Assassin's Creed Unity Thread

[Frico]

Gameplay and new cinematic trailer looked awesome! Is there a nice picture of the four assassins?

the 4 players coop will be stellar. Could someone post the gameplay footage please?

Co-op demo:

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Single player demo:

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[Frico]

BEYOND hyped for this game. Seriously looks like it's going to deliver on all fronts. Arno looks and sounds awesome, gameplay and visuals look amazing and that co-op! That is going to be hours of fun. Tres bien.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

BEYOND hyped for this game. Seriously looks like it's going to deliver on fronts. Arno looks and sounds awesome, gameplay and visuals look amazing and that co-op! That is going to be hours of fun. Tres bien.

Yep. I'm on board.

 

[cherokeesam]

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The Four Musketeers! Which one's d'Artagnan? t:

Seriously, though, it'd be great (and comparatively easy) to spin this setting off to a Paris of 100 or so years earlier to make a bonafide 3/4 Musketeers subcampaign....I can dream. Either way, I think Dumas and Dickens and Baroness Orczy would be proud and absolutely amazed by what Ubi has created here. This looks like fine art brought to breathtaking, amazing life.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

The Four Musketeers! Which one's d'Artagnan? t:

Seriously, though, it'd be great (and comparatively easy) to spin this setting off to a Paris of 100 or so years earlier to make a bonafide 3/4 Musketeers subcampaign....I can dream. Either way, I think Dumas and Dickens and Baroness Orczy would be proud and absolutely amazed by what Ubi has created here. This looks like fine art brought to breathtaking, amazing life.

Speaking of Dumas, I always wanted an AC game where the Assassin was Edmond Dantes/Monte Cristo and the Priest was an Assassin.

In the book, you learn he actually spent times training in the Middle East with Assassins and even had a few of them around that he could call on for favours and for defence of his manor.

Make those he opposes in power the Templars and you have an AC game. (y)

 

[Naked Shia]

The gameplay looks glorious. I'm so pumped for this game now. It does look incredible graphic wise, and the coop aspect will definitely make it a unique experience.

 

[Drz]

Ubisoft cut Female Assassins to reduce costs.....

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Ubisoft cut Female Assassins to reduce costs.....

Poor Ubisoft, I saw them panhandling on a street corner just the other day.

I just want to point out one of the most famous assassins of the French revolution was in fact a woman.

 

[Benstamania]

I can't wait until the internet gets up in arms about this, lol. NO WOMEN?! Ubisoft is sexist!

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

It's not like they're half the population, or that women can't be Assassins.

Either way, I think their "WE AINT GOT NO MONEY" defense is the dumb part of this. Its not like they haven't women in the multiplayer for years, now its suddenly too difficult to have one of the four characters be a lady?

 

[Drz]

It's more about Ubisoft being lazy.

 

[Benstamania]

I think both reasons are silly. The PC crowd will rip this apart and proclaim it as yet another way women are being "put down in the industry" and Ubisoft will just sugarcoat it. They should just say "we think lady assassins are icky and dumb." I mean they're gonna get hate from social justice warrior websites like Kokatu anyway..

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

It's more about Ubisoft being lazy.

Pretty much.

Heck in the article, Assassins' Creed 3's director of animation estimates it would have taken them a DAY (at most 2) of work to get it working.

A friend of mine was bummed when she realized none of the other characters would be a lady, so no its not all just social justice warriors.

 

[Benstamania]

Keep in mind I think lady assassins should be in the game. Ubisoft IMHO is just be lazy.. I don't think they're sexist or anything else. The internet will turn them into such things which is horrible, IMHO.

I wouldn't be shocked if we get some lady assassins as DLC.

 

[TX85]

Meh I for one don't give a damn if they are in or not,Although I wouldn't play the game if the lead was a woman and we were forced to play as just her

 

[cherokeesam]

"Extra animations," Ubi...? Really? Like what, bouncing boobies or something? Jeez. I never had my heart set on female characters in the game anyway, but I hope this gets fixed real quick, or else Ubi is going to look pretty damn stupid.

