Click To Unmute

Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

Sign up or Sign in now!

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.
This video has an invalid file format.
00:00:00
Sorry, but you can't access this content!
Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking 'enter', you agree to Giant Bomb's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Assassin's Creed: Unity Introduces Elise

Despite being a Templar, she's apparently an ally of Arno. She's also getting her own spin-off novel.

Jul. 29 2014

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Assassin's Creed Unity

75 Comments

Avatar image for cloudnineboya
cloudnineboya

990

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

is there any ingame videos of this game yet?

Avatar image for lausebub
Lausebub

549

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Another Assassin's Creed CG trailer, another Woodkid song.

Avatar image for mooseymcman
MooseyMcMan

12781

Forum Posts

5577

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 13

Edited By MooseyMcMan
Avatar image for mikaelboogart
MikaelBoogart

104

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

"She's also getting her own spin-off novel."

... not sure if serious. >__>

Avatar image for alex
alex

3983

Forum Posts

7447

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

@mikaelboogart: From the press release:

"Elise will also be featured in a new paperback, also titled “Assassin’s Creed Unity,” by Oliver Bowden from Penguin Random House. The story examines an era when the divide between the rich and poor is at its most extreme, and a nation is tearing itself apart. Told from Elise’s perspective, “Assassin’s Creed Unity” follows her and Arno as they are drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars. In a world with dangers more deadly than they could ever have imagined, they must fight to avenge all they have lost. “Assassin’s Creed Unity” builds on Bowden’s past Assassin’s Creed novels with millions sold to-date."

Avatar image for nightcrawlah
Nightcrawlah

119

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

For a company that said that playable female characters were to much effort they sure did put a lot of effort into a pointless cinematic.

Avatar image for mikaelboogart
MikaelBoogart

104

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@alex: Oh fergodsakes that's hilarious. :D

Avatar image for joshwent
joshwent

2897

Forum Posts

2987

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

Hmm. Nice CG, tone, and cinematography as always, but that didn't so much "introduce" this new character as it did show Arno Asscreeding around a bunch again with a lady that just appears at the end.

There'll probably be 30 more trailers before launch, so I guess they gotta start slow?

Avatar image for altairre
altairre

1492

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@alex: I bet they're all really good.

Avatar image for vossome
Vossome

18

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

But was she super-hard to animate? I'll bet yes, like, double the work, right?

Avatar image for rasmoss
Rasmoss

580

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Eye candy. Check.

Avatar image for beyondstrange
BeyondStrange

256

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I think this trailer looks all right, but I am still curious about when they will finally announce the last gen only game.

Of course, how many trailers there will be for this game will soon get repetitive. Almost as repetitive as how many of the same "there will be hundreds of trailers for this game" and "women are so hard to animate" jokes will be in this comment section.

Avatar image for darkjester74
darkjester74

1743

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By darkjester74

The trailer was fine until the last 10 seconds. Uggggghhhhhhhhh......

Avatar image for jedted
Jedted

2970

Forum Posts

1307

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 8

User Lists: 17

@lausebub said:

Another Assassin's Creed CG trailer, another Woodkid song.

I'll admit it is pretty cool music, i'd never heard of Woodkid outside of these AC trailers. They're pretty good at setting the mood.

Avatar image for comradesolar
ComradeSolar

544

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 4

The most important part of the trailer was learning that Antoine Lavoisier is (most likely) a character in this game.

Avatar image for adamwd
ADAMWD

783

Forum Posts

1148

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 26

@joshwent: Sadly, I'd bet the over on 30 trailers by release.

Avatar image for bluefroman
bluefroman

74

Forum Posts

227

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

So was Elise in a cloak because she is a female character, therefore to hard to animate?

Avatar image for bombzinski
Bombzinski

326

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Wood, kid, indeed

Avatar image for krabboss
krabboss

350

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Wow, they managed to animate a woman! Good job!

Couldn't just use her animations for a playable one? No? Okay...

Avatar image for veektarius
veektarius

6420

Forum Posts

45

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 11

User Lists: 1

Unfortunately, the inclusion of a woman character does not make this significantly different from previous entries that I have not enjoyed. Let me play as a templar, female or otherwise, and I'll think about it.

Avatar image for gaspower
GaspoweR

4904

Forum Posts

272

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

THE EXPLOSIVE CHEMICAL REVOLUTION MISSION

Avatar image for jimbot
Jimbot

202

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@krabboss: Let's not get nuts, now. Such a thing would cost Ubisoft billions! I mean, how many people do you think are working on this game? Thousands?!

Avatar image for dijon
Itwastuesday

1269

Forum Posts

38

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Itwastuesday

i'm not sure i can buy this game because if i buy another assassin's creed game and then complain about it... it's like, fooled me 3 times at this point

Avatar image for tp0p
tp0p

182

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@itwastuesday: "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."

