Following the “contrasted” release of Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Ubisoft made the decision to postpone the release of several of its flagship games. Watch Dogs: Legion, Rainbow Six Quarantine and Gods & Monsters have all been postponed. The release of the third installment of the Watch Dogs series is now set for October 29, and will suggest some notable improvements due to the postponement.
Clint Hocking, the creative director, brings us some clarifications on the new products to come, compared to the version originally planned for last spring. The development team learned the news at the last minute. He explains that it was “totally unexpected”Because the developers were in the stress of an imminent launch.
Of course, the day the news came, we were devastated. It took us a while to get over it, and finally said to ourselves: in fact, it’s great!
Thanks to this additional delay, the excitement was back, that of pushing the ideas to the end. The first benefit was the system “play whoever you want“. This system allows you to take control of all the characters in the game, including the npc, and to use their abilities.
“We were very close to the desired result at the time of launch” , explains Hocking, and this delay allowed the team to fine-tune the system, better integrate it and provide additional clarity. The result of this more qualitative integration is that the charisma of certain characters is much better. Likewise, the diversity will now be much greater and more consistent, allowing you to better plan your missions, where experimentation will reign supreme.
In another register, this additional delay has improved certain aspects of the “uprising“. Each play area will allow various activities to be accomplished. Once the quantity is reached, you will have access to a special mission. Overcoming it will allow you to take control of the surroundings and recruit more easily. This feeling of increasing power is now much more palpable.
What Hocking doesn’t say is the progression system that will likely be driven less by in-game purchases, and more by player merit. Ghost Recon Breakpoint has sounded the alarm for Ubisoft. Sincerely hope he learned from his mistakes.
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