more time on the AC games now no matter what you think of the modern incarnations of AC games. I played this last month and didn't get glitches, I only waited so long because I knew of the glitches at launch. Tldr, the hate improved the development process at the very least
I bought this game day one on Xbox one and experienced not on major glitch. Maybe a visual bug here and there, but nothing comes to mind. It ran lock solid 30 FPS for me as well. Guess I was lucky, but this game was nothing but good fun for me, and ridiculously immersive with the graphics and crowds.
@YoStefan Well, depending on what he was talking about he's still accurate in his statement. During the times of Ancient Greece there wasn't really an Europe. Europe as a recognized Continent didn't pop up until 900 A.C. To compare ancient greece began a few yearhundreds B.C. So by distinguishing both periods you're effectively talking about two seperate epochs seperated by almost 1,000 years. People routinely forget just how 'modern' our current names for countries are. Pretty much most modern countries and Continents that we have currently did not exist as a national identity a few yearhundreds ago. Especially Europe saw nation changing shifts pretty much every 3 to 4 decades. Most people don't know that Germany for example is a relatively 'fresh' Invention. Those territories used to be known as Cities and States owned by Prussia and Silesia, with Austria having also claims to certain territories due to noble standing. Poland also had strong claims to various 'german' and silesian territories, and had been a commonwealth with czechoslovakia at a point. Not to mention the Habsburg dynasty, who's Inbreeding and marriages routinely reshaped the political concepts of what 'Europe' was pretty much every decade.
The way this game makes you feel when you play it it's indescriptible. I remember join a player on a coop mission and having the best time of my life in the franchise. Meticulously throwing smoke bombs to fall on a group of enemies perfectly coordinated with this guy and staring a fight on it. Sneak on a build filled of wards been undetected. Fifth on a circle back to back. Damn man. It's a god damn movie.
This games parkour is incredible. I just found myself unable to get into the story at the time, but same. The RPG stuff is cool, but only because I like RPG in general. I miss AC being in the urban setting, the sneaking and plotting an attack rather than a straightforward, linear gameplay. There’s essentially no parkour which is what drew me to these games in the first place with the OG game. AC2 is my favorite with 1 right behind it simply because of the story. I need to come back to this game.
This game was my first assassins creed, that’s why it is special for me, and people talked bullshit about it, It’s grateful to see now they see the real art on it.
@@darkradz_xx8433 ei blackflag also my first ac game then played 1 to odyssey. Tbh unity has the best graphics and gameplay mechanics than its predecessors.
I actually did do all the cafe theatre renovations in the beginning as I had some gold saved up from missions before the notre dame mission and after I start each mission I collect the chests from each area on the way to the objective. Sure it took a day, but I had one of the best swords even before the halfway point of the story and was leveled up to solider level before the set piece mission where Arno commits arson.
I remember being a legend with all outfits, eagle sword and highest income. What a great game - free roaming with your buddy was pure pleasure as well.
"I actually DIED in an Assassin's Creed game!" Im pretty sure i said the same thing when i first played it lol (ignoring total bullshit deaths like untelegraphed gunshots and other bugs)
But I played it again after this video and most of the glitches and bugs were fixed no game breaking bugs and I could actually play it without no issues. And dead kings is free
I love the phrase "untelegraphed gunshots". "Hold fast, brothers! I have loaded my weapon and am taking aim! I have my sights on his pretty little head! Now I shall gently squeeze the trigger to unleash a round of explosive, spiraling death in three... TWO... OOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE...."
@@Cuminguys in their own way yeah they have. But I guess they really started moving away from the whole stealth assassin type game. So the free running isn't as present in those. I like that they're trying new stuff and all. But I think after this new Viking ac game they should go back to the roots of what assassins Creed was. One set in Japan which is what I've always wanted would be awesome and then they could also build on the free running again
best free running game for sure! people complained on performance because it's the first next-gen with detailed graphics AND many (too many) detailed npc and passersby. That created the smooth feeling syndicate/black flag gives. I saw the preview of ac valhalla, shit it looks so bad, it looks like a telltale game...
spaghetti spaghetti there's ghost of tsushima anyways. been hyping that game for a long time and i'm happy it delivered well. i already love it, still saving up money to get it though
I love your approach to analyzing and reviewing media. You try to account for aspects besides the gameplay and writing, and the alchemical mixture that results from their interrelationship with each other, but to a greater extent than many who would simply give a few passing remarks about such things if not outright be dismissive about them, while speaking on them in a kinder (but still honest) and more comprehensive manner. Your praises for the visual design, atmosphere, and opportunity for a wondrous and engaging interactive experience inside this game go a long way in shedding light on how easily overlooked things done so right can be (albeit, more understandably in the case of Unity, given its initial release state). The way you're able to describe the functionality of things like setting and a sense of place and how they add to or detract from the other aspects they perform in conjunction with, as well as in isolation, is commendable and very much appreciated; as are your comparisons to other media for illuminating contrast. Thank you for being so thoughtful and eloquent. Nothing but respect.
I was lead here because I miss AC:Unity after the feeling constantly fatigued over Odyssey. Now I’m reminded again of why I was a fan of the franchise in the first place. A lot of people are saying that Unity’s story is weak. But for some reason I really liked it. It was charming, contained and memorable. I still remember the story of Unity to this day unlike the dozens of quests I just did with Odyssey. And that parkour mechanic I really miss a lot. It’s a shame that Unity wasn’t as polished as Odyssey. Both games are good. But I’d always remember Unity.
I totally agree! I just recently started playing Unity and this is the first AC game when I actually ignored all the side-missions just so I could see what's going to happen in the main story!
So do Altair, Edward, and Connor. Ezio and Altair are the only AC protagonists that are playable in more than one game. Although Altair was only playable the second time for a little bit in Revelations.
Absolutely agree the assassin's creed syndicate should have been about arno taking Leon to London and training him to be a assassin while hunting down Shea i feel like that could have had amazing possibilities
Was my first AC game and I played it a few months after it came out, so didn't suffer from the bugs. It blew me away, and remains my favourite AC game. The setting was perfect, and no other game has come close to making a city feel so alive.
WachoGamer I know AC Odyssey is the worst rated AC game but you have to remember that the game shows the Templar’s at the very beginning and it shows the issu(can’t spell) even if it takes a DLC to do so
Dude I know what you mean come up with any games that aren't the new ones or one made in 2021 or 2020 and you'll see that they now have massive player basis now compared to when they were released
I've watched leo k for a while with his assassin creed streams and discussions, as I personally think that he is one of the foremost skilled players of assassins creed unity and loves the game. Im glad that whitelight mentions and reference him multiple times, showing that he has done his fair share of research and is super passionate about the series. Whitelight has consistently impressed me with the quality of his videos, be it the dead stranding 7 hour experience or my personal favourite, his prototype one and two discussions. I look forward to more quality stuff from him!
I have to admit this: I've played Origins and Valhalla and I kinda missed the OG Ac games without level system etc. Last week I started Unity new slot and I am maybe 7 Hours into it and I just love it. It was a REAL AC game. Don't get me wrong, Origins is a masterpiece but the level system wasn't my cup of tea. There you have a level 40 commander and you are level 32 and you just can't kill him you know? I will finish Unity soon for sure and enjoy it
I just hate how choppy combat is in the new games. The old games just felt so smooth like walking up behind a guard hidden blade through the neck with out slowing down just smooth an keep walking.
I hated ACU on release just like anybody else. 6 months later I tried to play it again and almost instantly it became my favorite AC game and still is to this day.
Sawtt-27 not really, they did patch a lot of bugs. i never really hated unity at launch and even after; it started as a solid meh but after origins and odyssey i liked it a lot more.
@@C0astDelta good for you. but have you played AC2 Trilogy? may not be as good parkour tho but still feel that you are an assassin. Also, the story will make you feel the war between the two.
Somebody in Leo K's comment said "the controls you use on Arno are more suggestions than commands" and this lives in my mind rent free because that is exactly what it feels like to play, Arno will do what he wants, your suggestions might be considered if he feels like it
I understand what you mean. The new games are bad ass but i just feel like the assassin's creed order was missing especially in odyssey. In Valhalla that finally comes back and its the best assassin's creed in my opinion.
@@crazy_del_diablo I can see the appeal of Valhalla for newer fans but it’s just really boring and dragged out IMO. The game is starting to feel like a chore more than anything. I don’t remember the exact video but someone described perfectly as cliff of content and after so many hours you eventually fall off.
"Unity doesn't need scripted bullcrap to make its assassinations cinematic" I've been looking for an elegant way to explain why I love the black box missions in this game more than the other games, thank you
I actually like the fact Arno has no character development after his breakdown. It chooses a realistic approach instead of the stereotypical Hero’s Journey. There is nothing harder in life than to change bad, self-destructing habits. Most people fail at this challenge, and so does Arno.
I like that the ending is not about him, it's about Elisa not being able to let go of her revenge for a better life. It's suddenly not the usual assassin's creed revenge plot but the other way around.
i think you worded that wrong because grieving or being sad IS character development it changes how we see them. if we feel different when we are around them then most likely it is character development, I personally think the story when down (not bad but mediocre) after the first 3 sequences
You can only drink from the “heroes journey” well so many times before it becomes wallpaper. You spend too much time with the protagonist in AC games for the plot to not be - on some level - part character study. Self-destruction makes for a good character study. It’s more “Sisyphus” than “Odysseus” but as Odyssey proved no one’s a fan of these games for the plot alone. Though in this medium apparently nobody knows how to do a character study unless a fucking parental dynamic exists between the protagonist and some child-figure. What do some people call it? The “Dad-ification of Gaming” right?
they actually made unity soo good , the graphics still stands out today , the animations parkour moves just totally sick , the story line is also very good connecting to previous rogue
Honestly the hurting yourself for vanity aspect could actually be a good thing for some. See I played through the whole game with Arno's tailored set and a level 3 sword and, granted, towards the end the difficulty reached borderline Dark Souls levels of buttfuckery. That being said, every time I was thinking about engaging the game made me think twice, which honestly made the game a lot more challenging both from a combat standpoint but also from an intellectual one - which just made everything so much more exciting.