Avatar image for humanity
Humanity

21858

Forum Posts

5738

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 40

User Lists: 16

Edited By Humanity

@jimbot said:

@krabboss: Let's not get nuts, now. Such a thing would cost Ubisoft billions! I mean, how many people do you think are working on this game? Thousands?!

LoL it's almost like, a thousand people sit in front of one computer and all animate a single file simultaneously! Thats how it works right?

EDIT: That aside, this is yet another great trailer. Revelations for all it's faults was a decent game but it had probably the best CGI trailer out of the entire franchise. Also call me a sucker for cheesy romance but a relationship between an assassin and a templar seems like a pretty cool idea to me.

Avatar image for retrovirus
retrovirus

1669

Forum Posts

130

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 17

Edited By retrovirus

@alex said:

@mikaelboogart: From the press release:

"Elise will also be featured in a new paperback, also titled “Assassin’s Creed Unity,” by Oliver Bowden from Penguin Random House. The story examines an era when the divide between the rich and poor is at its most extreme, and a nation is tearing itself apart. Told from Elise’s perspective, “Assassin’s Creed Unity” follows her and Arno as they are drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars. In a world with dangers more deadly than they could ever have imagined, they must fight to avenge all they have lost. “Assassin’s Creed Unity” builds on Bowden’s past Assassin’s Creed novels with millions sold to-date."

I feel like we need a dramatic reading of this on Bombing in the AM, much like Jeff's much loved reading of the Perfect Dark: Initial Vector.

Avatar image for anjon
Anjon

184

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

"They can afford to give her her own novel, but can't afford to animate her as a playable character?" is what I would be asking if I was in the habit of expressing obvious opinions...

Avatar image for hermes
hermes

3000

Forum Posts

81

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 7

I came to this trailer to check on all the "but she is a woman... they lie to us" comments.

Thanks for delivering, community...

Avatar image for beyondstrange
BeyondStrange

256

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@tp0p: "Fool me three times, I see a pattern forming..."

Avatar image for vandell
vandell

24

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By vandell

.. oh god. The chemical revolution mission. I need it. One of the most tragic moments of French history, that brilliant chemist being killed by the revolutionaries. :c

Avatar image for trottyvek
TrottyVek

441

Forum Posts

6

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 10

User Lists: 7

how did they get the man power to add females into this game?

Avatar image for cloudnineboya
cloudnineboya

990

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@mooseymcman: Really i'll have to look them up. all ive seen is CGI trailers.

Avatar image for deerokus
deerokus

996

Forum Posts

16

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By deerokus

The spelling of the main character's name in this game annoys me. Should be Arnaud, surely? Arno is an Italian river. :(

Avatar image for eastboundspider
EastboundSpider

106

Forum Posts

36

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By EastboundSpider

MEDIA TRANSCENDENCE BULLSHIT

Avatar image for dorkymohr
dorkymohr

268

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 16

Careful in these comments, you might trip over everyone else who's rushing to make the same joke.

Avatar image for fonzinator
Fonzinator

350

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Careful in these comments, you might trip over everyone else who's rushing to make the same joke.

Before I read the comments I thought you might have been exaggerating... boy was I wrong.

Avatar image for angrywookie29
angrywookie29

45

Forum Posts

33

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

I just really can't get into the design of the new assassin, not sure what it is that is bothering me so much. He's so skinny, and his clothes look too flimsy. I don't know, but I'm not feeling this guy...

Avatar image for neon25
Neon25

47

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 1

@deerokus said:

The spelling of the main character's name in this game annoys me. Should be Arnaud, surely? Arno is an Italian river. :(

“The spelling of Arno, A-R-N-O, is an older French/Germanic, I believe Frankish variation, of the name. It’s not as common as Arnaud but you still see it occasionally. It comes back to Arno’s family history. His family is a very old one and they’ve been Assassins for a very long time so we wanted to give him a slightly more antiquated name. Also, the phonetic spelling makes it easier to pronounce.”

Source

Avatar image for avantegardener
avantegardener

2491

Forum Posts

165

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 11

Great cinematic trailer, Dat Templar Cross dawg.

Avatar image for petethepanda
petethepanda

397

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

What a jarring edit in the music leading into the final shot. Wonder if the trailer originally ended with the slash and given recent events they went "oh shit, we should not end the trailer like this." (Or it's just an unusually horrible cut.)

Avatar image for bernoulli
Bernoulli

150

Forum Posts

108

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

This shit got me excited.

Avatar image for xenolon
xenolon

205

Forum Posts

13

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Better late than never, Ubi.

Avatar image for xenolon
xenolon

205

Forum Posts

13

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

@bluefroman: Yes. It took many, many, many more person hours to animate a female character in a cloak, which is why it wasn't included in the original announcement. Twice as much (no!) three times as much time.

