Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

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  1. Svetlendrius
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    A good assassin, with a good plot, is held in one breath, a large world of beautiful locations.
  2. zzz_DeV1L_zzz
    Jun 13, 2020
    7
    On the advice I decided to try playing. It seems like at the beginning it was not bad, but I did not like the plot, in the middle of the game it became boring and I had to finish the passage. 7 points.
  3. AlirezASlayeR
    Jun 1, 2020
    5
    the game has it's moments and Edward is a cool character but my main gripe with this game is that at no point in this game did I feel like an assassin!!! It was JUST a pirate game with some forced long ass cutscenes in the middle to somehow link the game to the franchise. It's an alright game overall but very little to link it to the franchise.
  4. shauntmw
    May 14, 2020
    7
    I play this on UPlay, and play exclusively on the single player campaign only.

    First of all, let's talk about the technical issues that I have faced. The game is very poorly optimized. Despite having a moderately high-end PC, I still get a very bad lag and framerate issue. Disabling V-Sync improves a lot on the lag, but the tearing is too terrible to play with it disabled. There are    I play this on UPlay, and play exclusively on the single player campaign only.

    First of all, let's talk about the technical issues that I have faced. The game is very poorly optimized. Despite having a moderately high-end PC, I still get a very bad lag and framerate issue. Disabling V-Sync improves a lot on the lag, but the tearing is too terrible to play with it disabled.

    There are some software tweaks that greatly improves the framerate. One of them is D3DOverrider. Another is to disable one of the CPU core assigned to the game via Task Manager. Also, the game will suddenly hang when my connection is bad.

    Technical issues aside, the game itself is great! This game put some very heavy emphasis on naval warfare and navigation. Although I hated the naval scenario in the previous game, I totally loved it in this game! The world is huge and full of things to do. The story is great, and I really like that fact they finally minimized the "modern world" part and made it trivial enough for me to not care, and yet put enough interesting backstory into the hacking mini-game for me to explore.

    The stealth mechanic has improved quite a bit, but I don't really like the battle mechanic in this game compared to the older games. The enemies are too easy to kill, but sometimes the battle camera or controls are so bad that you will get killed just by 1 or 2 combos by an enemy, despite having full health.

    I hated the underwater area. It is so bad that I have given up on fully complete the collectibles just because I can't be bothered to play all the under water stages.

    I would have given this game a score of 9/10, but I have decided to deduct a few points because of the bad PC port.    … Expand
  5. alanwaketan
    May 2, 2020
    9
    本作是刺客RPG化之前我觉得游戏性最丰富的一作。这海战和加勒比开放地图出色的相辅相成至今没有一款游戏能够超越。开着寒鴉号乘风破浪快哉快哉。除去海战的部分就是一款典型的刺客游戏。剧情部分虽然说愛德華也或多或少左右了那段加勒比的历史，但就历史背景选材而言和前三作的磅礴大气相比稍显落差。本作是刺客RPG化之前我觉得游戏性最丰富的一作。这海战和加勒比开放地图出色的相辅相成至今没有一款游戏能够超越。开着寒鴉号乘风破浪快哉快哉。除去海战的部分就是一款典型的刺客游戏。剧情部分虽然说愛德華也或多或少左右了那段加勒比的历史，但就历史背景选材而言和前三作的磅礴大气相比稍显落差。
  6. elolugo
    Apr 27, 2020
    7
    Good game but bad assassin's creed game. Tying your shoes is more difficult than this game and there is no downside to being combat centered instead of stealth approach
  7. DevilBr0
    Apr 20, 2020
    9
    My lovest game in series ever. This game have everything. Story line in our time, beatiful story of Edward Kenway adventure's and good graphic for 2013. And i also love pirates theme :)
  8. r03vg
    Apr 15, 2020
    8
    Вы устанете от игры раньше, чем ее пройдете, а еще вас задолбает искать новые шанти, чтобы заткнуть все старые шанти.
  9. GraysonUA
    Mar 31, 2020
    8
    Ну це вже остання гра з тих самих Кредо Вбивць, ігра симулятор пірата, яка довела до розуму механіку з 3 частини. Дуже велика завдяки морському контенту, але головне не перестаратись у їх дослідженні, бо можливо перегоріти і закинути гру, не треба так. Ну - 8 з натяжкою.Ну це вже остання гра з тих самих Кредо Вбивць, ігра симулятор пірата, яка довела до розуму механіку з 3 частини. Дуже велика завдяки морському контенту, але головне не перестаратись у їх дослідженні, бо можливо перегоріти і закинути гру, не треба так. Ну - 8 з натяжкою.
  10. 420guy69
    Mar 21, 2020
    2
    Gave this game a 2 because:
    1. The game is unoptimized for PC, constant tearing, and FPS drop.
    2. The story is fine. It isn't that unique cause the characters you kill, They say something that sound really boring. 3. Stealth is dumbed-down into a point where trailing missions are actually fun than just killing people with your sword. 4. Gameplay is the same, except Ubisoft made it    Gave this game a 2 because:
    1. The game is unoptimized for PC, constant tearing, and FPS drop.
    2. The story is fine. It isn't that unique cause the characters you kill, They say something that sound really boring.
    3. Stealth is dumbed-down into a point where trailing missions are actually fun than just killing people with your sword.
    4. Gameplay is the same, except Ubisoft made it worse. The animators created the worst finishing moves and attacking moves in the history of gaming. Kenway just stabs a British Soldier with the worst sound fx i also heard. Just a stab to the right and a stab to the left. In AC3, there are variety of choices in the game to kill your guy, and amazing animations. It doesn't get me bored unlike in AC4.
    5. Trailing Missions: This is explained by videogamedunkey, where half of the game is just trailing missions, It's generic, and boring. You just follow this dude, kill or tail another guy.
    6. Optional Objectives. This mechanic really annoyed me throughout the AC franchise playthrough, Ubisoft said it is "Optional" so it is up to the player if they want to do it or not. But Ubisoft shames them with a 50% Sync rate. It feels like you are being forced to do the Optional Objectives, and those objectives are really frusturating to the point where you just said: **** you ****ersoft, I'm doing it my way."

