![]() ![]() Help? A dance with boredom and fun hidden in the crowd. I suddenly realise I don't know how to get down. AC: U runs perfectly well - after being fixed multiple times - with no crowds present even on the highest setting. Having so many people on-screen at the same time murders the games frame rate, sometimes plunging it below 30 FPS, even when I set my graphics to the lowest setting the frame rate does not rise, this of course means I played on PC, like a chump. The crowds in AC: U are probably the games greatest surprise, but also one of its greatest down falls. As "crowds are now usable like never before" - Ubisoft will probably want to say. The city is dense with people, and with such come many disappearing opportunities. There are buildings, a lot of buildings, to climb, to jump from, and to navigate atop of. how drunk did I get last night?" A setting of dense surprise, and dropsġ700 - 1800s Paris is a beautiful place, full of rich, and some of the poorest you can think of, with sewage running down the streets, and men either trying to kill or rob others. In these Helix Rifts you must collect data clusters to reach a specific score, different coloured clusters gain you varying points.Īrno says to himself "Wow. ![]() The side quests which are a change for the series are the Helix Rifts, these transport you out of Revolutionary Paris to three different time periods, World War 2, Medieval France, and the years shortly after the Revolution leading up to World War 1, known as the Belle Époque (Beautiful Era). There is however one story mission where you do have to solve a murder, and honestly I didn't find it interesting. ![]() A new addition to the side quests are murder mysteries, which I still don't understand how to find - none of them unlocked for me. these transport you out of Revolutionary Paris to three different time periods.Īll the side quests are the AC standard set of, get special armour by completing the same tasks over and over, dive off all towers (after synchronizing), work out the glyphs, and I'm sure you all know the drill - if you don't there isn't much more interesting beyond what I said. Just because you can't take a human shield, with that it would have been fine. In theory it's a better system, in practice it's worse. The worst part is that you are only fighting 3 enemies. This actually makes running across roofs a little more entertaining, and with some of the best animations in a Ubisoft game to date, I found myself just randomly jumping off places to get 'that cool animation I had a second before.' Although you will find the standard AC annoyance of jumping to the wrong place from time to time.Ĭrowds play a bigger part in AC: U than any other game in the series.Ĭombat is attempting to capture a flow based system like in the Batman Arkham games, but all it ends up being is a button mashing system, and then you get shot by men with guns 4 times. This simple addition allows a few buttons to become free, these are free-run up and down. To sprint you hold down the standard high-profile button, but now you have to move the joystick all the way forward, pushing it half way makes you jog. some of the best animations in a Ubisoft game to date.Ĭlimbing in AC: U is different from each game before it. Animations are great but combat makes me combat insanity. The final mission, for gameplay is not the best, but story wise it is among the best in the Assassin's Creed series. Until it suddenly doesn't appear to go anywhere, until it just suddenly ends. And then some sombre moments with the heart wrenching death of Arno's father. ![]() The story of AC: U starts off well with some great comic sections, where as child Arno you have to steal an apple under direction of Élise - they grew up together. This whole lovers from enemy 'families' makes for a great Romeo and Juliet style love story. Arno becomes an Assassin to uncover the truth behind his father's murder, but Élise becomes a Templar, the reason for which is told to you. To the right you see Élise de la Serre, the love interest of the game's protagonist, and player character, Arno Victor Dorian. A story of two halves: rushed then abrupt Let's dive into AC: U and have a look at what worked and what didn't. ![]()
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