Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature a more compact open world

If you were a little put off by the absolutely massive open world of Assassin’s Creed Valhallathen this looks like the next one Shadows of Assassin’s Creed will be much more your speed.

In a recent interview with VGCSimon Lemay Comtois, associate game director at Shadows of Assassin’s Creed Developer Ubisoft Quebec has confirmed that the game will have a much smaller scope than its overwhelming predecessor. “It’s roughly similar to Originsso it’s smaller than Valhalla in terms of territory,” he said.

He then discussed the types of geographic features players can expect to encounter compared to previous games. “In Japan, it’s much more mountainous, with small mountains and valleys,” he explains. “What we discovered with the team that scouted in Japan is that most of the interesting things are in the valleys. »

He also confirmed that the game‘s map would only cover a small part of Japan and provided some of the reasons behind this decision. “The story we’re focusing on is primarily in central Japan, so we’re not expanding to all of Japan. So we knew we had a rough idea of ​​the territory we wanted to cover,” he said. he explains.

“So something important is happening in Kyoto, something important is happening in Osaka, Azuchi […] and then we think about how much people we need between these castles for it to become believable and feel like an adventure as you move between them.

We were particularly impressed with how much we saw of the world at a recent closed-door preview event, leading us to describe the setting of feudal Japan as “the perfect backdrop for a Assassin’s Creed adventure”. The game is scheduled to launch on November 15 for PlayStation 5, Xbox series X, Xbox series S., and PC.

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