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Is Unity the worst Assassin's Creed?
- Thread starter Shakerovic
- Start date
So I would say maybe it is, because of the damn story. Otherwise it has a lot of thing I want from Assassins Creed game. Paris, the crowds, the parcour, the assassinations. I loved that.
I have yet to finish Odyssey, but I am also not a big fan of the story here and I like the games direction less than Unitys.
I have yet to finish Odyssey, but I am also not a big fan of the story here and I like the games direction less than Unitys.
I love Black Flag but I'm really not fond of its sequel Rogue. The main story is very short and the side quests are very generic. The world only has one proper city which is an extended New York from AC 3, the rest all like look copy and paste. The game feels like straight to DVD as they used to say and cheap in comparison to other ones. It's a shame because playing a templar could be a cool change of pace but being hunted by Assassins where you have a sonar to detect them gets old real fast. The ending is quite nice though.
Nothing, the setting is so good that it can't possibly be the worst game in the series. The rococo interiors are still some of the best realized spaces in games
I hated Unity, forced myself through it the week before Syndicate came out. Bought Syndicate and the the plat the week it came out. Everything about it was so much better than Unity imo.
Unity OVER Brotherhood? Wow.
Unity is actually the only really stealthy AC for better or worse, loved every second of it, story flaws be damned. Also it still has insane graphics on pc
Not at all. It's one of the best.
After playing the AC3 Remaster, I can say that it's still AC3.
After playing the AC3 Remaster, I can say that it's still AC3.
Unity was pretty good, in my eyes. It's actually the last game that made me feel like I actually played an Assassin and I wished they would have used that unique assassination feature a lot more.
I still find 3 to be the worst one, by far. Unlikeable characters, uninteresting world and they also went for the shitty "2012 is when the world ends" cliche. Incredibly disappointing, especially since they also killed off Desmond in the process and not his dad or Shawn. What a terrible decision that was.
I still find 3 to be the worst one, by far. Unlikeable characters, uninteresting world and they also went for the shitty "2012 is when the world ends" cliche. Incredibly disappointing, especially since they also killed off Desmond in the process and not his dad or Shawn. What a terrible decision that was.
I love Unity. Got it day one on the Xbox One and never had any glitches. It looks amazing and the map is great with the interiors and catacombs. All the different outfits, weapons, perks... now I want to play it again.
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I can't believe some people saying Black Flag is bad lol i think it's the best AC game next to AC2
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Likewise, I loved Unity.
It also has one of my favourite open worlds ever, absolutely gorgeous.
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i'm still at sequence 5 so i hope i will enjoy it more when i progress more, but i don't think i will enjoy it more than Black Flag of AC2 for example or even Rogue :D
I think it's between Unity or AC3. Those are the only two in the series that I just couldn't get into.
AC1 was mind-blowing at the time, but I doubt it aged well. Same with Liberation on the Vita, but I enjoyed both enough to finish.
AC1 was mind-blowing at the time, but I doubt it aged well. Same with Liberation on the Vita, but I enjoyed both enough to finish.
i thought the costume switching would be cool but it ended up being a pain in the ass. it's like all the foibles of AC 3 with the addition of a swamp that's like...half the game
In my opinion Syndicate is worse.
It felt like the story and side quests were being written by multiple teams that only had a passing mention of what was supposed to happen before it. Some sequences just felt really disjointed to me. I liked the characters at first but the hammy script kind of made then unlikable trying to force conflict it didn't really do a great job building and the side quests have some god awful writing and design.
The one where Alexander Bell is distracting 2 goons so you can throw a stink knockout bomb or something was so weirdly designed from a narrative point of view. They are intimidating him you throw the bomb on his cue then they all shrug it off and silently walk like 10 paces then start harrassing him again and you do this like 3 times. It made no fucking sense.
The city is still great, but I preferred Unity. I actually liked Unity's story, main character, co-op stuff and even the side content I found fun and kinda their own thing. I couldn't wait to be done with Syndicate and I'm a bit confused how it was considered a better game/getting AC in track at the time.
Personally, worse games would be 3, Liberation(I guess, never finished it) for me with Syndicate, Revelations and Rogue battling for the next spot.
