Assassin's Creed 4.

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Ubisoft has officially lifted its embargo for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, and first details have started to arrive. We’ve compiled a bunch of information below. The details batch covers new gameplay elements, improvements, and a few story bits.

- Takes place in the earlier half of the 18th century
- Set off the east coast of Northern America where piracy thrives
- Stars Edward Kenway, father of Haytham and grandfather of Connor
- AC4 is part of the “Kenway saga” of Assassin’s Creed games
- Where Haytham and Connor were present at the dawn of a new democracy, Edward will be tested by the failure of the old one
- Edward is a more charming, clever, and reckless character than Connor
- When Black Flag starts, Edward is already a pirate
- Black Flag director Ashraf Ismail stressed that his global team was focusing on placing Edward into a more historically accurate take on this era – no parrots, no Krakens, no theme park shine
- Looking to be grittier, more true to the dark, rough reality of the era
- Ismail references Kurt Sutter’s twisted, gritty, grounded television show “Sons of Anarchy” a few times when describing his vision for a cast of characters that encompasses Charles Vane, Calico Jack, Blackbeard and more
- Montreal-based team
- Singapore, Sofia, Annecy, Kiev, Quebec City, Bucharest and Montpellier assisting on the project
- “first true naval overworld”
- Black Flag aims to blend between its land and aquatic experiences seamlessly
- Edward can dive off of his ship, swim to the shore of one of 50 or so locations in the Carribbean, and explore
- No loading or segmented feel for the above
- Variety in these locales
- Locations range from plantations and jungles to Mayan ruins and exotic coconut islands
- Three major cities: Havana (described as analogous to ACII’s Venice in terms of vertical emphasis), Nassau (the home of the so-called Republic of Pirates) and Kingston (a very dangerous, British-run city)
- Land-based portions are around 60% of Black Flag’s main missions
- Some Far Cry 3 developers are on board
- All of the game’s activities, from hunting and harpooning (water-based hunting) to exploring underwater environments, will feed into a larger sense of progression and evolution of play
- Edward can upgrade his equipment in a variety of ways
- Can upgrade the Jackdaw ship and its crew as well
- More complex and deeper ocean-based warfare compared to ACIII
- New weapon types, enemies, and challenges
- Edward uses a spyglass to view ships and islands from a distance, which communicates valuable information on a destination or foe prior to any sort of engagement
- Can exploit weather patterns, luring the opposition into less than ideal conditions such as dynamic storms, to their advantage
- Can board an enemy’s ship
- Your goal with any ship-to-ship fight is to eliminate the other captain
- How you choose to do this is up to the player
- Ship has a swivel gun
- Up to four pistols can be used depending on your upgrades
- Ubisoft wants to remove some of the barriers that previous games created, leaning more on open-ended directives
- Less about hand-holding and more about providing basic objectives with flexible conditions for satisfying said objectives
- Team is refining game systems for things like detection and stealth, so players better understand how the game “reads” their actions
- Ismail noted that his team has, from the start, been focused on building mechanics within the pirate theme that the story then supports – not the other way around
- Notoriety system has been tossed out since navigating the wide ocean and traveling from location to location makes this sort of “worldwide alert” illogical
- You are a person hired by Templar-controlled Abstergo Entertainment to research a pivotal moment in Desmond’s ancestry
- You’re told to look into Edward Kenway – and away you go
- Ubisoft is attempting to find the delicate balance between the game’s Caribbean setting – where the bulk of the game takes place – and its modern counterpart, where a significant amount of lore is held
- The team hopes that it can incentivize hardcore Assassin’s Creed fans to step outside the world of pirates and explore the Abstergo facility, by providing a variety of unnamed activities and information as a means of reward

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Op dinsdag 5 maart 2013 08:35 schreef Skillstorm het volgende:
Ik vond AC3 wel oke, ik vond het niet echt goed, maar kom op, Ezio had 3 delen om zich te developen, Connor komt en iedereen is in zijn aarsje genomen.

Nee, ik vond AC3 wel oke, maar de naval battles vond ik diarree.

Daarom vind ik het niet fijn dat Black Flag met piraten zal zijn. Jezus wat een kutzooi.

Ik dacht dat het met assassin's te maken had, niet JARJARBOTTLERUM 4.