You've always been able to trek over the rooftops on your way to missions in Assassin's Creed titles, but the general structure of missions has always been relatively linear. As we've seen in the most recent trailers for the game, Unity opens up missions in new and interesting ways, both in the main story and outside of it. In the main mission we've seen, Arno, now newly inducted into the Assassins, must infiltrate Notre Dame cathedral to get to his target. He can do this in several ways; should you steal the keys from a guard, or perhaps fight your way inside? If most missions have multiple options to get them done like this one, the AC Unity experience may well be good for not just one playthrough, but several. It also gives gamers much more chance to experience the game in the way they want, rather than follow predefined paths. Ubisoft has also gone on record stating that the side missions are much more dynamic. Arno may, for example, come across a murder and have to start investigating. It all sounds like much more of an open, gamer-driven experience than ever before, and were very excited about that. It's looking like a good year for Assassin's Creed. Let's just hope that Ubisoft delivers when the time comes for Unity to shoot its Phantom Blade into our lives. What are you looking forward to the most about AC Unity? Or are you still put off altogether? Let us know your thoughts in the comments box!
Dan Curtis is approximately one-half videogame knowledge, and the other half inexplicable Geordie accent. He's also one quarter of the Factory Sealed Retro Gaming podcast.