Literally the best and most solid review of any video game I've watched, ANYWHERE. This was by no stretch of the word EXTENSIVE, no pun. Highly in-depth, well-written, choreographed, AND vocalized that it doesn't get boring, and impactfully informative in that it completely alters your level of understanding on the game. Needless to say you did a REALLY great job with this review, Whitelight.
Okay another major problem is the history. The revolution almost gets ignored. Robbspiere is only at the very end. King Louie only shows up three times. Marie Antoinette isn't in the game outside a co op cutscene. I know AC3 leaned too heavily into the history but this game almost entirely sidesteps it all.
Yeah, this is a complaint I had about this game for a long time. You don’t really play a part in shaping history in the game. They don’t address any of the themes of the revolution in the first place like class struggle. You could have place this story in any time period and it would have worked which is not a good thing. Origins and Odyssey do a much better job at this.
@@leonluong1384 Yeah. Also it would have been nice to emphasize the moral ambiguity. I mean the assassins are the rich people and the templars are poor. Bloody hell the most interesting historical figures from George Danton, Thomas Dumas and Anne De Mericourt are all in the co op missions which have basically no connection to anything. It would have been nice to have a fleshed out Machine Infernal mission.
Agree. And the timeline is so confusing, because of all the sidemissions and coop missions. It just skips back and fourth and back and fourth all the time!
@@IQsveen Yep. Like okay so Arno was at the 1789 Womens March... how? He wasn't an assasain yet. Hell didn't that happen before the Bastille? The final co op mission is in 1801 for godsake. Those missions make everything disjointed and throw away interesting historical characters. Seriously why isn't Robbspiere the main villain? Guy who caused Reign of Terror ranks higher then random silversmith.
@@IQsveen I also have to mention this. I remember when the game came out some French politician was angry that Marie Antoinette was depicted sympathetically. What game was he playing exactly? I double checked. She has no in game appearance outside a side quest where you kill the man who ratted her out. You can stretch and say the Women's March co op mission features her but its a literal second where she says oh cake. I'm mystified over what that politican was complaining about.
What drugs you on like pretty obvious this was one of the worst due to all the bugs and glitches on release it’s so bad if you bought a season pass at the start they gave you a free game just because it was so buggy
@@Rrpelz77888 he went to Egypt with Napoléon for the Egyptian campaign, he went back to Paris and did the prussian campaign to. At least that what was written in the dead king's lore. They didn't added that to the game which makes me kinda disapointed
Unity was the first AC game I played and I absolutely loved it. Arno was such a fantastic character. And the parkour felt so fluid even if I did spend a fair amount of time screaming at Arno that he’s an idiot for climbing the wrong thing or jumping to his death 😂
@@mr.nazareth4501 Ezio was a bugger for it. You want to jump to the next roof? well sorry I want to jump into this massive gap of nothing directly to my death on the concrete below
Lmaooo same here exactly my story I just finished unity yesterday it was my first AC game and my first ps4 game in fact and now I have started Ac2 in the ezio collection
I remember killing Captain Rouille and one of his guards in that awesome double kill animation and depending on which side he is on, his kill memory will trigger before Arno actually does the deed because of the length of the animation 😂 always made me chuckle.
The investigation missions were so good. I want a whole game like this. Honestly my favourite part about the game. For unity, syndicate and origins I find the DLCs to be the best part of the games. They are condensed and well written without a gigantic world filled with tasks. Dont get me wrong, I'm a person that only rests when all question marks on the map are finished, but I prefer a coherent greater picture.
I really enjoyed the investigations! Seeing Vidocq was brilliant, and it was the thing I found myself doing most often - everything else was so cringey.
I love Unity’s slower combat. In previous titles you feel almost weightless, constantly slashing and swiping like your weapons were made out of air. Also enemies felt like they had zero training whatsoever. In unity it actually feels like there’s weight behind Arno’s movements and enemies pose a real threat and actually require you to take your time with them. I love how they gang up too instead of standing around just watching their friends get stabbed to death. It all felt real and engaging when in previous games you could just turn your brain off and chain kill a whole room in 3 seconds. Unity keeps me on my toes and makes me look cool doing it. Best combat in the series imo
the only thing that doesn't look cool in combat is with counter attacking and makes arno look so sluggish compared to how he fights in the cinematic trailers and the dead kings one especially in game cutscenes
@@JohnDoe-hj9fh Lol this post is a year old but I guess I’ll entertain your L take. What I meant is that instead of just parry killing everything in sight, mobs of enemies will try to ambush you or shoot you in order to help their friends. In older AC games groups of enemies kinda just stand around and take turns attacking you. In unity you actually have to think before you take on a group of Frenchies
@@BedfastSquid Yeah you have to think about when the big flashing red icon appears. It's like Jedi survivor's combat but neutered to have no skill attached to it. Also who cares how old a comment is, it's not expired food or anything and you literally responded the next day. "I'll entertain your L take" how do you do fellow kids indeed lol
Its a shame there were so many bugs when this game released, because that tainted this game for a lot of players forever. But I never experienced those bugs that so many others did. And to me, the setting, graphics, freerun, and assassin elements made this one of my favorite AC games ever. The only games I enjoyed more were Brotherhood, 2, and Black Flag. But Unity is truly the last game that felt like an Assassins Creed. I wish they would stop deviating further away with the RPGs
Heck, I played the game at launch and I loved it even with the bugs. All the haters just made me mad. With their unjustified hate toward this great game they convinced Ubisoft to stop making actual Assassins Creed games, so congrats.
might be because it would of slightly spoiled rouge as they did both come out at the same time, but tbh the timelines don't sync up 100% as the pacing is different in the two games, BUT yes, I would of loved to of seen shay
Let me take it further. Why isn't old man Shay the main villain? Arno cares more about his murdered step dad then his actual dad. We would have more connection seeing how we played as Shay.
For me, the end of the 1700's is the perfect setting for an AC game. I love the outfits and the architecture, as well as the historical context. There's just so much potential. I hope they revisit this setting, maybe even with a sequel to Unity
Wendell Novais yeah, it's so depressing. I wish they'd come back to more modern settings. Even the medieval era would be cool, not from the prespective of the vikings though.
I always loved the older settings but I agree. The setting of Origins and AC1 are up there in my preferences but I love that 18-19th century saga from Black Flag to Syndicate. But then, maybe that's because the bulk of the series has been cast there. Connor and Arno deserve sequels in some respect, I believe.
I found that I could "ledge grab" or break my fall by pressing and holding parkour down right before I hit the ledge. I used it all the time. I assumed everyone knew. The older AC games had lots of movement abilities that were discovered through trial and error, and were not spelled out to the player. In addition, there are movement and combat animations that are held over from older games. The game doesn't teach you these, so it's like a little bonus for long-time fans of the series.
"Combat is harder this time" I don't remember much from this game when I played it, but I do remember my combat strategy revolving around just shooting everyone in the face with a pepperbox pistol :/... (but then again, my experience for all the modern AC games has just been that famous scene from Indiana Jones on an infinite loop)
Kozmik Cat Lmao, agreed. But I guess this is one of those times the payer has to limit themselves. It should never have to be that way, but the developers can only influence/manipulate the player so much. They should learn from it, but the least we should do is fix things ourselves.
You can only blame yourself if you choose the most dull option. It's not like this is a multiplayer game where playing the meta is a must to win. It's like saying that farcry 4's story was garbage if you waited as Pagan Min asked you, and then scattered the ashes skipping the actual campaign.
@@hashbrownslinging-slasher872 - I definitely found myself having to impose the challenge of stealth rather than just running around killing everything that moved without much thought.
Probably the best video on an AC game I've ever seen. Coming back to this every couple months to bask in its glory again. I'll be happy to see you return to the AC franchise and make more of such retrospective videos.
As a French speaker, I tried playing the game in French, since I understand it and for ultimate immersion but damn the French traduction is fucking lame. The voice acting is bad compare to the English one.
same here, AC Unity has been laying for 5 years in bookshelf waiting for me to upgrade my gpu...maybe this Christmas I'll finally get the chance to play it
That “Barney and the Prank Patrol” comment had me wheezing. You earned your sub well before that but I wasn’t expecting that. Brought back memories from my childhood…
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@@crypto5584 TH-cam is weird.
Fortnite critique when?
@@thelibrarian5586 he probably privated it to make sure he liked the video
Wait, how is this comment 20 hours old when the video was uploaded 25 mins ago? What AC title are you working on next, I need to make sure I play or replay it before your next video.
Can we go over the fact that ACU was the first AC game to have a 'crouch' button, in a stealth franchise.
Well it wasn't really a stealth franchise to begin with. It was more influenced by action games with social stealth as a gimmick. I think its a case of the mechanics not matching the fantasy the player expect a from a game called Assissins creed. I don't remember the Ezio trilogy having much stealth at all but it's been forever since I played them. I think AC3 was the first one to have traditional stealth in some capacity
- s p a c e the assassins creed game have been about stealth yet not stealth but most people don’t like to wait in hay stack and hide until their target comes in range to attack although the game forces you to not get detected in some missons
Just like metal gear solid.
