Unity will launch on October 28th on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Instead, the name describes the game’s core mechanic, cooperative play. I could see Ubisoft bringing it back in Assassin's Creed 5: We Made A Feudal Japan Game So You'll Stop Complaining or Assassin's Creed: Unnecessary Side Story. Ubisoft thinks of Unity as a fresh start for the franchise, so they did not call it Assassins’ Creed 5. Plus, I'll bet the assassin-versus-assassin multiplayer isn't gone for good. If the basic stealth, combat or parkour of Unity was an improvement over predecessors, we'll hear a lot fewer complaints about the shorter feature list. Hopefully, by cutting out competitive multiplayer, Ubisoft freed up some development time that they can use to improve some other aspects of the AC formula. Assassin's Creed 4 had everything Assassin's Creed 3 so the innovations were limited to what, sea shanties? Ship stealth? Developers spend so much time simply dressing up old aspects of the game that they don't have time to make anything new. Assassin’s Creed® Unity tells the story of Arno, a young man who embarks upon an extraordinary journey to expose the true powers behind the French Revolution. The weight of an increasing list of returning features just leads to stagnation. It's a bit shocking, then, to see that feature not return for Unity.Īs I said before, though it's unfeasible for each new Assassin's Creed to incorporate every feature of past games.

I was always really impressed by how Ubisoft managed to make a competitive mode that stayed true to Assassin's Creed.

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