Med en ny konsolgeneration kommer nye, friske spiloplevelser. Assassin's Creed: Unity er på mange måder seriens debut på de nye konsoller, for selvom vi kunne spille Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag på PS4 og Xbox One, er det først med Unity at serien rigtigt kan udnytte de ekstra hestekræfter. Og for nye spillere skulle Unity være et glimrende sted at starte på serien, i hvert fald hvis man skal tro Ubisoft selv.
Creative director Alex Amancio mener, at Assassin's Creed: Unity udgør en ny start for serien:
"It's a new start, it's a new narrative start. That is symbolized by a completely new context for the present day. You've seen a little bit of an evolution with Black Flag, [but] we're not going to do the same thing. What we're doing with Unity is really the beginning [of] this new cycle of Assassin's Creed games."
"Because it's new, we can actually explain it properly because nobody is going to feel like it's redundant. I would say that Assassin's Creed Unity is the best entry point for the franchise since 'AC1'."