@@MrXD117 But dishonored does have a crouch button tho.
"Sneak mode" my ass
“A consistent use of multiple tools, that’s not just Katerino’s motto” never thought I would hear that from you of all people
Took me five seconds after he said it to understand it.
Absolute madlad with words!🔥🔥💀💀
14:50 I also didnt expected him to say this :o
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@cloudykai Streamer who cheated with multiple people
LMFAOOO
Arno should consider himself lucky; Even the great Altäir was unable to achieve the rank of "piss-pot".
😂😂👏👏👏👏
Two assassins now, I'm pretty sure edward was called that. Or he called someone.
@@zoomrrmcgee he called someone
That pfp us amazing
Soon there are 4,@@zoomrrmcgee
what I love about Unity is the freedom it gives you. in older AC games, especially the kenway saga, it seemed like the "correct" path was almost always purposefully created for you to follow. and if you didn't conform to that, stealth would be a lot more difficult. in unity it's just like "here's a dude, here's a big ass building. figure it out"
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Yeah, that thing was introduced in AC1 in the assassination missions. They had a smaller scale as it was 7 years older than Unity, but they were great nonetheless. I would've liked for Unity to have optional side quests before an assassination mission that give you different opportunities, intel, maps, guards locations, infiltration spots etc instead of Arno just concentrating real hard and knowing the opportunities.
@@octavianmihu7861 that would have been amazing. Want that back from AC1 so bad, but the rest of Unity kept.
I love AC1 and Unity for actually respecting you enough to do your own thing and not desynch for going off the rails like most of the games do, it was probably the biggest flaw with the Ezio and Kenway games
@@jonnysac77 fr fr
Not much of a serious suggestion, but I wonder how much Notre Dame's unfortunate fire boosted Unity's sales and popularity.
Since they gave the game away, I feel it would have helped along the game does go on sale a lot usually just about 9 dollars.
Well it bricked their servers when they gave it away so I'd say it boosted it by a lot.
It definitely boosted it popularity. But the real hype just startet during the Corona lockdown, a year later. I guess many people got the game for free when Notre Dame burned down, but didn‘t have time to play it until the lockdown.
They gave the game away for free for a few days when notre dame event happened luckily I was got it then
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I think this game came out too early. It would've been a huge hit in 2021
ACU is still fantastic
I agree
Older games to me feels more fun
BUT THE THING IS ITS GOOD IT CAME EARLY BBECUZ NO OTHER GAME CAN BE EXCATLY LIKE THAT IN 2014 RIGHT?
if you would have told me we would be playing AC multiplayer when i first completed brotherhood i would be stoked, and i still am
The exaggerated swagger of a young french man is truly shown here
Lol
this is especially funny consider this one has the most swagger animations
@@139-b7j all those 180 to 360 spins to kill someone
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“He calls him pisspot. This is funny.”
That made my day, my sense of humour is terrible.
It was a little funny
@@mrsandman1274 just a little?
@@mrsandman1274 is it really?
@@s1monh3nriksson a little
@@mrsandman1274 nah his comment was funny
I hope Ubisoft has been paying attention to all the Unity praise.
I always enjoyed the story for assassin's creed unity it's just a terrible shame that the buggy nature of it on its release really hurt the franchise as a whole. Having said that once the game was properly patched up I found it to be a very enjoyable game.
@Danthegamer21 for sure. In my opinion they should just make historical fighting RPGs a thing unto itself, separate from AC. Odyssey, Valhalla, and the Egypt one are good games, just not good ACs.
@@jacobmarshall1232 Origins and Valhalla are pretty decent when it comes to actually being an Assassin. Odyssey was a cash grab
They dont
Maybe if people didn’t trash it as much as they did years ago, they would have
Considering the fact that this was launched 6 YEARS ago the graphics are just INSANE
It could be a new title. Or at least from 2017.
Isnt it??? Seriously the game is fucking beautiful! Easily my personal favorite out of the entire series
If this game came out this year, with a slightly bigger map and some stuff added or tweaked, I’d think it was the peak of AC, a major major leap from odyssey. Lol I’d be mind blown by how much better the graphics, world, and most of all free running would be compared to odyssey. They sadly rushed this but, I still think it’s the peak of AC as far as the game itself, story aside
Siddharth Jamdade it ran surprisingly well on my mid range computer. My bet is trash load distance is the secret to why it runs so well even with those textures, shading, etc
Jesus Christ, I had the exact emotion, the graphics for a 2014 game is incredible
"He calls Arno 'Piss Pot', this is funny"
Well I can't argue with that logic.
Ghoulz lol it’s hilarious 😂
He calls him that because he called his dad that
"8 years later" why assassins creed origins was truly the greatest Assassins creed game
I love how he talks like he is speaking to aliens or robots trying to learn what comedy is
I don’t really think it’s that funny, it’s like it’s the only bad word he knows because he overheard it when his parents were watching the 16+ movie when he was a kid.
I might sound like a big weirdo but I think Unity has one of the most beautiful worlds in gaming. The cluttered narrow streets, damaged rooftops, and districts are just so believable. I finished the story, collected all weapons, and collected many of the chests just because I was walking through Paris.
Even now and then I'm playing Unity just to walk Paris for a few hours ...
Totally agree
100% agree it is the pinnacle of a AC game they new games are beautiful but they just get boring so fast older AC games just keep you so engaged and I love how I can play for hours just collecting chests and grinding for some cash for the next upgrade if I had 1 wish it would be to bring the old style back
Its actually the pinacle of a design too. But you better watch you mouth, cant say any AC games are good nowadays
You know when people call lets say Cyberpunk 2077's world empty & shallow?
That's what i feel when walking through this Paris you mention.
Everything just feels like a simulation (which it actually is...so...), like a Westworld theme park and i'm just there to watch cutscenes and collect shiny objects without meaning or purpose.
@@tydendurler9574 true, a perfect example of an alive game world is watch dogs 2 - so much going on constantly, how it should be
I shouted an audible "oh my god, I LOVE YOU Whitelight!" when you said, "can this movement get any deeper? Yes! Just go play AC1 again~!" and began mentioning Animation-Cancelling's importance in Assassin's Creed. I could not believe it. Almost _no one_ actually talks about this, even _when_ they praise movement.
Aside from that small tidbit, this video is what I consider to be the definitive Discussion on Assassin's Creed Unity that currently exists on the Internet. You highlight the game's brilliance while not going easy on its BS moments, and that is _shockingly_ rare to see. It's completely understandable, of course; with a game this unique, this special, any of its champions would be unwilling to admit any fault, flaw or damage, but in revealing Unity as honestly as you possibly could, I think you do a far better job of selling people on its merits than any blind praise ever could.
Thank you, Whitelight. Thank you for covering one of the most important games in the Assassin's Creed franchise with such sincerity and thoroughness. I'll never forget it.
~ Leo K [Rogue]
There's no one in the world that could mean more from than you. Thanks man. Your content is utterly fantastic. I wish the absolute best to you and your endeavors.
How pretentious do you have to be to sign your own comment on a TH-cam video?
It's awesome how both of you admire each other, you're both great, and I'm glad to see Leo still cares a lot for Unity. Whithelight this video was brilliant and 100% perfect. This game deserved this video so much. Man, i miss this AC gameplay... One day they'll make a remake of unity i hope, and it'll be heaven. Thanks both of you!
@@civercras Thanks, Peivol! I'm definitely hoping that we'll once again see a game with movement _at least_ as varied and with as much player-expression available in it as we got with AC Unity. Ubisoft seem, for the time being, very wary of doing that kind of thing, but time will tell. Valhalla is bringing back Social Stealth and statistic-agnostic one-hit Stealth Kills, so that's a sure sign that, if nothing else, they're _listening._
@Whitelight I wish the same to you! I love watching everything you release, it's just a joy to learn from you and see how you processed different games. I love the style of your delivery and I love how, regardless of whether I agree or disagree with a point, it's always _fun_ to listen to. That's pretty rare and tough to pull off. Best of luck on all your efforts, and I'm excited to see what's coming next. :D
You're both AWESOME
This is the direction they should’ve gone instead of just another open world rpg. Still the best parkour system too.
"just another open world rpg" is far better than "just another open world city simulator" in my book. RPGs are rarer.
@@kindairish2562 But they make no sense in an AC context. When I'm concerned I have games which make sense within their fictional universe and aren't as unique rather than ones which desperately try to change the formulae and thus totally conflict themselves, their predecessors and their lore.
@@kindairish2562 They must be rare for a reason, maybe it's because they mostly suck.
@@jaylan7847 They can work, the witcher 3 shows that, but I think that Ubisoft is not really the right company for it for they don't make RPGs from their heart but due to money, and AC is definitely the wrong franchise to do this to, because it ruins the lore of a franchise which was once a franchise defined by it. If Ubisoft would be making RPG franchises I wouldn't mind, but that they force the formular on my beloved franchise in order to make it sell better just makes me cry, for it appears as if the consumer doesn't count. It might be that Vallhalla will be a very good game, but I know I won't play it for I won't be able to enjoy it due to the fact that it's just not my beloved Assassins Creed and I don't want to buy a product which makes me infinitely sad. Which is why I boycott every RPG AC, not because I think they suck as games but because they are just fundamentally wrong in an AC setting. Goddamit ubi, give me my Bayek sequel! (I like origins, I think the semi-RPG approach is much more enjoyable than the one with dialogue choices and all). Sorry, that was long.
