Best parkour and one of the best assassin's creed game ever.

*Played on Steam Deck*
(No story spoilers)

*I have to say this at the beginning since everyone treats Unity as the black sheep of the franchise:

Playing this game in 2025 is amazing, and it barely has any bugs at all during my playtime. Its flawless and so good! Please give this game a chance!

**Also PLEASE play this game in FRENCH with english subtitles. You will thank me for this. Because f_ck is this a horrible dub in English with the british accents everywhere. Even the voice actors are lifeless. The French voices and accents are PERFECT. This is very crucial to enjoy the game.

...Now for the review: As of writing this, I'm pretty much done with the main story. I only have one more sequence left, but I decided to write the review NOW since my opinion is still FRESH from playing. Why? Because I intend on taking a little break from the game due to burnout and life, but wanted to give a solid and fair score for this game. But we have to talk about the STRUCTURE and NARRATIVE of this game because its all over the place. Its just a mess. Not necessarily the story, but how things are laid out.

My biggest issue with Unity is that all missions from side quests are open from the START and they take place during different times and years during the French Revolution, and you might encounter a lot of spoilers if you decide to just do side quests blindly without a guide! So do like me and google a chronological list (order) of when to start what mission. There is an excellent guide on reddit for this!

BUT because of this flaw in the narrative, I felt forced to do a lot of missions that interrupted the flow of the main story. I still have so much to do before doing the very last sequence, but I have to play it canon-wise and in chronological order because that's just who I am with games and history.

Unity does a lot so perfectly, but the narrative and story falls flat. To me, Unity would have been the best entry in the franchise if it weren't rushed to release. Arno, the main character, had so much potential with his wit, charm. Paris itself is so beautiful and densly packed that its the best open world (city) we have gotten in any AC game.

Actually lets talk about the open world of Unity a little: Paris is without a doubt the most beautiful city Ubisoft has created. Period. For real, Ubisoft really suprised me with how alive Paris feels in this game. And OMG THE NPCS! They actually look and behave like humans, and THE SHEER AMOUNT OF NPCS ON THE SCREEN is bloody amazing. How does this game even run smoothly with so many people packed on your screen!? NEVER HAVE I SEEN ANY OTHER VIDEO GAME have this many NPCS and I don't understand how they did it, and why its not in future AC games.

My next praise is the parkour and combat. The parkour in this game is the best hands down in the series. Its so fluid, flowy and fun to execute and do! Its the animations that makes the parkour here feel so damn good. Its a shame we only saw this kind of parkour in Unity and nowhere else... But I understand why, since Paris had so much architecture to play with.

The combat is on the hardest its ever been in the series, and I'm all about that! Its amazing to actually feel scared to enter combat, and think if its worthwhile to battle or run. Its very challenging until you get better armor and weapons, and even then you have to stay on your toes.

Unity is just... So damn good, but its a shame it was rushed in production. This could have been the best game for many of you, but it has its flaws, but even so, I think its my new favorite in the AC saga. I love the parkour, combat and Paris. Its a treat to experience. The story is good, but underdeveloped very quickly.

But overall, I gave this game a 8 croissants out of 10 bagguetes. If it weren't for the stupid side quests it would have gotten a perfect score. They should have been progress locked, same with the DLC.

Score of Assassin's Creed Unity:
8 / 10 🥐🥖

Unity has become my second favorite game in the series, the setting, gameplay, parkour, story, characters, The Fr*nch, it's amazing. I just wish Ubisoft had spent a bit more time polishing it before launch. At least they fixed most of the problems it had, and I say most because I still had some issues when playing.

The story is great, while the main missions aren't as involved with the French Revolution, Arno's journey is well written and characters are memorable. Now, Co-op does involve the Revolution a lot more, with historically-driven missions and playing with friends is lots of fun. There's also a pretty cool type of side mission that I liked a lot, the murder mystery ones, gathering clues and witness statements, some are even about historical figures like Jean-Paul Marat.

Paris looks amazing here, the graphics haven't aged bad at all, and the historic buildings look fantastic. I also like how they did the cut-scenes here, sometimes an npc got in the way though, which was funny as hell. Gameplay-wise, the combat might feel a bit slow sometimes, but with all the gadgets and stealth it becomes fun to mix and match your approach each time.

In conclusion, a definitive must play, I'd even recommend it as a stand-alone game, though beware of the bugs that remain.