Ubisoft Unveils Assassin's Creed: Unity

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ.... So just more of the same, talk about annual releases, has not even been 6 months since last one. Cant these fucks come up with something fresh. Talk about turning people away from gaming.

@singingmenstrual said:

@jedted said:

Interesting, reminds me a little of the very first AC1 trailer.

RIGHT?? As probably the biggest AC1 lover and defender in the realm, I was really overwhelmed and pleased by this video especially when this appears

It just looks so AC1-y! Fancy architecture inside shitty peasant-ridden neighborhoods, that lovely smoke/steam spreading in the air in a dirty blue-lit environment, and something about the Notre Dame texture REALLY reminded me of Acre's church.

I'm not that hype, Assassin's Creed is just disappointing now (even though IV was fun), but hey if they implement some AC1 homages in the style or aesthetic, I'm gonna be so happy.

Im happy and surprised that a large majority of people area getting hyped for this rather than the usual "not another AC.." etc thing :)

Im always hyped for AC. Plus I loved the atmosphere of the first one too!

I don't see how this qualifies as a scenery change at all. Different era, sure, but it's still your standard pre-industrial revolution wood and stone architecture. The whole fucking point of Assassin's Creed to begin with was the idea that the game could be set anywhere in any time period. They could have done so much more with this series.

The French Revolution is a very interesting time in history set this game. I am so looking forward to this!

A few things stood out at me:

- This is alpha build footage? huh...

- Ubisoft: Next Gen starts [Here]... Developed for current-gen systems... umm...

- Got to imagine that Unity has a double meaning here... maybe it'll have something to do with the state of the present day storyline with the First Civ stuff?

- It looks super generic, but I guess it would in an alpha state.

Black Flag was fun, but I wonder if I've got enough goodwill to take another AC game playthrough.

You know, when I first saw there was going to be another I was disappointed. Cue Notre Dame and I was all YEEEEEEEES!

Death to the Bourgeoisie! Long live Anarchy!

Yeah, I really like how this reminds me of the first AC.

@aleksandr: They pushed the trailer because a whole bunch of screen shots and promotional stuff leaked. I doubt they actually wanted to release this trailer.

Arno looks like Connor. Same skin tone and lips.

Alpha footage of a CG trailer? I hate marketing.

@h0lgr: I mean, not necessarily. Ubisoft has a couple of teams working on Assassin's stuff at any one time. This was probably being developed at the same time as AC4. But other than that, I kinda agree with you; nothing about this really seems all that new or exciting.

I was hoping for more information. It's unfortunate that my first thoughts were "Is this the bad one?" - so soon after ACIV came out and rekindled a lot of interests.

Well, ACIV was a lot of fun, even as a port from the previous consoles. Hopefully Ubi can deliver again, though I'm certainly not dying for another AC just yet.

Female assassin hype!

No joke, when I first heard the news, I thought Ubisoft had created some sort of downloadable game using the Unity Engine!

RIGHT?? As probably the biggest AC1 lover and defender in the realm, I was really overwhelmed and pleased by this video especially when this appears

It just looks so AC1-y! Fancy architecture inside shitty peasant-ridden neighborhoods, that lovely smoke/steam spreading in the air in a dirty blue-lit environment, and something about the Notre Dame texture REALLY reminded me of Acre's church.

I'm not that hype, Assassin's Creed is just disappointing now (even though IV was fun), but hey if they implement some AC1 homages in the style or aesthetic, I'm gonna be so happy.

That would make zero sense, why do people keep saying that? Is this what people are taught in America?

They should've just ripped off Rose of Versailles and made another chick protagonist. Oscar was a total badass. Either that or make Rick James an assassin. Looks interesting though this is a setting everyone saw coming a mile away. I want to kill a man with a baguette.

bet $100 theres an eavesdropping mission. im getting kind of tired of AC now

I really hope the new consoles allow Ubi to take so many of the original AC premises that got turned into simplified, abstracted systems (like the way hiding in a crowd of hundreds got simplified to stand in designated four-man-groups for cover), and turn them into more fleshed out and realistic representations. If that crowd size is realistic, for example, then you can start to colour me excited.

I still think the AC franchise has one of the most bad-ass baseline premises for a video game going, so if they can work from that and create more dynamic and wide-ranging systems based around it, then I might start getting excited for AC again, the same way I was around the release of the first (and to a lesser degree the second) game.

"New" consoles and PC. This is one of the first times I've heard someone refer to the Xbox One and PS4 as "current-gen" in an official statement, so it sounds weird at first. Come E3 though pretty much everyone will be saying it and it won't sound as weird.

Wait..available Holiday 2014?
Sooo.. they didn't spend any time on it? Great, can't wait. Although 18th century France does sound appealing, with all the beheadings and whatnot...

Its only Current Gen when i own it.

Well Okay.

So still pretty much the same time period as AC3.

@retrovirus: They already said they will not go to feudal Japan. Which is good. Not exotic enough.

Yeah. Assassins Creed belongs in to Old World. No more crawling around shacks all the time.

Pretty sure that was the box quote for the first two games.

Teasest of teases. I am seriously hope Maximilien de Robespierre is the main villain. That guy was totally off his rocker.

And PC. Which will probably look the best.

PR people certainly are. They'll call it next gen until the actual next gen consoles are announced.

If by 18th century Paris, you mean mid 21st century Paris, and you play as JC Denton.

Take your best shot, Flatlander Woman.

That means it's coming out on PS2, Xbox and Gamecube.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

@wintersnowblind: I'm tired of the Eurocentric nature of the series. Japan would've indeed been a great setting. Also, nah dude the American revolution was way cooler than the French one.

@zaapp1: Anyone who knows what Unity is won't be confused.

Ridin' high after Black Flag so I'm ready for more AC.

Assassin's Creed is like Mario but with more jumping and less fun.

This revolution was far more historically interesting.

Absolution had huge crowds on PS3/360. Heck, even Blood Money had dense crowds 2 generations ago, I don't see why a PS4/Xbone game couldn't. Seems like a logical step forward for the series, too.

You're right to not get your hopes up but it's certainly not impossible.

@divergence: Yup, there's always a leak in March that forces Ubisoft to show their hand, although they've rarely just straight up shown game footage like this. That could mean a lot of thing as in the game could've been in development for a long time now or maybe the new consoles are just easier to get the game running on.

pretty much right on schedule. Now prepare for non stop videos from now until release in November.

If they can keep the good momentum from Black Flag going, I'll be keeping an eye on this.

@meatball: Yeah, I don't really trust early footage from Ubisoft. Still, Paris is a cool setting, so I'll probably play this.

I had to laugh SO HARD, when they said "ALPHA GAME FOOTAGE".... xD lesson learned @Ubi.

Can I stab people with a shiv fashioned out of a stale baguette?

So the rumors of revolutionary France were true, after all! And it only took them 5 entries between the first game and this.

Sigh, looks like the same old hat to me.

I might be interested if Robespierre is a Templar or something.

If I have to sit through 40 hours of lionizing the revolutionaries, no thanks.