As Ubisoft goes full-steam ahead on its annualised Assassin’s Creed franchise, it has been polling fans to envision on what they’d wish to see, the series head – or perhaps, whether they’d wish to see an all new series spawn from Black Flag’s high seas adventures. According to the company’s fan survey, Ubisoft is asking fans if they’d wish to see a brand new IP regarding pirates rather than incorporating the privateer theme into a progressively tough to follow series.
The survey asks players what is most significant to them between a customisable lead character, ship, and hideout, a deeper economy, or extra activities either on land or sea. It conjointly asks how players would feel about adding multiplayer to service combat, both competitively and in co-op.
This is one thing lead multiplayer game designer Tim Browne needed to feature to Assassin’s Creed 4, however ultimately found “impossible” for “technical reasons.”
Additionally, the survey asks players what they’d wish to see from Assassin’s Creed in the future. One questions asks how they’d feel regarding introducing a brand new modern-day player character Ala Desmond as opposed to Black Flag’s silent, first-person protagonist. Answers include: “Must have,” “would be nice,” and “not interested.”
The survey goes on the raise players to rank their three most significant “must have” options.