Assassin's Creed Identity, a whole console game on our iPhone

One of the most popular games on consoles has recently reached our most portable devices, our smartphones are today powerful enough to run video games at the level of Assassin's Creed, and that is why Ubisoft wanted to delight us with a new graphic adventure, Assassin's Creed Identity.

Assassin's Creed Identity, unlike previous installments, is a 3D game that is much closer to what we previously know of this saga, and that is have made use of the Unity graphics engine to provide us with an absolutely amazing environment and gameplay worth considering, a full-blown proof that big developers see a future for great video games on these platforms.

Graphical environment

As we have already mentioned, the graphical environment of this game is based on Unity, a powerful graphics engine that we already know well enough for bringing the best games to these platforms (along with Unreal Engine).

Assassin's Creed Identity happens in Italy, a classic already in this saga, and in this boot-shaped country we will have to create and improve our own assassin from different classes and styles of play, this is a detail that is appreciated since it allows the player get a more personalized experience instead of leading them all down the same path.

To give you an idea of ​​the extent to which they have worked on this game, the character moves through large maps being able to climb and jump between buildings in 3D at all times and without this implying a lag or "freezing" effect, not only is it a game with a high graphic load but it is well built so that the experience is fluid and immersive, but beware, it is the first game that I have seen capable of making my iPhone 6s warm, so be careful with the ambient temperature and with the way we play it since after a good session it can leave us quite hot.

Gameplay

From Ubisoft they understand that touch screens are not the best way to play these video games, so they have offered 3 control systems to be chosen by the user at all times, we can use virtual joysticks on the screen, guide our character by touching where we want them to go or even (the most recommended) use an MFi remote for a full experience and a broader vision of the environment.

This is where perhaps the difference is most noticeable, and it is that if we use an MFi remote control we will not only obtain an experience more similar to that provided by a console, but we will avoid worrying about the heat that our device can generate and we will obtain a complete vision of the environment by not having both hands occupying half the screen, which added to an iPhone 6s Plus must be a brutal experience.

Combat system

The combat system is what perhaps there is something far from the consoles, and we do not have so many weapons or so many options, especially because on a touch screen it is unfeasible (and from Ubisoft they cannot have guarantees that the user will use a command or force him to use it), despite this we obtain fighting with swords in real time and we can make use of various skills that over time we will learn and improve, all with the possibility of fleeing the fight to give a greater sense of realism (not forcing ourselves to overcome the fight).

Future of videogames

Ubisoft's efforts are just the beginning of what's to come, with more and more powerful phones the future of videogames has a lot of presence on these platforms, and we have already recently told you about projects such as Galaxy on Fire 3 (perhaps the most ambitious to date, nothing to do with the AppleTV version), and surely after them will come more installments of Asphalt, Modern Combat and many more.