{"id":22941,"date":"2023-01-13T21:48:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ubisoft-shows-off-skull-and-bones-narrative-gameplay-in-new-devstream\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T21:48:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:48:53","slug":"ubisoft-shows-off-skull-and-bones-narrative-gameplay-in-new-devstream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/ubisoft-shows-off-skull-and-bones-narrative-gameplay-in-new-devstream\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft shows off Skull and Bones&#8217; &#8220;narrative gameplay&#8221; in new devstream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nFollowing this week&#8217;s announcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/skull-and-bones-delayed-to-march-2023\">yet another delay for Skull and Bones<\/a>, Ubisoft has shared 30 minutes of new footage from its beleaguered pirate adventure, focusing on what it calls the game&#8217;s &#8220;narrative gameplay&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s perhaps something of an unexpected place to return after a lengthy absence, given Ubisoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/skull-and-bones-is-not-a-narrative-game\">insisted<\/a> Skull and Bones was &#8220;not a narrative-driven game&#8221; last summer, but it does at least give players a better idea of how the publisher is attempting to inject a bit of variety into the action.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs Ubisoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/despite-a-new-vision-skull-and-bones-looks-a-lot-like-it-did-five-years-ago\">explained last year<\/a>, Skull and Bones is overwhelmingly focused on sailing and combat, with players only able to disembark their ships and explore dry land at a limited number of locations, defined as outposts. Functionally, outposts serve as places players can trade, cash in contracts, pay off factions, and meet other players &#8211; but, as detailed in Ubisoft&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zrMBpkfTbpg\">latest gameplay devstream<\/a>, they&#8217;re also locations where they might find narrative content Ubisoft is calling &#8220;investigations&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ubisoft-shows-off-skull-and-bones-narrative-gameplay-in-latest-devstream\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following this week&#8217;s announcement of yet another delay for Skull and Bones, Ubisoft has shared 30 minutes of new footage from its beleaguered pirate adventure, focusing on what it calls the game&#8217;s &#8220;narrative gameplay&#8221;. 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