Many people would guess that I am a fan of the Assassin's Creed franchise, and they would be correct, last year I reviewed every PC title in the series in the lead up to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. With some exceptions, I have consistently enjoyed this franchise, so when Assassin's Creed Unity was announced I naturally wanted to play and review it.

Part of the premise of the Assassin's Creed franchise is that you are experiencing the lives of someone's ancestors by accessing genetic memories using the Animus. In Unity you play as Arno Dorian in the Animus, as French Assassin, alive during the French Revolution. Unlike the previous games, you never exit the Animus, though like Black Flag, the out-of-Animus character has no real name. Arno's life is not a very happy one as his father is murdered when he is young, and then his adoptive father is murdered in front of him. Then he learns about the Assassins and Templars, that his father was an Assassin, his adoptive father was a Templar Grandmaster, and his adoptive sister and love interest, Élise, is also a Templar. Then, to make matters worse for this fictional character, the game released in a rather rough state.