Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Assassin's Creed Origins Is the Exploration-Focused Future of the Franchise

Assassin's Creed Origins is the most open world Assassin's Creed game Ubisoft has ever created. It stretches and pushes the boundaries of a historical sandbox, fundamentally restructures the way missions are delivered and played, and places an almost singular focus on exploration and discovery.

Origins may be the beginning of the series from a chronological and story standpoint, but from what I've seen behind the scenes, its emphasis on open exploration and freedom is creating the future of the franchise.

The first and most prominent change coming to Origins is its fast and loose quest system. In previous Assassin's Creed games you would have main missions, which in their function were an icon on the map that would trigger a unique encounter with exclusion zones, out of bound areas, and failure conditions that you could only get out of by backing out to the menu.

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