Assassin's Creed Unity: 8 Things It Does Better Than The Rest

6. There's A More Visible Hierarchy To Society

After years of consistent releases, the faithful players who continue to return to play out the trials of the Creed will have a pretty solid idea about how its story will play out. Take an athletic and talented nobody, force him through some early adversity at the hands of the murderous Templars, introduce him to the Creed where his true potential can be revealed before finally letting him loose to exact his long-desired revenge. Boiled down to these basic elements it sounds boring, but the package Ubisoft puts around each recreation of this is what has seen the series thrive. With the franchise now successfully out of its infancy and adolescence, the simple change of taking the events to a new location and point in history isn't quite enough to keep things fresh anymore. While Unity's story is built entirely on the same basis as the other titles, Ubisoft have started to realise that they can prolong its success without too many drastic changes. With this latest instalment, Ubisoft have managed to keep the events exciting by creating a feeling that it actually affects everyone in the city, rather than just the prosperous followers of the Templar and Assassin guilds. In AC: Unity, the conspiring Templars enlist the help of servants from the depths of Paris' criminal underworld through to members of its elite society. As a result, the whole city becomes entangled in suffering and players will experience a sense of desperation behind their actions. These games have always been extremely easy to get distracted in, but when the stakes are high getting distracted feels like failure. The hierarchy sees players fighting for the prosperity of the downtrodden, and it gives the story some much-needed gravity.