    And conclusion:
    The game is really boring and the same, there's nothing unique and it feels generic. Ubisoft didn't add anything new to the game, while the Game Critics sits there and start writing a review for a game that didn't even come out yet. It took me 3 days to beat the game because it just felt boring.    … Expand
  11. Hochbichler
    Mar 20, 2020
    6
    Assassin's Creed IV: Black flag is the sixth major installment of the famous stealth action adventure series. I find the setting of this game is very interesting: the Age of Sail, the pirates, West Indies. The stealth/combat system (on land) gets boring and repetitive very quickly. The sailing side of the game is by far the best part of it, although even here would I welcome more shipAssassin's Creed IV: Black flag is the sixth major installment of the famous stealth action adventure series. I find the setting of this game is very interesting: the Age of Sail, the pirates, West Indies. The stealth/combat system (on land) gets boring and repetitive very quickly. The sailing side of the game is by far the best part of it, although even here would I welcome more ship diversity, more upgrades etc. The sea can also get a bit crowded for my taste at times. Naval battles are a lot of fun as is the whaling minigame (criticised by the PETA thugs, of course). Shanties are a brilliant idea and great collective items, specially in contrast to the useless animus fragments. The graphics is pretty good for 2013 game, but the colours seem a bit dull. The font is quite pleasant. The difficulty of this game can be a problem: objectively it is just too easy. The story is interesting for the first half of the game, then it gets partially ruined by pathos and SJW crap. The part of the game that takes place outside of the animus is interesting, but only to people familiar with the AC world/story. Sadly this game contains plenty of greedy microtransactions and equally plenty of SJW crap. Both single player DLCs are perfect examples of that.

