#Ubisoft promotion watch dogs for free series#

In Assassin's Creed IV, the state of the Caribbean's divided seas is anchored to one well-defended fort per region.

Other locations that bear more significant gameplay changes are dotted throughout Ubisoft's worlds. All in all, Ubisoft likes to break its open worlds up into distinct sections, which lock off regional functionality until a specific loop is completed. Both actions unlock fast travel points in their respective worlds, as well. Just as synchronising a viewpoint in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag reveals key points on the minimap, activating a radio tower in Far Cry 3 reveals nearby locations. During Far Cry 3's 2012 promotional tour, Jeffrey Yohalem, the game's lead writer, stated, ' You can think of it like an Assassin's Creed game in first-person.' Though he was referring specifically to the narrative delivery structure, much of the open-world framework of Assassin's Creed came to define Far Cry 3's gameplay, too. This is most obvious when examining the high-level structural similarities between titles.

#Ubisoft promotion watch dogs for free series#

Though the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Splinter Cell series still offer unique power fantasies from different perspectives, they are slowly blending into one-and Watch Dogs is next in line. It is an almighty template-one that dictates everything from high-level world structure down to basic core mechanics. Ubisoft has cottoned on to something lucrative, a particular gameplay formula that has been seeping into its major releases for a number of years.