{"id":70528,"date":"2014-11-13T11:04:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T09:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=70528"},"modified":"2014-11-13T11:06:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T09:06:07","slug":"ubisoft-is-fixing-broken-assassins-creed-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/70528-ubisoft-is-fixing-broken-assassins-creed-unity","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft is fixing broken Assassin&#8217;s Creed Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft took a lot of criticism for the state of Watch Dogs when it was launched, with <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/65187-watch-dogs-pc-launch-travesty.html\" target=\"_blank\">James sharing his experience<\/a> (and the experience of many other gamers) after the title failed to work properly.<\/p>\n<p>Surely the gaming giant would do everything in its power to avoid another launch &#8220;travesty&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Well, if news reports &#8211; and Ubisoft&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed website &#8211; are anything to go by, then Unity may be on a similarly rocky road.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/assassinscreed.ubi.com\/en-US\/news\/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:152-184353-16&amp;ct=tcm:148-76770-32\" target=\"_blank\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed site<\/a>, the men and women behind the game are working hard on an update to fix the following issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arno falling through the ground;<\/li>\n<li>Game crashing when joining a co-op session;<\/li>\n<li>Arno getting caught inside of hay carts;<\/li>\n<li>Delay in reaching the main menu screen at game start.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m no expert, but I am quite sure that the game&#8217;s main character falling through the floor is something that should be ironed out before the game is released.<\/p>\n<p>Other issues will also be addressed in the coming update:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Frame rate issues;<\/li>\n<li>Graphical and collision issues;<\/li>\n<li>Matchmaking co-op issues;<\/li>\n<li>Helix Credits issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bear in mind that Ubisoft has already released a 900MB Day 1 patch (the game only launched this week, 10-14 November 2014) which sought to address\u00a0various animation, camera, and HUD issues; and\u00a0provide fixes for single-player and co-op mode.<\/p>\n<p>Problems with AI detection and reaction were also reportedly addressed in the initial patch.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous gaming publications reported that gamers were experiencing &#8220;crazy low frame rates, along with problems like bugs and texture pop-in&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Comments on the Assassin&#8217;s Creed website revealed others were experiencing more serious problems, though, like the inability to even play the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t even get past the first loading screen before it crashes. This is really irritating,&#8221; said combat master, <a href=\"http:\/\/assassinscreed.ubi.com\/en-US\/news\/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:152-184349-16&amp;ct=tcm:148-76770-32\" target=\"_blank\">masteratcombat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some problems were more comical.<\/p>\n<p>Throat jabbing user, THROATJAB35\u00a0said: &#8220;How about chasing a guy for 15 minutes that you are SUPPOSED to tackle in the story and can&#8217;t. It was like something out of a comedy us bumping into each other and me button mashing like I was playing Mortal Kombat!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/clQfCP3NFuc?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you having problems with Assassin&#8217;s Creed Unity? 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