Great video! One thing I think you didn't mention is that holding high profile and crouch lets you sprint while also disable any climbing/jumping/sliding moves. Very useful for interiors where you recommended to let go of high profile.
Oh damn, I didn't know that. It would make sense that I wouldn't know that because of how infrequently I use the crouch button in Unity, lol. I'm gonna pin your comment so people can see this.
This is fantastic, thank you for making this. Most people won't understand the ridiculous amount of effort and time-investment needed to build this kind of video, especially one of this length, with this amount of information in it. You kicked ass, buddy.
Yea, I knew going into making this that it would be a long haul, but I think I underestimated even then, lol. I appreciate the kind words, Leo, they mean a lot!
I watched a lot of Leo K's videos and it was really insightful to see some of lesser known but inner mechanics of the game and it made me appreciate it a lot more and sometimes the game will let you down horribly but when it's working and doing its thing its absolutely exhilarating. This is a great video and I learned a lot from it. Yourself and Leo have made content that helps players feel in control of this game, the reason people are here are clearly because they want to love it and you help that process so again I thank you .
AC is a series that leans _heavily_ on player fantasy. The reason you would buy an Assassin’s Creed game used to be that you wanted to feel like an Assassin. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that so many people prefer to go for the flashy, badass approach to things over the simpler, more efficient approach.
@@bish0p3473 I’m of the same mind. I much prefer AC3’s parkour animation choreography over Unity’s for that exact reason; Connor’s movements are efficient and quick, but they still manage to be smooth and cinematic nonetheless.
The parkour is nice but it's still very frustrating for me to execute. It never runs as smoothly as people fawn over it for, and it keeps me from fully liking the game
I like how Arno is referred to by his name and not by 'your character' or something else, it puts so much life into him for me and feels so nice. great video.
Glad you noticed that! There’ll be a lot more use of the term “player character” in my upcoming AC3 guide because a bunch of the stuff applies to Haytham, Connor, and Desmond, but in this game, there’s only one PC, so I was able to be a bit more personal with the writing.
It's kind of odd how the game never really gave a clear example of how to do side hops, so some players would have probably never known about it despite it being such a vital piece to Unity's parkour.
Assassin’s Creed has very notably never taught the player about ejects, outside of a few moments in Assassin tombs in AC2, as well as equivalent missions in later games. The game manuals have never once included a single mention of the mechanic. Why this is the case is absolutely beyond me.
thing is that this is the game that broke the old school AC style of gameplay, after this people were begging for something new & that lead to "if realism gets in the way of gameplay, gameplay takes priority" which tbf is not always a bad thing, but, we've certainly lost a lot of what this franchise was.
ACUnity's parkour is just.... mesmerizing! Half the time I was rewinding the video just to listen to the instructions properly, cause I was constantly drifting with the parkour.
I choreographed a lot of the parkour sequences you see in these short clips so everything looked video-worthy and professional, and I must confess that I’ve had the same thing happen to me when watching this, lol. If you need clarification on anything, I have my entire written script linked in the description.
Nicole Song yea, trying to do long, complex parkour chains consistently in Unity without at least one thing going wrong is an absolutely nightmare compared to other AC games, lol. Thanks for the kind words!
Awesome work man! This is prolly the best video of this kind I’ve seen. You clearly have a great understanding of Unity’s movement and have done a great job at communicating that understanding to others with this video.
Reminds me of that one time I jumped from top of bastille, and somehow managed to use breakfall, right before hitting the bottom of the mote, surviving.
I recently bought unity and put some hours on it. What i can say is that im in love with the parkour but didnt know the parkour can be this smooth! So yeah its a blessing to have this video on my recommended. Thank you!
@@itzmrinyy7484 I mean, except maybe RDR2 you can say that for every game released after 2017 or so. Not that there's anything wrong with that imo, I do prefer stylized art over realism in videogames, but still
I don't like how Unitys parkour feels and controls at all but i appreciate the amount of effort you put into this video. Unity tried to be good AC game on all fronts, and that's something rare these days. I'm glad there are still people out there that care about this kind of stuff. Parkour needs a comeback, that's for sure.
I agree with you on all counts. Unity’s input lag, heaviness and lacking freedom gets on my nerves every time I play it. Still, what we have in this game is several orders of magnitude better than what we’ve had since. AC won’t really be AC until complex parkour returns to the games.
great work fellow assassin. and this game is sooo good. loving a no upgrade challenge as it puts even more emphasis on skilled movement being the difference between life and death.
Finally took the time to give this video a proper viewing. You really broke down everything I could think of in regards of movement, covered some stuff I never bothered to think about (for example tree parkour) and some of the stuff I unconsciously knew from having played the game so much, but not something I'd think about when trying to teach somebody about the game (like movement after high profile kills). Very well done, I've bookmarked the video for when I encounter someone else struggling with Unity :)
If I was gonna put the word “ultimate” in the title, I had to live up to it, didn’t I? Haha, thanks for the kind words, Trevi. Your original stealth reaper video for Confession was the first seed sown in my brain that I should buy this game, so I have to thank you in a big way for being an inspiration to me from way back when I had only played Origins and Odyssey. You’re a major reason as to why this video even exists, so I just wanted to say thanks for inspiring me to give this game a chance :)
Unity is definitely a game that is very important to this community right now, considering how much it tried to appeal to the original vision of AC and also the direction the franchise has taken in the recent titles. Thanks for the kind words!
