How Assassin’s Creed Shadows Could Change Open Worlds Forever

Assassin's Creed Shadows could change the way Ubisoft and other studios approach open worlds with a host of features that bring feudal Japan to life.

[isarai]

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[neutralgamer1992]

Absolutely not the best we can hope for is that it's a good game. Forget about being great or changing the gaming for better in anyway. It's a UBI open world game their formula has remained quite similar for a long time with very minor tweaks

[Mr_cheese]

Nothing in that article screamed game changer, or even different from something that's been done before.

[gerbintosh]

Everything screamed "paid ad" masquerading as an article

[OtterX]

Lol, this. You'd swear this was IGN, then when the game releases, they'll give it a 7.0.

[KyRo]

No open world game will change them forever outside maybe GTA6 and even that will follow the same old tired formula. Elden Ring tried to be a bit different with how it did things but almost every single open world that's not them all follow the same the same gameplay loop.

Go from A to B, kill them, collect that, clear this camp, litter the world with a billion collectables, tack on a RPG skill tree, throw in a few side quests that are mostly so bad you'd think it was AI made. It's all the same now outside of setting and characters.

[neutralgamer1992]

You are absolutely right very little has changed with open world gaming and now most open-mode games will just add on RPG or light RPG elements

[buffig]

The next paradigm shift for open world games will come when we're able to have natural unscripted conversations with all the NPCs all with their own personalities. So we can wander into a town with no map and ask someone if the know how to find a place. They might not, but we may have more luck in the tavern which they direct us towards. In the tavern we could ask who might know and we're told about the stranger in the corner. We could ask him to show us the way as our guide and he agrees. That's the most basic kind of interaction, but when it's just you, unscripted, naturally making your way through the world, the difference would be momentous

[Rancegamerx]

This is what I am waiting for!

[thorstein]

And an open, living city. Not every door is inaccessible except 3.

[Profchaos]

I feel like we've already had that type of NPC interactions in a number of RPGs since the NES era it's pretty bog standard like in earthbound on the SNES you can talk to every NPC you meet many times the conversation is humorous but not relevant yet everyone had a unique dialogue

As games evolved there's more Boca and talking to everyone would be a chore these days butany times Devs program in a few one liners depending on where you're at in the game like hey where's the hospital you might get aniys down that way or get away from me etc

If your thinking more like having AI act as a NPC that's being developed but I'm honestly thinking it'll be more problematic and world breaking than useful

[Wintersun616]

Well that looks like an obvious click bait if I ever saw one. Not gonna fall for it.

[goken]

Dunno about changing open world games… but it may certainly send ubisoft further into the red

[jznrpg]

It’s always possible, though probably small that a major change in design of an open world could happen but Ubisoft seems the least likely to do it.

[Father__Merrin]

Still no where near finished Valhalla the games are simply too big

[QuantumMechanic]

I think it says a lot that Ubisoft doesn't have enough confidence in its game to ship the whole game on two discs.

[waytoobad]

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[M0chit0]

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild says hello.

[Psychonaut85]

I’d say it’s progenitor Ghost of Tsushima already did that with all the in-world mechanics like the foxes, birds, haiku, and wind directions.

[127maXimus]

How's it going to do any of that when no-one plays it

[attilayavuzer]

That's silly, it's one of the top 10 best selling franchises of all time coming off its best selling entry. Very little chance it sells under 15-20 million copies.

[Profchaos]

That's a funny way to spell GTA vi

[Juiceid]

I can’t wait to change a hat mid mission, sitting on a perch, just to be able to eliminate one person!

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Let’s just start with not being overshadowed by GoT…

[babadivad]

😂😂😂
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[CrimsonWing69]

Will it though?

[Profchaos]

It'll be a game changer in the fact that this is shaping up to be Ubisoft's final game as an independent there's no way they can stay afloat after this

[Blad3runner00]

The only games that have changed open world games is Zelda Breath of the Wild & Elden Ring.
Doubt Ubisoft, of all developers, are going to take it to another level, or even match the 2 games above.

[jjb1981]

LMAO
Fanboys can't wait for those paid XP boosts that bring grinding to a normal level.

[DaniMacYo]

Yeah nah.

[Green-Smurf]

True open world is having the ability to access buildings, NPCs react like a living, breathing world.

[PanicMechanic]

Here’s some advice: shut down your gaming website

[TrueRican69]

This guy's a f****** joke are you on drugs are you brain dead but it's wrong with you to believe that That s*** will never happen especially with a Ubisoft game