With Assassin's Creed: Unity set to be released later this year, excitement surrounding the game continues to grow.
Among this excitement, Ubisoft, the company behind the game, has declared that Unity will be a refresh for the Assassin's Creed franchise, extending toward gameplay, character development and integration of the game online.
One of the biggest changes in the game will be the fact that it will largely be based on character growth. The game will provide a number of options as far as customization goes, allowing the lead character, Arno, to continue to expand his skill set and currencies. Arno himself undergoes a number of changes.
"At the beginning of the game, Arno's adopted father dies, and the father happens to be the Grandmaster of the Templars in France," said Alexandre Amancio, director of Unity. "And because of certain details surrounding this death, Arno feels somewhat responsible.
In fact, a trailer about the game has been released that shows that the game will dig into Argo as a character. It also introduces a character that is one of Arno's allies, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Users will be able to customize their character with a number of different dress options, including his hood, boots and more. Not only that, but the character will also be able to take advantage of a variety of weapons, with options including different blades, spears, maces and so on.
In general, the French Revolution has a number of controversial political issues and this game is no different. Assassin's Creed III attempted to relegate some of its political commentary, which can be critical of the revolution in an American context, by leaving it to optional entries in the game's encyclopedia. Assassin's Creed: Unity continues on with the tradition of being politically ambiguous.
"I think the French Revolution is the perfect setting for that ambiguity, because if you look at the French Revolution itself, the idea behind it is obviously that this is one of the first populist movements, when the people revolted against this old-school autocratic society," continued Amancio. "But the way the French Revolution proceeded, up to the Reign of Terror, you can definitely see how something that starts off as a genuinely positive idea can turn into a bloodbath and chaos."
Assassin's Creed: Unity will be released Nov. 11 in North America, Nov. 13 in Europe and Nov. 14 in the U.K. It will be released to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 andfor the PC.