I love Leo's videos, but I think you did a better job with this particular one. You have a great way of explaining bits of information, and specific ways you input commands. All in all, you're really making me want to play more Unity!
just started playing Unity for the first time, and as with most AC games, i find the movement incredibly frustrating. But watching this video has been very eye opening. can't wait to try some of these techniques to fight my way through UBI's jank ass traversal systems
Jcers, the last few weeks, I've been playing unity extensively and your guide is partly responsible since it helped me understand the game mechanics better. A lot of the frustrating moments where Arno seemed to not do what I instructed him to do have simply disappeared, and I have no words for how liberating that feels. Thank you for this detailed guide 🤗
Bloody hell i thought i needed a new controller and maybe i do because i can just not not do that tournament flag challenge.....i can be gitting b to let go and drop and nothing happens or he just randomly grabs onto things and goes up when i know i have not done that. Arggghhh i will watch this a few times and hope for improvement.....
First of all, your voice is very reassuring! I think it's really great that ACU is still being talked about in 2020, I think the game has the best parkour mechanics the series has ever had, I have 500 + h and I'm glad that it will remain a real Assassins creed for me! Good video bro!
There are entire rooftops you can vault over in a single bound. Experiment with holding parkour down in places you think it might work. Hell, experiment in places you don't. You just might pull off something super rare and crazy like the elusive long kong Unity's fall damage is very forgiving, especially with certain boots and the recovery roll skill. If you get stuck midway down a wall with little or no furniture to catch yourself on, you can safely back eject as many as three stories to get down very, very quickly. Just make sure there aren't any enemies in your landing zone since you can't cancel out of this if you change your mind Really impressive stuff figuring out how to recognize the geometry for the dive. That was always a move I loved, but had no idea how to use it reliably
I wish they'd kept this parkour system for the newer games. I loved Origins but the parkour definitely left something to be desired. AC Unity was the peak of Assassin's Creed parkour and it's sad that Ubisoft didn't refine it in later games since there was still a lot of room for improvement.
This game releasing and still somewhat remaining in such an unfinished state has got to be one of the biggest gaming tragedies of all time. This game would've been a series changing game if they took their time with it and released it in a fully polished state. It's still incredibly fun especially now that we have hardware that can run it at 60 fps, but this could've been an all time greatest game if they wouldn't have rushed it so hard.
They could have just copy pasted the parkour from Unity to Syndicate and just added something to it. Like the one in 7:37 for example, it wasn't present alongside the forced eject. I'll miss this game's parkour...
Great video, I just downloaded the game and after watching this I'm extremly overwhelmed, I didn't know the system was this deep and thought about by the developers.
I try to align my camera to where I want to go but often times the momentum of the player will just make him climb what’s in front of him as opposed to where I’m looking, is that intentional?
3:25 I found that many players for some reason did not know that, always doing parkour up to go over obstacles instead of doing it this way. As u said ac unity definitely failed at explaining that to most players
Seeing this in 2021, I am still convinced that AC Unity is one of the most misunderstood AC games. This game not only brought a stealth mode, but also great parkour, movements, and assassination animations. Having played all AC games after Unity, Including Valhalla, I still believe this is the last true AC game. The new games are fun to play as standalone games, sure, but apart from the story they miss so much of that assassin's vibe that Unity had.
@@IsuiGtz agree. I mean I liked black flag as well but for some reason AC 3 felt more like an ending. Considering it was the last part with Desmond as well.
I've been playing this game for years and i never knew you could roll over things like overturn carts. Of Unitiy's system I will say this: It wasn't perfect but it was best, and second to last, parkour system we got. I say that because, after Syndicate, AC no longer used a parkour system but, instead, started using a basic climbing system that allows the player to climb on virtually anything and greatly dumbed down the system.
lets just say Unity was the last.. Syndicate has no manual jump cuz of the jump spamming reviewers and people alike did in this game... With input buffering you can do some crazzy things I aint see alot of people do (in Unity ofcourse) Syndicate has alot of buildings which you cannot even climb on you must grapple.. the whole grappling hook zipline thing ruined the point A to B parkour style.. cuz it was just a fckkng 1 button zipline... In Origins I actually felt the rocks wete textured enough.. for it to be "realistic" but not as good as rock climbing in 3, but still better then those automated animations for yhe interiots in 3 ,4 and certain trees in Rogue.. They added vaulting back in Odyssey (in origins you could only vault in tombs) In valhalla the textures feel improved and less flat like hes grabbin on to sumthing. (The forts were okay ish climable I like the ody frontflip) but it will never be as immersive as Unity or heck even Ac1s parkour which is better then the ezio games. ( i like the lamps ezio swings on tho.) I do feel as tho 3-4-rogue, felt better then the ezio games but not the first one for some reason.. A fix for Unity's input delay is *buffer your inputs* and be very very carefull with your jumps.. the only thing that truly bugs me about Unity is that last seen feature 🤢.. *In my Opinion* unity has the best parkour .. and dont start about input delay.. work around it buffer sum inputs time the jumps... .. for me I never had an issue with the delay cuz I usually already know what im gonna do before im doing it.. :) too bad your on pc otherwise idd show some pretty weird cancels... since this is my fav ac.. I ran around like a ffn madman inthis game.. :) I do parkour irl Ps. I also have to add that just like in WD2 horrible but yet fun parkour system camera/crossair placement plays a huge role in the animation you trigger.. like sum parts might seen unreachable but with the right camera angle you might just do a jump that seemed impossible before.. my point being this is the same case for all Ac games since Unity.. I hope this gives you sum weird info you might not have thought about before ;P Camera angles are key in Unity
I think the next creed game is going to return to this style of parkour and assassin mechanics. People complain about the series direction starting with Origins but they quickly forget how burnt out everybody was from every AC's that came before them. Enough time has passed now that a Unity style (polished) AC game would sell like hot cakes. I know i'd buy it no question.