    This is a game with a lot of appeal for me, but several unfortunate decision somewhat ruined the experience for me. Final Verdict: 60 %    … Expand
  12. ChoicestGames
    Feb 27, 2020
    7
    For fans of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as stealth action-adventures with a bit of naval combat thrown in, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag ticks all the right boxes. The game also features great cutscenes, animations, mini-games, sea shanties and Ubisoft took the effort to resolve the game in a satisfactory manner (at least with respect to Edward Kenway's story). If you're not intoFor fans of the Golden Age of Piracy as well as stealth action-adventures with a bit of naval combat thrown in, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag ticks all the right boxes. The game also features great cutscenes, animations, mini-games, sea shanties and Ubisoft took the effort to resolve the game in a satisfactory manner (at least with respect to Edward Kenway's story). If you're not into these sorts of games though (i.e. lots of grinding in order to upgrade your character and ship, as well as stealth being a mandatory requirement for success) you could find elements of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag frustrating: I know I did.… Expand
  13. Shimmeywill
    Feb 20, 2020
    6
    While the story and on foot gameplay didn't engage me, the ship gameplay and combat made for a solid time waster of a game. Chill to just wander around the map collecting stuff.
  14. Tomicsavo
    Feb 17, 2020
    9
    A great continuation of franchise. A lot of time can be spent with it, a lot of opportunities and fun. The only thing I was missing is a good story outside of the animus. But he was fine anyway.
  15. erdogfu96
    Feb 8, 2020
    8
    I get enjoy from playing this game. Storyline was not best but epic and very very remarkable. I remamber its story after 7 years from playing it. Sounds were epic also. Only problem was optimization. I had cool graphics card when playing that but it get very low FPS. I played ARK Survivor Evolved after that with same PC and get better fps. But out of graphics game were good. And isI get enjoy from playing this game. Storyline was not best but epic and very very remarkable. I remamber its story after 7 years from playing it. Sounds were epic also. Only problem was optimization. I had cool graphics card when playing that but it get very low FPS. I played ARK Survivor Evolved after that with same PC and get better fps. But out of graphics game were good. And is playable now also.
    Graphics: 6/10(For that year)
    Sounds: 9/10
    Story:9/10
    Fun:9/10    … Expand
  16. Prometheus1241
    Jan 19, 2020
    9
    Assassin's creed IV continues the legendary franchise of AC. AC 4 is, generally, good plot and amazing characters.
  17. Furtrap
    Jan 5, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oyun genel olarak güzel ama PS'de oyun su gibi akarken PC'de oyun çok kasıyor ayrıca kontrollerde PC' de zor mesela örnek vermek gerekirse (burdan itibaren spoiler) oyunun ilk başlarında bizim adam bira içerken adamın biri gelip bize dalıyodu sonra biz onları mafediyodukya sonra askerler geldimde orada savaş yapmamız gerek o bölüm PS de rahatlıkla geçilerbilirken PC de geçilmesi resmen eziyet!!?!!!… Expand
  18. RomanGor
    Dec 14, 2019
    4
    Это просто унылая дрочильня, однотипные миссии, дерганая анимация, гг какой-то моральный урод, а про морские баталии я вообще молчу. Большего дрочева, чем морские сражения, я еще ни в одном асасине не встречал. Если что я прошел 1, 2 части и бразерхуд. Не знаю, чем 4-я часть всем нравится, как по мне, так унылое дно. Попробую себя заставить пройти ее до конца. И да, горите в аду юбики соЭто просто унылая дрочильня, однотипные миссии, дерганая анимация, гг какой-то моральный урод, а про морские баталии я вообще молчу. Большего дрочева, чем морские сражения, я еще ни в одном асасине не встречал. Если что я прошел 1, 2 части и бразерхуд. Не знаю, чем 4-я часть всем нравится, как по мне, так унылое дно. Попробую себя заставить пройти ее до конца. И да, горите в аду юбики со своим копировальным станком по производству дерьмовых ежегодных игр!!! Прошел до конца и могу сказать, что если бы вся игра была как последние 3 главы, то еще ничего. Но так как первые 3/4 игры - это настоящее дрочево, разбавленное тупорылыми морскими сражениями, то оценка только 4 из 10. 4 бала за красоту картинки и полную локализацию, с чем у юбиков никогда проблем не было.… Expand
  19. Druid
    Dec 12, 2019
    9
    A true masterclass in how to satisfy someone who wants to go on an adventure in the seas. This game succeeds in making a beautiful world with great characters and a very engaging concept. The ship combat and the soundtrack is what truly steals the show though.

    The game could have easily been a 10 if it wasn't bugged by monotonous side-missions, sub-par main mission design and the lack    A true masterclass in how to satisfy someone who wants to go on an adventure in the seas. This game succeeds in making a beautiful world with great characters and a very engaging concept. The ship combat and the soundtrack is what truly steals the show though.

    The game could have easily been a 10 if it wasn't bugged by monotonous side-missions, sub-par main mission design and the lack of a dedicated crouch button in a stealth game.    … Expand
  20. Genek13
    Nov 18, 2019
    9
    Finally I was able to play a outstanding pirat type of game. If this is not enough - in AC world :)
    Great and fun to play :) story is much different for what we can see in previous games, which makes this game uniqe :)
  21. Hayter
    Nov 10, 2019
    9
    Это просто лучшая игра про пиратов, поверьте, я знаю, о чём пишу.
  22. mahmudul_rohan
    Oct 13, 2019
    10
    Great Story,gameplay & superb graphics! Great ubisoft game back in 2013! Still waiting for master piece like this.


