Assassin's Creed: Unity has gained praise in recent years despite its notoriety during its initial release back in 2014. Ubisoft didn't stop supporting it, even giving away Assassin's Creed: Unity during the Notre Dame Fire. As the fall release of the Xbox Series X approaches, it appears that the console will give the game new life.
This news on the game comes from EuroGamer's own Digital Foundry, which offers in-depth technical analyses on software, tech products, and games especially. The latest analysis reveals that Assassin's Creed: Unity can run at 60 frames per second on the Xbox Series X. Digital Foundry released an article and a video on the YouTube channel of the same name showing AC: Unity running at 60 FPS on the new console. However, there is a caveat to this bit of normally good news.
Assassin's Creed: Unity had a rough start upon release due to the heavy focus by Ubisoft pushing the technological limits of the game and current-generation platforms. This would add a large strain on the gaming consoles' CPUs, which were initially locked at 900 resolution compared to the PC.
The consoles later caught up through patches and the release of the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, which let the game run at 30 FPS with brief instances of 60 FPS. This put the game at odds with itself, as AC: Unity would later run well, though with the detailed environments both inside and outside caused the frame rates to consistently drop.
The issues spawned a number of memes about Assassin's Creed: Unity that haven't gone away. However, the technical goals of AC: Unity are finally fulfillable, as the game runs can now run at locked 60 FPS on the Xbox Series X.
There is a catch; in order for the game to run at 60 FPS players will need a disc copy to avoid patches that would interfere with the performance. The disc is required because it possesses the original code that will let the game run with an unlocked frame rate to look and play better than ever before.
The game isn't running flawlessly, but the new console does give Assassin's Creed: Unity far better performance than it has on current-generation platforms in a while. It may be worth it for players with Xbox Series X pre-orders to get an original disc copy of the game, and that avoid downloading the latest patches when prompted. This way, players will be able to see and play the game as it was intended at its fullest potential.
Assassin's Creed: Unity is now available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: EuroGamer