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Assassin's Creed IV To Reportedly Feature Connected Single-Player On Next-Gen Consoles

Posted on Tuesday, March 5 @ 14:02:27 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
aims to change up the series' formula in more areas than just the setting, especially on next-gen consoles.

According to creative director, Jean Guesdon, in an internal Q&A (courtesy of All Games Beta), the next-gen versions of Black Flag will feature connected single-player experiences. "Next-gen versions will bring to the players new, connected features allowing them to feel that even if they remain 'single player,' it will be better to be a 'single connected player,'" Guesdon explained. "I mean that next-gen consoles will allow players to have a solo experience that benefits the presence of a huge community."

Unfortunately, how this might be implemented was not detailed, so all we can do is speculate for the time being. With online connectivity playing such a huge role in games today, this should hardly come as much of a shock. Hopefully it provides an engaging twist on the Assassin's Creed formula rather than serving as a needlessly tacked-on gimmick.

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  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns

    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Mar 5th, 2013 at 2:21 pm
    Demon's Souls style invasions, perhaps? Forming of fleets with other players?
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 5th, 2013 at 3:20 pm
    That's not really connected single player, just a different form of multiplayer. It's a really strange way to word what I *think* he's hinting at, but I think it'll be somewhat similar to Dragon's Dogma, for lack of a better example. Or maybe there will be events where your performance/actions/decisions can affect how other players view it during their game.
  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns

    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Mar 5th, 2013 at 3:28 pm
    By forming fleets, I should clarify I meant more like everyone plays in their own games and reaps the benefits of other people's successes as well as their own, but I get what you're saying.
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 5th, 2013 at 5:21 pm
    Okay, yeah. That's more along the lines of what I was thinking.
  • Kazunari
    Kazunari

    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Mar 5th, 2013 at 4:00 pm
    Hmm. Perhaps it'll be a connected economy? Supply and Demand determined by the players actions - are you raiding a certain shipping lane to a certain town? That'll drive prices there up. Are you dropping a lot of supplies and trade goods at one port? That'll drive prices down.
    It could even extend to multiplayer-ish aspects. A good example would, as above, be Dragon's Dogma. If I remember right, there's a boss with way more HP than you could ever hope to get down - but it was 'online', so that any damage you did was taken off the bosses HP for everyone, even though you fought it alone. So you could have fleet fights like that - you're fighting a small part of a very large fleet, and each victory by players counts towards beating it.


    Or, you know, it could be "I got X weapon, look at my e-peen grow AC4 community! LOOK AT IT."
  • UrbanMasque
    UrbanMasque

    Joined: May 2007
    Posted: Mar 5th, 2013 at 4:30 pm
    the more I see/hear about this game - the more strengthened my resolve to buy it.
  • lastchance01
    lastchance01

    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Mar 5th, 2013 at 6:21 pm
    I know nothing of AC games, but just reading this made me think of zombiu's singleplayer.
  • R0ADK1LL
    R0ADK1LL

    Joined: Jul 2009
    Posted: Mar 5th, 2013 at 8:28 pm
    Online pirates to stop the pirates.

    I've yet to play any games that really benefit from being connected. I'll be happy to see one that actually does it.

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