    Nothing is true,everythingis permitted
  23. SilverOrlov
    Sep 27, 2019
    9
    This game is a small island of quality and interest in the surrounding ocean of terrible quality and marketing failures. On the one hand, two completely stupid ad-dons to the second part and a terrible third part, and on the other hand, unsuccessful marketing and experiments about France and England. This part about pirates stands apart from all this. Despite the periodic stupidity of theThis game is a small island of quality and interest in the surrounding ocean of terrible quality and marketing failures. On the one hand, two completely stupid ad-dons to the second part and a terrible third part, and on the other hand, unsuccessful marketing and experiments about France and England. This part about pirates stands apart from all this. Despite the periodic stupidity of the behavior of some heroes, the main story-line, side quests, the visual appearance of the game, the colors and the atmosphere of the Caribbean islands are implemented at a high level. The only game in which sea battles were successfully and interestingly made.… Expand
  24. Kamalesh696
    Aug 20, 2019
    10
    A VeRy GrEaT PiRatE GaMe...With DisTinCt STuPyFying experience Game....WiTh VeRy GreaT Genre...
  25. Aiden_Cora
    Jun 16, 2019
    7
    Great sailing and swashbuckling adventure. Very fun concept of upgrading the ship/mobile base. mediocre Assassin's Creed.
  26. ATTin
    Jun 2, 2019
    9
    Story: 8.5, Gameplay: 9, Graphics: 9. Ah the memories, easily an awsome game
  27. JaydenPickens
    May 22, 2019
    8
    This is the only Assassin's Creed game, that I've actually enjoyed without any problems. I just love pirates. Carribeans were beautiful and fun to explore. Edward was fun and the best character in the series. Sidequests were not s***y as they were in all the previous games. Our ship and handling it was amazing, so were the battles. I loved shanties as well. What I didn't like were theThis is the only Assassin's Creed game, that I've actually enjoyed without any problems. I just love pirates. Carribeans were beautiful and fun to explore. Edward was fun and the best character in the series. Sidequests were not s***y as they were in all the previous games. Our ship and handling it was amazing, so were the battles. I loved shanties as well. What I didn't like were the typical AC missions where you follow the target (AKA: waste your time), then listen to him and finish him... these missions are so boring, they make me sick. Everything else was good. This is the only AC game, that I would actually recommend without any problems. Pickens approves!… Expand
  28. Pharaoshka
    Feb 23, 2019
    7
    I played more than 100 hours in this game. I liked a lot of things, battles, pumping the ship and pumping the character. The weak points of this game are graphics, plot and sound. Mostly I am pleased with this game.
  29. kuczmcym
    Feb 8, 2019
    7
    By far the best assassin's creed game. The pirate ship mechanics are unique and fun to play.
  30. Tilt1k
    Feb 6, 2019
    7
    Most overrated Creed for me. I dont have the Assasin feeling from this one it just feels very not assasin. Naval combat gets boring after like hour and two. Still an assassins creed, some good characters and fun to play through just not as good as previous titles.
  31. LegoEggo19
    Jan 25, 2019
    10
    This game made up for the problems with AC3, namely the lack of fun. ACIV strives to be fun in everything you do, and it succeeds. Even newcomers to the series who just want a pirate game would most likely enjoy this game. Music, graphics, exploration, combat, everything feels excellent. Even in 2019 this game is worth picking up and trying out. You won't be disappointed!
  32. Nandokan
    Jan 23, 2019
    9
    Ubisoft lo regalaba en una de esos ataques de generosidad y no lo dudé, es uno de mis Assassin's favoritos.
    Siempre me ha gustado la temática pirata y este juego es una maravilla a nivel de personajes e historia.
    Quizás está demasiado centrado en las batallas navales pero no se puede esperar otra cosa de un juego ambientado en la edad de oro de la piratería.
  33. ysf
    Jan 22, 2019
    10
    Türkçe yorum. Oyun Assassin's Creed olarak pek başarılı olmasada gemi olayını ve fersah fersah denizleri gezme olayını çok iyi çözmüşler. Haytham'ın babası olduğu için ACIII ile bağlantısı var sanmasınlar. Ha klavye ve mouse ile rezil bir halde onu söylemeden geçmiyim. Sanırım konsoldan port olduğu için öyle. Tavsiyem varsa xbox gamepad ile oynamanız yoksa herhangi bir gamepad de olur.Türkçe yorum. Oyun Assassin's Creed olarak pek başarılı olmasada gemi olayını ve fersah fersah denizleri gezme olayını çok iyi çözmüşler. Haytham'ın babası olduğu için ACIII ile bağlantısı var sanmasınlar. Ha klavye ve mouse ile rezil bir halde onu söylemeden geçmiyim. Sanırım konsoldan port olduğu için öyle. Tavsiyem varsa xbox gamepad ile oynamanız yoksa herhangi bir gamepad de olur.
  34. Fany000
    Jan 12, 2019
    8
    Assassin's Creed at it's finest, probably the best part of the whole serie. Pirate theme suits the game well and the surroundings of Carribean are simply beatiful. Ship battles were done in a very funny and complex way. The last true part of the Assassin's Creed serie.

    Pros: + Carribean is living and beatufiul + Huge map full of sites for discovery journeys + Edward is great + Great    Assassin's Creed at it's finest, probably the best part of the whole serie. Pirate theme suits the game well and the surroundings of Carribean are simply beatiful. Ship battles were done in a very funny and complex way. The last true part of the Assassin's Creed serie.

    Pros:
    + Carribean is living and beatufiul
    + Huge map full of sites for discovery journeys
    + Edward is great
    + Great sidequests
    + Excellent ending, probably the best in the whole serie
    + Ship battles
    + Kenway's fleet is interesting and entertaining feature
    + Shanties (great pirate atmosphere at all)

    Cons:
    - Some technical issues (not that drastical as it is described in some reviews here, I needed restart the memory just once, the game didn't drop at all, just few bugs and glitches, better optimalization could be great tho)
    - From the half of the game you don't know what to do with money (it's really easy to get enough of them)
    - Beggining of the story is quite boring and storytelling could be done better at all
    - Presence of typical AC missions like follow the target, listen the target a then kill him, no originality in main missions
    - not challenging puzzles (all of them are really easy)

