14 DAY TRIAL // After a series of leaks from the community, video game publisher Ubisoft finally revealed the existence of Assassin’s Creed Rogue, a new entry in its long-running franchise that will be launched on November 11 of this year and that can only be played on the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.
The game will feature a Templar who is betrayed by his brethren and needs to become an elusive hunter of Assassin’s, and the teams working on the title are saying that they will introduce a new set of gameplay mechanics, including an air gun, while also upgrading the naval combat mechanics seen in Black Flag.
Rogue is designed to act as a complementary game to Assassin’s Creed Unity, the main title in the franchise that will arrive this year and can be played on the PC, the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.
Ubisoft probably expects that the two video games can cover the needs and desires of all the fans who are interested in the stories linked to the game world.
The only problem is that Assassin’s Creed Rogue has no reason to exist in its current form and its exclusivity is just a smoke screen designed to impress last-gen owners who do not want or have the means to upgrade at this point.
Unity is designed with an upgraded engine and looks pretty impressive and its highly unlikely that the older devices would be able to run it, so it makes sense to keep it linked to the PC, the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4.
On the other hand, Rogue is created using tech that can easily run on all home consoles and probably also on some mobile devices and its artificial on the part of Ubisoft to only deliver the game on two platforms.
Basically, the company is creating scarcity in order to make the video game more attractive on launch and help it compete with other last-gen-only releases.
At the same time, Ubisoft is probably already planning an announcement, probably in the spring of next year, in which it will say that a better version of Assassin’s Creed Rogue will be delivered on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, with upgraded graphics and some extra content.
Those who like the series should buy Unity this fall and then wait for Rogue to be delivered on current-gen devices rather than encourage Ubisoft to deliver more artificially limited titles.