So the (massive and disjointed) test teams were often sitting on their laurels waiting for more content while the thousands of issues they had already flagged were marked as ‘Won’t Fix’ due to time constraints.”Īnd the game’s problems weren’t helped by the choice of engine, either, the dev claims, which was supposedly “designed with next-gen consoles and future PC tech in mind”. “On top of that, some vital cutscenes and audio weren’t implemented until right befoe gold. A large action set piece near the Haytham boss fight was entirely cut ~2 weeks before we went gold. “Getting 100% went from something fun for the diehard fans, to a herculean task of tedium and dumb-luck. “Stuff like the homestead economy, weapon crafting, hunting, board games, and the late-game set pieces were all heavily ignored til the very end of development, and no time was given to polish them or make them cohesive,” the developer continues.

The impenetrably deep, confused, several-thousand page wiki.”Ĭertain parts of the game went “ignored” until the end of the development cycle, too, the dev claims, and “a large action set piece” was allegedly removed just two weeks before the game went gold.

Everything was documented on the company wiki of course. That’s how random and disjointed the design was. “Upon completing the story, there’s an origami-crane node collecting mini game that unlocks that I’ve NEVER seen covered or mentioned in any gaming blogs, reviews, or fan vids. “There was basically so much content that even approaching release, plenty of grunt workers like myself on the ground were finding new features they didn’t know existed that needed more attention. “A disturbingly large portion of team members had no idea about the majority of the Homestead, Caravan, and assassin crew side missions,” they continue.

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