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decent amount of time to complete and looks wonderful.
I would say the middle 4th chapter can bog down a bit with solutions but everything feels refreshing and fun and took me like 6-7 hours to beat which is great considering the price

For 3 bucks, this game gets you so much play time. Simple to learn, satisfying to complete/grow in

This is a good game at its core with great gameplay that encourages you to play what you want.
But technically speaking... this game is a mess.
Its very unoptimized and I can barely get a stable framerate with a top of the line build.
Save your money for when this is on sale or fixed otherwise you will just be dissapointed

The best feelings I get from this game are Mass Effect, Doom, and Uncharted while not being similar to any of them. The narrative feels great with fun and engaging writing that can also be serious when time comes.
More importantly, the gameplay is fast frenetic and encourages you to experiment and try different tactics, which makes battles dynamic and energized. Just a lot of polish put into performance and aesthetic as well

I would put this game up with the likes of Packs 2 and 3 for must get.
Only game I thought was meh was the Devil game.
Lots of replayability, tweeked concepts and laughs to be had

I'm giving this game a downvote just for how unoptimized it is.
I get poor performance at 2k with a GTX 1080, 1600 mHz ddr3 ram and a 4790k@4.7Ghz
I have tried everything under the sun to optimize the game from Nvidia settings to trying to modify the game resource priority in my computer via registry.
The game should not get as much stutter, frame drops, and overall frame quality it does for my high quality system.
Fix this game's optimization if you want a good review

This game at the core has a lot going for it: Clean visuals, speedrunning tools, humor, and challenge.
But the core gameplay is lackluster. Sometimes I feel like I'm going through molasses with the running and other times I just feel easperated from the hitboxes. The game is very wonky with air physics and collision physics as well.
2.5/5 at most

The framrate and camera are absolutely awful

So far I love the game. The characters are so fresh and interesting and Shay is portrayed really well so far. I have now played 4.2 hours an definetely feel that sam addicting vibe I had from ACIV:

The mechanics are familiar to anyone who played Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag. The best way to describe it it going in methodical, but also quick so as to get 100% on missions. So far only playing as an assassin is identical to Edward Kenway in Black Flag as you start off with dual weapons, a sword and knife, but new animations are nice and its cool to see Shay fight with the smaller weapon. The parkour/movement is next to perfect as you'll occassionally wonder if you can climb some rocks or materials or simply take a few tries to climb trees or builidings. The naval battles come back again and are as fun as ever with the 4 direction shooting system being directly taken from Black Flag, which I thought did much better than Assassin's Creed III. Long story short: If you loved Assassin's Creed Black Flag gameplay combt and movement wise, you'll love this game as well
Update of 4.7 hours played The air rifle is pretty hany and I feel really cool to have. I just started getting into the Assassin hunting mechanics which are actually really fun. If you played the Assassin's Creed Multiplayer portion, you will feel at home as you have a compass whenever you are going up against assassins in which the compass will start to fill up whenevr you are close to an Assassin. You also however can be stalked by the assassins and actually do have to pay attention more than usual.

So if you read in the community hub, you can see that a lot of people are reporting on great optimization. That may or may not be true however. This game looks nice but is hardly current gen graphics. The graphics are definitely not as high quality as Black Flag and may be in between or on par with Assassin's Creed III. The hair and textures do not look very realistic at all and detract if you look long enough at them, although you really only notice this during cutscenes. Another major complaint is the lack of antialiasing options as Ubisoft only gave FXAA, despite having MSAA and TXAA in both Assassin's Creed Unity and in Black Flag. While the game does run nicely, I would appreciate it if I could make lines less jaggy with better AA tools. Character Animations are smooth and cool to watch as you get to watch and appreciate how Assassins move and kill in this game more than before. Another big selling point about this game is again how little hardware it takes to run as I can max it out on my laptop which as an intel i7-4710hq @ 2.5ghz (3.5 turboboost) and an GTX 860m 2gb graphics card.

A great addition to the game is the music, as I loved Black Flag and Assassin's Creed II's soundtracks. The only bad thing I've heard music wise is just recycled sea shanties from Black Flag. I found it so great that they made a new updated version of the Assassin's Creed II song "Ezio's Family" (btw one of my fav songs from that game) for the title sreens and it sounds great. I also just like listening to the background music while playing, osmething I did not really remember or enjoy from both Assassin's Creed Unity and Assassin's Creed III.

Overall I would recommend getting this game for now as it definitely is polished for PC and I have had no bugs yet. The voice acting is great and the characters aren't simply cutouts or meaningless cameos. The gameplay is as tight and fluid as ACIV but for sure not as pretty looking as ACIV. You also should not have any trouble running this game as it works well and is easily maxed.
Update of 4.2 hours played I just finished the assassin part of th story and wow, it was amazing. I felt real emotion and understanding towards Shay and really am excited for my days as a Templar.

Contrary to popular perception, this game is great. I love the animations and freerunning as it is fluid and quick. I have had almost no glitches or bugs at all so my experience has been delightful. The story is alright but what makes it really shine is the characters. Character development and interactions are pleasent to behold and I really liked Arno and Elise together. While the character interactions and development are not as on par as Black Flag and ACII, Unity still does a good job, especially in comparison to ACIII. The combat system is extremely fun and engaging and even when you have the best weapons and equipment, there still is the possiblity of dying from a couple of missteps.