ASSASSINS CREED BLACK FLAG MINI GAMES UPGRADE

Freedom to pick your mission approach, from brash pirate to stealthy assassin, freedom to deeply upgrade and customize a ship, freedom to go wherever whenever, freedom to pick multiple activities at the same time and complete them in parallel… Looking at the final game, the three words mantra from Jean sure has proven useful and on the spot.' Okay, Why Pirates?Įven though Ubisoft elected to keep the Assassin's Creed brand and storyline intact for this new outing, the high seas adventure in the Caribbean seems a far leap from where the original game started. Here's Décant once more: '…we looked for ways to empower the player and let him craft his own adventures. If that friction is genuinely missing from exploring this massive space, Assassin's Creed IV will offer a less barriered experience than III.įinally, and this one speaks to the value and replayability of the offering, comes Freedom. Basically we went for everything we could think of to limit the friction, the downtime.' For example, following the mantra the team pushed for adding teleports on each synchronization point to facilitate quick access everywhere. They called up Fluid 'to push tech and design into finding solutions to limit loadings to a minimum and ensure that going from land to sea and vice versa was not going to be a chore. The next pillar is all about the much-touted seamlessness of the game. That one's about 'the overall game scope, the massive storyline and the potential of open world naval battles.' Every moment, it seems, should be grand. According to Jean-Sébastien Décant, the Lead Game Designer, this was the three word mantra delivered by Creative Director Jean Guesdon: 'Epic, Fluid, Freedom.'Ĭonsider that mantra the team's mission statement for building the world of Assassin's Creed IV, and you'll likely have a good preconception of the way things are meant to ebb and flow in this game's universe.ĭécant took us through each pillar, starting with Epic. We can picture their response scrawled on a whiteboard in a meeting room during the early days of Black Flag's conception. What were they aiming for, and what were the backbone principles of development? So, we asked Ubisoft about its major goals when it came to making this game.

That notion puts a ton of weight on developers when it comes to actually building said world.

According to Ubisoft and the marketing drum up that's working towards Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's release, this world is massive, seamless and brimming with content.

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