Since the announcement of Assassin's Creed Infinity and the talk about it being a live service game, some gamers have expressed concerns. While some are concerned that the title could follow in the footsteps of titles like Anthem or Marvel's Avengers, at least one industry insider believes there is a chance for an expected upside or two when Infinity finally launches.
The upcoming Assassin's Creed Infinity was first rumored and then confirmed by Ubisoft earlier this month. Because the game is still years away, there still isn't a ton known about what it will eventually offer. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier can be counted among those who believe Assassin's Creed Infinity could eventually change the series for the better.
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Schreier wrote on Twitter earlier this week that he was seeing quite a few "bad takes" about the game. He apparently believed that most of those bad takes were centered on the expected live service format of Infinity. He believes that while people think the game is destined to follow in the footsteps of some live-service games that have had rather up and down histories that's not a foregone conclusion.
The journalist believes there's a very good chance that Assassin's Creed Infinity will still have a single-player mode. In his view, there will also be some multiplayer aspects of the game, there will also be a way for players to take on the story on their own worked into the title. Schreier also believes that there is a hidden upside to making the upcoming game live-service in that Ubisoft could end up making a change that some in the fan community have been asking for over the last few years.
Schreier believes that with the ability to more easily add additional story content after the fact, Assassin's Creed Infinity's campaign could be smaller than the last couple. There's a chance the developers could experiment with the story and not make it dozens of hundreds of hours long since the content can evolve.
The last three Assassin's Creed releases have largely been met with critical acclaim, but they've also had one thing in common when it comes to criticism. The core campaigns have all been called extremely long even without the inclusion of several DLC packs for each title. Fans of the series have claimed that Assassin's Creed Valhalla could be the longest of the bunch and Ubisoft is still planning on releasing more story content into the next year. Schreier believes the expected live service could address those criticisms.
Assassin's Creed Infinity is in development for unspecified platforms.