    Time spent to finish the game: Sth about 40 hours to obtain all collectibles and finish main story.    … Expand
  35. Ernest_Figueroa
    Nov 23, 2018
    8
    El juego esta excelente, mucho contenido, mucha exploración, los barcos son una entretención muy buena, la historia esta muy cortada pero se puede decir que tiene grandes sorpresas.
  36. 4y4
    Nov 14, 2018
    9
    I really enjoyed this on PC. I recommend using Xbox 360 controller for this game!
  37. Yurk
    Nov 6, 2018
    10
    This is my favorite Assassin's Creed game. I completed it 6 times and would be happy to do it again. Amazing graphics, wonderful atmosphere, breathtaking views and fantastic story. I love how everything works together in this part. It is pirate game and somehow it is totally canonic Assassin's Creed title. It is like previous ACs but in different setting and with additional mechanics. 10This is my favorite Assassin's Creed game. I completed it 6 times and would be happy to do it again. Amazing graphics, wonderful atmosphere, breathtaking views and fantastic story. I love how everything works together in this part. It is pirate game and somehow it is totally canonic Assassin's Creed title. It is like previous ACs but in different setting and with additional mechanics. 10 out of 10. Sea songs are the best! What shall we do with a drunken sailor early in the morning?… Expand
  38. Harbin_jer
    Oct 1, 2018
    5
    Uhhhhh. Am I the only one perplexed by the amazing reviews of this game? No one else was frustrated with the movements? climbing and jumping on everything but what you want? Granted your running. Never getting to finish an enemy because your character highlights another character before you can finish the one you have disabled? What about ship fights and not being able to see when enemiesUhhhhh. Am I the only one perplexed by the amazing reviews of this game? No one else was frustrated with the movements? climbing and jumping on everything but what you want? Granted your running. Never getting to finish an enemy because your character highlights another character before you can finish the one you have disabled? What about ship fights and not being able to see when enemies are about to attack so you can't counter. Or when you finish a memory and only than do you see the optional objectives and you get an 80% sync so you basically replay every memory at least twice. The memory where you have to kill the captain from the rope swing I will probably never get 100% sync even after trying 20 times. Visiting old friends optional objective is completely insane this will be my fourth time replaying that memory. And the countless times the counter attack doesn't work even though your pounding the key through your keyboard. I will most likely have to replace my keyboard. This game has been nothing but a huge frustrating stress. I haven't been able to enjoy this game at all just determined to finish. I really dislike you Ubisoft so much so that I go out of my way to make a review about this game.… Expand
  39. ItsGosho
    Aug 3, 2018
    8
    Ok it was not that bad because it played it before 2 months with GTX 1070Ti and I was late for the lag ,but for this that there was back in 2013 - -1 score,the story is interesting,the locations are exotic but its repetitive and the distance between locations is big and the time to travel is really slow...
  40. paraname
    Jul 6, 2018
    8
    Solid story telling. Fun noval combat, but it can get repetitive very fast especially if you are playing it continuously without doing other things. I did not play the assassination side quest much, but i think it is quite challenging and fun enough. There are a lot of things to do in the game, but as you might have already guested, the majority of them are not worth your time, likeSolid story telling. Fun noval combat, but it can get repetitive very fast especially if you are playing it continuously without doing other things. I did not play the assassination side quest much, but i think it is quite challenging and fun enough. There are a lot of things to do in the game, but as you might have already guested, the majority of them are not worth your time, like looting chests. But other things like finding treasure map is rewarding. This is best to do earlier in the game since the money you get at the time worth a lot more than after the end game (It has more meaning) .

    Overall, this is a great game not only for an assassin's creed fan but also for anyone who love adventure game as well. Just make sure not to stick to doing one thing for too long.

    *Played the game in 2018    … Expand
  41. Meta1234
    Apr 16, 2018
    10
    This game is for me on par with the AC Revelations game. It is a 9,5 which rounds up to a 10.

    It took the mechanics of AC III, used them well and also provided a very exotic setting, freedom of exploration and memorable story development and cinematics. And energetic music too.

