Assassin's Creed Unity

Experience the French Revolution as an Assassin

Assassin’s Creed Unity is a brand new instalment of the popular Assassin’s Creed series of games. This game has been created especially for the PC and reflects hours of careful concept and attention to detail. Even in a time when great graphics are expected by gamers, Assassin’s Creed United takes things to a whole new level and presents itself as a real work of art.

The beauty is in the detail and includes subtle touches such as light bouncing off rivers and carving shadows across buildings. The Parisian landscape glows with lamplight as night sets in and players will have the chance to step inside the famous Notre Dame and admire the ceiling arches before climbing to the top of tall towers to take in the view.

However, this isn’t a game to simply sit back and gaze at, nor is it a sightseeing trip. The storyline is set in Paris during the French Revolution and offers players an exciting history lesson as views through the eyes of deadly assassins. Step into their dangerous world and experience the action in a realistic way that is sure to keep gamers on the edge of their seat.

The streets are packed with characters and gamers will often have to push their way through the crowds to get to their destination. The sheer number of characters helps to give the game body and the crowds can be used in various different ways such as making a silent assassination. However, get the timing wrong and you are sure to be in trouble, which adds an extra element of danger and excitement to the game.

Players step into the shoes of Arno Dorian to explore the streets of Paris. Dorian is a newly initiated assassin and the game follows him as he builds his career to become one of the top assassins in the city. As players progress the challenges get increasingly more difficult and there are lots of side tasks and other things to do along the way.

The game world is very large and players will be able to spend more than a hundred hours exploring before they reach the end. Most of the different buildings that players come across can be entered and explored and chests and missions can often be found hidden in the city’s homes.

Dorian has plenty of tricks up his sleeve to help keep game play feeling fresh and interesting. In addition to running and jumping he can climb walls and even swing through windows at high speed before dashing across rooms and hiding in various areas of a room.

For all its attention to detail, Assassin’s Creed Unity is not without its flaws. While this could be said about most games out there, they seem to stand out more here because the rest of the game is so well thought out and executed. One of the major issues is that although the majority of the characters hail from France, the often have strong English accents and use modern English slang throughout the game.

This game is visually stunning, while the storyline and action manage to measure up very well. People who are already familiar with Assassin’s Creed will have no trouble getting into this game and the few bugs and glitches that crop up from time to time and more than compensated for by the great game play.

Pros

• Experience the Paris French Revolution in all its stunning detail
• The storyline is very strong
• There are hundreds of hours of content

Cons

• Stealth needs to be refined
• There are some bugs