Assassins Creed Unity

Assassins Creed Unity is a historical ction actionadventure open world stealth video game developed by
Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It was
released in November 2014 for Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is the eighth
major installment in the Assassins Creed series, and the
successor to 2013s Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag. It
also has ties to Assassins Creed Rogue which was released
for the previous generation consoles the PlayStation 3 and
Xbox 360, on the same date as Unity.

pearing organically, that the player can then choose to engage in at their leisure. Examples include scaring a group
of bullies by pulling out a weapon, settling a disagreement between two civilians by killing one of them, which
is usually a Templar, or chasing down a thief who has just
pick pocketed somebody.[9]
For the rst time, the series allows players to customize
the characters abilities, adopting a skill tree that enables
players to assign points earned through gameplay to improve their skills in stealth, mle & ranged combat,
and health.[10] Players are also able to customise their
weapons, armour and equipment to further complement
their individual style of play.[11] Players also have a wider
selection of weapons available, including swords, axes,
spears, polearms, pistols and throwable items, such as
smoke bombs.

Set within Paris during the French Revolution, the singleplayer story follows Arno Dorian in his eorts to expose
the true powers behind the Revolution. The game retains
the series third-person open world exploration as well as
introducing a revamped combat, parkour and stealth system. The game also introduces cooperative multiplayer
to the Assassins Creed series, letting up to four players Assassins Creed Unity also introduces cooperative mulengage in narrative-driven missions and explore the open- tiplayer to the series. Players can enter taverns, which
world map.
act as social hubs in the game, where you can see if any
Assassins Creed Unity received mixed reviews upon its friends are playing the game at the current time. If they
release. Praise was aimed towards its visual upgrades and are currently in a mission, they will appear as a ghost
multiplayer-oriented format, while negative attention was version of their player, allowing you to approach it to redrawn towards its weak storyline, unrened gameplay, quest to join their mission. If accepted, you are transiand numerous graphics issues and other bugs upon re- tioned to their game and both of you reset to the most
lease. Because of the high amount of initial bugs, Ubisoft recent checkpoint, and continue on from there. Up to
issued an apology; season pass sales were suspended, four players can join together in this fashion. The player
current season pass holders were oered a free digital will take on the role of Arno, customized within their
copy of one of several recent Ubisoft games, and an- own game, with other players appearing as their own cusnounced that the games rst downloadable content cam- tomized version of Arno in their own sets of equipment,
weapons, and armor. Many missions and activities will be
paign would be made available for free.
available for cooperative play (which the player can also
complete on their own), but there are some story missions
that are single player only.[9]
1 Gameplay
There are signicant tie-ins with the Assassins Creed
Unity Companion App, a freemium click app with limited direct ties to the overall story of Unity. There
are a signicant number of chests, assassination targets,
and other collectibles that are visible to all players but
only accessible to those who've completed certain goals
within the app. Following an update in February 2015,
this requirement is no longer necessary, meaning players
who have downloaded the update, can now collect all the
chests in the game without having to play the companion
app.

Combat for the game was meant to be rebuilt, with

fencing being used as an inspiration for the new system.
In addition to returning weapons from previous games,
Assassins Creed Unity introduces the Phantom Blade.
The Phantom Blade uses the mechanics of a crossbow to
re a silent projectile a great distance, while still serving
the same role as the Hidden Blade in previous Assassins
Creed games.[7] Navigation for the game was also overhauled: new Free-run up and Free-run down commands were added to make it easier for the player to scale
buildings in either direction. Additionally, Arno learns
new parkour moves throughout the game, but the player
can also purchase new skills as well.[8] With the updated,
larger crowds, new interactions with them are also available. The crowd regularly presents many activities, ap-

