Assassin's Creed Series

Well I like the historical setting, but I HIGHLY doubt it will be as good as AC4, now that was a game in a half, but I have been legitimately surprised before, AC4 included, so maybe I am wrong.

I'm very interested in the French Revolution, so I suppose that's probably part of why i'm so excited for this game.

I do admit it looks good, better then AC3, but it's hard to top AC4 in my opinion, though the gameplay ideas you mentioned are interesting, I could care less about co op but that's something else entirely.

Well, AC IV didn't necessarily fix any problems of the series, it just added something new, that being, the Sea, as well as more enjoyable side quests. While the Sea stuff ended up being really good, when you're in cities, it hasn't changed much from any of the previous ones since AC II really, and when in the wild, its the same as AC III. Each game since AC II(aside from Revelations) has added something, without significantly improving on the core of the series.

Assassin's Creed Unity, basically rebuilt....... Everything.

Parkour is different, you can see that just from the videos they've shown. Controlled Descent(so no ridiculous jumping into hay bales to get down from high places), smoother movement, generally improvements, being blended with stealth, etc.

Combat is no longer a case of "sit here and either counter or dodge until you win!" There's actual skill involved, beyond timing. Combat also adapts to situation and environment. For example, rather than combat becoming all glitchy and weird when near a wall, Arno will use the environment to his advantage. Also, it's a lot harder, which is good, considering most people thought combat in AC IV was ridiculously easy.

And, as previously mentioned. Stealth. As in, it exists.

The missions, see above.

NPCs, see above.


On top of this, like with IV and III, the historical period adds something unique. As opposed to it just being you can the city guards, avoiding them and killing your targets, you've got many, many different factions of people fighting a war in the streets. Random battles burst out that can plunge an entire district of Paris into total chaos. The Peasants, Revolutionaries, Guards, the city is alive beyond what you do, and beyond the same things happening over and over again.

I'm not sure if I'm explaining this well, it was shown in one of the videos, where the guy was going to complete a mission, and then all of a sudden, some Peasants who had previously just been hanging out ambushed a group of guards and started a huge battle. Arno did nothing to start it, him being there didn't activate a scripted event or anything, it just happened.

Since even AC IV focused on cities, these improvements to how a city works, making it seem alive, are huge.

On a side note, finished AC II just a few minutes ago. Really great game, I'm way more into the story than I thought I'd be.

Not sure yet why so many people don't like Desmond. Also, moderately confused about all the First Civilization stuff..... But I think I understand the majority of it.

I mixed up Black Box with the other Mission type. AMA or something, basically, the Adaptive Missions I described earlier.

Black Box are the assassination missions. Basically, it opens up an area, you you can do whatever you need to to kill the target. Eavesdrop to find opportunities, use stealth, attack after rallying an army, whatever.

Then Co-op has heists(steal shit) and Brotherhood Missions(kill people). They're both similar to Black Box Assassination Mission.

Why is it a big deal that you always see yourself as Arno? Doesn't seem to be that important, does it affect anything?

Aside from being the reason why they can't have a female co-op character. Which, I also don't think is too big of a deal.