It is optional, if you don't like it that's OK, you don't have to deal with it." "I completely understand that people have misgivings about being forced to be connected. "I completely understand that people have misgivings about being forced to be connected." Ash Ismael, Assassin's Creed 4 game director It's adding comfort or it's adding new layers that you can delve deeper if you choose to, if you want to. ", the companion app - all of this stuff is extensions of the game. "It's not like the game is going to stop functioning or that you're not going to be able to experience Assassin's Creed because you're not connected," he reassured. For those who want to play offline, that option is available too. Manage cookie settingsīut it is completely up to you if you want to take part, Ismael stressed.
This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Even in a single-player story where there's a narrative, this is a really big strength of next gen." When they do research, and when you're doing research, you can share that information and you get a boost for it. So when they can find stuff in the world, they can share it with you. So other people playing Black Flag are also research analysts. "The coworkers with you - we want you to feel that your friends are co-workers. You're a research analyst, and you don't know why, but you're told to research the life of this guy Edward Kenway. "You're working for Abstergo Entertainment, and you're using the Animus technology. "The hero is yourself," Ismael continued. This connectivity will be limited to the game's modern day section, where you play a version of yourself working for the Templar-fronted Abstergo. "You feel that there's other people also playing the game and somehow you can interact, or somehow you can take advantage with each other." "The biggest thing that we were getting into with Assassin's Creed 4 is the concept that even in a single-player story - we still have multiplayer, to be clear - but even in the single-player, that you're connected," game director Ash Ismael told Eurogamer. There will also be a companion phone app. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.The single-player mode of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag will allow you to connect with your friends' games.Īs in Watch Dogs, Ubisoft's other big open world game this year, Assassin's Creed 4's story will involve other real-life players at specific times. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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