 

[Drz]

It's going to be even bigger bull when the multiplayer combat mode is going to have female assassins as per usual.

 

[Benstamania]

So wait.. I'm confused. The MP WILL have females? The main game just won't? Suddenly this isnt a big deal.

If we can still play as females if we chose.. What's the problem?

 

[Benstamania]

Can the main character be voiced by Tchéky Karyo?

 

[Spider-Who?]

It sounds like to me, that Ubisoft never planned on having one of the characters be female (initially), and then at some point they went back to review that decision and decided it was too late to change it. If that's the case, then yes, time and money are definitely justifiable reasons. You have to hire a new VA and re-record all their lines (with possibly rewriting the script and having the other voice actors redo any and all lines affected by the change in gender), redesign the character and their alternate outfits, go through all of that characters animations and adjust them to work with the new character....plus dealing with all the customization options (co-op assassins will be customizable) and remember that these are extremely detailed characters/animations now, so we aren't just talking about swapping out a model - there really is a lot to consider here.

I'm all for having female characters in games (when given the option to choose a character's sex, I almost always pick female for one if not my only play-throughs, if only for a good change of pace), but I am against forcing gender, age, race, or sexual orientation into games, film and other forms of art. If a company decides that their protagonists are all man, or all female, fine. That is entirely their prerogative and I think it's horrifyingly plebeian of people to automatically jump in with the sexist card and/or demand that a company or artist change their work to fit someone else's view of world. Would it be cool to have one of the characters be female? SURE! Does it make Ubisoft sexiest that there is not a female character? NO!

 

[Drz]

So wait.. I'm confused. The MP WILL have females?

Don't all Multiplayer segments of AC at least after the 3rd game have had Female assassins?

It's still a bummer that the story, which is about these 4 Assassins and they're all white men. It's the story mode that won't allow female characters. I mean, couldn't they have replaced 1 character with Aveline?

 

[Benstamania]

It sounds like to me, that Ubisoft never planned on having one of the characters be female (initially), and then at some point they went back to review that decision and decided it was too late to change it. If that's the case, then yes, time and money are definitely justifiable reasons. You have to hire a new VA and re-record all their lines (with possibly rewriting the script and having the other voice actors redo any and all lines affected by the change in gender), redesign the character and their alternate outfits, go through all of that characters animations and adjust them to work with the new character....and remember that these are extremely detailed characters/animations now, so we aren't just talking about swapping out a model - there really is a lot to consider here.

I'm all for having female characters in games (when given the option to choose a character's sex, I almost always pick female for one if not my only play-throughs, if only for a good change of pace), but I am against forcing gender, age, race, or sexual orientation into games, film and other forms of art. If a company decides that their protagonists are all man, or all female, fine. That is entirely their prerogative and I think it's horrifyingly plebeian of people to automatically jump in with the sexist card and/or demand that a company or artist change their work to fit someone else's view of world. Would it be cool to have one of the characters be female? SURE! Does it make Ubisoft sexiest that there is not a female character? NO!

Well said. I often play as makes if their a choice simply because I can obviously relate to them better but I agree with everything you said 110%. Ubisoft isn't the bad guy for having "all white men" (which.. In a way I find when people say that negatively.. A but degrading) but there are websites out there (kotaku) that will try.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

So wait.. I'm confused. The MP WILL have females? The main game just won't? Suddenly this isnt a big deal.

If we can still play as females if we chose.. What's the problem?

Come on, you know there's a big difference between story co-op and multiplayer matches.

If anything it makes it clear that there would be LESS involved in implementing a female character in the main game not more.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Come on, you know there's a big difference between story co-op and multiplayer matches.

If anything it makes it clear that there would be LESS involved in implementing a female character in the main game not more.

There are no multiplayer matches in this game - it is only co-op.

 

[Marvolo]

Its a game and Im here for the story and to have fun. I really dont care if my playable character has boobs, a vagina, or a penis. And its not like Ubisoft cut all the women and made France men only. You just cant play as a woman. Majority of none RPG games do not allow gender selection so this is not new or an issue and people are being melodramatic about this.