Assassin’sCreed 4: Black Flag will not simply import mechanics from
much-criticised Assassin’s Creed 3, preferring to cherry pick from
the franchise as a whole.
In
an internally
produced interview with
creative director Jean Guesdon, Ubisoft described Assassin’s Creed3′s gameplay mechanics as not “attractive or not introduced
properly”, asking how the development team will ensure that “the
player has a fun, intelligent and progressive experience from start
to end”.
“AC
is a great franchise that allows us to learn from previous
iterations. We’ve identified some areas of improvements and will
definitely make sure that all systems are properly introduced and
relevant to the player’s own motivations. We’re not the legacy of
AC3 only but of all previous AC games and we spent a lot of time
analysing the best things we could use from all of them,” Guesdon
said.
One
of the features the team is hoping to bring back is stealth, which
has gradually decreased in importance and was somewhat poorly
implemented in Assassin’s Creed 3.
“We
are putting a lot of effort to improve that pillar of the franchise.
Being a pirate was also about taking places by surprise, and this
would require stealth abilities,” Guesdon said.
“So
yes, stealth will be back. Infiltrations, tails and exploration of
islands are all part of it. We are making sure that the level design
not only support but encourage stealth. We’re working hard at
providing missions and environments that always allow the player to
choose this type of play.”
Guesdon
said the key challenge of Black Flag is delivering a realistic, fun,
open world naval and pirate game while remaining true to the pillars
of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.
“Ultimately
my objective with [Black Flag] is to provide a very good, polished
and fun game that players will enjoy as much as we enjoy creating
it,” he said.
“I
would be thrilled to receive testimonies telling us that the way
we’re depicting this period in history helped some of our audience
to realize what the Golden Age of Piracy was really like.”
Assassin’sCreed 4: Black Flag is headed to PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U and Xbox 360,and is also expected on Microsoft’s new console.
Source:
vg247
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