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UBISOFTS THE CREW - HANDS ON DETAILS REVEALED
23 June 2013
At E3, Ubisoft announced their upcoming next-gen driving game "The Crew", a driving game in an open-world setting based on a huge map of the entire United States for the players to explore and roam around.
Recently new information came out about some of the gameplay details we can expect from The Crew...
Check out the summary of all the collected details below.
- The Crew will include a full damage system via a life gauge. It will diminish each time the player hits something, the amount of life lost depending on how big the crash is. The bar will then replenish by itself until a certain point, that point being reached faster and faster as time goes by. After some time, the car will have to be repaired. Handling will be affected by the damages but only when they become pretty significant. The cars will get scratched or dented, the bumpers can fall down or hang off and if your vehicle is in bad shape, some scraping sounds or squeaky noises will be heard as you drive around or brake.
- Multiplayer will work like in TDU (Test Drive Unlimited), meaning up to 8 players will be able to join the same session in what the developers call a bubble. In each bubble, 8 players will be able to meet with friends or compete against other crews. We've been told that people in your friends list will be seen in priority to make it easier for everyone to regroup, leaving no need to find a deserted area as a rally point.
- In-game display should be entirely tweakable so you won't have to see the icons indicating the different landmarks or missions when in free ride, it will be up to you if you want to see them or not. Everything will be done via the in-game smart phone, which serves as a menu.
- Each zone will have its own flora and fauna. In the desert, you will see vultures while there will be flamingos in Miami or pigeons in most cities. You will also see moose or deer for example.
- Since its an Open-World game, a few examples of the famous cities you will be able to visit are Chicago, Detroit, Saint Louis, New York, Washington D.C, Miami, New Orleans, Dallas, Key West, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, San Francisco and a whole bunch of villages too.
- The country is divided into 5 different zones which unlock every 10 levels, level 50 being the highest one.
- The Crew allows to change cars on the fly without having to return to your headquarters.
- Car handling will depend on the terrain type.
The Crew is a racing video game co-developed by Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflections. The game is still in development and is expected to release in early 2014 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Does these new details make you more excited about the game? And how will this new IP fare against upcoming games like Need for Speed:Rivals, Gran Turismo 6 and Forza 5?