Avatar image for elwoodan
Elwoodan

1098

Forum Posts

1008

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

Edited By Elwoodan

They should get the Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies guy to write 'A Tale of Two Creeds' or something.

Avatar image for pekoe212
pekoe212

536

Forum Posts

9

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

@neon25 said:
@deerokus said:

The spelling of the main character's name in this game annoys me. Should be Arnaud, surely? Arno is an Italian river. :(

“The spelling of Arno, A-R-N-O, is an older French/Germanic, I believe Frankish variation, of the name. It’s not as common as Arnaud but you still see it occasionally. It comes back to Arno’s family history. His family is a very old one and they’ve been Assassins for a very long time so we wanted to give him a slightly more antiquated name. Also, the phonetic spelling makes it easier to pronounce.”

Source

Ok, reasons are good. It was really bugging me, and considering that the Arno flows through Florence, Italy, I kept thinking maybe it was some reference/connection to Ezio.

Avatar image for ntm
NTM

12222

Forum Posts

38

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By NTM

I've always liked the female characters of AC games, most of them anyways.

Avatar image for steveurkel
steveurkel

1932

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

How does assassin's creed manage to be one of the most promising but worst games ever created? I could probably go on a diatribe as I have played all of the games and been completely underwhelmed. Do not get me wrong - we are completely ignoring that assassin's creed 4 black flag is an assassin's creed game. We are also ignoring the fact that 40-50% of assassin's creed 4 black flag was abhorrent (THE ASSASSINS CREED ELEMENTS) .

I bought the first game, I bought the second game, I skipped the third game, and I bought the fourth game. The first game was majestic and gorgeous and it was like wow I don't have a intrusive UI and I can see super far and this game really shows the system's strengths but then you get to the town and the entire thing goes to shit. The first thing that happened to me was I was riding my horse into a town and a guard was like "HEEEYYYYY let us not ride that horse, you are playing assassin's creed after all" as he slapped a no-fun-allowed sticker on me. I continued traversing the world, climbing towers, and granted I got past maybe 2 towns at the most but it felt like there was some sort of demon eating all the fun straight out of the game. My eyes went blank and I don't remember any more of the experience of that game.

Assassin's Creed 2 was bought for me as some sort of gift. I also was given Uncharted 2 at the same time and well I don't know how to break it to you but there is no level of relevance between those two titles. I played through Uncharted 2 in literally one 6-8 hour sitting. I then fired up Assassin's Creed 2 and I absolutely loved buying things and building up my base but wow the combat was awful, and no surprise that the rest of the game was obnoxious climbing (not good controls) and picking up useless collectible items. Some of the worst offenses video games can have are essentially items with no redeeming reward (or at least progression towards a reward) that makes collecting 50-100 of them POSSIBLY have some sort of "reward" asinine. As an adult time is a lot more valuable of a commodity so I was finding that the majority of both of the games were a waste of time. The other offense besides useless rewards/collectibles is not good controls - a game can be generally bad but if the controls suck and the combat is not enjoyable why continue? I don't believe the story line is worth any mention, which is a completely different topic for a completely different day (I think telephone was played during the meeting for the "over arcing" story here and got grossly turned into this atrocity of a plot). Long story short - I enjoyed building up my base but once that was done I had to play Assassin's Creed 2. There were much better games to play as evidenced by the fact I purchased Uncharted 2 the same day. I also have been a computer gamer my entire life so had much better selections for games so I forgot about Assassin's Creed.

I didn't play revelations and I never got a chance to play what I have heard is the wonderful brotherhood. Assassin's Creed 3 looked amazing from all the videos I had seen. I am from a snowy place and it brought me back to much of my childhood watching people run around in the snow and having a good time. I loved the running from the trees and the archery of the deer! Amazing. I can't wait to play this game. I let the game come out and I Read the reviews. I skipped it. I saw the quick look here and didn't feel it had much going for it. I watched some other reviews and decided to just skip it.

Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag came out and it was the same time I built a new computer. I actually built a computer just because of Black Flag being the best looking game at the time (and still kinda is, game looks amazing!). When I had built the computer all I did was play Black Flag at first. I got to about 27%, and do you know why? It was still an Assassin's Creed game. I place a lot of emphasis on combat in video games and unfortunately this series has always just been a huge let down. Even the ship combat felt repetitive. I just can not stand the melee combat and also the reactionary combat is not as fun as something where I get to choose my attacks and no one ripostes/parries/does some lame combat mechanic. I am hoping they let you play a female character from bell to bell but it seems like there are going to be multiple characters so there won't be as much emphasis on this one.

Avatar image for acornactivist
Acornactivist

342

Forum Posts

13

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 1

And people continue to flock to this game to sound off as if they know how games are made...

All predictable internet raving aside, this game interests me and I'm excited to see how it turns out.