@Drew Madison When the games were still connected by a story either in or outside the animus which you wanted to follow, instead of just rushing through possible settings just because players might think "oh that ones cool". I think they should have grander stories again, character sequels, important modern days with likable characters instead of... Layla... And not just release games with a setting for the sake of ticking it of but because it also makes sense in the context of that overarching story. When I think about the fact that the last time we had an intriguing modern day plot was between 2007 and 2012 and the last game fucked it up I get so sad...
Unity Assassinations made me want to do them perfectly. Like the second I was even spotted by a guard I would literally restart it and do it until I did it perfectly.
Dude I know what you mean I replayed Black Flag a few months ago and for some reason I was treating it like Unity
yeah me to when I get detected by the target i reload the checkpoint because I didn't want to fight him I wanted to assasaint him it me while but I finly assasaint him
same my man
Same brother
THAT WAS ME. I DID THIS TOO
unity assassinations felt like hitman in a way, setting it all up perfect. it truly had the best most focused kills. sure the story is all over the place, but everything else is great. Also the game has even today some amazing graphics, art style. Hell the face animations are still better than any of the new games. They really went all out. Sadly that was the down fall of the game at launch, going for 2 much at once and releasing 2 quickly.
By each new release of AC they've made one step away from their root origins, Unity should be how its meant to be played.
@@fixxa6455 Thats y I think unity is the definiton of a AC game. Stealth that is hard but rewarding parkour that feels real and combat that is reall fcking hard. You can't bullrush the combat it is really hard to anti-gank in unity I fought seven of the blue dudes and I killed 4 before i died but when I completed it felt so good... I miss unity
@@Wig-po5nb I can't stand the new ac games they get so boring so fast I wish they would bring back the old style of how they play it just keeps me so engaged even when I'm just running around collecting chests but alas things change😔
@@662chungus6 yea vahalla was a snooze fest tho Orgins is the best of the new ones
I still think that AC1 assassinations had that hitman feeling but amped up to 11 if you do all the investigations and see the guard spots, patrols, infiltration points, target escape routes etc. But unity's are cool too ngl.
The fact that the parkour has never been this great in the games after this really pisses me off
Well the later games don't have buildings right next to each other like that anymore like in Egypt. There's not too much to climb and parkour on. And you can't really do that om a side of a cliff besides climb up it and climb down etc.
Parkour was never ''great'' in this game or any of the AC games. Its passable at the best, you arent doing anything but holding down a run button and pushing forward. Even Unity has the same basic system
@@Azazreal He didn't mean the control scheme, I think he meant with the traversal animations and how much more fluid the game became with Unity/Syndicates parkour. Even the two "Assassins Creed" games don't have this level of detail.
Azazreal it can be that, unless you decide you want to be good at the system. It’s a developer’s dream, in a sense: extremely easy to use on a base level, but with a large amount of depth underneath the surface for those who wish to go deeper with the games’ movement mechanics and express themselves more.
Every shooter game needs to follow the Unity model. I would love a Star Wars open universe game that moved like this with this interaction. I still fire Unity up and just run through Paris and hop across rooftops doing drop kills on criminals and syndicates.
This game was hit by critics because of it's performance issues thus people thought the game was bad overall. It's one of the best ones in my opinion.
When I got around to playing this game, all of the bugs and performance issues people complained about at launch had been ironed out. I was blown away by this game at the time. It was incredible in my opinion. And even though I’m nearing the end of Odyssey, played Origins and Syndicate as well - none of them have brought me the same level of awesome that Unity had at the time.
This is why whenever I play a game (or especially watch a movie) I seldom read reviews as everyone has their own cup of tea and the way they prefer it. If I knew how bad reviews for Unity were I may not have bought it and in fact it broke my game so hard I had to factory reset my Xbox (luckily after I completed 90% of the game) yet it still has a special place in my heart and in retrospect is one of the most "next-gen" looking AC games to date.
I have installed Unity again after watching this video and ran into 2 bugs, one of them was an enemy ragdolling after death which was funny tbh but the other one was me not being able to start up sequence 13 memory 5 of the kings dlc since I didn't finish it and I tried everything but gave up. Running around and doing past favorite missions and some co op was fun though.
To me, that was not the case. Of all AC games, Arno's movement was the most random one I've ever seen. He fell straight down to the floor when I meant to hold lower ledge. He stabbed one guard except two. He didn't cover where he could cover. In other games, this clunky control scheme alone could have easily cost 4 out of 10 scores. AC Unity in Metacritic has solid 7 out of 10. Even with all the initial bugs, reviewers were quite favorable to this game.
I had 1 bug and it was that when going it to the assassin's headquarters for the first time it pushed me into the wall, after that, no more. It was such a good game and I can't at all understand the hate
The top search for AC for me is, " Assassins Creed Black Flag Shanty Songs."
Same
cuz you didn't put " Assassin's " you put " Assassins " with no apostraphe
It's Unity for me. Otherwise Black flag if I remove the apostrophe in assassin's
'leave her johnny' is a personal favourite
Same lol
It feels weird that i played this on release day with my friends and had encoutered 0 bugs. We were so busy playing that thought everyone else was too. But we were suprised and confused when we saw some reviews saying its a buggy mess. That was one of the weirdest gaming experience i had
The media certainly played its part at the release of this game. It was something big, highly anticipated, and they didn't hesitate to replicate the facial bug a thousand times just for clickbait, even though it only occurred on one specific graphics card. It created a whole narrative around this game that, even if it's not polished, doesn't align with reality.
And I say this while playing the 1.0 version on disc to get 60 fps on PS5 (for some reason, the frame rate is unlocked in the launch version). It's easily playable, which I can't say about Cyberpunk at launch or even Jedi Survivor, which corrupted my 50-hour save. But as is common nowadays, games are released like this and eventually "fixed." The reception of Unity caused Ubisoft to abandon the game with minimal improvements and completely change the direction of the franchise. It's bizarre and sad.
When I played the first time I was spawned outside the map like 2 times in 1 session
@@ragnarth_781which are your favourite Assassin's Creed games actually? For me AC IV, AC II, AC ROGUE, AC BROTHERHOOD and AC MIRAGE.
Best customization, best parkour, insane amount of NPC's on the screen at once made the city feel huge and alive. Probably one of my fav AC games.
also an incredible fun coop!
Fav ac along with black flag
@@mfrosty198 Black flag has to be the best
Yesh syndicate was great but i never saw a lot pr obstacles to parkpour on
Combat sucks tbh
What are the odds that Ubisoft didn't realize they framed their two protagonists as the real villains of the story, and instead thought it was just a tragic love story?
And essentially killed the Assassins as an endearing faction in the process. I find this ubiquitous assassin/Templar melodrama in every game very annoying. Odyssey was the worst for me “everything bad is the snek-cults fault, there is no political or social nuance because everything is because of the snake Illuminati pseudo-Templars, member Shadow of Mordor? Member the nemesis system? Don’t forget about the shitty sci-fi elements that shape the entire series and get shoved into every title despite how jarring it is to go from killing boar with a fucking spear to jogging down a crystalline space-hallway to get the magic golden apple!”
For once I want a protagonist to be like “You both suck, you’re both shitty - I don’t like either of you. I’m going to start my own secret club with blackjack and jezebels!” This series desperately needs some Jolee Bindo/Kreia shit to mix up the stale dynamic.
Fuzzy Dunlop you really dumbed down every single AC game
@@fuzzydunlop7928 You´re absolutely right. Let me just add that the start of AC Origins with the sole motivation of the main characters being avenging their killed son nearly made me quit the game in an instant. What is it with AC and bad stories? I wouldn´t even go as far as to call the storytelling bad - but the stories themselves often are as generic and bland as they come. Killed / kidnapped kids have taken the place of the "damsel in distress" trope in video games for so many years now... Is it really that hard to think of something else to motivate the player?
@@verficationaccount What a strange mindset.
Any Name But ac origins pretty much redeemed itself by him realizing it wasn’t all about avenging his son.
"Unity is a good game, and I'm tired of pretending it's not."
IGN: “You don’t say good things about that!”
Polygon: “That’s not a good game, Arthur”.
“It is, and I’m tried of pretending it’s not”
They got what they fucking deserved tho, right?
In the movie, not real life. Oh shit, here come the joke police.
I played it at launch, it was not great. Single figure frame rates at 800x600 etc
@@cptncutleg Yikes.
@@cptncutleg Yeah, I remember the requirement spec of this game is gtx680/770, while the majority of the player base still sit on gtx660 including me. Years later when I update to 1060, I went back for this game and really enjoyed it.
Too easy 😒
3:31 THAT solo piano play, right there, just hits me in the feelings! The moments, everything!
This was PEAK Assassin's Creed!
Fr; that single melody hits hards as fuck, bringing back memories of late-night Unity sessions.
Ong it is soooo nostalgic
The narrative could have been impeccable with just a little more tweaking
@@Ryan-dp4rsi still remembered a lot about the opening stage of AC UNITY that actually took place right after the final stage of AC Rogue.
I still remember when everyone spit on Unity.
Now that Ubisoft changed the franchise... everyone who spat on Unity wanted Ubisoft to make an AC like Unity again.
Yep. the human being is something to be studied.
Let's face it, Odyssey is not an AC game, how the hell can you have assassins before the order was even a thing
The spit on it because of the bugs.
