Although Ubisoft is keeping the single player details to itself for now, many will agree that offering narrative content is a good idea. Skull and Bones is inspired by Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag and one of the reasons why that game did so well is that it allowed players to live out their pirate fantasies. While great naval gameplay was important, the storylines behind those high seas adventures were a key factor too.
Skull and Bones having a single player mode would also be massively useful to fans who need to get familiar with the new IP’s ship-sailing gameplay. The pirate title will borrow many Black Flag mechanics but it also asks players to consider wind as well as their position in the combat area. Story content would give players a chance to learn all of this without playing multiplayer, where they may instantly be blasted to timber because of their inexperience.
At this point it’s unclear how substantial this narrative content will be. Will Skull and Bones offer something as big as the For Honor single player campaign? Or will Ubisoft offer a handful of missions instead? Ubisoft promises that “more details about a the single player campaign will be shared at a later date,” so hopefully the company will clear things up sooner rather than later.
Skull and Bones is expected to release on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Source: Dualshockers
