Although it is still early to compare the size, it has been said that it will be similar to AC Origins
The Gauls at Ubisoft have not one, but two very high-budget releases on the starting line with a view to releasing in the remainder of 2024. Although this year began as a period of apparent transition for Europeans, Yves Guillemot’s company is with everything and it will be compensated with the Assassin’s Creed in Japan that we were all waiting for. Now, and after many comparisons and assumptions, we have finally been able to see the shadows map, its key places and where is it located in the Kuril Islands.
The Ubisoft Forward 2024 did not have the impact that was expected, especially coming after the Xbox Games Showcase, but we cannot complain about the content of its two big releases for 2024. At Monday’s event we were able to see both Star Wars in all its glory Outlaws like Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and it is the latter that we come to rescue and after sharing the first image of the Collector’s Edition of the game, we can finally take a look at its map.
It was said that Naoe and Yasuke’s adventure would have a similar size to the AC Origins map, and although it is too early to put both scenarios side by side, we can reveal details of this mapping. To start, Shadows will have a total of 9 regions to explore, these being Harima, Iga, Kii, Omi, Settsu, Tamha, Yamashiro, Yamato and Wakasa. In fact, to better locate ourselves, the game will be located in the honshu island in the present-day Kansai region or Kinki region.
In this context, and taking into account the importance of the region, the design of the map has been guided by the needs of the narrative and the historical events that the game aims to portray. Shadows takes place in the 16th century and will cover crucial locations such as Kyoto, Osaka and Azuchi. “Something important happens in Kyoto, something in Osaka, Azuchi… We needed those places. We thought about the area of the world we needed between those castles so that it felt believable and that it wasn’t a four-day trip on horseback. It’s complicated to developbut we found the type of cities and castles that we wanted to represent and that justified the size of the map,” the manager quoted VGC.
There are also mountainous regions and seas
According to Simon Lemay-Comtois, associate director of Ubisoft Quebec, the extent of this area will be “approximately similar” to Egypt in “Assassin’s Creed Origins”, but smaller than in “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla”. In fact, the manager mentions that there is a large body of water in the margins of the stageas well as in the center of the region, but it will not have the impact that the Aegean in Odyssey.
“There are some areas of water around Japan, but it’s not like [el mapa] of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey that had half of its extension was in the sea. We have coastal areas and Lake Biwa,” he added. A prominent feature of this open world map is the presence of more mountains and valleys in comparison with other installments of the series. During their visits to Japan, the development team discovered that the valleys held the most interesting features, while the mountaintops were mostly inaccessible areas of bush with no meaningful reason to be explored.
Launching in November, players are looking forward to diving into this new adventure in feudal Japan and discovering the secrets this fascinating setting has to offer. As for his durationand although yesterday we learned that Star Wars: Outlaws will remain in a segment of between 25 and 30 hours for its campaign mode, we don’t have confirmation yet about the same question for Shadows.
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