That’s because Ubisoft listened to the gob Shite games media and ac TH-camrs who made bank shit talking ac all day on TH-cam for a year. They aren’t the actual AC fans. I played Unity at launch I never experienced any game breaking bugs or glitches that took the immersion from me. The media went crazy hating on this game and it was probably one of the best single player early next gen games of that time. My only problem with the game is there was and still Is no new game option in the main menu and you had to delete your progress to make a new game save. Yet now look at the ac games coming out today they don’t even compare to unity or any of its predecessors... as a fan of the series since the first game, I would say the last great ac game was with syndicate honestly.
I also think it’s because most of the big games companies have changed, they don’t listen to their actual target audience. Instead they focus too much on what their investors target audiences want. It’s why for example, we got no single player dlc for GTA 5, why ac is no longer ac anymore with no assassins and why Bethesda is a shell of what it used to be these days.
Greed and not listening to the true fanbase ruined AC just like most other franchises today. Odyssey and origins were good games but terrible assassins creed ones. Honestly not hyped for the new game but will be getting it anyway.
The criticism was understandable. Unity came out at the height of AC fatigue. People were tired of the same gameplay loop. An evolution of the system, no matter how good, wouldn't suffice with such a terrible technical state. But with the new AC games downgrading everything that made the old games unique, people went back and rediscovered the now patched Unity.
Mattchester I don’t think people were bored of the same gameplay or style at all? I never heard anyone saying that at the time. Assassins creed 4 is regarded as one of the best assassins creed games in the franchise (it was the second game to have a different gameplay style after revelations) and it came just before rogue and unity so I don’t really get what your saying there. Also most people I’ve met, myself included never experienced bugs on unity day 1 of launch that broke the game. I think the games media trashed unity over the no face bug and the sheeple gamers followed suit. I’ve been a long time fan of the series since the first game released years ago and I know unity is a great game through and through. There are better ac games like 2 and 4 but there are also worse ones like liberation and odyssey.
Ubisoft CEO: so how far is it?
Ubi employee: pretty far just give us 6 more mo-
Ubi CEO: ok..... Release the game tomorrow
Wow how cool another stolen joke 😎
I see someone watches Kilian Experience
Ubisoft CEO: so how far is it?
Ubi employee: pretty far just give us 6 more mo-
Ubi CEO: ok..... Release the game tomorrow
In 6 month they could have polished the engine and remove bugs, but not have better game design.
Still, the joke is what happened, since the first patch was something like 40/50 GB... The "patch" probably was just the more up to date install of the game. Or the patch was bugged...
@@aromaz6401 *stolen joke* ... how the actual fuck do you steal words? last time i checked using the alphabet wasnt illegal. or did i miss something? you cant *steal* a joke. if so then people telling jokes they read online would be punished by now... i might just sound stupid for writing this but comeon... calling a joke *stolen* is like saying you stole bread after just paying for it...
The thing about Arno that always struck me was the ending, as you mentioned, but I got a totally different message from it. In Arno, we see everything that could have gone wrong with Ezio's character. Forsaken by the Brotherhood which he helped to save, the woman he loved and his family put in the ground, and the man who trained him betrays him and tries to overthrow the Brotherhood. Unlike Ezio, he doesn't seem to make any real friends inside or outside of the Brotherhood, and is instead entirely alone. While Ezio got to experience love with Cristina and Caterina, and while he was hurt both times, it was not only something that made him stronger in the case of Cristina, but with Caterina he had already been so battle-hardened that he managed to push through. Arno, on the other hand, never got that because Elise was how she was.
That's why that "Leap Of Faith" at the end of the cutscene is so impactful for me. Arno has given up. He sees all the flaws in everything he's done while just trying to be a better man and find love, and he sees all the flaws in both sides of the Templar-Assassin conflict, because it cost him the love he was trying to pursue. So, ashamed of himself and his actions, abandoned, and alone, he commits a final "Leap Of Faith" to his death.
Wait… BRO WAIT A DAMN MINUTE
That shit built different
He doesn't die but solid thought other than that.
I haven't read the last sentence of your last paragraph but I immediately thought of Arno killing himself lol. I thought of him hanging himself moments after the leap of faith and if Dead Kings never happened.
>has given up. He sees all the flaws in everything he's done while just trying to be a better man and find love,
even if Unity wasnt set in revolutionary Paris, this writting would still set it up as the most French assassin
Unity was a technical marvel, when it worked. Years ahead of it's time.
For 2014 the graphics was way ahead of its time as well
I wouldn't at all be surprised if the RDR2 team used this games lighting and movement as inspirational
@@fririceyumm3306 ahead of its time for like a year, because the year after the first EA Battlefront came out and looked miles better.
@@brt1strrbb110 Man Rdr2 having a dynamic lighting is still years ahead of Unity's baked lighting, stop overrating Unity
@@sdp640 ur name explains it all
the most outstanding graphic in AC series so far imo.
Honestly though...
Agreed
I agree.. It was realy the next gen
Wait what? Have you seen origins or odyssey? Sure some scenery and certain cutscenes look nice but facial animations suck..
@@yourordinarytwathere8789 the animations of the face might but odyssey is pretty bad gameplay and Iore wise
The way that the ending of Rogue tied into the beginning of Unity was a huge shock to me. I still remember the shock i felt after I had finished Unity and started Rogue.
I love Rogue
Exactly what happened to me. I was shook haha
@@gabestowe5094
I've never played Unity and I'm still amazed the games connect up
Dude, I freaked out. I was not ready, I had picked up Rogue about 3 years after finishing Unity. I’m still shocked.
well my last game was rogue I still want to play unity
The most under appreciated and underrated game of all time. Ubisoft blew it. If they had played it smart and delayed it to polish it instead of shoving it out of the door it would be hailed as a technical masterpiece of last gen.
I would have been what witcher 3 is considered now. One of the greatest games to play of all time and a must play game in your lifetime.
Yessss but fuck themmmm all they care about is money. Not the fans not the community....
It could've been easily... the best game! But yeh Valhalla is my last chance for ubisoft
Let's all reminisce what made this game great
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Don't blame the devs tho they wanted to polish the game more but management wanted to release it even tho they know its not finished
agreed after the patches/updates the game was actually really good!
The fact that I still see recent comments about a game near 7 years old now and still giving it praise shows just how much this game is better than newer ACs.
Truly
Necroing, but you literally just proved you didn't watch the whole video.
@@alstenfung5508 the OP was talking about seeing comments praising Unity. That is not any sort of argument against the critiques brought up in the video, just a statement.
@@alstenfung5508AC UNITY surprisingly also is Ren Hazuki's 2nd favourite AC game only behind Rogue.
"ask my girlfriend, a small thing can make a world of difference"
I WHEEZED
Guess I found a Lil dicky fan
@@ddanbeatz186 was that a lil dicky quote or something?
At least he's proud
Same lmao
I exhaled out of my nose
other than the glitches, I never understood why this game got so much hate, I really enjoyed it
Mr Brownstone Exactly, throughout my playthrough I never experienced a single glitch.
I think it was a combination of franchise fatigue, the abundance of open world games in 2014 and the lack of a defining unique feature like AC4 sailing or SOM Nemesis System to separate it from the pack that generation. Going back to Unity now is unique in the era of massive sandbox rpgs.
Because of the glitches... that’s why it got hate
It was exactly because of the glitches at launch. I for one am glad people took a stand against this game, it needs to happen more often.
They now take more time on the AC games now no matter what you think of the modern incarnations of AC games.
I played this last month and didn't get glitches, I only waited so long because I knew of the glitches at launch.
Tldr, the hate improved the development process at the very least
I bought this game day one on Xbox one and experienced not on major glitch. Maybe a visual bug here and there, but nothing comes to mind. It ran lock solid 30 FPS for me as well. Guess I was lucky, but this game was nothing but good fun for me, and ridiculously immersive with the graphics and crowds.
Compared to goddamn odyssey “parkour” if you can even call it that at this point, they need to bring cities back that make parkour easy like Paris did
Fr, they really should’ve stuck to games made in Europe or at least some games in the past that had massive cities to make parkour actually useful
@@cancon901 greece is in europe lmao, but i get what you mean
@@alfiefenton8179 bruh I’m stupid 😭
@YoStefan Well, depending on what he was talking about he's still accurate in his statement. During the times of Ancient Greece there wasn't really an Europe. Europe as a recognized Continent didn't pop up until 900 A.C. To compare ancient greece began a few yearhundreds B.C. So by distinguishing both periods you're effectively talking about two seperate epochs seperated by almost 1,000 years.
People routinely forget just how 'modern' our current names for countries are. Pretty much most modern countries and Continents that we have currently did not exist as a national identity a few yearhundreds ago. Especially Europe saw nation changing shifts pretty much every 3 to 4 decades. Most people don't know that Germany for example is a relatively 'fresh' Invention. Those territories used to be known as Cities and States owned by Prussia and Silesia, with Austria having also claims to certain territories due to noble standing. Poland also had strong claims to various 'german' and silesian territories, and had been a commonwealth with czechoslovakia at a point. Not to mention the Habsburg dynasty, who's Inbreeding and marriages routinely reshaped the political concepts of what 'Europe' was pretty much every decade.
I honestly like being able to climb anything in origins and odyssey, it gives me more ways to approach missions
The way this game makes you feel when you play it it's indescriptible. I remember join a player on a coop mission and having the best time of my life in the franchise. Meticulously throwing smoke bombs to fall on a group of enemies perfectly coordinated with this guy and staring a fight on it. Sneak on a build filled of wards been undetected. Fifth on a circle back to back. Damn man. It's a god damn movie.
