Skull & Bones will weave its single-player and multiplayer narratives collectively

He goes on to recommend that the narrative parts of Skull & Bones can be comparatively much like Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. The sport, which was introduced at E3 this yr, has left the Assassin’s Creed identify behind, however builds on the naval fight that proved extraordinarily fashionable within the fourth iteration of Ubisoft’s franchise.

Farren says that the overarching narrative of Skull & Bones could have you meet “historical pirates” and “historically-inspired characters,” and that it’ll characteristic “a narrative where you develop a bond with your crew and interesting characters along the way.” That sounds rather a lot just like the story of Black Flag, which noticed gamers come throughout real-life pirates together with Blackbeard, Benjamin Hornigold, and Charles Vane.

Farren additionally says that the single-player and multiplayer of Skull & Bones are extra cohesive than in video games like Call of Duty or Gears of War, the place there’s a distinction between gamers who play on-line and “players who really invest in campaign.” He says he “certainly hope[s] people will try to do our PVP, because we think it’s pretty compelling” and that “we want to bring [single and multiplayer] experiences closer together. For it to be a one off campaign that’s consumed, would be a shame.”

Skull & Bones is scheduled to launch in autumn 2018 for PC, Xbox One, and PS4.