Just got around to checking this after seeing it all over reddit, Leo K posted it on his community tab and I got to say this made me subscribe, and hyped me up for more videos lol
Thanks for the sub! I had no idea this was being shared on Reddit lol, I made a post about it on the Leo K sub when it came, but that’s all I saw. As for more videos, stay tuned!
I’d suggest playing BF first, actually. It introduced a plot line that ends up being mildly relevant to Unity’s main story. It’s not the end of the world if you don’t play them in order, though.
Well Breakfall is a new thing to me and it just save my life like nine seconds ago. Also I have never had a glitch in this game and I have beaten the main story and a few side quests. Also again these games need photo mode because I LOVE photo mode
The breakfall thing was always hilarious to me, like Arno and other assassins' using it would have their shoulders destroyed or their arm popped out of the socket
Hi Jcers, thank you for this. Playing all the AC games and at this very moment AC Unity. Love the game despite things I really miss, like picking up weapons, throwing knives, hide bodies, fist fights, etc, still many bugs, but I also miss the ‘old’ parkour. Now it doesn’t feel the same, it even feels like Arno is ‘flying’ instead of jumping. I also had trouble with the framerate (ps4). Thank you for the movement tips, it really helped with going down a building and the camera positioning. Thanks.
Almost 9 years and I have finally gotten my hands on playing the most renowned AC game in the franchise. From my already 1 hour of gameplay I can see everything that Unity has shown to the players and damn am I impressed. Years of AC gaming and I still couldn't prep for how even more in depth and the amount of button discipline is already testing me as an Assassin way more than any of the Kenway's have ever did in my recent playthrough.
This game is Underrated and so do the mechanics of this game were known by the people who put their time in to this game this game requires control if u don't have control you are messed you included almost everything about this games movements the problem with this game is that they don't have a tutorial to demonstrate the mechanics Anyways u did it :)
Unity definitely still has issues, even if you know all of these things, which is why it frustrates so many people. What’s even worse is that, like you said, there aren’t a lot of good explanations for this game’s mechanics, so the vast majority of people who haven’t seen guide videos like this one go into the game blind. I felt that I had to make this video to help out as many people as I could. Glad you liked it!
@@jcers If ubisoft took sometime to polish this game this would've been so good and even become one of the best AC's ever made but inspite of that Ubisoft just skipped this game's issues and said they would fix it all in AC Syndicate that was the worst mistake they ever made.
I bought Unity about a week ago on my PS4 Slim purely for the parkour memories, even though I knew very well the performance isn't great. I'll definitely be rewatching this tomorrow and trying out some of these tips to unlock the full potential of the parkour system : )
Great video, bro :D the most detailed one that i have ever seen. I'm really glad youtube recomended it for me because i was sure that Unity's parkour system has great potential but i didnt have enought time to get to the bottom of it. Soon i will be replaying Unity and i will remember about your tips. Thanks a lot man, good job! :D
Thank you, I’m glad it helped. I play at 1080p60, and for the settings, I have it at the highest possible settings (ultra + some sliders set even higher than they are on just the basic ultra preset).
thanks for the explanation on the Base Jump, always loved the look of it when it randomly happen when free-roaming in Unity but never knew what specific context the player needs to achieve however it´s quite hard to acknowledge the proper distances where you can make it or even Arno doens´t quite do even if you met the requirements. shame that a lot of these movement don´t apply to Syndicate which is a game I am playing right now and enjoying quite a bit but the movement and world-design downgrade is just sad.
Just got Unity 2 days ago and This video has helped a lot. I will be using everything in this video so I can better understand the movements in each area I am in.
Low Profile is not a button. It is the default state your Assassin is in when you aren’t holding the High Profile button. High Profile is both a state and a button. Your character enters a High Profile state when the button is held. The default bindings for the button are RT, R2 and Shift.
October 21, 2023 Just Finished Unity. While I do love the game, I can't overlook the game's unpolished state. When flow gets interrupted, the enjoyment fades away. These tips were helpful. Thank You. Will put them to practice.
Wow i've never know parkour on Unity is this deep. I've played this game 2014, right after it released. Its true i found the parkour and climbing system is different than previous ACs, but its not that hard to understand. What annoyed me much is they put so many snipers as enemy on this game who could shoot you to death in seconds. Sometimes you even didn't know where they shoot you from! This contrary with previous ACs, where Ubisoft put easy enemies on the beginning - meanwhile the beginning on Unity is like hell, you almost die (or even die) many times 🤣 Anyway this parkour and climbing system also exist on Syndicate 🙃
I played valhalla, odysey and origin. Heard too many good things about Unity so I tried it for the first time with my steam deck, LOVE IT to hell! I really love your video! What do you think of ACUFIX mods? Should I get it?
I don't know if my game is still seriously bugged, or I'm just an idiot, but literally 90% of all of these things don't work for me. I'm pretty sure I'm pressing the same buttons as you, but Arno just refuses to cooperate. Can't say I'm surprised but, ugh.
I spun around once when climbing a ledge in AC Unity and i though "What was the purpose of that exactly?" But this video kinda answered so much AC Unity parkour questions that i had and didn't have
Im doing all of this flawlessly but one thing... The side hop stuff. I cant even do the hp+ left/right one. and the advanced ones puzzle me too edit: Okay I think im getting the hang if them now. cant believe side hops were the only thing missing from my parcour
Unity is probably the best parkour mechanic in any games in terms of gameplay and animation. But the execution is just so bad. The control is very frustating which makes everything hard and inconsistent, especially for a stealth game that requires precision.