    Is is a great long-lasting taste when looking back at this game.
  42. DarkBee
    Apr 5, 2018
    10
    Assassin's Creed 3 had many problems, but they did not concern the sea battles: Ubisoft accidentally embodied almost all the dreams of the authors of the domestic "Corsairs", only with the proper luster and scope. The problem is that in the plot campaign to become the captain of the ship it was necessary literally on one and a half missions, but Black Flag is devoted to pirates entirely.Assassin's Creed 3 had many problems, but they did not concern the sea battles: Ubisoft accidentally embodied almost all the dreams of the authors of the domestic "Corsairs", only with the proper luster and scope. The problem is that in the plot campaign to become the captain of the ship it was necessary literally on one and a half missions, but Black Flag is devoted to pirates entirely. The series for the first time rolled back along the time line: the barman Desmond Miles, being in the amazing device "Animus", traveled from the Middle Ages to the American War of Independence, but now the events moved half a century ago, when the Caribbean terrorized bukaniry.
    The new hero, thus, became the ancestor of the central characters of Assassin's Creed 3: Edward Kenway - the father of Kheitem Keneway and Grandfather Connor Kenway. And he's a pirate: after serving as a privateer during the recent wars between the metropolitan countries, he surrendered to the sea brigands, which, by the way, upset his wife, quite agreeing to poor farm life. In parallel, the old enemies of the Assassins and the Templars act in the colonies, and Edward accidentally gets involved in their affairs. All these adventures these days are parsed and recorded by the employee of the corporation "Abstergo", which seems to be going to make a family film from the material obtained. Edward - officially not seemingly an assassin, but he acts just like all the members of the brotherhood: he also fights, as he climbs on the roofs and hides in the bushes. All key mechanics of Assassin's Creed have not really been updated since the first part, and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag in this sense does not change anything. All battles, as well as six years ago, are won by counterattacks, any high constructions are subdued by one button, and everything can still be hidden in the grass, knee-high. The enemies have not become smarter, there are practically no new weapons and techniques, and all land tasks are a collection of primitive instructions from previous issues: catch up, run away, follow and overhear the conversation. Land on Black Flag has absolutely nothing to do. Even the most trifling naval battle - a large-scale show
    But, fortunately, you need to go down there only on key plot matters, all the rest of the time you can spend in the open sea. After a couple of hours of play you get your own ship (Edward will call it "Jackdaw") and you can immediately go to rob and kill. The sensations are tremendous: they are trembling with the helm, you are tactilely aware of the gigantic size and power of your brig, every wave and every breath of the wind. Even the most trivial battle is a large-scale show: the vessels are spinning, aiming at each other, exchanging a series of volleys, everything is burning, smokes and explodes. In this context, even outdated mechanics work in a new way: long-bored fights and parkour for the time being carried away again, when you take on board a stranger ship, jump between the masts and fence with the enemy captain. Going to the open sea, you never know exactly what awaits you. You can run into other pirates, you can get into a storm, you can loot a single schooner or track down victims larger, you can buy a diving bell and dive underwater, you can search for treasure or storm fortified forts. Extraction goes for upgrades: if you do not increase the firepower of the Galki, you can easily drown at the first meeting with a small enemy flotilla. Finally, you need to remember the team. After particularly loud clashes, almost half of all sailors may die, and they will have to recruit new ones: rescuing captured gangsters from shootings and gallows, hiring drunkards in taverns, luring captives on their sides or picking random drowning aboard. If the first and third parts of Assassin's Creed claimed a kind of pseudo-historical production, then Assassin's Creed 4, like Assassin's Creed 2 - is rather a motley themed show from a casino in Las Vegas. Everyone walks in bright clothes, big hats are decorated with funny feathers, the killers wear complex systems of belts and belts to take a dozen pistols at once, and if a black beard appears in the frame (and he is by no means the only historical figure , which you will meet), then it will look like it would look in a cartoon. But this is exactly what you expect from the game about treasures, rum, seas and jungles. Black Flag - a game for those who love filibusters rather a sample of "Pirates of the Caribbean"    … Expand
  43. irmscher
    Mar 19, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well. What can I say... this is my 1st Assasins Creed game (few hours into very first Assasins Creed doesn't count), and probably the last one. Pirate theme and sailing is the only thing that kept me playing and reach 71% main mission completion. After that the "assassins" part of the game just become unbearable with all those repetitive missions and **** up controls. The main story is quite good up until around middle of the game and then just becomes MEH. I don't have more time to waste on this "fun simulation" crap.… Expand
  44. vboy960
    Mar 13, 2018
    9
    Had this game on my old Xbox 360 and now have it for the PS4. A great game, simply put. Side missions are fun and interesting. Naval combat is amazing. Hunting, crafting, upgrading your ship are all really great aspects of the game. Stealth is not really encouraged too much, but I myself just play it for what it is, a really great pirate game. One of the best games I've ever played andHad this game on my old Xbox 360 and now have it for the PS4. A great game, simply put. Side missions are fun and interesting. Naval combat is amazing. Hunting, crafting, upgrading your ship are all really great aspects of the game. Stealth is not really encouraged too much, but I myself just play it for what it is, a really great pirate game. One of the best games I've ever played and I've played a lot of them. Buy this and you won't regret it.… Expand
  45. Focaccia
    Mar 11, 2018
    10
    Assassin's creed IV is a masterpiece. The naval battles, the new addition to this game, are fast-paced, fun, and control really well. The main cities are also very detailed and are a joy to explore. The story is amazing, especially the ending, and the main missions are the most fun in the entire franchise with some typical AC missions and some new unique ones which are equally as fun.Assassin's creed IV is a masterpiece. The naval battles, the new addition to this game, are fast-paced, fun, and control really well. The main cities are also very detailed and are a joy to explore. The story is amazing, especially the ending, and the main missions are the most fun in the entire franchise with some typical AC missions and some new unique ones which are equally as fun. There are tons of side quests to distract you from the main quest, such as the assassination contracts, which are really fun to complete. The jumping and climbing mechanics are executed perfectly, i've never had any problems while climbing buildings. The wii u version has a map on the gamepad, which allows you to see where you are going without having to pause the game, a really useful touch. This is one hell of a game, and a must have for any assassin's creed fan.… Expand
  46. merijnj
    Mar 5, 2018
    10
    (94/100)
    This one comes second for me. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag improves immensely on AC III and introduces another fun likeable protagonist. This is definitely the best pirate game as well as the second best AC game.
  47. gameboy92
    Mar 3, 2018
    10
    This game is way different form other AC games it is have kinda boring story but it will take you until end. Now we have way better fight system and naval system in this game yes the main focus is more naval then lands but it is cool. The only part of this game that I did not like at all is the under water parts with this God dammit sharks!!!! .
  48. Thixtalk
    Feb 16, 2018
    5
    Assassin's Creed: Black Flag is a very bad game. This game have nothing good to stay you in the game.
    Let's begin with start:
    1. Graphics. Graphics have not passed the test of time and it is very terrible. Recently, I quietly played in Max Payne 1-2, but in AS IV everything is very bad and not playable, the character just dummies. 2. Gameplay. It's very easy gameplay for children. And    Assassin's Creed: Black Flag is a very bad game. This game have nothing good to stay you in the game.
    Let's begin with start:
    1. Graphics. Graphics have not passed the test of time and it is very terrible. Recently, I quietly played in Max Payne 1-2, but in AS IV everything is very bad and not playable, the character just dummies.
    2. Gameplay. It's very easy gameplay for children. And it isn't interesting. Even swimming on ships they managed to make boring
    3. Story. Disgusting, terrible, frustrating, boring, not interesting. The game does not have charismatic or interesting characters.The very history is developing very slowly.
    4. Parkour. Since AS 2, nothing is changed.
    5. Additional tasks. As it usually happens in the AS, I didn't find any interesting tasks.    … Expand
  49. YASIFAIZI
    Jan 19, 2018
    10
    Assassins Creed Black Flag is masterpiece
    its have big open world full of things to do, side activity to complete, animals to hunt and use it for armor or weapons,
    big fishes to kill on water, explore under the water, upgrade your ship, destroy templers outposts and many more things aside of that it have great story, awesome game-play, and beautiful graphics for any platforms. i highly    Assassins Creed Black Flag is masterpiece
    its have big open world full of things to do, side activity to complete, animals to hunt and use it for armor or weapons,
    big fishes to kill on water, explore under the water, upgrade your ship, destroy templers outposts and many more things
    aside of that it have great story, awesome game-play, and beautiful graphics for any platforms.
    i highly recommend this game for every one.    … Expand
  50. nyeven
    Jan 9, 2018
    7
    I can't run this game on ultra with a GTX 1080 in 2018. Enough said about its optimization.