2 Synopsis
1

2.1

2 SYNOPSIS

Characters

The main character of the game is Arno Dorian (voiced

by Dan Jeannotte),[12][13] a native Frenchman who was
born in Versailles to an Assassin father. After his father
is killed by Shay Patrick Cormac at the end of Assassins
Creed Rogue, Arno is adopted, unaware that his new family holds a senior position within the Templar Order, with
his new father gure the Templar Grandmaster.[9][14][15]
Arno blames himself when his adoptive father is murdered, and so sets out on a quest of redemption that
brings him into the Brotherhood of Assassins, where
he slowly rises through the ranks, much like Altar
Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore as seen in previous
games.[9][15] Arnos love interest is a Templar named
Elise De LaSerre (Catherine Brub),[16] the daughter of
the Templar Grandmaster who adopted Arno, who also
sets out to investigate more about her fathers death and its
role in a growing ideological change within the Templar
Order that threatens its core values.[14][15][17] Additional
characters include Marquis de Sade (Alex Ivanovici),
Napoleon Bonaparte (Brent Skagford) and Maximilien de
Robespierre (Bruce Dinsmore).[16]

2.2

Setting

which Abstergo describes the capture of a Sage who contains precursor DNA (which is in a triplerather than
a doublehelix). Also in the video, Abstergo goes into
detail regarding the Phoenix Project; whereby, Abstergo
hopes to compile a whole precursor genome for unclear
purposes. The Assassin contact provides access to another memory segment and directs the new initiate to locate another Sage, whose corpse they hope to recover.
The memory then segues to Versailles in 1776, as Arno
Dorian, a French noblemans son, meets Elise De La
Serre, daughter of the Templar Grand Master. After his
father is murdered at the palace, the Grand Master De La
Serre adopts Arno despite knowing his father was an Assassin; information to which Arno is oblivious. The story
then skips forward 13 years, to Elises initiation into the
Templar order in 1789. Arno is given a message to deliver to Msr. De La Serre, but puts it in his oce in order
to sneak into the party to meet with Elise. After meeting her, Arno sneaks out, and nds Msr. De La Serre
murdered in a courtyard. Arno, mistaken to be De La
Serres killer, is captured by the gendarmerie and imprisoned in the Bastille. There, he nds apocalyptic writings
on the wall and impresses a fellow prisoner, the Assassin
Bellec, with his ghting skills. Bellec invites Arno into
the Brotherhood when they escape during the Storming
of the Bastille.

Arno returns home rst and is turned away by Elise,

who reveals that the message Arno was supposed to deliver to her father was a warning of his impending murder, and reveals herself as a Templar. Arno joins the
Brotherhood and begs for the opportunity to nd and
eliminate the other Templars involved in De La Serres
death, including La Roi de Thumes (The King of Beggars). He is granted his request by Mirabeau, who was
attempting to broker peace between the Orders with De
La Serre. During the course of his investigation, Arno
rescues Franois-Thomas Germain, a silversmith being
held hostage by the Templar Grand Master Lafreniere.
After killing Lafreniere, who was actually the one trying
to warn De La Serre, Arno runs into Elise and realizes
that Germain is the Sage, as well as the one who ordered
2.3 Plot
De La Serres murder. The Brotherhood Council begins
to question Arnos loyalty as he acts rashly in his pursuit
The player is implied to be a player of Helix, a gaming of De La Serres killer.
device produced by Abstergo that allows access to many
Realizing that Germains plot is intended to spark a mass
dierent genetic memories.
revolt against the King of France, Arno assassinates two
The story begins with the player playing through a mem- more central gures, an ocer organizing a prisoner
ory of the sacking of the Paris Temple and the capture of revolt (Captain Frederic Rouille) and another who was
Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay in 1307. Dur- hoarding food (merchant Marie Levesque) to create the
ing the sack, de Molay entrusts another Templar with impression that the nobility was squandering resources as
a sword and a book, which the Templar hides within a France starved. Arno also crosses paths with Napoleon
French crypt. The memory then fast forwards to de Mo- Bonaparte, an artillery ocer, while searching the Tulays death at the stake, and his curse towards King Phillip ileries Palace for letters from his mentor Mirabeau to
IV and Pope Clement V.
King Louis, which the Templars could use as an excuse
At this point, the Assassins hijack the memory sequence to purge the Assassins agents across France. Bonaparte
and implore the player to join them as an initiate. The later helped him in taking down Captain Rouille, who
Assassins provide an internal Abstergo video memo, in served under his command during the September MasArnos story starts in Versailles as a child, but for most
of the story he is in Paris. His adventure in Paris starts
on the eve of the French Revolution in 1789 up to the
Thermidorian Reaction in 1794.[12] The modern day setting focuses on the Assassins contacting the player and
requesting their help to explore Arno in the past, as well
as helping in the present.[18] Co-operative multiplayer
missions follow the development of the Brotherhood of
Assassins during the French Revolution.[14] In addition,
time anomalies are introduced during the story. Accessing them takes Arno to various points of Parisian
history, such as its occupation by Nazi Germany during
World War II.[19]

