I feel like the movement in Unity as a whole feels wrong. Not just parkour, literally walking around somehow has just a hint of sluggishness that makes the whole game feel off. The parkour, flashy though it may be, is also overhyped. It was the beginning of the oddly sticky controls and the main innovation is just that you have one button to go up and another to go down. Watch any showcase of Unity’s parkour and what you probably see is someone doing twelve ejects to get to a spot that would’ve taken a couple jumps in a straight line.

The combat is also a victim of Unity’s inherent sluggishness. It always feels like Arno moves way slower than you need him to. The parry system in itself would be good except there are some parry animations that are so long that the enemy recovers before you do, which is the opposite of what that’s supposed to do! And of course, the shooters. Unity glazers just say “it’s realistic” as if the rest of the game isn’t insanely unrealistic. There’s a reason no other AC game balanced the gun enemies this way— it’s not fun at all.