    The graphics are beautiful on high settings on which I played. They captured well the Caribbean aesthetics. The gameplay is pretty off from Assassin's Creed. Stealth is not encouraged and the gameplay is not interesting enough for a game about pirates. The story is pretty stupid, full of    I can't run this game on ultra with a GTX 1080 in 2018. Enough said about its optimization.

    The graphics are beautiful on high settings on which I played. They captured well the Caribbean aesthetics.

    The gameplay is pretty off from Assassin's Creed. Stealth is not encouraged and the gameplay is not interesting enough for a game about pirates.

    The story is pretty stupid, full of plot holes. What was Robert's motives and why didn't he simply kill you? Rogers survived your assassination... I mean, come on...

    But there are lot of pieces of amazing writing. The IT guy's character is hilarious and well written. Some pirates are their jokes are amazing ("It's a ship not a boat", "We are pregnant!" etc.)

    But those small pieces of amazing writing are shunned away with a clumsy main story.

    The game is also waaay to big. The main story is too long, considering what it actually tells and side quests and missions are simply way to repetitive. There are some gems among them, but it doesn't pay off to suffer through the rest of the missions.

    I enjoyed the modern story much more than Edward's story. Too bad it's very short and not finished at all.

    Overall, a disappointing experience that tries to be both an Assassin's Creed game and a game about pirates and then falls flat between the two.