3
sacres of September 1792. During this time, Arno saves
Elise and convinces her to parley with the Brotherhood,
as she confesses her own faction of the Templars are being killed by a schism led by the Sage. Mirabeau agrees,
hoping to gain a massive favor from the potential future
Grand Master of the Templars, and is murdered by Bellec, who intends to purge the Assassin leadership for beginning to agree with Templar beliefs. Refusing to join
him, Arno kills Bellec, and escapes from the food riots
and the assassination of Levesque shortly thereafter with
Elise in a hot air balloon. Arno confesses he still loves
Elise.

beneath the city, in exchange for a ship that would take

Arno to Egypt.

With the Revolution in full swing, Arno tracks Germain

to the execution of King Louis XVI, but chooses to stay
and protect Elise rather than pursue him. Elise rejects
him for the decision, and Arno is exiled from the Brotherhood for ignoring orders to pursue his personal vendetta,
causing him to fall into a drunken depression. Arno languishes for several months before he is found by Elise
who convinces him to return as Paris is tearing itself apart
during the Reign of Terror. Arno returns to Paris and,
with Elises help, discredits the reputation of Maximilien
de Robespierre, whom Germain, now Grand Master of
the Templars, had placed in charge of maintaining chaos
during the Revolution. After Arno and Elise nd Robespierre, who had locked himself in his oce in an attempt
to avoid arrest, Elise shoots Robespierre in the jaw and
makes him write down the location of Germain.

After discovering the location of the temple, and retrieving the key from one of Napoleons ocers, Arno nally
manages to open the door to the temple. He is then ambushed by Rose, who attempts to take the artifact for himself. Arno survives the ambush, and makes it to the artifact before Rose and his men. After killing Rose, Arno
retrieves the artifact, a head-shaped lantern containing a
spherical Piece of Eden, and uses it to repel the raiders
and escape the temple. He later meets de Sade at the
tavern and delivers the manuscript as promised. Finally,
Arno decides to stay in France, and contacts the Brotherhood to deliver the Piece of Eden to Egypt, far away from
Bonapartes reach.

Arno confronts Germain at the top of the Temple, only to

nd he now has the Sword of Eden. The ght eventually
ends in the same Templar crypt in which the game began, where Arno strikes Germain only to have the Sword
blow him backwards and trap him under rubble. Elise attempts to take on Germain by herself, but as Arno escapes
the Sword explodes, killing Elise and mortally wounding
Germain. Arno then kills Germain, who in his memories
conrms he is the Sage and that he wanted to purge the
Templar Order of all who had forgotten the teachings of
de Molay.

3 Development

The game closes with Arno explaining how his understanding of the Creed has changed, and promising to
watch over Paris and keep Elises memory alive. Years
later, Arno, having become a Master Assassin, recovers
Germains skeleton from the Temple and places it in the
Catacombs of Paris, much to the relief of the players
Assassin handlers, who are now condent that Abstergo
won't be able to nd it.

2.3.1

Dead Kings

The Dead Kings downloadable content picks up one week

after Germains death. Arno, still feeling devastated over
Elise, nds refuge in Saint-Denis (at the time, known as
Franciade). He is contacted by the Marquis de Sade at
a tavern, who requests his help in nding the manuscript
of Nicolas de Condorcet, hidden in the tomb of Louis IX

During his search, Arno encounters a group of tomb

raiders, led by Captain Philippe Rose, a subordinate of
Napoleon Bonaparte, who wishes to retrieve the artifact
located within a Precursor temple, buried under the citys
church. He also nds that the manuscript has been stolen
by a child thief, Lon, who was captured by the raiders.
Arno rescues Lon and retrieves the manuscript, but declines to help him stop the raiders. His resolve softens
after an encounter with a vision of Elise, as well as hearing Lons pleas.