I am having a problem when i climb a building. Often, there are a few windows, and when i try to eject normally, just by holding HP and left stick to the right or left, he usually does the wall dismount not an eject but when i tap or hold A he jumps sometimes to far. how ro fix this?
All these years later i still download Unity from time to time just to parkour around Paris. I wish they stuck with this system and made it more responsive and consistent instead of dumbing it down with Syndicate and then basically removing parkour altogether in later titles. Death to Poopisoft.
I finished this game 4 times :( and after a year i downloaded the game again now and I'm relearning these techniques again ..i can't get enough of this style of assassins creed game :( fuck Ubisoft for doing this game dirty
Damn amazing video bro. I was surprised to find out that I'm basically an expert of the movement and have taught myself well over years of playing. Nevertheless, this video is very informative and was a good way of acknowledging and brushing up on the various tactics that help complexify and improve the strong movement system.
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Great video! One thing I think you didn't mention is that holding high profile and crouch lets you sprint while also disable any climbing/jumping/sliding moves. Very useful for interiors where you recommended to let go of high profile.
Oh damn, I didn't know that. It would make sense that I wouldn't know that because of how infrequently I use the crouch button in Unity, lol. I'm gonna pin your comment so people can see this.
Thumbs up bro!
Wow this is extremely useful actually. Never knew about this thanks 👍
I love you, I really needed this
I thought I knew it all. This is an awesome feature, I had no idea!
This is fantastic, thank you for making this.
Most people won't understand the ridiculous amount of effort and time-investment needed to build this kind of video, especially one of this length, with this amount of information in it.
You kicked ass, buddy.
Yea, I knew going into making this that it would be a long haul, but I think I underestimated even then, lol. I appreciate the kind words, Leo, they mean a lot!
@@jcers great job! I wish I made videos this good lol
Thanks lol
I watched a lot of Leo K's videos and it was really insightful to see some of lesser known but inner mechanics of the game and it made me appreciate it a lot more and sometimes the game will let you down horribly but when it's working and doing its thing its absolutely exhilarating. This is a great video and I learned a lot from it. Yourself and Leo have made content that helps players feel in control of this game, the reason people are here are clearly because they want to love it and you help that process so again I thank you .
@@consistentlyaverage hey thanks, I appreciate the kind words and I’m super happy I was able to help :)
I love how ac has a community that can and will often sacrifice effectiveness for style
AC is a series that leans _heavily_ on player fantasy. The reason you would buy an Assassin’s Creed game used to be that you wanted to feel like an Assassin. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that so many people prefer to go for the flashy, badass approach to things over the simpler, more efficient approach.
@@jcers I know I'm in the minority here, but I don't care for Unity's flashy parkour because it is so inefficient.
@@bish0p3473 I’m of the same mind. I much prefer AC3’s parkour animation choreography over Unity’s for that exact reason; Connor’s movements are efficient and quick, but they still manage to be smooth and cinematic nonetheless.
@@jcers I do like watching other people do it. It is very nice to watch...but when I'm running for my life, no thanks.
The parkour is nice but it's still very frustrating for me to execute. It never runs as smoothly as people fawn over it for, and it keeps me from fully liking the game
I like how Arno is referred to by his name and not by 'your character' or something else, it puts so much life into him for me and feels so nice. great video.
Glad you noticed that! There’ll be a lot more use of the term “player character” in my upcoming AC3 guide because a bunch of the stuff applies to Haytham, Connor, and Desmond, but in this game, there’s only one PC, so I was able to be a bit more personal with the writing.
"So much life into him" bro Arno is lame, he isn't no Geralt or Kratos
@@Ligmaballin The fact that he sometimes just does whatever he wants and ignores my inputs makes him feel more lifelike than Geralt or Kratos
@@justacatto7765yeah certainly feels more like Arno than just a player character with how he has a life of his own lol
It's kind of odd how the game never really gave a clear example of how to do side hops, so some players would have probably never known about it despite it being such a vital piece to Unity's parkour.
Assassin’s Creed has very notably never taught the player about ejects, outside of a few moments in Assassin tombs in AC2, as well as equivalent missions in later games. The game manuals have never once included a single mention of the mechanic. Why this is the case is absolutely beyond me.
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I can't begin to think of what a complete version of this system would play like.
I feel like the input lag would still bother me, but...yea, who knows what else they would have put in it given another year.
AC 5 maybe, Arno vs shay?
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@@ogway1772 exactly
That breathtaking almost leap of faith jump is soooo satisfying , I still can't believe they never thought of keeping such movements in later games.
thing is that this is the game that broke the old school AC style of gameplay, after this people were begging for something new & that lead to "if realism gets in the way of gameplay, gameplay takes priority" which tbf is not always a bad thing, but, we've certainly lost a lot of what this franchise was.
I’m proud of myself for figuring out some of these naturally. Great video goes very in depth
Yea, some of these are fairly intuitive. Others, not so much, lol. Glad you liked the video!
It's cool how deep this parkour system is
I kinda miss it in newer games in the series
Same. I just want something with some level of player expression available.
ACUnity's parkour is just.... mesmerizing! Half the time I was rewinding the video just to listen to the instructions properly, cause I was constantly drifting with the parkour.
