If you were into video games when Assassin's Creed Unity launched, then you'll likely remember just how divisive a release it was. For every person praising the beautiful visuals, there was another bemoaning the bugs and glitches that it shipped with (there were a lot so the latter is totally fair enough).
Following the story of Assassin protagonist Arno as he seeks to learn more about his family and the struggle between his group and the Templars, on the eve of the French Revolution. The story is pretty solid and the game features a near 1:1 recreation of late-18th century Paris that is still pretty stunning to walk around if you play today, let alone in 2014 when it first released.
There are also a ton of customisation options and a memorable cast of characters that make it well worth revisiting in 2025. Additionally almost all of the bugs are now gone, which is a pretty solid achievement bearing in mind that they were so egregious in early versions of the game that Ubisoft had to offer a free title of the player's choosing to those who had bought the season pass.
All of that in mind, it's a great choice for most players in 2025, but those of you running beefy PC hardware may be able to get it looking like a brand new AAA release.
Paris Never Looked So Good
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Over on YouTube, the channel Digital Dreams uploaded a gameplay showcase of Assassin's Creed Unity running with several visual mods installed that really do make it look totally at home in 2025.
It features full ray tracing that elevates the lighting significantly in both internal an external environments. It's also running in a pretty staggering 8K resolution, so the surface textures and environments really do look better than they ever have.
Many of the changes to the lighting come thanks to the Apex Reshade mod, which boasts brighter and more accurate rays during the daytime, and much more inky blacks for those darker moments.
The only bad news if you're looking to replicate this visual setup in your own game of Assassin's Creed Unity is that it will require a pretty beefy PC to do so and maintain a playable frame rate. The original uploader is using an RTX 5090 graphics card to make it a reality, and you'll likely need something close to that kind of power (without a throttling CPU) if you want to do the same.
Topics: Ubisoft, Mods, Assassins Creed