Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Open-sea sailing between islands rescued the formula and seeded Ubisoft's naval traversal systems.

Released 2013 Developer Ubisoft Montreal Publisher Ubisoft Platform PlayStation 4 Genre Action-adventure Era Digital storefronts & indie

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Crafting From Gathered Materials ~~1997~~Seamless Streaming Open World ~~2001~~Downloadable Content ~~2006~~Social / Crowd Stealth ~~2007~~Systemic Climbable Surfaces ~~2007~~

The Assassin's Creed series in this dataset

2007

Assassin's Creed ~~2007~~

2009

Assassin's Creed II ~~2009~~

2013

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag ~~this page~~

2018

Assassin's Creed Odyssey ~~2018~~

2020

Assassin's Creed Valhalla ~~2020~~

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