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Ditch your companion app for Assassin’s Creed Unity

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One of the great joys of the Assassin’s Creed franchise is wandering around and opening people’s chests hidden on balconies or in back gardens. A fun quest for loot, the thrill of discovery, of course it’s great… except when the chest is locked because you haven’t done enough in some lame companion app. Ubisoft has finally realized this and making the game a bit more fun.

According to the announcement for Patch 5, it’s already available for Xbox One and PS4. The patch will resolve a bunch of reported issues including the ‘Find Leon” objective not showing up and the re-locking of weapon and equipment rewards after they’ve been earned. But more interesting is the next bit:

Additionally, we will be unlocking all content exclusive to Initiates and the Companion App, including both blue and gold chests. Players can still progress on the Companion App, they just will no longer be required to complete content to unlock in-game chests.

Excellent news! This was one of my biggest gripes about the game and it certainly broke immersion; there’s nothing worse than trying to open a quest only to be told that you need to stop playing the game you’re actually enjoying and go do something else. Might as well just go play something else entirely.

PC-specific fixes for performance, connectivity and general stability issues will be available when the PC version of the update releases. However, it’s not yet available; Ubisoft is estimating that it will come out at the end of the week which should be today. Perhaps you’ll be able to enjoy a better experience by this weekend, or maybe next week.

I’m glad that Ubisoft is fixing the game. Maybe in a few months time it will be the game that I was actually looking forward to playing. But is it too little too late? Or are we all willing to forgive them, provided the game becomes available in a glorious sale soon?

Last Updated: February 20, 2015

32 Comments

  1. Rock789

    February 20, 2015 at 08:13

    For me, the combat still gripes me the most about this game… They completely changed it, and I don’t feel it’s for the better. Maybe I just need to get used to it… But when playing any other AC game (I’m busy playing AC Rogue and am really enjoying it – nothing new for the franchise, but it’s very much like ACIV, and that’s a good thing) the combat always feels flowy and fun – and if you die, it’s because you messed up and didn’t time your moves correctly… And I like that.

    In AC Unity it’s very different and it feels more like a crapshoot – you may or may not strike or block the incoming blow… Who knows! It’s just a little odd… LIke I said – probably just need to get used to it (still early in the game). I shall persevere! 🙂

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    • TehBrad

      February 20, 2015 at 11:21

      I found that this AC has the worst movement out of all the series. I used to be able to easily climb and navigate around buildings and smoothly sprint around and over things.

      Now I velcro to everything, can’t step over a chain, get stuck on a column and scoot backwards and forwards along a building because I can’t get around a corner.

      I’m having a bit of trouble with the combat as well. I seem to die really really easy. No matter how many buildings I climb over someone seems to be able to still shoot me.

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  2. Admiral Chief

    February 20, 2015 at 08:13

    Wow, I never heard about this silly app. At least it has been fixed.

    What a crappy thing to do, then again, its OOBI, so nothing they do to screw the gamer surprises me any more

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    • Rock789

      February 20, 2015 at 08:15

      Yeah, no idea how anyone could think, “Yes, this is an awesome idea!” Glad they’ve removed it!

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      • Admiral Chief

        February 20, 2015 at 08:19

        You probably had to buy the app or things inside the app

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  3. Hammersteyn

    February 20, 2015 at 08:15

    I think a companion app can be useful if implemented correctly. Training a dog on your phone in GTAV isn’t the right way, neither was Destiny’s app very useful. I’m not so sure Ubi had they right idea either.

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    • WitWolfy

      February 20, 2015 at 08:38

      The best companion app was with AC 4. Spent hours on that thing. Was quite addictive.

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  4. WitWolfy

    February 20, 2015 at 08:16

    Cool now I can actually gat that open all chests Trophy!! (WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE!?)

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  5. Blood Emperor Trevor

    February 20, 2015 at 08:20

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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  6. Raptor Rants A Lot:Original #7

    February 20, 2015 at 08:25

    “Maybe in a few months time it will be the game that I was actually looking forward to playing.”

    Why should anyone wait that long for things to be fixed?

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    • Admiral Chief

      February 20, 2015 at 08:27

      Should wait about 7 months before you buy a “new” game

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    • Blood Emperor Trevor

      February 20, 2015 at 08:28

      Because we need to be grateful for games being made, by companies, for money.

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      • Ranting Raptor

        February 20, 2015 at 08:31

        Greatful that we can afford to buy them and should never complain! Sorry! You are of course right!

        How dare I be so entitled!

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        • Blood Emperor Trevor

          February 20, 2015 at 08:34

          Exactly. Think of the poor starving children of all the Ubisoft vice-presidents who went to bed last night without their caviar for breakfast, lunch AND supper. You monster.

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      • RinceThis

        February 20, 2015 at 08:43

    • Hammersteyn

      February 20, 2015 at 08:28

      Because they made their money and are already working on the next yearly release

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    • WitWolfy

      February 20, 2015 at 08:28

      We should ask ANC the same thing 😉

      Reply

  7. RinceThis

    February 20, 2015 at 08:28

    Nothing like making something part of a game, probably after the suits sat down and came up with it, only to turn around later and say ‘well fuck me, it was crap idea, fire whoever thought that’! http://i.imgur.com/Z4UqVXn.gif

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    • Hammersteyn

      February 20, 2015 at 08:30

      Vince always had a way that you can save your job, but I would never join that club.

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    • Blood Emperor Trevor

      February 20, 2015 at 08:30

      Fired? LOL. Oh you poor, naive little… person.

      They’ll just try another way to make it work. They want to be on your phone.

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    • WitWolfy

      February 20, 2015 at 08:40

      Fair enough as awesome as the app was it rarely worked anyways… I’d do a few land marks and wait for days to get money even after my assassins completed the missions.

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    • oVg

      February 20, 2015 at 09:01

      lol

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  8. Viking Of Science

    February 20, 2015 at 09:13

    It’ll be worth playing after Victory, or whatever they decide to call it, is out…. maybe….

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  9. ZombieDogma

    February 20, 2015 at 09:45

    I might actually start playing again. Between the network interrupts and the constant “Thou get ye flask without playing our app”, I’d just stopped half-way through.

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  10. Lardus-Resident Perve

    February 20, 2015 at 11:34

    No forgiveness for releasing incomplete and untested games!

    Reply

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