God I miss when assassins creed Cared about being an Assassin
This games parkour is incredible. I just found myself unable to get into the story at the time, but same. The RPG stuff is cool, but only because I like RPG in general. I miss AC being in the urban setting, the sneaking and plotting an attack rather than a straightforward, linear gameplay. There’s essentially no parkour which is what drew me to these games in the first place with the OG game. AC2 is my favorite with 1 right behind it simply because of the story. I need to come back to this game.
While i don't hate odessy (i cant spell) i do miss the assassins vs templars story
Yes
Kinda hard for them to get that message when this last assassins creed game (Unity) was ripped to shredds
RIGHT
This game was my first assassins creed, that’s why it is special for me, and people talked bullshit about it, It’s grateful to see now they see the real art on it.
my first one too! God how much I enjoyed it... Wonderful game!
mine too👍
My first one was Black Flag
@@darkradz_xx8433 ei blackflag also my first ac game then played 1 to odyssey. Tbh unity has the best graphics and gameplay mechanics than its predecessors.
My first AC was Revelations. I know it’s not a lot of people’s favourite or a great open world, but that opening blew me away when I first played it.
I actually did do all the cafe theatre renovations in the beginning as I had some gold saved up from missions before the notre dame mission and after I start each mission I collect the chests from each area on the way to the objective. Sure it took a day, but I had one of the best swords even before the halfway point of the story and was leveled up to solider level before the set piece mission where Arno commits arson.
Arno Dorian alone still remembered it fondly.
“A small thing can make a big difference.”
“Just ask my girlfriend.”
Asked your mom instead
@@rap1dequal1zer77 lmao
@@rap1dequal1zer77 dude😂
@@rap1dequal1zer77 ...
@@rap1dequal1zer77 no mercy lmao
Elise: "what are you doing step-bro?"
boom-ka-choom-boom--boom-bing
I just want to teach you something
Actually it's adopted bro.
why does she have an aussie accent ? 4:07 'ceremony'
@@djandrewification Probably because the voice actor is french irl, and hasn’t properly mastered a specific accent
I remember being a legend with all outfits, eagle sword and highest income. What a great game - free roaming with your buddy was pure pleasure as well.
I read it as free roaming with your body was a huge pleasure
same with AC rouge
My immersion went up massively when I changed one setting… language from English to French, makes the game so much better
don’t you mean english to french lol
@@yooooo8600 Shit, yes I do, fuck
Seems like English and french both are easily recognizable and easy to read in AC UNITY.
"I actually DIED in an Assassin's Creed game!" Im pretty sure i said the same thing when i first played it lol (ignoring total bullshit deaths like untelegraphed gunshots and other bugs)
They always damn quickscope me
But I played it again after this video and most of the glitches and bugs were fixed no game breaking bugs and I could actually play it without no issues. And dead kings is free
I died from FALLDAMAGE in an Assassin's Creed game
I love the phrase "untelegraphed gunshots".
"Hold fast, brothers! I have loaded my weapon and am taking aim! I have my sights on his pretty little head! Now I shall gently squeeze the trigger to unleash a round of explosive, spiraling death in three... TWO... OOOOOONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE...."
6 years: **pass**
Gamers: perhaps I treated you too harshly...
honestly it be like that
That is fax, this game deserved more than it got credited for
@@abstract___ that’s what happens when your game doesn’t work at launch.
Look at the dialogue animations in Valhalla, Origins and Odyssey compared to Unity...
How tf are they slacking so badly??
@John Brophy Origins was the worst AC game I ever played
funny how even years after unity, unity still has the best free running. imagine if they kept building on it in future games. but they didnt. laaazy
Lazy parkour I guess but odyssey and origins have both been such good games.
@@Cuminguys in their own way yeah they have. But I guess they really started moving away from the whole stealth assassin type game. So the free running isn't as present in those.
I like that they're trying new stuff and all. But I think after this new Viking ac game they should go back to the roots of what assassins Creed was. One set in Japan which is what I've always wanted would be awesome and then they could also build on the free running again
@Wendell Novais the faces look so bad still
best free running game for sure! people complained on performance because it's the first next-gen with detailed graphics AND many (too many) detailed npc and passersby. That created the smooth feeling syndicate/black flag gives. I saw the preview of ac valhalla, shit it looks so bad, it looks like a telltale game...
spaghetti spaghetti there's ghost of tsushima anyways. been hyping that game for a long time and i'm happy it delivered well. i already love it, still saving up money to get it though
I love your approach to analyzing and reviewing media. You try to account for aspects besides the gameplay and writing, and the alchemical mixture that results from their interrelationship with each other, but to a greater extent than many who would simply give a few passing remarks about such things if not outright be dismissive about them, while speaking on them in a kinder (but still honest) and more comprehensive manner.
Your praises for the visual design, atmosphere, and opportunity for a wondrous and engaging interactive experience inside this game go a long way in shedding light on how easily overlooked things done so right can be (albeit, more understandably in the case of Unity, given its initial release state). The way you're able to describe the functionality of things like setting and a sense of place and how they add to or detract from the other aspects they perform in conjunction with, as well as in isolation, is commendable and very much appreciated; as are your comparisons to other media for illuminating contrast.
Thank you for being so thoughtful and eloquent. Nothing but respect.
The visual design in AC UNITY is like AC BLACK FLAG due to how amazing it is.
I was lead here because I miss AC:Unity after the feeling constantly fatigued over Odyssey. Now I’m reminded again of why I was a fan of the franchise in the first place.
A lot of people are saying that Unity’s story is weak. But for some reason I really liked it. It was charming, contained and memorable. I still remember the story of Unity to this day unlike the dozens of quests I just did with Odyssey. And that parkour mechanic I really miss a lot.
It’s a shame that Unity wasn’t as polished as Odyssey. Both games are good. But I’d always remember Unity.
I totally agree! I just recently started playing Unity and this is the first AC game when I actually ignored all the side-missions just so I could see what's going to happen in the main story!
@@williamzhang153 well this is the best game to start with lol
@@galaxvexxtheholy i came back to unity after years the other and didnt remember playing it so much i had 2 missions left. Having fun tho
Agreed
Odyssey was polish ohh boy
If they ever make another "assassin" Assassin's Creed game, I hope that the protagonist is Arno. He deserves another game.
Napoleonic area is what we'll get someday ;-;
So do Altair, Edward, and Connor. Ezio and Altair are the only AC protagonists that are playable in more than one game. Although Altair was only playable the second time for a little bit in Revelations.
Unfortunately, I doubt we will get anything other than an rpg ever since Odyssey somehow was adored by so many people.
Absolutely agree the assassin's creed syndicate should have been about arno taking Leon to London and training him to be a assassin while hunting down Shea i feel like that could have had amazing possibilities
No he doesn't hes literally a discount ezio if he was a fucking simp I'd rather they would remake ac brotherhood or AC2 with the newer engine
“Ask my girlfriend, a small thing can make a world of difference” well that made me laugh
SAME LMFAOOOOO
@Hamaa7 hes saying his penis is small
@@WatchDogs-if4tw Oi get your mind out of the gutter
Was my first AC game and I played it a few months after it came out, so didn't suffer from the bugs. It blew me away, and remains my favourite AC game. The setting was perfect, and no other game has come close to making a city feel so alive.
I ever played this game 8 years after release and its still great and no bugs despite the difficulty is the HARDEST one. Among all AC games.
When Ubisoft actually used Ac as a franchise and not a brand :(
Zylo Only og Ac players understand.
Vikings but we use ac to get sales
@@Arto05 ✊🏻😔
yep, I mean what part of Odyssey has anything to do with Ac
WachoGamer I know AC Odyssey is the worst rated AC game but you have to remember that the game shows the Templar’s at the very beginning and it shows the issu(can’t spell) even if it takes a DLC to do so
The definition of a game that aged well
Dude I know what you mean come up with any games that aren't the new ones or one made in 2021 or 2020 and you'll see that they now have massive player basis now compared to when they were released
Is was made in 2014
@ashy no it was 7. This video is one years old and it says 6 years ago
@@zzodysseuszz its 8 yrs old bud
I've watched leo k for a while with his assassin creed streams and discussions, as I personally think that he is one of the foremost skilled players of assassins creed unity and loves the game. Im glad that whitelight mentions and reference him multiple times, showing that he has done his fair share of research and is super passionate about the series.
Whitelight has consistently impressed me with the quality of his videos, be it the dead stranding 7 hour experience or my personal favourite, his prototype one and two discussions. I look forward to more quality stuff from him!
I think I know you from Leo's streams!
same, I love Leo. I was so happy when he mentioned him
I have to admit this: I've played Origins and Valhalla and I kinda missed the OG Ac games without level system etc. Last week I started Unity new slot and I am maybe 7 Hours into it and I just love it. It was a REAL AC game. Don't get me wrong, Origins is a masterpiece but the level system wasn't my cup of tea. There you have a level 40 commander and you are level 32 and you just can't kill him you know? I will finish Unity soon for sure and enjoy it
Same I been trying to unlock some stuff from the co op missions but seems like no1 plays this online
The combat system pisses me off in Origins, it makes it feel like the "open world" is locked. The combat should be simpler
@@blizzit1211 ??????
I just hate how choppy combat is in the new games. The old games just felt so smooth like walking up behind a guard hidden blade through the neck with out slowing down just smooth an keep walking.
