Four Years is the 'Right Balance' to Develop a New Assassin's Creed Game - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 August 2024 / 1,402 Views
Assassin's Creed Shadows lead producer Karl Onnée in an interview with GamesIndustry stated four years is the right amount of time to develop a new entry in the franchise.
"It's great to work on a game that comes after something with the pedigree of Valhalla," said Onnée. "But obviously there are great expectations. We always want to go better, which is what we're trying to do with Shadows. We are pushing the limits of what we can do."
Onnée added, "It's always a balance between time and costs, but the more time you have, the more you can iterate. Yes, you can put more people on a project and do it in a shorter time, but that doesn't give you more time to iterate, because it takes time to get the feedback from your players, your team… and then see what works and what doesn't and how to improve it. Four years, I think, is the right balance to go from conception to production and get the feedback necessary to adapt."
When it comes to the Assassin's Creed franchise, Ubisoft does not want to cut corners and wants to ensure games are as authentic as possible.
"We are trying to create a game that is as authentic as possible," said Onnée. "It's something we take pride in. And that is also a very long process. When we build a Japanese house from feudal Japan, it is very different from, say, a French medieval house or an English one. So you have to learn as artists where things go inside a feudal Japanese house… maybe the food doesn't go there. You have to get everything you need to know and learn it. And that process is long."
Onnée added, "It is something we have always wanted to do, but we wanted to find the right time. And I'm sure the other teams would have liked to do it, too. We had the opportunity because we had done Assassin's Creed Odyssey [set in Greece], so we had the experience. But it also felt like the right moment, because we have the power in terms of the hardware, but also our new version of the engine, so we could really deliver our vision. It was important for us to have things like light and shadows, which is very performance hungry. And things like dynamic weathers."
Assassin's Creed Shadows will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on November 15 for $69.99.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I'm honestly excited to play this game... haven't played an AC games since Black Flag.
But man, Ubi needs to keep their mouth shut and let the game speak for itself. No one has ever bought an AC game for "Authenticity" or "Historical Accuracy"
They just keep shooting themselves in the foot lol
I am really excited too. And yes, people going nuts about "historical accuracy" are probably not playing a lot of games :D
The worlds in Assassin's Creed games are a major feature to me. I appreciate them a ton, even though I might not stop a lot to marvel at them. I probably wouldn't buy a game mainly because of its world, but I sure can appreciate them anyway.
As long as the characters' faces don't disappear this time.
Abysmal.
Yeah good luck with that trash of dhadows with your black dei samurai who wasnt a samurai in reality and all the historical errors and cheap copy and paste job
2 Assassins Creed games in a decade sounds good enough.
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