Assassin's Creed IV main game is 'at least' 20 hours, game could busy you for 50-60, says Ubisoft
A portion of an OPM interview with lead game designer Jean-Sebastien Decant
OPM: In terms of the balance between core missions and outside activities, what do you see in terms of how much content there is time-wise and also how much do you hope each player invests in these side-stories? Different players have different inclinations.
JSD: We have so much content it’s quite crazy to say it. The main story is at least 20 hours. In the open world you have stuff to do for at least 50 or 60 hours. You have super-ships at the corners of the map, which are ships you wouldn’t be able to destroy until you are maxed up, then you have to understand the Captains which are like in-game bosses. So 20 hours to finish the main story, 60 hours to kill the ships and we are really trying to sort of tie both in together. So for instance sometimes you need to upgrade your ship to survive in a mission, so then you’ll probably start to wonder outside the main game.
OPM: In terms of the balance between core missions and outside activities, what do you see in terms of how much content there is time-wise and also how much do you hope each player invests in these side-stories? Different players have different inclinations.
JSD: We have so much content it’s quite crazy to say it. The main story is at least 20 hours. In the open world you have stuff to do for at least 50 or 60 hours. You have super-ships at the corners of the map, which are ships you wouldn’t be able to destroy until you are maxed up, then you have to understand the Captains which are like in-game bosses. So 20 hours to finish the main story, 60 hours to kill the ships and we are really trying to sort of tie both in together. So for instance sometimes you need to upgrade your ship to survive in a mission, so then you’ll probably start to wonder outside the main game.
