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On October 6, 2014, Ubisoft announced that they had enlisted the help of academic historians such as Laurent Turcot, professor at [[Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières]] for daily life of 18th-century Paris, and Jean Clement Martin, a professor at the [[University of Paris (post-1970)|Sorbonne]], to revise the script.<ref>{{cite web | author=Beer, Jeff | title=The (fun, violent) History lesson inside "Assassin's Creed Unity" | date=October 22, 2014 | url=http://www.fastcocreate.com/3037212/the-fun-violent-history-lesson-inside-assassins-creed-unity | access-date=October 27, 2014 | archive-date=August 1, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801162317/http://www.fastcocreate.com/3037212/the-fun-violent-history-lesson-inside-assassins-creed-unity | url-status=live }}</ref>
Like other games in the series, ''Unity'' portrays a large number of real world Parisian landmarks, including the [[Tuileries Palace]] and [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame Cathedral]] and, through the time anomalies feature, it also includes the [[Eiffel Tower]] and the [[Statue of Liberty]], neither of which existed at the time of the French Revolution.<ref>http://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2014/00075547-la-faille-temporelle-d-assassin-s-creed-unity.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031212304/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2014/00075547-la-faille-temporelle-d-assassin-s-creed-unity.htm |date=October 31, 2014 }} La faille temporelle d'Assassin's Creed Unity, [[Jeuxvideo.com]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Tassi|first1=Paul|title='Assassin's Creed' Needs To Slow Down And Refocus, Or Risk Total Derailment|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/11/11/assassins-creed-needs-to-slow-down-and-refocus-or-risk-total-derailment/|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=November 11, 2014|archive-date=May 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529205644/https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/11/11/assassins-creed-needs-to-slow-down-and-refocus-or-risk-total-derailment/|url-status=live}}</ref> Notre-Dame Cathedral was modeled down toSince the brick, a process that took Ubisoft artist Caroline Miousse two years to complete.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/31/7132587/assassins[[Notre-creed-unity-parisDame | title = Building a betterde Paris in 'Assassin's Creed Unity' fire| first = Andrew | last = Webster | date = October 31, 2014 | access-date = April 16, 2019 | work = [[The Vergefire]], |there archive-datehave =been April 16persistent, 2019unsubstantiated |rumours archive-urlthat =Ubisoft https://web.archive.org/web/20190416161426/https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/31/7132587/assassins-creed-unity-parishad |sufficiently url-statusaccurate = live }}</ref> Becausescans of the detail that went into the recreation of the Notre-Dame Cathedral for the game, some believe the gamethat may help in the reconstruction of the Cathedral, followingdespite thepeople [[Notre-Dameinvolved dein Paris''Assassin's fire|AprilCreed 2019Unity'' fire]]having thatacknowledged their destroyedown somereproduction of the building isn't historically accurate.<ref name="Martichoux">{{citeCite newsweb |last1last=MartichouxRochefort |first1first=AlixSimone |title=Silver lining: Late art historian's work, 'Assassin's Creed' could help rebuild Notre Damede |urldate=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/3d2024-maps08-rebuild-notre-dame-fire-assasins-creed-13769593.php23 |access-datetitle=AprilStop 17,being 2019wrong |work=SFGateabout |date=AprilAssassin’s 15,Creed 2019Unity |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416061653/https://www.sfgatepolygon.com/newsgaming/article443162/3dassassins-mapscreed-rebuildunity-notre-dame-firecathedral-assasinsmodels-creed-13769593.phpdebunked |urlaccess-statusdate=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/tech/notre2024-dame09-fire-reconstruction|title=Notre10 Dame Cathedral fire: How a video game and 3D laser scans could help the reconstruction effort|last=Rogers|first=James|date=April 16, 2019|website=FoxPolygon News|language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2019|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416204315/https://www.foxnews.com/tech/notre-dame-fire-reconstruction|url-status=live}}</ref> Ubisoft donated €500,000 to the reconstruction of the cathedral and also provided ''Unity'' as a free download for the week following the event so as to give everyone a chance to explore the cathedral as they had modeled it in game.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.pcgamesn.com/assassins-creed-unity/notre-dame | title = Ubisoft's giving Assassin's Creed Unity away free and donating €500,000 to Notre-Dame | first = Ali | last = Jones | date = April 17, 2019 | access-date = April 17, 2019 | work = [[PCGamesN]] | archive-date = April 16, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416210507/https://www.pcgamesn.com/assassins-creed-unity/notre-dame | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="NotreDameAid">{{cite web |last1=Domanski |first1=Harry |title=Ubisoft offers Assassin's Creed Unity for free so you can see Notre-Dame Cathedral |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/ubisoft-gives-away-assassins-creed-unity-for-free-so-you-can-see-the-notre-dame |website=TechRadar |date=April 18, 2019 |access-date=April 18, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=April 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418023141/https://www.techradar.com/news/ubisoft-gives-away-assassins-creed-unity-for-free-so-you-can-see-the-notre-dame |url-status=live }}</ref>
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