a game with a semi-social aspect where players can form clubs, get points, and compete against other players' clubs for bragging rights and some rewards.

a game with 'murder mystery' side missions where you search for clues and questions witnesses.

a game with co-op side missions that yield money and randomized loot.

a game with a mobile companion app where you can recruit and send assassins on quests, similar to the mini-game introduced in Brotherhood (called Nomad missions) success in these will allow you to open chests in AC:U that yield money or gear.

an action-RPG 'light' game where your character's equipment determines his effectiveness in combat, how well he can sneak about, and how much ammunition/healing items he can carry.

an open-world game where you run, climb, jump, shank, and sneak as in previous titles.

In part, it could be because very little time is invested in the character before he's off being an assassin so who cares what came before or why he's doing what he's doing now? It's parkour time! Finally, it most definitely is due to the overall 'gamification' of the entire affair. In part, it might be due to the fact that he (and the rest of the cast) sound like they came from the suburbs of London instead of Paris, France.

There's plenty of Assassin and Templar intrigue abound, but unlike the compelling tale of vengeance woven through Ezio's story, Arno just falls flat. Falsely imprisoned for the murder of his adopted (in a sense) father, Arno turns to the Assassins to hunt down the man who actually killed his semi-paternal figure. Set in the middle of the French Revolution of the late 1700s, Assassin's Creed Unity follows the story of a young nobleman turned assassin, Arno. Amazingly, those toys are still fun to play with if you bring a few friends along. While it has yielded some excellent results, Assassin's Creed Unity feels like that sad amalgamation of toys left in the sand when it rains. The Assassin's Creed titles have felt like Ubisoft's own little game design sandbox ever since they kicked off the annualization of the series with Brotherhood.

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