One of the “love it or hate it” features in the latest “Assassin’s Creed: Unity” was the “companion app” that came with the game, which allowed players to continue their progress and improve their performance on their mobile devices, even when they weren’t playing the main game itself. And even though the feature was quite fun to play with, some players noted their annoyance at the fact that they felt forced to use the app if they wanted to optimize their playing performance.
It’s understandable where this annoyance was coming from as well, as some parts of the game’s content were locked behind the companion app. Now, all players will be on the same equal playing level, even if they choose to not use the app at all.
The new patch also addresses some issues with the game, mostly fixing bugs and introducing small balance changes, and Ubisoft are also releasing a separate patch unique to the PC version, which fixes some specific issues with it.
In the new patch, various crashes and stability issues have been fixed, and players should no longer find their gear and outfits getting locked after they’ve successfully unlocked them through their progress. A few missions had game-breaking bugs in them as well, such as objectives failing to spawn, and those have been resolved too.
Other minor fixes include polishing the UI, improving the way the game handles navigation, and also fixing outstanding problems with “My Club”, something that players regularly complain about on Ubisoft’s forums. In general, the game’s online stability has been addressed to a large extent in the new update, and players should find online matchmaking to be much more reasonable and reliable after this patch.
Ubisoft have been working hard on the game lately, and they seem determined to fix the public opinion about the franchise, after damaging it somewhat with more recent releases. It’s clear that Ubisoft still see a lot of potential in the future of the series, but if they are to realize it, they will need to earn back their fans’ trust. And the only way this is happening is if they keep working on their current game, and show their fans that they’re willing to give the title the post-release support that it deserves.
Because in the end, one of the biggest issues surrounding Ubisoft’s games right now is the technical state in which they’re released. But even if the studio can’t manage to fix their development style in order to release their games in a more polished state, they can at least show that they’re willing to support them afterwards, similar to other studios like Bethesda.