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Ubisoft wants to know if you’ll buy an assassin-free pirate game

Do you love Assassin’s Creed IV because it’s less about assassins and more about swashbuckling, booty and grog? Ubisoft, the French game publisher has been asking fans what they’d like to see from future entries in the Assassin’s Creed franchise with a questionnaire that went out to some UPlay subscribers, and has even included questions asking if fans would be interested in a pirate game separate from the Assassin’s Creed name.

According to IGN, Ubisoft went so far as to ask “In such a game, what would be the most important elements among these below?”. Options included “a customisable pirate character, ship, and hideout, a deeper economy, and additional activities at sea or on land”. Most intriguingly, they also asked whether ship-to-ship combat that can be played with and against friends would be something players would  like to engage in.

From my side, that’s a very emphatic yes! Sailing and upgrading a kick-ass ship and then taking on all comers in awesome naval combat was one of AC4’s highlights, and the option to fight with and against friends and assorted random online people in another pirate-themed game sounds like a game I’d love to play.

Personally, I think the combination of Assassin’s Creed lore and the piratey goodness offered by Black Flag was extremely well-done by Ubisoft, with just the right amount of Assassin’s Creed stabbiness, mysterious Abstergo intrigue and high-seas hijinks that kept things interesting all the way through. I’m not sure what the hook will be of a game that only focuses on pirates, but I’d sure love to play whatever Ubisoft comes up with.

What do you think? Should Ubisoft go ahead with a pirate game that doesn’t use any of the Assassin’s Creed franchise’s hooks, or should they just accept that Black Flag was a unique blend of old and new ideas and try something different with the next Assassin’s Creed game?

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