I choreographed a lot of the parkour sequences you see in these short clips so everything looked video-worthy and professional, and I must confess that I’ve had the same thing happen to me when watching this, lol. If you need clarification on anything, I have my entire written script linked in the description.
Wow. 21 and a half minutes worth of script isn’t easy to coordinate. And Arno doesn’t even consistently do these cool things
Nicole Song yea, trying to do long, complex parkour chains consistently in Unity without at least one thing going wrong is an absolutely nightmare compared to other AC games, lol. Thanks for the kind words!
The controlled decent was one of my favourite features in Unity. It was really important too as so many buildings are really tall.
Yea, it was basically necessary that they added Controlled Descent in Unity. Paris just has way too much verticality for it not to exist.
@@jcers what is high profile
@@ghostflunder7210 the button that makes you sprint and makes your assassinations loud and flashy. Default bindings are RT, R2 and Shift.
@@jcers Thank you!
Awesome work man! This is prolly the best video of this kind I’ve seen. You clearly have a great understanding of Unity’s movement and have done a great job at communicating that understanding to others with this video.
Thanks! :)
Reminds me of that one time I jumped from top of bastille, and somehow managed to use breakfall, right before hitting the bottom of the mote, surviving.
Exhilarating stuff!
I recently bought unity and put some hours on it. What i can say is that im in love with the parkour but didnt know the parkour can be this smooth! So yeah its a blessing to have this video on my recommended. Thank you!
No problem! Glad you’re enjoying the game :)
Its crazy how this actually looks way better but came out way before the new AC games
It is. We paid a heavy price for that, though, being that the game still has awful performance on consoles.
@@jcers Played it at release on regular PS4 and recently on PS4 Pro. There’s a huge difference in performance… it almost feels like a great game now
Not on next gen. It really was made for next gen it plays really good on the new consoles
I mean the character models are a bit plastic but hold up great considering it's an ubusoft game released in 2014
@@itzmrinyy7484 I mean, except maybe RDR2 you can say that for every game released after 2017 or so. Not that there's anything wrong with that imo, I do prefer stylized art over realism in videogames, but still
I don't like how Unitys parkour feels and controls at all but i appreciate the amount of effort you put into this video. Unity tried to be good AC game on all fronts, and that's something rare these days.
I'm glad there are still people out there that care about this kind of stuff.
Parkour needs a comeback, that's for sure.
I agree with you on all counts. Unity’s input lag, heaviness and lacking freedom gets on my nerves every time I play it. Still, what we have in this game is several orders of magnitude better than what we’ve had since. AC won’t really be AC until complex parkour returns to the games.
great work fellow assassin. and this game is sooo good. loving a no upgrade challenge as it puts even more emphasis on skilled movement being the difference between life and death.
In case you, like I, did not know, pressing R3 will center the camera, meaning less manual cameracontrol.
Just another tip is if arno starts moving slow in crowds perform a manual jump to regain speed
Ah, I’ve never thought of doing that. Thanks for posting!
Finally took the time to give this video a proper viewing. You really broke down everything I could think of in regards of movement, covered some stuff I never bothered to think about (for example tree parkour) and some of the stuff I unconsciously knew from having played the game so much, but not something I'd think about when trying to teach somebody about the game (like movement after high profile kills).
Very well done, I've bookmarked the video for when I encounter someone else struggling with Unity :)
If I was gonna put the word “ultimate” in the title, I had to live up to it, didn’t I? Haha, thanks for the kind words, Trevi. Your original stealth reaper video for Confession was the first seed sown in my brain that I should buy this game, so I have to thank you in a big way for being an inspiration to me from way back when I had only played Origins and Odyssey. You’re a major reason as to why this video even exists, so I just wanted to say thanks for inspiring me to give this game a chance :)
Man this is absolutely amazing. Gotta love that there is still so much love for unity!
Unity is definitely a game that is very important to this community right now, considering how much it tried to appeal to the original vision of AC and also the direction the franchise has taken in the recent titles. Thanks for the kind words!
The community needs to get together and give Unity a rebirth! I'm in!
I love Leo's videos, but I think you did a better job with this particular one. You have a great way of explaining bits of information, and specific ways you input commands. All in all, you're really making me want to play more Unity!
Thanks for the kind words! I put a lot of work into this video, so I’m glad it’s been helpful!
This is a gift to the ac unity community thank you!
My pleasure!
One of the best Unity videos i have ever seen....Definitely have to go back for some unity again
Thank you, I appreciate it!
@@jcers how are you so good omg these mechanics are so complicatively diverse
@@princedelamifax2543 I had good teachers. Also, I’ve played this game for like 700 hours, lol
Ur an absolute legend for this
just started playing Unity for the first time, and as with most AC games, i find the movement incredibly frustrating. But watching this video has been very eye opening. can't wait to try some of these techniques to fight my way through UBI's jank ass traversal systems
Jcers, the last few weeks, I've been playing unity extensively and your guide is partly responsible since it helped me understand the game mechanics better. A lot of the frustrating moments where Arno seemed to not do what I instructed him to do have simply disappeared, and I have no words for how liberating that feels. Thank you for this detailed guide 🤗
No problem, Nova! I’m glad I’ve been able to help!
Bloody hell i thought i needed a new controller and maybe i do because i can just not not do that tournament flag challenge.....i can be gitting b to let go and drop and nothing happens or he just randomly grabs onto things and goes up when i know i have not done that. Arggghhh i will watch this a few times and hope for improvement.....
First of all, your voice is very reassuring! I think it's really great that ACU is still being talked about in 2020, I think the game has the best parkour mechanics the series has ever had, I have 500 + h and I'm glad that it will remain a real Assassins creed for me! Good video bro!