@@HeavensRedemption haven’t play the new ones I stopped playing the ac series when unity came out haven’t play the origin too 💯
I still get the goosebumps when the cinematic comes after arno does leap of faith from prison. Now that is nowhere to be found. Real AC is dead sadly
Ghost of Tsushima intro man, you've got to play it
That was the perfect opportunity for Leap of Faith to live up to its name, and AC Unity delivered that intro title brilliantly
Lemuel Mergulhao Will try that surely bro after i purchase the PS4
@@lemuelmergulhao7135 Not the same feeling tbh, but still great
Well, imo origins was great, the last great AC. It has RPG elements but they aren’t as tedious as Odyssey.
I hated ACU on release just like anybody else. 6 months later I tried to play it again and almost instantly it became my favorite AC game and still is to this day.
Maybe if you formed your own opinions you could've enjoyed it from day 1 like a lot of other people. Dont listen to the hive mind
Veekor bruh it was bugged to shit on release.
Omg same lmao
The game is literally the same today as it was when it was realised. Fake fans
Sawtt-27 not really, they did patch a lot of bugs. i never really hated unity at launch and even after; it started as a solid meh but after origins and odyssey i liked it a lot more.
Tldr:
"Assassin's Creed Unity makes you FEEL like an assassin"
that's why some, if not many, still appreciate it and they say that AC Unity is the last AC...
Capitalize the “a” in the last word of your sentence and you’ve got it spot on.
It was my first assassins creed and I glad it got it before Origins
@@C0astDelta good for you. but have you played AC2 Trilogy? may not be as good parkour tho but still feel that you are an assassin. Also, the story will make you feel the war between the two.
Venlorz Avyom AC1-Rev parkour >>> Unity parkour
I agree!! That title card was SO THRILLING. the amazing soundtrack really makes this game!
Despite AC UNITY is worse than rogue.
The lack of a "carry body" option is truly a sin against humanity.
Yea I agree, but on the other side, it gives more of a challenge
We are assassins not carriers 💪
@@samuelesquivel6202 My version of an assassin loves to leave corpses in hay stacks!
I never hide the body’s lmao I kinda theink it’s useless if ur skilled you can go in hot an heavy
And the fact you can't use hidden blades to fight in combat is a crime against all mankind
"The stability is like being 2 hours into a game of jenga."
Smooth, original brilliance.
Sleeping Dogs "X" years later would be cool
Very cool!!!!
Pleaseeeeee yes
Agreed
@@Whitelight yay!
I absolutely love that game.
Somebody in Leo K's comment said "the controls you use on Arno are more suggestions than commands" and this lives in my mind rent free because that is exactly what it feels like to play, Arno will do what he wants, your suggestions might be considered if he feels like it
Arno's parkour ability in AC UNITY is like S. P. Cornac in Rogue
Back in the days that the story was still cinematic instead of boring Rpg talk
The common games are ass
@@loganbenson8752 i like yhe new ones its different for sure but not necessarily bad
I understand what you mean. The new games are bad ass but i just feel like the assassin's creed order was missing especially in odyssey. In Valhalla that finally comes back and its the best assassin's creed in my opinion.
@@crazy_del_diablo I can see the appeal of Valhalla for newer fans but it’s just really boring and dragged out IMO. The game is starting to feel like a chore more than anything. I don’t remember the exact video but someone described perfectly as cliff of content and after so many hours you eventually fall off.
Yeah
"Unity doesn't need scripted bullcrap to make its assassinations cinematic" I've been looking for an elegant way to explain why I love the black box missions in this game more than the other games, thank you
I actually like the fact Arno has no character development after his breakdown. It chooses a realistic approach instead of the stereotypical Hero’s Journey.
There is nothing harder in life than to change bad, self-destructing habits. Most people fail at this challenge, and so does Arno.
Jayperion X he’s one of the weaker AC protagonist
I like that the ending is not about him, it's about Elisa not being able to let go of her revenge for a better life. It's suddenly not the usual assassin's creed revenge plot but the other way around.
i think you worded that wrong because grieving or being sad IS character development it changes how we see them. if we feel different when we are around them then most likely it is character development, I personally think the story when down (not bad but mediocre) after the first 3 sequences
You can only drink from the “heroes journey” well so many times before it becomes wallpaper. You spend too much time with the protagonist in AC games for the plot to not be - on some level - part character study. Self-destruction makes for a good character study. It’s more “Sisyphus” than “Odysseus” but as Odyssey proved no one’s a fan of these games for the plot alone. Though in this medium apparently nobody knows how to do a character study unless a fucking parental dynamic exists between the protagonist and some child-figure. What do some people call it? The “Dad-ification of Gaming” right?
One problem, he decides to joint an ancient order of murderous freedom fighters because some twat mentioned them once. This is without development.
they actually made unity soo good , the graphics still stands out today , the animations parkour moves just totally sick , the story line is also very good connecting to previous rogue
Honestly the hurting yourself for vanity aspect could actually be a good thing for some. See I played through the whole game with Arno's tailored set and a level 3 sword and, granted, towards the end the difficulty reached borderline Dark Souls levels of buttfuckery.
That being said, every time I was thinking about engaging the game made me think twice, which honestly made the game a lot more challenging both from a combat standpoint but also from an intellectual one - which just made everything so much more exciting.
"is the most memorable character after Elise, he called Arno pisspot"
ah I see I'm watching a sensible reviewer, I feel safe
ok kiddo
Did I really just watch a one and a half hour review of a 6 year old game I don’t even play?
*Yes. Yes I did.*
Same.
@Eriko. Oy I'd definitely play it, after completing the other 20+ games in my list.
Saaaame lmao but it got me back into AC
better play the whole thing (dlcs included) on steam, if and only if on a discount
@@kaelinvictus6039 Forget the other games, get Unity done first
Literally the best and most solid review of any video game I've watched, ANYWHERE.
This was by no stretch of the word EXTENSIVE, no pun. Highly in-depth, well-written, choreographed, AND vocalized that it doesn't get boring, and impactfully informative in that it completely alters your level of understanding on the game. Needless to say you did a REALLY great job with this review, Whitelight.
AC Unity even in 2024 still 8.1/10.
“She’s weighed down by social expection, you’re weighed down by being a pleb. It’s classic!”
Never knew being a pleb was classic
That’s because you are a pleb
Waited 6 years for someone to take my side that AC Unity was good
I freaking loved it when it came out played through it 3 times. After most lf the bugs and technical problems have been fixed gonna do a 4th
I absolutely loved it! Probably my favorite AC game actually
If anyone disagrees that AC was a good franchise, I'd always show this as proof:
th-cam.com/video/zZZ4njGdZ9c/w-d-xo.html
It’s absolutely still amazing!!
me too bro,,finally they like this game now
Okay another major problem is the history. The revolution almost gets ignored. Robbspiere is only at the very end. King Louie only shows up three times. Marie Antoinette isn't in the game outside a co op cutscene. I know AC3 leaned too heavily into the history but this game almost entirely sidesteps it all.
Yeah, this is a complaint I had about this game for a long time. You don’t really play a part in shaping history in the game. They don’t address any of the themes of the revolution in the first place like class struggle. You could have place this story in any time period and it would have worked which is not a good thing. Origins and Odyssey do a much better job at this.
@@leonluong1384 Yeah. Also it would have been nice to emphasize the moral ambiguity. I mean the assassins are the rich people and the templars are poor. Bloody hell the most interesting historical figures from George Danton, Thomas Dumas and Anne De Mericourt are all in the co op missions which have basically no connection to anything. It would have been nice to have a fleshed out Machine Infernal mission.
Agree. And the timeline is so confusing, because of all the sidemissions and coop missions. It just skips back and fourth and back and fourth all the time!
@@IQsveen Yep. Like okay so Arno was at the 1789 Womens March... how? He wasn't an assasain yet. Hell didn't that happen before the Bastille? The final co op mission is in 1801 for godsake. Those missions make everything disjointed and throw away interesting historical characters. Seriously why isn't Robbspiere the main villain? Guy who caused Reign of Terror ranks higher then random silversmith.
@@IQsveen I also have to mention this. I remember when the game came out some French politician was angry that Marie Antoinette was depicted sympathetically. What game was he playing exactly? I double checked. She has no in game appearance outside a side quest where you kill the man who ratted her out. You can stretch and say the Women's March co op mission features her but its a literal second where she says oh cake. I'm mystified over what that politican was complaining about.
The impression at 20:46 is spot on and left me crying on the floor from laughter
Solving the puzzles in AC UNITY maybe take 1 hour especially the final one.
i feel like unity is THE assassins creed game where you actually play as an assassin without any bullshit.
That's ac1. No bullshit. Pure Assassin. Good story and villains
@@Pedro_Le_Chef I wouldn’t say good story or villain but everything else you said was true
Syndicate also does that
@@Atlas-Heisenberg_756 Al mualim isnt a good villlain?
@@Pedro_Le_Chef I think the plot twist final boss was a good villain but not all the other villains.
The only thing I didn't like in this game is how underwhelming the ending is. The entire rest of the game was great!
yeah the ending really fucked the game up for me, but I liked the rest of it.
what was the ending?
same with syndicate
The Dead Kings DLC ending was satisfactory tho, I'd even say the true ending and was premise for a sequel
I actually liked it!
This was, and still is, my favourite Assassins Creed game to ever exist
Nah the first one is the best
What drugs you on like pretty obvious this was one of the worst due to all the bugs and glitches on release it’s so bad if you bought a season pass at the start they gave you a free game just because it was so buggy
@@twitch_galaxy4585 I respect your opinion but youre wrong
Twitch_GaLaxy yeah clearly a game is only good if it has no bugs and glitches 🤡🤡
Same
that story link between rogue and in the beginning of unity was one of the best gaming story moments I've seen
I hope they will give Arno another game, imagine him being in the napoléonic war! Or his travel in Egypt like he said in dead kings...
