Assassin’s creed unity building the next generation open world games marc albinet
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With new powers come new responsibilities. How next generation consoles can offer better realistic immersion via new open world possibilities to create deeper player experiences ? Thousands of NPC are displayed in the streets of revolutionary Paris, player can seamlessly enter and exit buildings, experiment realistic crowd ecosystem reactions, while the real scale we used for every building allow a real city size where everything looks real. Immersion is at maximum. But how can we provide fun through this feeling of realism ? Is there still a place for simple and accessible gameplay in this living and breathing world ? This talk will explain what we did in ACU, which choices we made between gameplay, immersion, art, story, world size and player freedom to create a deeper experience and merge between gameplay and exploration.
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Assassin’s creed unity building the next generation open world games marc albinet
- 1. Marc Albinet BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OPEN WORLD GAMES ACU Game Director – Ubisoft Montréal
- 2. WHAT’S BETTER WITH NEXT GEN ? But first, what is an open world ?
- 3. OPEN WORLD MOTIVATION PILLARS EXPLORATION = WORLD CURIOSITY EXPERIMENTATION = TOY FICTION ESCAPE REALITY REALISM CHALLENGE = GAMEPLAY SKILLS IMPROVEMENTS CUSTOMISATION = STORY What next gen can bring in those pillars ?
- 4. ESCAPE REALITY : REALISM
- 9. CURIOSITY : EXPLORATION & EXPERIMENTATION
- 10. Unique places to discover
- 11. 360 Approaches
- 13. Factions and reaction systems
- 14. Cumulative tools to experiment in the toy 1 2 3 4
- 16. IMPROVEMENTS : GAMEPLAY & PLAYER STORY
- 17. Challenge
- 24. IMMERSION CONSISTENCY CHALLENGE = GAMEPLAY SKILLS IMPROVEMENTS CONCLUSION EXPLORATION = WORLD CURIOSITY EXPERIMENTATION = TOY FICTION ESCAPE REALITY REALISM CUSTOMISATION = STORY FREEDOM
Editor's Notes
- Next gen is less about story than realism
- Very realistic graphics = light and details everywhere from micro to macro Benefits : Curiosity = Explore city to find beautifull places Gameplay = Minor impacts HDR systems when exiting or entering interiors Sun in your face in the street/roofs
- 10000 NPC on the screen with their own behavior and able to react Benefits : Realism impact = obviously make the world more real = living and breathing Gameplay impact = improved social stealth
- Real size scale buildings and metrics for the whole city = buildings have more levels and are bigger than previous AC Benefits : Curiosity impact = huge difference between set ups = places to explore Gameplay impact = 3C direct impact on Navigation
- Seamless navigation between interiors and exteriors = lots of places to explore, lot of life to discover = possible thanks to the real scale Benefits : Curiosity impact = voyeur feeling + Underground exploration Gameplay impact = Core loop impact Navigation = super cool moments Vanish loop opportunities
- Exploration and Experimentation are the key = World and Toy aspects Realism allows to obtain a more believable world with lots of nice and mysterious places to discover Next gen allows better toy possibilities because more features and interconnections beetwen features Objectives of the toy : Several solutions fot he same situation Unexpected possibilities and events around you
- Thanks to realistic elements described before Paris is not always the same. Each district has an identity with specific ambiances and hidden places to discover Benefits : Curiosity : a lot of mysterious places to find Gameplay : always something to get in those places = push for the 100%
- Several ways to succeed – 360 is not only geographical but more a question of player creativity Benefits : Realism impact = Find your own way in the world = More realistic Gameplay impact = Always adapted to player
- Explore Paris with your firends and reach the 100% + fun emergent exprimentations to discover Benefits : Realism impact = group is free and can evolve in the Town/toy Gameplay impact = Make easier the 100%
- Faction system based on extremists + police + crowd to create emergence Benefits : Realism impact = The more emergence = the more realism and immersion Gameplay impact = a new battery of solutions for clever player
- Tools and skills can be used in an interconnected way int the world Benefits : Realism impact = Logical result of mixes Gameplay impact = Player creativity + replayability
- Tools and skills can be used in an interconnected way int the world Benefits : Realism impact = Logical result of mixes Gameplay impact = Player creativity + replayability
- No next gen specific feature for gameplay but a more consistent experience that better fits with next gen player behaviors = social + longer An accumulation of different changes allowed by next gen possiblities At the end = you can’t play the same way + Thanks to this new gameplay you can live your own player story
- What we did = inject challenge ramp up – Notions of flow – Player skills development. Injecting adapted difficulty = more fun = core of changes brought in ACU Benefits : Realism impact = No more gammy rules – new core loop – difficulty allows progression and allows interesting coop Curiosity impact = Solution is not given – No more rush and kill – you’ll have to be creative
- Previously fight was the dominant strategy – Not the case anymore New loop = More realistic fight + more stealth possiblities + vanish possibilities Benefits : Realism impact = More consistent than ever Curiosity impact = Push you to examine and evaluate the set up and find your own way
- Sandbox is great but needs patterns to guide players That’s why we have the RHP loop
- Curiosity impact = 1000 Paris stories to be found Realism impact = Everything is not given
- What we changed : a lotf is not revealed anymore Benefits : Curiosity impact = 1000 Paris stories to be found Realism impact = Everything is not given
- Empower your hero by buying skills (new possible actions) or equipment (boost efficiency of your possible actions) Benefits : Realism impact = Linked with difficulty system = upgrades are needed = creates fun + push player story Curiosity impact = find your play-style + cosmetic combinations