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[[Alexis Corbière]], national secretary of the Left Party, said that "the game was conveying all the [[counter-revolutionary]] clichés that have been forged for two centuries".<ref>« ... reprend à son compte tous les poncifs contre-révolutionnaires forgés depuis plus deux siècles » [http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/citations/2014/11/13/25002-20141113ARTFIG00300-un-responsable-du-parti-de-gauche-denonce-la-propagande-d-assassin-s-creed-unity.php article on French newspaper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012130/http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/citations/2014/11/13/25002-20141113ARTFIG00300-un-responsable-du-parti-de-gauche-denonce-la-propagande-d-assassin-s-creed-unity.php |date=November 12, 2020 }} [[Le Figaro|lefigaro.fr]]</ref> He added "To everyone who's gonna buy ''Assassin's Creed Unity'', I wish you a nice time. But I also tell you that having fun doesn't prevent you from thinking. Just play it, but don't let yourself be manipulated by the propaganda."<ref>« À tous ceux qui vont acheter Assassin's Creed Unity, je leur souhaite un moment agréable, mais je leur dis aussi que le plaisir de jouer n'empêche pas de réfléchir. Jouer oui, mais ne vous laissez pas manipuler par ceux qui font de la propagande » [http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/citations/2014/11/13/25002-20141113ARTFIG00300-un-responsable-du-parti-de-gauche-denonce-la-propagande-d-assassin-s-creed-unity.php article on French newspaper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012130/http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/citations/2014/11/13/25002-20141113ARTFIG00300-un-responsable-du-parti-de-gauche-denonce-la-propagande-d-assassin-s-creed-unity.php |date=November 12, 2020 }} [[Le Figaro|lefigaro.fr]]</ref>

Without mentioning the criticism specifically, in an interview published on October 6, 2014, by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', the game's creative director Alex Amancio said "What we actually try to do, and I think this is just a personal belief that we have, is to avoid reducing history... We try very hard to portray things as factually as possible."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=httphttps://time.com/3471390/assassins-creed-unity/|title=How Assassin's Creed Unity Navigates the French Revolution's Politics|author=Matt Peckham|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=October 6, 2014|access-date=December 13, 2014|archive-date=July 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701211129/https://time.com/3471390/assassins-creed-unity/|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite this, game producer Antoine Vimal du Monteil answered that, ultimately, "''Assassin's Creed Unity'' is a mainstream video game, not a history lesson."<ref>« Assassin's Creed Unity est un jeu vidéo grand public, pas une leçon d'histoire »[http://www.arretsurimages.net/breves/2014-11-13/Melenchon-s-emporte-un-peu-vite-contre-Assassin-s-Creed-Unity-id18201 Article on French news website Arrêt sur images.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901184936/http://www.arretsurimages.net/breves/2014-11-13/Melenchon-s-emporte-un-peu-vite-contre-Assassin-s-Creed-Unity-id18201 |date=September 1, 2017 }}</ref>

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