Yeah i was hoping you could do more french revolution related stuff in unity. But is still a very good game
He stayed tho so the possibility of Egypt is 0%
he won't the games died for a reason
@@Rrpelz77888 he went to Egypt with Napoléon for the Egyptian campaign, he went back to Paris and did the prussian campaign to. At least that what was written in the dead king's lore. They didn't added that to the game which makes me kinda disapointed
Arno fighting alongside napoleon
That would be cool
I'm stunned. This man even has twitch memes in his locker.
Unity was the first AC game I played and I absolutely loved it. Arno was such a fantastic character. And the parkour felt so fluid even if I did spend a fair amount of time screaming at Arno that he’s an idiot for climbing the wrong thing or jumping to his death 😂
To be fair, we've been screaming at the main character for fucking up their jumps since Ezio hahaha
@@mr.nazareth4501 Ezio was a bugger for it. You want to jump to the next roof? well sorry I want to jump into this massive gap of nothing directly to my death on the concrete below
yeeeeah !
Lmaooo same here exactly my story I just finished unity yesterday it was my first AC game and my first ps4 game in fact and now I have started Ac2 in the ezio collection
@@Teknikah LMAO SO RELATABLE I just started ac 2 yesterday
I remember killing Captain Rouille and one of his guards in that awesome double kill animation and depending on which side he is on, his kill memory will trigger before Arno actually does the deed because of the length of the animation 😂 always made me chuckle.
"There are people who like titanic and liars"
Man your writing is stellar, had me burst out laughing
I will never like Titanic, I have submechanophobia
Liars*
was that a typo or did you seriously mishear and find it funny anyway?
@@glass7923 I think he knows what was meant, but wrote the word wrong.
Had me insulted. I was bored watching that movie in theatres
The investigation missions were so good. I want a whole game like this. Honestly my favourite part about the game.
For unity, syndicate and origins I find the DLCs to be the best part of the games. They are condensed and well written without a gigantic world filled with tasks. Dont get me wrong, I'm a person that only rests when all question marks on the map are finished, but I prefer a coherent greater picture.
I really enjoyed the investigations! Seeing Vidocq was brilliant, and it was the thing I found myself doing most often - everything else was so cringey.
I find AC games to be much better when you ignore everything but the main missions.
The side content is simply boring padding.
Alexandre fake ac fan detected
@@99RedRedfake Man the detective missions are in another level
"The Thot Air Balloon"
You just earned a sub for that holy shit my sides
I love Unity’s slower combat. In previous titles you feel almost weightless, constantly slashing and swiping like your weapons were made out of air. Also enemies felt like they had zero training whatsoever. In unity it actually feels like there’s weight behind Arno’s movements and enemies pose a real threat and actually require you to take your time with them. I love how they gang up too instead of standing around just watching their friends get stabbed to death. It all felt real and engaging when in previous games you could just turn your brain off and chain kill a whole room in 3 seconds. Unity keeps me on my toes and makes me look cool doing it. Best combat in the series imo
the only thing that doesn't look cool in combat is with counter attacking and makes arno look so sluggish compared to how he fights in the cinematic trailers and the dead kings one especially in game cutscenes
the finishers are always satisfying and feel and look gruesome
If by "pose a real threat" you mean you just have to wait for the bright red icon to tell you press a button then yes they are very threatening
@@JohnDoe-hj9fh Lol this post is a year old but I guess I’ll entertain your L take. What I meant is that instead of just parry killing everything in sight, mobs of enemies will try to ambush you or shoot you in order to help their friends. In older AC games groups of enemies kinda just stand around and take turns attacking you. In unity you actually have to think before you take on a group of Frenchies
@@BedfastSquid Yeah you have to think about when the big flashing red icon appears. It's like Jedi survivor's combat but neutered to have no skill attached to it. Also who cares how old a comment is, it's not expired food or anything and you literally responded the next day. "I'll entertain your L take" how do you do fellow kids indeed lol
Its a shame there were so many bugs when this game released, because that tainted this game for a lot of players forever. But I never experienced those bugs that so many others did. And to me, the setting, graphics, freerun, and assassin elements made this one of my favorite AC games ever. The only games I enjoyed more were Brotherhood, 2, and Black Flag. But Unity is truly the last game that felt like an Assassins Creed. I wish they would stop deviating further away with the RPGs
Yeah. From a pure gameplay standpoint...this is Assassin's Creed at it's peak.
Heck, I played the game at launch and I loved it even with the bugs. All the haters just made me mad. With their unjustified hate toward this great game they convinced Ubisoft to stop making actual Assassins Creed games, so congrats.
Right
@@pmpowalisz Cringe how Dumb you are dort say hater when they were right. Unity was Unplayable in that time.
@@wasa4403 that’s funny since I played and beat it just fine, the bugs didn’t break the game for gamers with a little patience lol.
I'm sad that they didn't even show shay's silhouette in unity it would have been so cool
that would be so epic
might be because it would of slightly spoiled rouge as they did both come out at the same time, but tbh the timelines don't sync up 100% as the pacing is different in the two games, BUT yes, I would of loved to of seen shay
This game would've been way better if Shay went after Shay. This shit story is literally romeo and julliet with a dash of templar
@@shishaceo5204 dash?
Let me take it further. Why isn't old man Shay the main villain? Arno cares more about his murdered step dad then his actual dad. We would have more connection seeing how we played as Shay.
Can't believe I just sat through an hour 30 to watch this... And I enjoyed every single minute and second of it
The lighting was absolutely beautiful and haven’t seen a lighting without mods that I like better
@@mad1478 oh yeah, the sunlight hitting Arno's outfit while parkouring through the rooftops
The gunman in this game have better aim then a warzone hacker
Aha, exactly. They piss me off so much, they literally wall hack you and shoot through brick walls.
For me, the end of the 1700's is the perfect setting for an AC game. I love the outfits and the architecture, as well as the historical context. There's just so much potential. I hope they revisit this setting, maybe even with a sequel to Unity
Wendell Novais yeah, it's so depressing. I wish they'd come back to more modern settings. Even the medieval era would be cool, not from the prespective of the vikings though.
In my opinion Unity had the best outfits. All that leather and these long coats, it just works.
A sequel to Unity taking place during the Napoleonic Wars would be sick.
I always loved the older settings but I agree. The setting of Origins and AC1 are up there in my preferences but I love that 18-19th century saga from Black Flag to Syndicate.
But then, maybe that's because the bulk of the series has been cast there.
Connor and Arno deserve sequels in some respect, I believe.
I think the medieval era is better
I found that I could "ledge grab" or break my fall by pressing and holding parkour down right before I hit the ledge. I used it all the time. I assumed everyone knew. The older AC games had lots of movement abilities that were discovered through trial and error, and were not spelled out to the player. In addition, there are movement and combat animations that are held over from older games. The game doesn't teach you these, so it's like a little bonus for long-time fans of the series.
he mentions that at 33:56
"Combat is harder this time"
I don't remember much from this game when I played it, but I do remember my combat strategy revolving around just shooting everyone in the face with a pepperbox pistol :/... (but then again, my experience for all the modern AC games has just been that famous scene from Indiana Jones on an infinite loop)
Kozmik Cat Lmao, agreed. But I guess this is one of those times the payer has to limit themselves.
It should never have to be that way, but the developers can only influence/manipulate the player so much. They should learn from it, but the least we should do is fix things ourselves.
You can only blame yourself if you choose the most dull option. It's not like this is a multiplayer game where playing the meta is a must to win.
It's like saying that farcry 4's story was garbage if you waited as Pagan Min asked you, and then scattered the ashes skipping the actual campaign.
@@hashbrownslinging-slasher872 - I definitely found myself having to impose the challenge of stealth rather than just running around killing everything that moved without much thought.
Mine was accidentally getting spotted then running away and then eventually hiding
Well I use smoke...then move away throw some stun or just skip to mortar shooting :v
Probably the best video on an AC game I've ever seen. Coming back to this every couple months to bask in its glory again.
I'll be happy to see you return to the AC franchise and make more of such retrospective videos.
AC Unity is basically like AC Rogue 2.0.
@@purwantiallan5089 most AI generated garbage take ive ever seen.
I wish they would’ve made the voice actors have French accents it would feel way more immersive.
Grungedude93 Nah just turn the langguage to french and turn on subtitles. Its more immersive
Just set language to french , it’s the most french thing you’ll ever see.
As a French speaker, I tried playing the game in French, since I understand it and for ultimate immersion but damn the French traduction is fucking lame. The voice acting is bad compare to the English one.
This is why I headcanon that something happened with the animus similar to Desmond’s back in AC1 lol
as a French I hate the French accent that we have when we speak English, it's just ugly imo.
I'm glad Arno didn't have it
"Because 6 years later, Unity is entirely playable"
My pc: no
same here, AC Unity has been laying for 5 years in bookshelf waiting for me to upgrade my gpu...maybe this Christmas I'll finally get the chance to play it
@@SmookieYT Wish you luck dude
know the feeling ,the best my pc can do is ac2 lol
@@petko5335 thanks :) I wish you luck as well.
I'm confused...what's the issue?
Ezio’s trilogy made my childhood, but this will forever remain my favorite Assassin’s creed ever.
Agreed.. brotherhood was OG
I swear i was the only one that liked unity. Guess not
@John Brophy how I just prefare games like unity and black flag
That “Barney and the Prank Patrol” comment had me wheezing. You earned your sub well before that but I wasn’t expecting that. Brought back memories from my childhood…