Ubisoft released the first gameplay of Skull and Bones, its new pirate game, and confirmed its release date. We tell you everything in this note!
One of the games Ubisoft The one that has been talked about for years is Skull and Bones, a multiplayer focused on pirates. But something that will surely catch your attention is that you have already heard about this game at some point. That’s because the French company’s game was released quite a while ago. We were lucky enough to participate in an event for the press where they gave us advance info. In addition, in a stream we were able to see its gameplay, which we will tell you about in this note.
The first thing to clarify is that Skull and BonesAlthough it looks like it, it is not a free to play. In order to access the game we will have to buy it and we will obtain a “lots of content”as confirmed Ubisoft. But everything that adds to the game will not come at once since the company has “an ambitious post-launch content plan completely free”.
In the gameplay we know a little who we will be and what we have to do. Since we started playing, the character we use is a nobody that we create and customize as we want. We have to survive in a world in constant conflict, complicated and hostile. The rules of society can influence the way we play, but it will always be our decision if we want to join a crew or become the captain of our own ship.
Skull and Bones is an open world game set in the golden age of the pirates of the ocean Indicated where we start everything from scratch, but as we fulfill contracts and raise our level of Infamy (the game progression system) it is possible to build and upgrade various things. The core of the game itself is naval combat, with mechanics meant to be fast and satisfying. But things like skill upgrades, different weapons, or defense frames also come into play in combat.
Ubisoft in the presentation he gave a lot of importance to the fact that the game is quite social, and even proposes a cooperative and a mode PvP. But this does not mean that the game is 100% multiplayer, since we can enjoy a solo experience. The importance of the social aspect of the game comes more than anything from the hub. These places are the ports where we trade and prepare to set sail. It is also where it will be defined if our expedition will be a failure or a total success.
One of the things that the game raises is that every boat is different and has to be used to do the right thing. For example, we have cargo, navigation and even firepower ships. The ship we choose will depend on the mission we have to do. But this is not all, since our main objective is to keep our crew in high morale. If food is missing and a single crew member complains, this discontent will spread to the rest of the crew and we can even end up involved in a mutiny.
The good news is that if the ship sinks, either because there was a mutiny or because we were attacked and lost, we will respawn shortly after and have the possibility of recovering at least some part of what we have collected. But we have to be careful because if we are late, other players may have already stolen our loot.
Infamy, which is what we will deal with throughout the game, is obtained every time we complete a task, a contract or a treasure hunt. During our journey, we will meet animals that will soon attack us. If we manage to defeat them, we will be able to build tools and improvements thanks to the materials they provide us.
Sailing may be a lot of fun, but it’s also a dangerous challenge. When an enemy ship approaches ours we have to decide whether to sink it or not. Most of the opponent’s loot will go down with his crew if we decide to attack the ship. However, if we manage to negotiate with the enemy we might get some interesting items. And, unlike Assassin’s Creed, in Skull and Bones we will not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the other crew if we decide to try to negotiate.
Enemy ships are just one of the elements that we have to consider when we are sailing. We will also have to take care of nature and weather phenomena, since a strong storm could destroy our boat. To know how much progress we have made in the battle, there is a bar located at the top of the screen that will indicate the condition of the battle.
In the video, you can also see some colors within the game and what their meaning is. For example, the biggest weaknesses of the enemies appear in red and if we manage to attack them we can manage to impose critical damage. On the other hand, the yellow circles show us where there is a mission and if we leave it, the mission ends.
Skull and Bones will finally come to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC East November 8th. The game is this year’s replacement for Assassin’s Creed as Ubisoft announced that we will not have a new installment of the beloved saga this 2022. However, from what was seen in the gameplaymaybe Skull and Bones surprise many and become one of the most played games of the year.