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[-Pyromaniac-]

7's pretty decent no?

in the gaming industry a 7 is like a 5 in reality.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Doesn't look good.

 

[TheSpaceBetween]

It's shocking to me how a game that had four years of development across TEN stuidos can have so many technial issues. Maybe it needed another year in the oven and Ubisoft Antarctica and Ubisoft Puerto Rico on it as well.

 

[Courage]

Read that Totilo review people; that is a critical review without being a dick or anything.

A really ballsy move compared to the others who hand out 7s like candies for a game with obvious technical flaws.

Agreed. Best one out of the reviews I've skimmed.

 

[robotrock]

Any idea how much gamester store credit I can get if I trade it in today?

 

[ta155]

Those who are still invested in Assassin’s Creed may be encouraged by the steps Unity takes, but even these are undermined by the abundance of extreme technical issues. Those who have long outgrown the series are unlikely to find anything here to change their mind, either.

Strange as it sounds, Assassin’s Creed Unity is a game that is held back both by its roots and its attempts to progress. Even without the performance problems it’s a game that doesn’t quite feel like the final form of some admirable ideas, and with them it often resembles nothing short of a mess.

Ubisoft have been careless in their ambition with Assassin’s Creed Unity, and enjoying it to its fullest requires a level of patience and understanding that many simply will not have. If you’re a dedicated fan looking for a fix, then maybe digging out that old console for Rogue really would be the best move. For all the promise, Unity isn’t ready for its close-up.

http://www.highscorereviews.com/2014/11/11/review-assassins-creed-unity/

 

[ZeroX03]

Have been playing Rogue for 5 hours now, and I'd say it's a great game if you loved Black Fag. The story is quite good, the returning characters left and right are awesome and every element has been finetuned just a (very) little to make it an overall enjoyable experience. The North Atlantic setting is really cool as well.

Don't get it if you just put in 50 hours of Black Flag last week, get it if you enjoy Assassin's Creed and its story overall and liked Black Flag.

I've heard mostly good things about Rogue. It's Black Flag 2, and that's fine, it does it well. Baffling why Ubisoft bet entirely on Unity for reviews.

 

[mgs2master2]

Where are the AC rogue scores?

 

[deoee]

7 seems way too high after reading all the impressions.
They did nothing new. Made the game a mess and took a few steps back in gameplay.

 

[allftw]

http://www.biogamergirl.com/2014/11/assassins-creed-unity-video-game-review.html
Score: 8.7 out of 10

You know you fucked up when Biogamergirl gives you a below 9 score.

Ubi deserved this with the technical mess they put out but I still think the game is very fun.

 

[Skinny Pete]

Well got it this morn with the target buy 2 get one free deal. Haven't opened it yet, guess it's going back for something else. Maybe Mordor.

 

[Amir0x]

I played the game, 99% of the people gleefully shiting on it did not. Did I notice what you are mentioning? Of course I did. But I think considering how ambitious this title is, and how utterly amazing Paris look, I actually can forgive them for the most part (I can't forgive the loadings and the few game breaking bugs I encountered though).

That's a different comment than "I know GAF hates saying anything positive about a Ubisoft game", which is nonsense. GAF plays tons of Ubisoft games and has enjoyed a legion of them.

But this game is a mess, Blimblim. Whether you enjoyed it despite it being a mess is rightly beside the point. You're entitled to that. You're wrong when you start trying to claim GAF is some biased entity against the company. They're consumers who are set to spend actual money on this buggy travesty.

 

[Doctor Shatner]

I hope that this makes Ubi change up their dev schedule but I think it'l take another one of these before we see any real change, depends how the mainstream reacts I s'pose

 

[protonion]

What a disaster 2014 has been...

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

It is without any doubts the most buggy game I have experienced in 5 years. It is almost like they have a program running in the game just generating bugs

Animus FW needs a stability update

 

[Htown]

more proof than we've ever seen that the 7-10 review scale is a thing

 

[Markitron]

You know you fucked up when even Polygon goes there. Yes!!!

Yea, The Last of Us was a real mess

 

[Vaddon]

I'm glad that reviewers are being honest but it's such a shame, really wanted this game to be good (as I'm sure lots of people did). The French Revolution as a time period was something I anticipated greatly and it's sad to see it squandered. I'm a pretty big fan of AC games despite the annual releases (I even kind of enjoyed my time with AC3). Its been an entertaining trainwreck since this game's announcement but I'm still bitterly disappointed that its turned out this way. It'd be great for the Ubisoft to afford the AC teams the time needed to polish their games (just look at how DA:I has turned out with the extra time) but ah well, its unlikely to happen. Probably the first AC game that I might skip altogether (or at least pick up a long way down the line).

 

[antitrop]

The 7-10 scale returns

Basically. The real takeaway from this is that the game is "worse than Watch_Dogs".

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Looks more interesting than Destiny, I'll give it that.