Development for the game began shortly after the completion of 2010s Assassins Creed: Brotherhood,[9] with
the core development team splitting o during the early
stages of development on Assassins Creed III.[20] On
March 19, 2014, early screenshots of the game were
leaked, as well as its title Unity. The leak revealed that
Unity would feature a new location and time period, Paris
during the French Revolution, a new assassin, and that it
would be released in late 2014 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox
One.[21] On March 21, Ubisoft conrmed the games
existence, having been in development for more than
three years, by releasing pre-alpha game footage. They
also conrmed the games release date of Q4 2014, and
that it would also see a release on Windows.[22] Ubisoft
writer Jerey Yohalem revealed that the French Revolution setting for the game was deliberately teased, along
with Assassins Creed III 's American Revolution setting,
in symbols seen at the end of Brotherhood.[23] Ubisoft
Montreal is the lead developer for the project, with contributing work from the Ubisoft studios in Toronto, Kiev,
Singapore, Shanghai, Annecy, Montpellier, Bucharest,
Quebec, and Chengdu.[24]
At E3 2014, trailers were released for the game, demonstrating the games cooperative multiplayer mode for up
to four players, a rst for the series.[25] The trailer featured Lordes cover of Everybody Wants to Rule the
World, which was produced by Michael A. Levine and

5 CONTROVERSIES

Lucas Cantor.[26] The development team was able to use

the new power of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to improve the NPC crowds. Up to 1000 individual AI characters can appear in a crowd, each acting independently
and reacting to each other as well as the players actions.[9]
The PC version of the game uses Nvidias GameWorks
technology such as TXAA anti-aliasing, advanced DX11
tessellation and Nvidia PhysX technology, due to a partnership between Ubisoft and Nvidia.[27][28]

playing by yourself or with the co-op Shared Experiences,

you the gamer will always be playing as Arno, complete
with his broad range of gear and skill sets that will make
you feel unique. With regard to diversity in our playable
Assassins, we've featured Aveline, Connor, Adewale and
Altar in Assassins Creed games and we continue to look
at showcasing diverse characters. We look forward to introducing you to some of the strong female characters in
Assassins Creed Unity.

Lead game designer Benjamin Plich has said this game

will be more dicult than previous entries thanks to
the removal of the counter button and more aggressive
guards.[29] Plich also said that the game will feature synchronized Double Assassinations.[30]

Ubisofts response to the all-male character models

for the cooperative mode.[35]

In August 2014, Assassins Creed Rogue was announced

for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and was revealed to
have ties to the story in Unity.[14]

3.1

Historical consulting

After the cooperative multiplayer mode was revealed at

E3 2014, additional information about the mode was revealed by creative director Alex Amancio and technical
director James Therien. Amancio stated that the mode
did not include the ability to play as a female avatar, due
to the reality of production. Amancio added by saying,
Its double the animations, its double the voices, all that
stu and double the visual assets. Especially because we
have customizable assassins. It was really a lot of extra
production work, which was echoed by Therien. Level
designer Bruno St-Andr expanded on this by stating that
an estimated 8,000 additional animations would have had
to be recreated for a female avatar.[36][37]

