History Trivia / AssassinsCreedUnity

* RereleasedForFree: In support of the restoration effort after the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire on 15 April 2019, Ubisoft decided to [[https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/348227/supporting-notre-dame-de-paris offer the game for free]] on Uplay between 17-25 April 2019.

* RereleasedForFree: In support of the Notre-Dame fire on 15 April 2019, Ubisoft decided to [[https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/348227/supporting-notre-dame-de-paris offer the game for free]] on Uplay between 17-25 April 2019.

* CastingGag: In the Japanese version, Arno is voiced by Creator/ShinichiroMiki, who also voiced [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight another character]] called Assassin.

* DuelingGames: An odd example of such as it is two games ''within the same franchise.'' The biggest rivalry for Unity fans right now is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'', which was released the same day.

** "Assassin's Creed Unity- the most British French game ever made." A reference to how the game's French characters all speak in British accents.

* InternetCounterattack: When Ubisoft said that they wouldn't be including female co-op avatars, because it's a "reality of game development" [[http://subaquaticartisan.tumblr.com/post/88445947375/some-tweets-calling-ubisoft-out-on-their-bullshit fans were quick to call them out on how unfair that is.]] It's also rather justified, considering how the Assassin's Creed series has prided itself on historical accuracy, and [[https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=french%20revolution%20female%20assassin a simple google search for "french revolution female assassin"]] yields a ''knockout result.''[[labelnote:Explanation]]When a search has a simple and widely accepted answer, google will place it above the first link.[[/labelnote]] Indeed one commentator noted that the most famous assassination in the Revolution was committed by a woman, an event celebrated in chronicled plays, opera, paintings. Marat's assassination is even a plot point in-game, albeit a side mission! Alongside that, female Assassins are ''painfully'' in canon- Maria Thorpe, James Kidd, Rosa, Ezio's sister, Bonnie, the ''countless'' female Assassins Ezio can recruit in ''Brotherhood'' and ''Revelations'', the numerous NPC female Assassins in ''Black Flag'', but aside from Aveline starring in a side-game like ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation'', there still hasn't been a star for the mainline game.
** Additionally, the reveal that Ubisoft placed a review embargo to prevent reviewers from publishing their criticisms until 12 hours post game launch. With already a number of debates and firestorms going on already regarding the gaming industries treatment of consumers, and the legitimacy and integrity of reviewers, the embargo has not only angered customers, but reviewers as well. A fair number of them are now pledging that any games from now on with review embargo's beyond launch will either not be reviewed, or the embargo ignored.

** The original concept for ''Unity'' was inspired by ''Film/TheRedViolin'', i.e. following artifacts as they changed hands through the centuries. This was regarded as too ambitious but the idea survived to form the "Time Anomalies" feature and the Jacques de Molay prologue.

** Arno was originally going to be paired up with a young child thief, but that idea was dropped due to fear of creating a {{Scrappy}}. Eventually that idea would be recycled in ''Dead Kings'' in the form of Leon.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Female Assassins for co-op were considered, but [[http://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/27ut97/distinct_lack_of_female_characters_due_to/ci5z8i7 it was decided that it would have meant that something else would have been cut.]]

** Frenchzio for Arno has become a joking nickname for those fans who note his many-many similarities to Ezio.

** Frenchzio for Arno has become a joking nickname for those fans who note his many-many similarities to Ezio. Others call him, much like Bellec, "Pisspot".

** Frenchzio for Arno has become a joking nickname for those fans who note his many-many similarities to Ezio.

* InternetCounterattack: When Ubisoft said that they wouldn't be including female co-op avatars, because it's a "reality of game development" [[http://subaquaticartisan.tumblr.com/post/88445947375/some-tweets-calling-ubisoft-out-on-their-bullshit fans were quick to call them out on how unfair that is.]] It's also rather justified, considering how the Assassin's Creed series has prided itself on historical accuracy, and [[https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=french%20revolution%20female%20assassin a simple google search for "french revolution female assassin"]] yields a ''knockout result.''[[labelnote:Explanation]]When a search has a simple and widely accepted answer, google will place it above the first link.[[/labelnote]] Indeed one commentator noted that the most famous assassination in the Revolution was committed by a woman, an event celebrated in chronicled plays, opera, paintings. Marat's assassination is even a plot point in-game! Alongside that, female Assassins are ''painfully'' in canon- Maria Thorpe, James Kidd, Rosa, Ezio's sister, Bonnie, the ''countless'' female Assassins Ezio can recruit in ''Brotherhood'' and ''Revelations'', the numerous NPC female Assassins in ''Black Flag'', but aside from Aveline starring in a side-game like ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation'', there still hasn't been a star for the mainline game.

* InternetCounterattack:
** When Ubisoft said that they wouldn't be including female co-op avatars, because it's a "reality of game development" [[http://subaquaticartisan.tumblr.com/post/88445947375/some-tweets-calling-ubisoft-out-on-their-bullshit fans were quick to call them out on how unfair that is.]] It's also rather justified, considering how the Assassin's Creed series has prided itself on historical accuracy, and [[https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=french%20revolution%20female%20assassin a simple google search for "french revolution female assassin"]] yields a ''knockout result.''[[labelnote:Explanation]]When a search has a simple and widely accepted answer, google will place it above the first link.[[/labelnote]] Indeed one commentator noted that the most famous assassination in the Revolution was committed by a woman, an event celebrated in chronicled plays, opera, paintings. Marat's assassination is even a plot point in-game! Alongside that, female Assassins are ''painfully'' in canon- Maria Thorpe, James Kidd, Rosa, Ezio's sister, Bonnie, the ''countless'' female Assassins Ezio can recruit in ''Brotherhood'' and ''Revelations'', the numerous NPC female Assassins in ''Black Flag'', but aside from Aveline starring in a side-game like ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIIILiberation'', there still hasn't been a star for the mainline game.
** A relatively minor example is the lack of French accents with the primary characters, with multiple French gamers expressing their thoughts about how Ubisoft, a ''French'' studio, doing a game about one of France's proudest moments... is making the voice actors use ''British'' accents.

* InternetBacklash:

* FakeNationality: Dan Jeannotte, who is Canadian, is playing the French/Austrian Arno Dorian.

** Also, we have Ice-Cream Man, and Axeman.