This isn't so much of a problem if, like me, you found the Abstergo stuff to be a distraction anyway it's nice to be able to focus on the historical narrative without too many jarring interruptions from the 'real world.' This does mean that the historical narrative had better be a great one, but Unity's doesn't quite meet the mark.

Its opening-a trailer for Helix, a commercialised version of the Animus intended for entertainment purposes-might suggest otherwise, but if you were hoping for a deeper dive into the muddled mysteries of Abstergo, you won't find it here. Unity ties itself into the wider Assassin's Creed universe, but does so only briefly and rather apathetically compared to its predecessors. The sprawling narratives and endless procession of historical figures that have come to define the series have given way to a sharply focused, personal tale that eschews moments of joviality for something altogether much darker in tone.īut where else could the series have gone? Its complex Abstergo storyline has long since jumped the shark, leaving more recent entries in the series to wade through the mess and attempt to find some coherency.

For all its recognizable tropes, and for all its throwbacks to Assassin's Creeds of old, Unity is surprisingly progressive. Assassin's Creed Unity is at once comfortingly familiar, yet drastically different.

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