On October 6, 2014, Ubisoft announced that they had

enlisted the help of academic historians such as Laurent Turcot, professor at Universit du Qubec TroisRivires for daily life of 18th-century Paris and Jean
Clement Martin professor at the Sorbonne, to revise the
This caused dissatisfaction in some video game comscript.[31]
munity outlets. Brenna Hillier of VG247 noted how
Like other games in the series, Unity features a large num- there were nine development teams working on the
ber of real world landmarks, such as the Eiel Tower and game, and said Ubisoft has here trotted out a tired,
the Statue of Liberty.[32][33]
stupid, constantly refuted excuse for why it has perpetuated the cycle of sexism and under-representation in
the games industry.[38] Tim Clark of PC Gamer made
note that previous Assassins Creed games have had
4 Release
playable women as part of the multiplayer component,
[and] that Brotherhood had you supported by on-call asThe game was originally intended to be released worldsassins,
many of whom were female, so its hardly like
wide on October 28, 2014.[34] However, on August 28,
it cant be done. Clark also looked to the way Amancio
2014, it was delayed until November 11, 2014 in North
and Therien answered the question and felt how they refAmerica and November 13, 2014 in PAL regions. On the
erenced how much the team wanted to include playable
delay, Vincent Pontbriand, senior producer at Ubisoft,
female characters suggests... that this is probably a decisaid, As we got close to the nish, we realized we were
sion which hasnt gone down well internally.[39] Former
near the target but still needed a bit more time to hone
Assassins Creed designer Jonathan Cooper responded by
some of the details to make sure Assassins Creed Unity is
saying, In my educated opinion, I would estimate this
exceptional. Additionally, the game received a day one
to be a day or twos work. Not a replacement of 8,000
patch with further updates to the game.[4]
animations. He also revealed that Aveline de Grandpr,
the female protagonist of Assassins Creed III: Liberation, shares more of Connor Kenway's animations than
5 Controversies
Edward Kenway does.[40] Fans also created petitions
urging Ubisoft to change their stance.[41] Additionally,
former Assassins Creed game designer Patrice Dsilets
5.1 Gender options in cooperative mode
commented that Amancios reasoning was valid, but that
should put in the eort to let players have gender
We recognize the valid concern around diversity in video Ubisoft [42]
options.
game narrative. Assassins Creed is developed by a multicultural team of various faiths and beliefs and we hope Amancio attempted to clear up any confusion, by statthis attention to diversity is reected in the settings of our ing, I understand the issue, I understand the cause, and
games and our characters. Assassins Creed Unity is fo- it is a noble one, but I don't think its relevant in the case
cused on the story of the lead character, Arno. Whether

6.2

Ubisofts responses

of Unity. In Unity you play this character called Arno,

and when you're playing co-op you're also playing Arno
everybody is. Its like Aiden Pearce in Watch Dogs...
Arno has dierent skills - you select skill points in the
game, there are gear elements that have an impact and
all these weapons that make the character you make your
own. But you're always playing Arno... The reason we're
just changing the face and keeping the bodies is we want
people to show o the gear that they pick up in the game
through exploration. Thats why we kept that.[41]

