It is the newest in the series and is set for release in Fall 2013.
The game follows Edward Kenway, the grandfather of Assassin's Creed III protagonist Connor Kenway. He is a notorious pirate captain and a master assassin of the Brotherhood.
The game will keep the ship minigame from AC III. However, it wont be just a minigame it will be the main method of transportation as the game is set in the Caribbean.
The controls and the mechanics will remain the same overall, but they will be streamlined and revamped to ensure they are smooth and easy to use.
The game will feature the majority of the in game world as one open world with the larger islands and ports as loading areas to reduce strain on consoles.
The game promises to be great; though, some die hard fans are not happy with the way the series has been changing the focus of the gameplay so drastically and causing it to stumble with some of the newer releases.
I personally cannot wait to see how they do with this new installment and have already pre-ordered it in anticipation.
It is a bit annoying that the made the game so close to the release of Assassin's Creed III. Not to mention the character are going backward in time instead of forward. They must be just using the tie to think of a new assassin's creed game.
ReplyDeleteThe Assassin's Creed is definitely a great series with the amount I've learned about it, but when a series starts to release a new installment yearly, it's no wonder that there will be some question as to the continued quality of the game. I hope Ubisoft will reign in the wild horse of game releases. Otherwise they may be out of a lucrative series faster than they want. These kinds of series don't happen every year (double meaning intended).
ReplyDeleteI agree that a yearly release can hurt a series and I also agree that lately the games have been focusing less on quality and more on adding newer and bigger features to the game however the majority of the glitches found on AC III I blame on the new game engine.
DeleteUbisoft has been relatively smart with this series by having either two or three development teams work on the series so each installment in the series is done by a different team so each of the teams has more time to work.