My favourite thing about Assassin’s Creed isn’t the actual gameplay, or the killing or the convoluted, nonsensical story. No, it’s the historical tourism, and it’s in this area that Paris-bound Assassin’s Creed Unity has it waxed. There’s so much rich, mostly accurate history at play, along with a wonderfully realised digital Paris that recreates many of Paris’ moist majestic monuments in exquisite detail. At 20 frames (and as many glitches) per second, sure – but it’s beautiful, and expertly crafted. A series of juxtaposed pictures by photographer Damien Hypolite show just how much attention to detail Ubisoft’s put in to the game. It’s a pity they couldn’t put that sort of attention to detail in their quality assurance.
Ubisoft’s attempts to capture Paris’ unique architecture should certainly be applauded, because for the most part, they’re spot on.
You can see more, on Tumblr.
Assassin’s Creed Unity was released last month for the newer consoles and PC, but was unfortunately released in a but of a broken state. 3 patches later, and it’s still not quite the game it should be.
Last Updated: December 1, 2014
HairyEwok
December 1, 2014 at 14:04
So I could just buy Assassins Creed Unity if I don’t have enough cash to buy a plane ticket to Paris?
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2014 at 14:04
I’d rather go to Paris. But not on a plane built by Ubisoft
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
December 1, 2014 at 14:41
Still [slightly] safer than going on a plane built by Eskom.
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2014 at 14:44
Aww snap
Jaded_Reprobate
December 1, 2014 at 14:04
yeah, if you’re keen on viewing Paris in stop motion
ToshZA
December 1, 2014 at 14:04
It’ll be less frustrating getting the Visa and saving for the trip.
HairyEwok
December 1, 2014 at 14:06
Yeah I’m taking that back. I’d rather be there in person. Better graphics and no stuttering or people without faces doing cart racing while sitting down. If paris in real life was like the game i would shit myself out of fear.
Matthew Holliday
December 1, 2014 at 14:24
you would be stuttering while trying to get the french to stop ignoring you.
apparently its not the most hospitibal place.
graphics… debatable. the architecture in the game looks pretty fantastic. youd be a lucky man if you got that kind of lighting IRL.
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 1, 2014 at 14:07
Actually a Visa would be easier to get than getting a UPlay account to work right
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
December 1, 2014 at 14:40
I purchased a Ubisoft game on Humble Bundle and had to redeem it on Uplay.
After creating my account and installing Uplay I was about to login when Eskom struck.
Once power came on (late as you probably guessed) I discovered that Uplay had become corrupt.
Once I reinstalled Uplay and redeemed the game I discovered that it only shows the 3rd expansion in my games library and I can’t figure out if it’s just the stand-alone expansion or the Complete Edition that I purchased.
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 1, 2014 at 14:52
Typical U-Don’tPlay
Matthew Holliday
December 1, 2014 at 14:22
paris wouldnt crash on you though.
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 1, 2014 at 14:06
That’s actually rather impressive
Hammersteyn
December 1, 2014 at 14:07
He should do the same if they make a game in WW2 Hiroshima………………………oh wait.
HairyEwok
December 1, 2014 at 15:06
I see what you did there dropping the A-bomb.
Matthew Holliday
December 1, 2014 at 14:21
the game would be good if it wasnt apparently so broken.
Raptor Rants A Lot
December 1, 2014 at 14:53
Indeed. So much effort put in to it and yet such a failure because of poor quality control
juliana
December 1, 2014 at 23:32
my buddy’s sister makes $73 /hour on the computer . She has been fired from work for seven months but last month her income was $18484 just working on the computer for a few hours. Look At This
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Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
December 1, 2014 at 14:33
Agreed.
Kensei Seraph No DA:I spoilers
December 1, 2014 at 14:35
I blame the lack of cheats for the poor QA in modern games.
In the older games the devs would code in shortcuts to make testing easier but nowadays those shortcuts are viewed poorly.
How are they supposed to test that the final boss fight works if it takes 10 hour to get to that fight only to realize something is broken so they then need to fix it and spend another 10 hours to retest properly?
RinceThis
December 1, 2014 at 14:40
Playing Assassins’s Creed brings a new meaning to the expression ‘we’ll always have Paris’…
RinceThis
December 1, 2014 at 14:40
At least Hilton’s One Night in Paris wasn’t a buggy mess.
MakeItLegal
December 1, 2014 at 15:33
when u play , their is a stupid amount of detail , just not all npcs
Peet Luckhoff
December 1, 2014 at 15:42
Rainy day…