Well done for beta testing the game everyone; Assassin’s Creed Unity may resemble a finished product later this week. Ubisoft has announced that it will be launching a brand new PlayStation 4 patch for its plagued Parisian escapade tomorrow, which will improve the title’s frame rate – and fix a frightening number of bugs that somehow snuck into the retail release.
These issues range from getting stuck in hay carts to non-playable characters running on the spot, and much more. You can peruse the full changelog through here, but you may want to set aside half a day or so, because it’s long. In truth, seeing as we actually enjoyed Arno’s adventure when it worked, we’re pleased to see all of these improvements – but we have to imagine that the publisher knew about many of these problems prior to release. Not really good enough, is it?
[source forums.ubi.com]
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Never thought ubisoft would stoop that low i always thought they had a decent reputation compared to the likes of EA guess i was wrong oh well.
More concerned about about collision detection than frame rate (though good to know it is improved) as that causes lots of strange happenings an impacts free running. Hopefully that is addressed too. I'm sure there will be further patches coming down the line. Playing FC4 first, and hoping this is in a better state by Christmas!
I've been playing for a good few hours on PS4, and as of yet I've only experienced a few bugs. I couldn't care less about NPCs randomly dropping out of the map or getting stuck in place; that amuses me. I care about mission-stopping bugs like getting stuck on scenery or a character I'm supposed to be following gets stuck behind something. I've had that happen a couple of time, but only to the point that I curse a little and then just restart the checkpoint.
I haven't encountered half of the issues others have, and that's why it's clear to see that not everybody will have the same experience, including Ubisoft. Yes, the game needed more time in development, but they've done nothing but keep the fixes coming, which is better than most. Obviously it's not acceptable, but then consumers are greedy and they expect their games as quick as possible. We only have ourselves to blame, buying in to the yearly iterations of shooters and sports titles. We asked for this, and this is what we get. We bite the hand that feeds, especially as we're always asking for more.
@Crimson_Ridley not true, these dev companies have huge teams to match all the money they get so they can get much more done in less time and they even contract some work to other companies (Ubisoft has done that). So it actually does come down to thorough testing.
and Ubisoft has a bad track record for releasing games like this, in case you didn't know.
Oh, I'm well aware of how Ubisoft has been doing things in recent years. I'm also well aware that they haven't fixed things as quickly as they are doing now in the past. Rayman Raving Rabbids released on the 360 with so many broken achievements, and Ubisoft all but said "Meh" to it. They've become EA under a different name, but I'm happy that they're at least doing something for now, and as I said not everybody's experience has been as bad.
What I'm saying is, we're as greedy for games as companies are for money. If we didn't support yearly iterations, Assassin's Creed would never have become one. AC1 and 2 were years apart, and the difference in quality was incredible. We can sit and blame developers all day, but it's a large majority of our community that has allowed this. I love the Assassin's Creed series, so I'm one of the guilty people that have bought it each year.
Remind me again why we should pay $60 for this? If the game is not complete, I refuse to pay full price.
Hmm to be fair ubisoft stretched itself thin by releasing two assassin creed games in a year and the crew shortly after. Think it's more of an operational problem. Time will tell if they learn their lesson.......
I just finished rogue earlier today and started unity. I downloaded the patch first though. Its been good. I havent seen any huge dips in frame rate. Everything has been pretty good. Cant imagine it being smoother late this week.
@Crimson_Ridley whatever you think. It's not OK to release a game full of bugs thinking to fix it later with patch.
@GHO5T-08-12-80 Same
@GHO5T-08-12-80 I thought that too
There is no way I would ever purchase a Ubisoft title day anymore. I was going to get Far Cry 4 but I think I'll wait until it's MP works and it's a little cheaper. Ubisoft have another big new IP due out early next year called The Devision and god only knows what state that'll be in.
OK if the frustrate has been improved can we have 1080p now please?
@whywai88 I didn't say it was OK. Refer to my first comment, where I clearly said "obviously it's not acceptable".
This is how Ubisoft convinced me I want to buy their games when they get discounted
@Crimson_Ridley Yea im with ya. If we want this to stop then we simply need to stop buying. Until then they will keep pumping out crap to us.
EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, naughty dog, every company make games to make profit and gamers play to have fun. So punish a company that have wronged you by not buying the game or next game... gamers need to get some more chill pills. I know it is hard to not buy games you want ( i buy way to much games) but i have ignored NHL 15 this winter because they removed so much from the game, and thats a game i have bought every year for 10 years.
Gamers need to say no. the whining doesnt help when you bought the game
so is the game out of Alpha yet?
I just hope all of the major story/mission breaking glitches are patched by the time I get around to finally owning a PS4 and playing Unity.
(I'm still playing AC1 PS3 here)
By the time I get this for Christmas, there be a massive back catalogue of patches to download.
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