ing the new movement system, likable lead characters,

iconic setting, smooth animation and improved draw distance. New additions such as character customization and
huge crowds were also praised. However, he criticized
the predictable story, technical issues, and the mission design of co-op multiplayer, as it is impossible to play some
missions solo. He stated that "Unity feels like a step back.
... It lacks that grand sense of roaming the uncharted
seas in Assassins Creed IV, or even the open-ended feel
of the wilderness in Assassins Creed III, but its a journey worth taking if you're already into the series.[52]
Tom Bramwell from Eurogamer gave the game 7/10,
5.2 Platform parity
praised the setting, rich content, inspiring story and interesting side-missions. However, he criticized the overIn October 2014, Ubisofts senior producer Vincent Pont- familiar and unimaginative mission-design, overzealous
briand made a statement that all console versions of the auto-correct system in the free-running mechanics and
game would be locked at the same resolution of 900p. the lack of weapon customization. He described the game
This was done "...to avoid all the debates and stu.[43] as a missed opportunity.[53]
Many readers took this in reference to how the PlayStaMarty Silva from IGN gave the game 7.8/10, praising
tion 4 and Xbox One are constantly compared in the methe recreation of Paris and ambitious ideas presented
dia for raw power, presuming that the PlayStation 4 verin the multiplayer, but criticizing the unrened stealth,
sion of the games resolution was lowered to reach parity
weak story and lack of a strong lead character. He stated
with the Xbox Ones, but Ubisoft later denied that this
that the true new-gen Assassins Creed game is a gorwas the reason.[44]
geous, entertaining, and successful proof of concept for
Instead, Pontbriand stated that the decision for parity what lies ahead for the series, though it isnt what Id call
came from the limitations of the consoles CPUs. The revolutionary.[59]
number of NPCs and generally amount of AI was tanTom Senior from PC Gamer gave the game 65/100, saytamount to keeping the game locked at 30 frames per
ing that "Unity could become a perfectly enjoyable part
second.[45]
of the Assassins Creed canon. Its a solid campaign elevated by quality assassination missions and an extraordinary setting that might just push the big number at the
6 Reception
bottom of this review into the 80s, but with a big selling point out of operation, a raft of technical issues, performance problems, microtransactions and stilted com6.1 Critical response
bat and freerunning systems, Unityin its current state
[62]
Assassins Creed Unity received mixed reviews from can only be considered a failed revolution. Sam Prell
critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings from Joystiq gave the game 2.5/5, saying that Its hard
and Metacritic gave the Microsoft Windows version not to appreciate everything that it [Unity] gets right, and
73.33% based on 3 reviews and 70/100 based on 10 you'll have a good time if you can wrangle some friends
reviews,[46][50] the Xbox One version 70.18% based on for co-op, but its[60]impossible to ignore where Unity falls
the game is a
45 reviews and 72/100 based on 59 reviews[47][49] and tragically short. PC World stated that[65]
new
low
for
the
Assassins
Creed
series.
The review
the PlayStation 4 version 68.11% based on 27 reviews
[48][51]
also
criticized
Assassins
Creed
Unity
for
its
small
scale,
Matt Miller from
and 70/100 based on 40 reviews.
poor
gameplay,
and
high
minimum
system
requirements.
Game Informer gave the game 8/10, praising the detailed environment and architecture, decent voice acting, Similarly, CNET stated that "[w]hile it will likely suce
stumbles throughout
strategy-required missions, challenging gameplay and for Assassins Creed core fans, Unity
[66]
and
never
really
nds
its
footing.
well-paced story missions, but criticizing the controls and
balance, as well as game-breaking technical issues. He
also stated that both the navigation system and the combat
system still needed to be improved.[54] Louise Blain from
GamesRadar gave the game 4/5, praising the dense and
atmospheric game world, character-focused mission design, overhauled free-running mechanics, in-depth character customization and satisfying combat. However,
she criticized the games framerate and poor enemy AI
design.[56]

6.2 Ubisofts responses

Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallet apologized on behalf of the studio in regards to the poor launch of Unity,
stating that the overall quality of the game was diminished by bugs and unexpected technical issues, and prevented users from experiencing the game at its fullest
potential. In response to the issues, Ubisoft announced
Chris Carter from Destructoid gave the game 7/10, prais- that it would halt sales of the games season pass and Gold

Edition, and oer the games rst DLC campaign, Dead

Kings, for free. As compensation, those who bought the
season pass received a free digital download of one of
six Ubisoft games (Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag, The
Crew, Far Cry 4, Just Dance 2015, Rayman Legends, or
Watch Dogs), and would also continue to have access to a
variety of additional content [for Unity], including Assassins Creed Chronicles: China".[67][68] To claim the game,
however, users must forfeit their right to sue Ubisoft in
regards to the game and the devaluation of the season
pass.[69]

6.3

Criticism by French Left Party

The French Left Party and its frontman Jean-Luc Mlenchon criticized the historical interpretation the game
was conveying about the French Revolution, depicting
Robespierre as a blood-thirsty monster and Marie Antoinette as a poor little girl.[70]
Alexis Corbire, national secretary of the Left Party,
said that the game was conveying all the counterrevolutionary clichs that have been forged for two
centuries.[71] He added To everyone whos gonna buy
Assassins Creed Unity, I wish you a nice time. But I also
tell you that having fun doesn't prevent you from thinking. Just play it, but don't let yourself be manipulated by
the propaganda.[72]

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[1] Additional work by Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Shanghai,
Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Ukraine, Ubisoft Montpellier,
and Ubisoft Bucharest

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