Hvorfor figurerne i det kommende Assassin's Creed: Unity taler engelsk med britisk accent snarere end fransk, har nogle fans af serien har studset over siden de første mellemsekvenser fra spillet blev vist frem. Og dette "kunstneriske valg" har creative director Alex Amencio spredt lidt lys over i et interview på Ubiblog.
Han siger: "The idea is that the Animus is translating everything into the language you're playing in. That's why, since you're an Anglophone, you're hearing all the dialogue and cinematics in English. It would really make no sense for there to be a French accent because that would mean that this French character is trying to address you in accented English. Everyone in the game is not trying to speak English for your benefit."
Ifølge Amancio valgte udviklerne britiske accenter, fordi de føles mere repræsentative for tidsperioden end amerikanske accenter havde gjort. Det er også værd at notere, at alle "statisterne" i spillet vil tale fransk:
"The only lines that are going to be translated into English are gameplay-related elements that we need to convey to the player. Those parts will be in English. Everything else is in French. You'll really have the immersion of walking around in Paris and hearing everyone speaking French."
For purister kan man endda vælge at få al dialog på fransk med undertekster.