Beginning development in 2013, Skull and Bones, conceptually, was a spin-off of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, which launched that same year. Both are games where you play as a pirate and engage in naval warfare, improving your ship over time as you gather resources and unlock new crafting recipes. I hoped Skull and Bones would build and iterate on Black Flag--one of my favorite games--to be its own thing. Although naval combat was a pillar of Black Flag, it wasn't the entire focus of an...
