Assassin's Creed: Unity - 29/100
So after I heard about the bugs, I just completely passed over this game. Didn't keep up with what updates did what or who, and never even saw to videos or reviews. I was at Target and saw it was on sale for 10 bucks. Figured, why not?
This game just was terrible. I give it points for some innovative new features, I really liked the free-running method but it was a complete ***** to climb and enter windows when he keeps pouncing on rails and continues to climb from balconies. I also liked the idea of co-op, but the execution was poor.
The combat system is ****. I guess maybe many like it because it's a bit "harder", but for me it just takes too long. First off, why remove the defensive move to grab a near-by enemy to use as a shield when getting shot at? Also why is there no defensive executions now? I'd much rather have done this current combat with Assassin's Creed when you'd have maybe 5 enemies max at once. Now I have ****ing 21 guys attacking me at once. So slicing and trying to perfect parry, is rather boring and takes WAY TOO LONG!
Then you have weapons. That is one sorry *** arsenal. Phantom Blade is a cool idea, but it's ****ing idiotic that used within a short-medium range with 2 enemies, they can pinpoint you. It's a silent ****ing weapon! I did the Le Touche mission and used a rifle to take out snipers, yet I was within range to several Templars and even so they never became aware. So shooting a silent weapon will alert guards, but shooting a loud ****ing rifle doesn't? Also what happened to the bombs from Revelations? This is a time period where gunpowder was pretty much more accessible than food. So I can only do a poison bomb, cherry bomb (which is a distraction, not even partially damaging), or a smoke bomb? What happened to having a knife and rope? Several pistols like Black Flag? No explosive bombs like Revelations?
Now we got skill sets. You mean to tell me that i have to pay skill points to do dual blade assassinations? Dual blade air assassinations? These should be given! I can understand something like using a skill to carry more ammo, or upgrade health, or maybe make a faster Arno. But to have to use points to be able to use a ****ING PISTOL?! Seriously...And lastly, it seems like a lottery to get a dual kill in comparison to 2, BH, R, III, or BF. Then you have lock picking...that is the dumbest **** they could have added.
Then the rumored "customization" that would have been amazing....it was all ****. Terrible choice of colors, not capable of getting solid armor. Hell, I'm guessing they have microtransaction because there is no way someone will rack up that much money to try and get every single item.
The only thing on the technical side I don't mind, is the sight of Paris, but even that has issues. Why the need for so many people? Even some areas it is a pain in the *** with having 25 guards in one spot to guard a door.
Now the story? Well it was okay. It was something new on the Assassin's side. To see the kid of an assassin be brought up by a Grand Master Templar? And to fall in love with a Templar, in alone of the fact she was the daughter of the Grand Master. I had to take a second to remember why many took up the Creed, Altair, Ezio, Conner, Edward; and Arno had a differing one. But then you have moments that just completely ruined it, like that classic "helpless" victim was secretly that grand schemer. Germain was just too forced. And then that ending with Elise...seriously? What was the point of building up this relationship to just have her die stupidly? Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that she's a red head, I would have completely disregarded her character. Only character I liked, and was a solid twist was with Bellic.
Overall? A mediocre game that even at 10 dollars seems like a ****ing rip off. The co-op is cool if you could get a squad, otherwise you got guys just running off trying to take out people one on one without any strategy. I don't really care if you do that, but then when it's crucial to have people, I'm too busy trying to find your body to revive you because you ran out of medicine...Arno isn't a bad character, like Conner whom kind of pissed me off; but still solid. I guess it was more involved in the Assassin than other games in which they had to continue the parallel story of modern day assassins. They should have just saved that entire story for a modern age assassin's creed.
I'll probably try and 100% the game, but it will feel hell of a lot like a chore. Especially with the short *** 9 hours it took me to finish.