Glad you liked the video!
@@__leaf__6364 of course, I Player every Ac
There are entire rooftops you can vault over in a single bound. Experiment with holding parkour down in places you think it might work. Hell, experiment in places you don't. You just might pull off something super rare and crazy like the elusive long kong
Unity's fall damage is very forgiving, especially with certain boots and the recovery roll skill. If you get stuck midway down a wall with little or no furniture to catch yourself on, you can safely back eject as many as three stories to get down very, very quickly. Just make sure there aren't any enemies in your landing zone since you can't cancel out of this if you change your mind
Really impressive stuff figuring out how to recognize the geometry for the dive. That was always a move I loved, but had no idea how to use it reliably
I wish they'd kept this parkour system for the newer games. I loved Origins but the parkour definitely left something to be desired. AC Unity was the peak of Assassin's Creed parkour and it's sad that Ubisoft didn't refine it in later games since there was still a lot of room for improvement.
It sucks that they stopped prioritizing interesting movement. I’m slightly hopeful for the next game, but I have no idea what to expect.
This game releasing and still somewhat remaining in such an unfinished state has got to be one of the biggest gaming tragedies of all time. This game would've been a series changing game if they took their time with it and released it in a fully polished state. It's still incredibly fun especially now that we have hardware that can run it at 60 fps, but this could've been an all time greatest game if they wouldn't have rushed it so hard.
Best Parkour in AC Franchise to date.
They could have just copy pasted the parkour from Unity to Syndicate and just added something to it. Like the one in 7:37 for example, it wasn't present alongside the forced eject. I'll miss this game's parkour...
Great video man, very good tips in there thank you!
Happy to help!
Great video, I just downloaded the game and after watching this I'm extremly overwhelmed, I didn't know the system was this deep and thought about by the developers.
I try to align my camera to where I want to go but often times the momentum of the player will just make him climb what’s in front of him as opposed to where I’m looking, is that intentional?
Ahhh music..
Unity is not the deepest system, factually so
Which game has the deepest system then? Probably ac1 - revelations I’m guessing?
@@epicweedskrrtswag7872 yes, but AC3 is also really good
3:25 I found that many players for some reason did not know that, always doing parkour up to go over obstacles instead of doing it this way. As u said ac unity definitely failed at explaining that to most players
Thx, My parkour is not that fast so enemies can caught me, Now I feel like master assasin
Seeing this in 2021, I am still convinced that AC Unity is one of the most misunderstood AC games. This game not only brought a stealth mode, but also great parkour, movements, and assassination animations. Having played all AC games after Unity, Including Valhalla, I still believe this is the last true AC game. The new games are fun to play as standalone games, sure, but apart from the story they miss so much of that assassin's vibe that Unity had.
Same.
For me, the AC franchise has two endings, where AC3 is the canon ending, and Unity is the spiritual ending.
@@IsuiGtz agree. I mean I liked black flag as well but for some reason AC 3 felt more like an ending. Considering it was the last part with Desmond as well.
God I love this...... the unity community is bigger than I thought
Incredible work!
Thanks :)
Who is here in 2023 taking out the dust of this wonderful game but forgot the must basic stuff and now it's feels so advanced that I feel like a newb
Im just terrible at this shit💀
This is fantastic! Thanks for this guide.
No problem! Glad you found it helpful!
no way
I've been playing this game for years and i never knew you could roll over things like overturn carts.
Of Unitiy's system I will say this: It wasn't perfect but it was best, and second to last, parkour system we got. I say that because, after Syndicate, AC no longer used a parkour system but, instead, started using a basic climbing system that allows the player to climb on virtually anything and greatly dumbed down the system.
Glad I was able to teach you something new! Yea, it’s a shame what happened to movement in this franchise.
@@jcers Agreed 👍
lets just say Unity was the last..
Syndicate has no manual jump cuz of the jump spamming reviewers and people alike did in this game...
With input buffering you can do some crazzy things I aint see alot of people do (in Unity ofcourse)
Syndicate has alot of buildings which you cannot even climb on you must grapple.. the whole grappling hook zipline thing ruined the point A to B parkour style.. cuz it was just a fckkng 1 button zipline...
In Origins I actually felt the rocks wete textured enough.. for it to be "realistic" but not as good as rock climbing in 3, but still better then those automated animations for yhe interiots in 3 ,4 and certain trees in Rogue..
They added vaulting back in Odyssey (in origins you could only vault in tombs) In valhalla the textures feel improved and less flat like hes grabbin on to sumthing.
(The forts were okay ish climable I like the ody frontflip)
but it will never be as immersive as Unity or heck even Ac1s parkour which is better then the ezio games. ( i like the lamps ezio swings on tho.) I do feel as tho 3-4-rogue, felt better then the ezio games but not the first one for some reason..
A fix for Unity's input delay is *buffer your inputs* and be very very carefull with your jumps..
the only thing that truly bugs me about Unity is that last seen feature 🤢..
*In my Opinion* unity has the best parkour .. and dont start about input delay.. work around it buffer sum inputs time the jumps... .. for me I never had an issue with the delay cuz I usually already know what im gonna do before im doing it.. :)
too bad your on pc otherwise idd show some pretty weird cancels... since this is my fav ac.. I ran around like a ffn madman inthis game..
