Is Skull And Bones Open-World And Map Size

Many prospective players are wondering whether or not Skull and Bones is an open-world title, as the community is itching for new information on the upcoming game.

The recent Ubisoft Forward saw the big announcement of Skull and Bones, a brand new IP from the publisher which puts players in the shoes of a pirate, stranded on a treacherous island that looks to redeem himself/herself. Here's everything you need to know about Skull and Bones map size and whether it's open-world or not.

Is Skull and Bones Open-World

Skull and Bones is indeed an open-world title developed by Ubisoft Singapore and despite not having a campaign, the game does have bits of story elements sprinkled throughout the world.

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The game puts the players in the driving seat, allowing them to craft their own stories, and is a shared-world game, allowing a maximum of 20 players on every server.

Skull and Bones Map Size

For those who love big open-world maps, then Skull and Bones won't disappoint. In terms of size, the game world is even bigger than that of Valhalla, according to game director Ryan Barnard himself. While speaking to GameRant about the map size Barnard said, "Valhalla, a great big open world Assassins game, is 95 square kilometers of gameplay space. At launch, we are 625 square kilometers.”

That's quite a big map, and Barnard even dives deeper as to why the developers choose to go with this. He said, "now, of course, we're a vehicle game. It's a ship game. So you need a bigger space to be able to accommodate. We’re also a multiplayer first game, so we want players to pirate up and group up with other players. And you need a good amount of space for that to make sense for gameplay, right. But there's a huge world for you to explore and to discover the different factions, the two different dens which are kind of our two pirate villages that you'll discover through your progression of the game.”

With such a large map and the full liberty to create your own story, Skull and Bones seems to look like an exciting title filled with many wonders for players to discover. That's about everything we know for now about Skull and Bones as an open-world title as well as the map size.

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Featured image courtesy of Ubisoft.