Assassin's Creed Unity

[Furrnox]

Yeah i don't understand either why the Royalists wear blue although nice screenies.

[Rigadoon]

What is really strange is that the Reign of Terror footage and the Storming of the Bastille footage both have blue uniforms. So now there are Royalist and Revolutionary soldiers wearing the same uniforms. For goodness' sake, aren't the developers French?

[joer5835]

French-Canadian.

Ubisoft itself is French, but the game is being developed by Ubisoft Montréal.

[Archduke Sven]

What is really strange is that the Reign of Terror footage and the Storming of the Bastille footage both have blue uniforms. So now there are Royalist and Revolutionary soldiers wearing the same uniforms. For goodness' sake, aren't the developers French?

Yes, because all of the Monarchy's soldiers wore all white uniforms...

Regiments such as the 53e, 62e, 77e, 89e, 94e, 99e, etc had the red and blue uniforms seen in the screenshots in 1791. Also if you paid attention you'd notice that the soldiers wearing blue uniforms aren't wearing the same pattern dress or colour of red that the Republican french army had. Thus we can assume that these are likely to be Royalist soldiers and not Republican soldiers (If not deserters/defectors) as everyone here presumed just because they weren't wearing white.

It seems like Ubisoft know way more than many of you chaps. Unless they fucked up so badly it ended up being coincidentally historically accurate.

[Duuring]

The only problem is that those units were 1. German and 2. Far from Paris during the revolution.

In fact, there were no regular army units in Paris at any time during the revolution. The National Guard had blue uniforms, but of a different pattern and those guys were on the side of the revolution from day one. This is why you can't find any pictures of the Royalist Army during the revolution - There wasn't one.

[Olafson]

Whatever, I will still buy it, just to look at the city and buildings.

[Archduke Sven]

The only problem is that those units were 1. German and 2. Far from Paris during the revolution.

In fact, there were no regular army units in Paris at any time during the revolution. The National Guard had blue uniforms, but of a different pattern and those guys were on the side of the revolution from day one.

And thats were i am assuming the alternate history parts come in.

[Furrnox]

Excuses

[Nipplestockings]

Excuses

Yeah, alt history doesn't seem at all like the reason for this. They don't deal in this type of alternate history anyway - and usually the secret plots and stuff related to that doesn't come in until far into the game - much less in the pre-release footage.

[EdwardC]

Introduction to Arno, our new Assassin.

[Colonel Howe]

Introduction to Arno, our new Assassin.

10/10 would sex again

[EdwardC]

Introduction
Arno Dorian (1768 – unknown) was a French-Austrian Assassin. Blaming himself for the death of his adoptive father and seeking redemption, he joined the Assassin Order in 1789 to expose the true powers behind the French Revolution.





Biography
Arno was a nobleman born and raised in Versailles, near Paris, until his father was assassinated when he was eight years old.

Equipment and skills
Arno was a witty, brash and charismatic Assassin, but he was also known to be stealthy and ruthless. He wore a dark blue hooded coat, waistcoat, and breeches with boots, rather than the stockings which were popular in his time. He used the Phantom Blade, effectively a wrist-mounted crossbow that fired poison darts, as well as a cutlass and a multi-barreled pistol.

Extra
    Arno's name is of Old German origin and can be translated to "eagle-wolf" or "the eagle rules", while Dorian is a Greek name meaning "gifted".

[Colonel Howe]

Introduction
Arno Dorian (1768 – unknown) was a French-Austrian Assassin. Blaming himself for the death of his adoptive father and seeking redemption, he joined the Assassin Order in 1789 to expose the true powers behind the French Revolution.





Biography
Arno was a nobleman born and raised in Versailles, near Paris, until his father was assassinated when he was eight years old.

Equipment and skills
Arno was a witty, brash and charismatic Assassin, but he was also known to be stealthy and ruthless. He wore a dark blue hooded coat, waistcoat, and breeches with boots, rather than the stockings which were popular in his time. He used the Phantom Blade, effectively a wrist-mounted crossbow that fired poison darts, as well as a cutlass and a multi-barreled pistol.

Extra
    Arno's name is of Old German origin and can be translated to "eagle-wolf" or "the eagle rules", while Dorian is a Greek name meaning "gifted".

Arno is also a river in Italy

#FunFactUFuck

[Betaknight]

What is really strange is that the Reign of Terror footage and the Storming of the Bastille footage both have blue uniforms. So now there are Royalist and Revolutionary soldiers wearing the same uniforms. For goodness' sake, aren't the developers French?

Yes, because all of the Monarchy's soldiers wore all white uniforms...

Regiments such as the 53e, 62e, 77e, 89e, 94e, 99e, etc had the red and blue uniforms seen in the screenshots in 1791. Also if you paid attention you'd notice that the soldiers wearing blue uniforms aren't wearing the same pattern dress or colour of red that the Republican french army had. Thus we can assume that these are likely to be Royalist soldiers and not Republican soldiers (If not deserters/defectors) as everyone here presumed just because they weren't wearing white.

It seems like Ubisoft know way more than many of you chaps. Unless they fucked up so badly it ended up being coincidentally historically accurate.

Yes but didn't the main part of the army wear white? Thus being more reasonable to add white uniforms for the royalists? Not to mention they could have added the Swiss Guards instead... It says the game begins in 1789.... So what... am I missing...

[Duuring]

Let's grab a book, shall we? Let me begin by saying that I was wrong saying there were no regular army units in Paris.

The 53rd, 62nd, 7th, 89th, 94th, 96th, 98th, 99th and 101st were Germans and had skyblue coats; the 63th-66th, 69th, 76th, 85th-88th, 92nd, 95th, 97th and 100th, red coats, the men being either Swiss or Irish. All Swiss regiments were disbanded in 1792, and additionally the 101th Royal-Liégeois left the country almost entirely in the same year. The light infantry, 12 battalions of them in 1789, wore green.

The only unit wearing darkblue was the National Guard, who wore this uniform. The National Guard, however, was pretty pro-Revolution (Technically they stormed the bastille), besides being organized officially only one day prior to the storming of the Bastille. Additionally, one of the 'Guard' regiments, The Gardes-Francaises joined the revolutionaries, who also wore these dark blue uniforms - Of serious different design then those shown in the game. The other guard regiment was the Swiss Guard, with the famous red uniforms, who stayed loyal to the end.

There were a couple of deserters from other regiments but they wore the white uniform of the standard line infantry. The regular army did not take the dark blue uniforms of the National Guard until 1792, with the abolishment of the monarchy and the start of the war of the First Coalition. Let's not forget that France was a constitutional monarchy for three years (well sorta).

Garrisoning the Bastille were Swiss line soldiers (red uniforms) and a Veteran company - No idea what they wore. The Revolutionaries also never actually took the Bastille - They only took the undefended outer plaza and then they played the waiting game, until the garrison commander gave up and ordered the drawn-bridge lowered.