 

[kruis]

Tweakers.net (Netherlands): 4.5/5 (Very Good)

Written review: http://tweakers.net/reviews/3786/9/...-glorieuze-terugkeer-in-europa-conclusie.html
Video review: http://tweakers.net/video/9678/assassins-creed-unity.html

(both in Dutch)

 

[Servbot24]

Surprised at the praise for the graphics. The video previews all look extremely rough, not very far removed from a PS3 game.

 

[legacyzero]

Crossing Eden are you okay? Post if you are okay

DAMN.

Surprised at the praise for the graphics. The video previews all look extremely rough, not very far removed from a PS3 game.

Strange. Its the worst looking game I've seen this gen. So much blur. I'm not sure if it's the lower res, or the post-process AA solutions, but yeah. It's baaaad.

 

[sn00zer]

Game reviewers are too spineless to score it below a 7.

Or maybe its a decent game with technical flaws?

 

[ironcreed]

It is without any doubts the most buggy game I have experienced in 5 years. It is almost like they have a program running in the game just generating bugs

Damn.

 

[cgcg]

that's really unpleasant coming from you Blimblim. I have a lot of respect for you and you're better than that. It has nothing to do with saying positive things about Ubisoft and everything to do with receiving a glitch filled game with horrendous pop in, 900p resolution and a framerate that is almost always sub-30. Unacceptable.

Yes it is surprising coming from someone who has a site that prides itself in good quality videos and 60fps videos, that he can't detect the shit show that is the X1 version's framerate. "dipped to 25 when it got very busy," really? Plus that snarky comment in defense of Ubisoft...

 

[ZeroX03]

Where are the AC rogue scores?

Most (or all?) outlets didn't get it.

 

[Majine]

Destiny and AC:U will fight for disappointment of the year.

 

[Recall]

Game reviewers are too spineless to score it below a 7.

Yes.

There is no integrity and people are scared of pissing off publishers. Same as ever.

 

[Blimblim]

What did you think was ambitious about it? It just looks like more asscreed.

They could have reused the black flag engine and got a good looking game, great framerate even with a few new graphical things. Instead they went for a completely new lighting engine that's seriously amazing to look at, put in the new crowd system and completely changed the mission gameplay with the new stealth system.
They did not play it safe, they certainly failed on quite a few points, but imho where they actually succeeded it's quite brilliant. I've always been a sucker for good lighting in a game, and right now there is no game (if I'm wrong let me know, I want to play them!) that comes close to ACU with that.
It certainly could have used a few more weeks to fix all the more visible bugs, though.

 

[Windom Earle]

Wow Kotaku.

But Crossing Eden told me the game is funfun.

 

[jett]

fixed.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

So what was Jim Sterling going on about ?

 

[atomsk]

Any word on why Jim Sterling didn't review it regarding that tweet he sent out? That's what I'm really looking forward to reading lol

Well, PC Gamer says they got a review code a few hours ago

I imagine that would be an issue

 

[benny_a]

Gametrailers Just Played [Video] (Not the review)

 

[Yaari]

I don't like using a 7 if a game is bad. Stop being a coward and just put it as it is. I think stability and performance are among the the most important things to judge a game on.

 

[frogger]

But the trailers looked so good...

 

[CyanideFuse]

My problem is not a 7. This is not a bad score by any means.

My problem is that it is the same old game

Spoiler

with a fair few technical issues

.

This is my fault for thinking better hardware would bring about innovation in game play.

 

[Pixel Samurai]

 

[Namikaze1]

I only paid $17 for my copy (store discount + gift cards). Thank god I didn't paid $60 for it. Will see how technically bad it is on PS4 later.

 

[SJRB]

Just got home from work and... well, shit.

 

[MYeager]

As an aside when is the Rogue reviews supposed to go live.

Those might take a while, I don't know if they sent review copies out for Rogue.

 

[brandonh83]

You say that but I bet the game still sells at least 4 million.

Yes, but people keep saying that review scores are super important when it comes to sales. I guess we'll see, won't we?

 

[Glass Shark]

lmao only a 7/10 UBI GOT #rekt

People wonder why they get away with shipping broken and boring games. This is why. Our standards just keep getting lower and lower.

 

[Bricky]

Wow Kotaku.

Oh, oh my.

This is turning into a wet dream for Ubisoft hating GAF. And, to be honest, deservedly so for Ubisoft.

Man, I was looking forward to the game too. Love me some Assassin's Creed, but I might wait for a nice discount now (or at least find some cheap deal on PC).

 

[oti]

How could this be worse than AC3. No seriously, how?

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Or maybe its a decent game with technical flaws?

Is the game really that enjoyable with all the technical flaws? What is being described sounds like it would kill the experience for me.

 

[anddo0]

I knew it
Saved me some money. Now for FC4.

 

[LumpOfCole]

Hmm, these reviews are making it so that it will fall short of reaching review parity with Assassins Creed III:

 

[Kacho]

Surprised at the praise for the graphics. The video previews all look extremely rough, not very far removed from a PS3 game.

I dunno. I was watching a stream on twitch last night and I thought the graphics were quite nice. Definitely want to see it in person.