:)
I do parkour irl
Ps. I also have to add that just like in WD2 horrible but yet fun parkour system camera/crossair placement plays a huge role in the animation you trigger.. like sum parts might seen unreachable but with the right camera angle you might just do a jump that seemed impossible before.. my point being this is the same case for all Ac games since Unity.. I hope this gives you sum weird info you might not have thought about before ;P Camera angles are key in Unity
I cannot imagine how amazing this game would be if Ubisoft baked it for more time. Hell, it IS amazing already but imagine it got delayed for a year.
I think the next creed game is going to return to this style of parkour and assassin mechanics. People complain about the series direction starting with Origins but they quickly forget how burnt out everybody was from every AC's that came before them. Enough time has passed now that a Unity style (polished) AC game would sell like hot cakes. I know i'd buy it no question.
I’d like that to be true. I don’t really share your optimism, though, lol
I thought I was a pro at the game and then I saw this. I may be good, but not as good as it gets! Amazing video man!
Let me summarize this video into one sentence. Use sidehops
Just got around to checking this after seeing it all over reddit, Leo K posted it on his community tab and I got to say this made me subscribe, and hyped me up for more videos lol
Thanks for the sub! I had no idea this was being shared on Reddit lol, I made a post about it on the Leo K sub when it came, but that’s all I saw. As for more videos, stay tuned!
I just bought the triple pack that has this, black flag, and syndicate. Never played any of them but definitely trying this one first
I’d suggest playing BF first, actually. It introduced a plot line that ends up being mildly relevant to Unity’s main story. It’s not the end of the world if you don’t play them in order, though.
This will help me soo much when I get around playing Unity again. Amazing video!
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate them a lot! And glad I could help!
I really wish Ubisoft will go back to this movement type And transform to combat to a better system, because what they have now is not that great
Well Breakfall is a new thing to me and it just save my life like nine seconds ago. Also I have never had a glitch in this game and I have beaten the main story and a few side quests. Also again these games need photo mode because I LOVE photo mode
Glad I was able to help save you from a desync, haha
The breakfall thing was always hilarious to me, like Arno and other assassins' using it would have their shoulders destroyed or their arm popped out of the socket
“That’s the beauty and the horror of the Animus” -William Miles
I love that there's an tutorial for moving lmao.
THIS IS THE MOST WELL-MADE GAME IN THE FRANCHISE. THE ENVIRONMENT, THE PEOPLE, THE MAP DETAILS, THE CUTSCENES. SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE NEWER GAMES
people judge its shitty release tho
@@dakomata9090 with all the mods made for it its pretty nice now
The only AC game where you DO need a guide for good parkour
(i meant that as a compliment)
this video shouldn't be necessary but it is
Is holding parkour down means in ps4 : R2+O
Or :
O
It's pushing down O while R2 is held, yea.
Hi Jcers, thank you for this. Playing all the AC games and at this very moment AC Unity. Love the game despite things I really miss, like picking up weapons, throwing knives, hide bodies, fist fights, etc, still many bugs, but I also miss the ‘old’ parkour. Now it doesn’t feel the same, it even feels like Arno is ‘flying’ instead of jumping. I also had trouble with the framerate (ps4). Thank you for the movement tips, it really helped with going down a building and the camera positioning. Thanks.
No problem! Yea, Unity definitely took a lot away from us. Never gonna forgive it for removing Hidden Blade combat.
Almost 9 years and I have finally gotten my hands on playing the most renowned AC game in the franchise. From my already 1 hour of gameplay I can see everything that Unity has shown to the players and damn am I impressed. Years of AC gaming and I still couldn't prep for how even more in depth and the amount of button discipline is already testing me as an Assassin way more than any of the Kenway's have ever did in my recent playthrough.
This game is Underrated and so do the mechanics of this game were known by the people who put their time in to this game
this game requires control if u don't have control you are messed
you included almost everything about this games movements
the problem with this game is that they don't have a tutorial to demonstrate the mechanics
Anyways u did it :)
Unity definitely still has issues, even if you know all of these things, which is why it frustrates so many people. What’s even worse is that, like you said, there aren’t a lot of good explanations for this game’s mechanics, so the vast majority of people who haven’t seen guide videos like this one go into the game blind. I felt that I had to make this video to help out as many people as I could. Glad you liked it!
@@jcers If ubisoft took sometime to polish this game this would've been so good and even become one of the best AC's ever made but inspite of that Ubisoft just skipped this game's issues and said they would fix it all in AC Syndicate that was the worst mistake they ever made.
DreamBigGamers I agree.
This really is the ultimate guide, all of the techs, and all in one video, thank you for making this impressive piece!
If I was gonna put “ultimate” in the title, I had to live up to it, didn’t I? Lol, thanks, and I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant vid thanks so much subbed
Thank you :)
Very useful video. Thanks you. And the choice of music is absolutely amazing
I bought Unity about a week ago on my PS4 Slim purely for the parkour memories, even though I knew very well the performance isn't great. I'll definitely be rewatching this tomorrow and trying out some of these tips to unlock the full potential of the parkour system : )
Sounds like a plan! Thanks for coming to check this out :)
@Spiral Oh that's a great tip, thanks! I haven't played the game in a few months now but now that you've told me this, I'm itching to get back : )
Great video, bro :D the most detailed one that i have ever seen. I'm really glad youtube recomended it for me because i was sure that Unity's parkour system has great potential but i didnt have enought time to get to the bottom of it. Soon i will be replaying Unity and i will remember about your tips. Thanks a lot man, good job! :D
Thank you for the nice comment :)
Great job on this video, very informative for sure. AC Unity definitely isn't perfect but when the game works, Its always a joy to play :]
I have more hours in Unity than I do any other AC game, and not for a bad reason. Thanks for the kind words :)
Hi bro thanks this video has been much helpful for me to learn movements.😃
BTW can you tell me your graphic settings in which u play ac unity .