It felt like the story and side quests were being written by multiple teams that only had a passing mention of what was supposed to happen before it. Some sequences just felt really disjointed to me. I liked the characters at first but the hammy script kind of made then unlikable trying to force conflict it didn't really do a great job building and the side quests have some god awful writing and design.
The one where Alexander Bell is distracting 2 goons so you can throw a stink knockout bomb or something was so weirdly designed from a narrative point of view. They are intimidating him you throw the bomb on his cue then they all shrug it off and silently walk like 10 paces then start harrassing him again and you do this like 3 times. It made no fucking sense.
The city is still great, but I preferred Unity. I actually liked Unity's story, main character, co-op stuff and even the side content I found fun and kinda their own thing. I couldn't wait to be done with Syndicate and I'm a bit confused how it was considered a better game/getting AC in track at the time.
Personally, worse games would be 3, Liberation(I guess, never finished it) for me with Syndicate, Revelations and Rogue battling for the next spot.
I came into this thread with the full intention to name the worst AC, but I'm not so sure now which one is. I guess Syndicate didn't resonate as well with me as every other main entry, despite liking Evie and Jacob. Something about London I guess. Didn't regret playing it though.
Yes!
Literally the only one I couldn't finish out of all of them, even after patches.
After the third or fourth time I clipped through a wall and was spotted or when I fell through the world after completing a difficult mission...I was done. Rage inducing bugs which is a pity because the world building and theme was really good.
Literally the only one I couldn't finish out of all of them, even after patches.
After the third or fourth time I clipped through a wall and was spotted or when I fell through the world after completing a difficult mission...I was done. Rage inducing bugs which is a pity because the world building and theme was really good.
Yeh I second this. I would add syndicate to the list too (wacky invisible power and ropecaster)
Unity was great. The PC port runs amazingly on my rig which really surprised me and the alternate setting missions that would appear between sequences were really rad.
I'd say 1 is the worst.
I'd say 1 is the worst.
Unity's only real problem is the story. Goddamn was it bland. Just chasing one person after another, mission after mission, and it all led to barely anything. It should've been intriguing the way it was structured, but nope. And that ending was so abrupt and forced. Just a fail all around.
No 3 is the worst. Unity is actually pretty good now that all the bugs have been fixed. Is it the best? No, but it gets a lot of undeserved shit.
I finished Unity and barely remember anything about it. I remember AC3 being really frustrating though.
The real answer is probably one of the DS games I never played.
The real answer is probably one of the DS games I never played.
Yeah, this. I would much rather play Unity than slog through ACIII.
It's gonna be one of those threads eh?
AC2, AC3, ACB, BLACK FLAG - Best
AC Revelations and AC Origins - Worst (for me)
AC2, AC3, ACB, BLACK FLAG - Best
AC Revelations and AC Origins - Worst (for me)
My scale would look like this:
Amazing Tier:
AC IV: Black Flag
AC II
AC Brotherhood
AC Origins
Great Tier:
AC Odyssey
AC Rogue
AC Syndicate
AC Unity
Okay Tier:
AC Revelations
AC Chronicles China
AC Chronicles India
AC Chronicles Russia
AC III
Bad Tier:
AC III Liberation
AC
AC Bloodlines
AC II Discovery
AC Altair's Chronicles
Shit Tier:
AC Rebellion
AC Identity
AC Pirates
AC Rearmed
AC Recollection
AC Memories
Amazing Tier:
AC IV: Black Flag
AC II
AC Brotherhood
AC Origins
Great Tier:
AC Odyssey
AC Rogue
AC Syndicate
AC Unity
Okay Tier:
AC Revelations
AC Chronicles China
AC Chronicles India
AC Chronicles Russia
AC III
Bad Tier:
AC III Liberation
AC
AC Bloodlines
AC II Discovery
AC Altair's Chronicles
Shit Tier:
AC Rebellion
AC Identity
AC Pirates
AC Rearmed
AC Recollection
AC Memories
The same for me. 3 was ridiculously bad and completely soured me.
Unity is the one that burned me out from the series, so there's that. Still need to dive into Origins/Odyssey when I get the chance.
Having said that, AC1 is still the worst one. The series didn't really find its footing until AC2.
Having said that, AC1 is still the worst one. The series didn't really find its footing until AC2.
