Assassin's Creed Unity - Xbox One Review

Assassin's Creed: Unity is Ubisoft's first foray into next generation-only territory with the Assassin's Creed franchise and while it has been met with plenty of criticism, their push into next-gen territory is not a wholly unpleasant experience. Following the steps of Arno during the French Revolution, you will take on your old nemesis the Knights Templar through a memory-diving device called Animus created by Abstergo Industries. As you go "back in time," you will be tasked with preventing (or accomplishing) the bad guys from doing bad things, which is pretty typical. For those new to the series, which would be no small feat, you will be free-running through a densely populated Versailles and Paris, brushing up against dozens upon dozens of people as you work to chase down targets or escape the ever-present and extremely vigilant guardsmen. Putting aside the initials troubles that Unity had which were largely addressed by a nearly-1GB patch.

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Congratulations - you just spent $60 to be a beta tester - Gaming Thoughts

Developers are trying to do more than ever with the games they create. No longer are they putting together 8-bit titles with midi music and roughly eighty minutes of gameplay. They have online connections, save states, competitive balance, photo realistic visuals and sound tracks built on real music and voice acting. I get it - game development is complicated. There are more moving parts, bigger teams and tremendous goals to be sought here. This is why releases keep getting pushed back. Far from ideal, but from the gamer's perspective? Push the game back and get it right.

What is baffling is how a title like Driveclub can be pushed back a year and still be broken. How do titles like Halo: The Master Chief Collection manage to have their online so horrifically broken weeks later? Would Dragon Age: Inquisition have fixed its problems on the PlayStation 4 if not for reviewers before the game released finding the issues? There are varying degrees to this problem, but the fact of the matter is this: far too often gamers are spending their hard earned money to buy games that simply do not work.

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Ubisoft shows off loads of new content at Gamescom 2014

Ubisoft has shown quite a diverse collection of upcoming titles, including Assassin's Creed Rogue, Assassin's Creed Unity, Far Cry 4, Heroes of Might & Magic VII, Just Dance 2015, Shape UP, The Crew, The Settlers - Kingdoms of Anteria, the Division and more. With most of these games targeted with specific release dates now, Ubisoft also decided to show off lots of screenshots, concept art and trailers to go with them. As a huge strategy fan, the Might & Magic announcement was a big one for me, but there is a lot of other really good stuff to be had in this lineup as well.

We have collected assets for all of these titles - so be forewarned: there is a lot of media here, making this a very large article.

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