Thank you, I’m glad it helped. I play at 1080p60, and for the settings, I have it at the highest possible settings (ultra + some sliders set even higher than they are on just the basic ultra preset).
@@jcers okay mate thanks and what about Anti Aliasing?
Great tips and you are correct in saying sometimes nothing will save you from "death by jank".
Lol, yup. Glad you found the video helpful!
I love back ejects, when done in the right places it's epic
Excellent thank you!
No problem :)
Playing it in 2021 with all the updates, it's now one of my favourite AC games. Visually stunning. The Parkour tips will make it even better!
Great video man. What’s your fave parkour system? Mine is probably AC1’s and AC3’s.
Thanks! My favourite is AC1, but everything from there to Revelations works for me.
This may seem an odd question, but what coat are you wearing at 13:48?
It’s the McFarlane Master Assassin outfit. It comes with the Underground Armoury Pack DLC, which is free to download on all platforms.
@@jcers Many thanks mentor
Admiral Hackbar no problem!
thanks for the explanation on the Base Jump, always loved the look of it when it randomly happen when free-roaming in Unity but never knew what specific context the player needs to achieve however it´s quite hard to acknowledge the proper distances where you can make it or even Arno doens´t quite do even if you met the requirements. shame that a lot of these movement don´t apply to Syndicate which is a game I am playing right now and enjoying quite a bit but the movement and world-design downgrade is just sad.
Just bought the game, this is very helpful!
How can I make it so that when Arno is on a wall he jumps to the back one?
This is similar to ac 2. Which I love but some how ac 2 , brotherhood and revelations feels more smoother
Just got Unity 2 days ago and This video has helped a lot. I will be using everything in this video so I can better understand the movements in each area I am in.
That’s great to hear! Glad I could help out!
Pisses me off how they removed all of this after Unity. First game to innovate the parkour, and they screw us over Syndicate forward.
*watches whole video* Interesting... Now I can free run in Unity better.
*doesn't do any better, no idea how to do anything*
never knew side hop was a controllable parkour trick until I watched your video, thanks!:)
No problem!
Guys i dont quite get it, what button is the high profile or low profile.. Or is it even a button?
Low Profile is not a button. It is the default state your Assassin is in when you aren’t holding the High Profile button.
High Profile is both a state and a button. Your character enters a High Profile state when the button is held. The default bindings for the button are RT, R2 and Shift.
@@jcers OOOOHHHHHH i get it now. Thanks a bunch man
October 21, 2023
Just Finished Unity. While I do love the game, I can't overlook the game's unpolished state. When flow gets interrupted, the enjoyment fades away. These tips were helpful. Thank You. Will put them to practice.
Wow i've never know parkour on Unity is this deep. I've played this game 2014, right after it released. Its true i found the parkour and climbing system is different than previous ACs, but its not that hard to understand. What annoyed me much is they put so many snipers as enemy on this game who could shoot you to death in seconds. Sometimes you even didn't know where they shoot you from! This contrary with previous ACs, where Ubisoft put easy enemies on the beginning - meanwhile the beginning on Unity is like hell, you almost die (or even die) many times 🤣 Anyway this parkour and climbing system also exist on Syndicate 🙃
I played valhalla, odysey and origin.
Heard too many good things about Unity so I tried it for the first time with my steam deck, LOVE IT to hell!
I really love your video!
What do you think of ACUFIX mods? Should I get it?
After watching this my climbing and stealth skill got better than before
That’s awesome! I’m glad to hear it :)
I don't know if my game is still seriously bugged, or I'm just an idiot, but literally 90% of all of these things don't work for me. I'm pretty sure I'm pressing the same buttons as you, but Arno just refuses to cooperate. Can't say I'm surprised but, ugh.
One of the most important things, you MUST and NEED to install ACU fixes to fix the parkour jankiness
I spun around once when climbing a ledge in AC Unity and i though "What was the purpose of that exactly?" But this video kinda answered so much AC Unity parkour questions that i had and didn't have
Im doing all of this flawlessly but one thing... The side hop stuff. I cant even do the hp+ left/right one. and the advanced ones puzzle me too
edit: Okay I think im getting the hang if them now. cant believe side hops were the only thing missing from my parcour
Unity is probably the best parkour mechanic in any games in terms of gameplay and animation. But the execution is just so bad. The control is very frustating which makes everything hard and inconsistent, especially for a stealth game that requires precision.
I am having a problem when i climb a building. Often, there are a few windows, and when i try to eject normally, just by holding HP and left stick to the right or left, he usually does the wall dismount not an eject but when i tap or hold A he jumps sometimes to far. how ro fix this?
All these years later i still download Unity from time to time just to parkour around Paris. I wish they stuck with this system and made it more responsive and consistent instead of dumbing it down with Syndicate and then basically removing parkour altogether in later titles. Death to Poopisoft.
I knew some of these by experimenting by myself, but this helps so much! My main issue is almost (always) camera movements.
Great job on this!
Thanks!
I finished this game 4 times :( and after a year i downloaded the game again now and I'm relearning these techniques again ..i can't get enough of this style of assassins creed game :( fuck Ubisoft for doing this game dirty
Damn amazing video bro. I was surprised to find out that I'm basically an expert of the movement and have taught myself well over years of playing. Nevertheless, this video is very informative and was a good way of acknowledging and brushing up on the various tactics that help complexify and improve the strong movement system.
Thanks, dude!