    If you are a fan of a series, I suggest only doing to the main story and not playing many hours per day because you will get burnt out.    … Expand
  51. Robobob
    Dec 22, 2017
    8
    Finally got around to playing Black Flag when Ubisoft recently offered it for freed download for 1 week. I had just finished Assassin's Creed: Origins and absolutely loved that game and 100%ed it, which is the first time I did that for an open world game. Going backwards from Origins to Black Flag left me wanting in a couple ways.
    For one the controls are not as good as Origins and I    Finally got around to playing Black Flag when Ubisoft recently offered it for freed download for 1 week. I had just finished Assassin's Creed: Origins and absolutely loved that game and 100%ed it, which is the first time I did that for an open world game. Going backwards from Origins to Black Flag left me wanting in a couple ways.
    For one the controls are not as good as Origins and I often became very frustrated when "free running" because I would often grab onto things that I didn't want to climb. Why the Run button is the same as the climb button I'll never know. In Origins you pretty much run all the time which should be the case. There should have been a "grounded" button that prevented you from climbing while you run.
    As far as open world missions so, many were rinse and repeat with no story just a different target with a different random face, like the Assassin contacts. Also, for an open world game many missions had a very strict and narrow zone to operate in that almost felt very linear. You didn't have several options in how to complete a mission. It was Ubi's way or the highway.
    Aside from those complaints the game looks really beautiful on max settings on my new gaming rig. I love all of the lush tropical environments. The pirate theme and ship combat is one of the highlights of the game, though you need to do some major upgrades to make ship combat far less difficult. I'm sure I'll try and 100% this game as well because there are enough unique places to explore and different task to do.
    One thing I did like more than Origins was that some climbing areas were like puzzles as you had to figure out ways to certain Eagle perch views where as in Origins nearly everything is climbable and almost too easy.
    The ship fleet mini-game is barely a game but a good way to make some easy money though the combat is slow and tedious. It's a clever way to put the many ships you capture to good use. I wish the combat was a bird's eye view of your fleet attacking an enemy and you had little input but a few orders.
    One last thing is that I know I have a home base mansion somewhere in the game where rare and unique collectables accumulate but I can't remember what city it is in and can't find it on the map and wish that was better marked.
    All-in-all a great game for it's time that seems a little repetitive compared against recent iterations.    … Expand
  52. ivan7788
    Dec 11, 2017
    9
    This game is last good Assasins Creed (AC). I have enjoyed all AC since the first one which i though was regular back in the day i gave it a score of 7.0/10, then AC2 blew my mind with an insteresting story and some how a lovable main character 8.0/10. AC Brother Hood was more of a continuation for me 7.8/10 and AC Revelation was like the same but with more darker atmosphere 7.5/10.

    I    This game is last good Assasins Creed (AC). I have enjoyed all AC since the first one which i though was regular back in the day i gave it a score of 7.0/10, then AC2 blew my mind with an insteresting story and some how a lovable main character 8.0/10. AC Brother Hood was more of a continuation for me 7.8/10 and AC Revelation was like the same but with more darker atmosphere 7.5/10.

    I skipped AC3 entirely because its bad optimization on PC. The I played AC Unity which i thought was a very boring game 5.8/10 and AC Syndicate 6.0/10 I unistalled both games after a few missions because the story and mechanics were a pain in the ass.

    Then today Ubisoft (company that i dont like since they scammed me with The Division) gave away for free a copy of Assasins Creed IV Black Flag and ohh boi i have to tell you people this AC is GOOD, its like AC2 meets the first Pirates of the Caribbean, playing this game is a charming journey for single player campaing, i rate the game 8.5/10 (Metacritic dont allow that score so i gave it 9.0/10 to be fair).    … Expand
  53. AvallacS
    Dec 5, 2017
    8
    Analysis: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag.

    History: The game has a VERY interesting story, it manages to fit like stories of its predecessors with mastery, however the writers could not explain it with clarity and neither the depth to the personages, making everything very superficial. Note: 7/10 Gameplay: Same as always. Same gameplay as Assassin's Creed III, but with a slight    Analysis: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag.

    History: The game has a VERY interesting story, it manages to fit like stories of its predecessors with mastery, however the writers could not explain it with clarity and neither the depth to the personages, making everything very superficial.

    Note: 7/10

    Gameplay: Same as always. Same gameplay as Assassin's Creed III, but with a slight worsening, yes, it gets worse. On the other hand, Ubisoft was a little more careful about bugs in the game, something hard to find in that game, but still, but nothing that would hinder a game immersion.

    Note: 8/10

    Graphics: There has been considerable graphical evolution since Assassin's Creed III. Water, rain, such as textures; all very beautiful. It is worth admiring the sunset as you cruise the Caribbean at the Gralha.

    Note: 9/10

    Final Note: 8/10

    Summary: It is a game that you are in under $ 10.00 and worth every penny. It has good graphics, story and gameplay, later of a time, began to repeat the story and extremely short.    … Expand
  54. soneill34
    Nov 27, 2017
    6
    The game itself is perfectly good, but the PC port is complete garbage. An i5 with a GTX1070 should not struggle to output a 4 year old game at medium settings.
  55. Tomle1202
    Nov 5, 2017
    8
    Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag sails out to be the best installment of the franchise since the second game, despite occasionally repetitive gameplay and technical issues.
  56. HafizulBariAdit
    Oct 5, 2017
    10
    This game is very fun to play. Everything looks very fine and colourful. Graphic is very good. Gameplay is fine no bugs or glitch on it storyline is also good.
  57. ShawnD
    Sep 28, 2017
    9
    Context: I think I paid $10 for this game as part of a Steam sale.
    The game is definitely worth $10. It has its share of oddities, but one gets familiar with it over time. Some of the missions glitch out and it doesn't register that I've reached the objective, so I need to reload from the last save point and do it again. It's happened 3 times so far.
    The ship stuff is interesting. It    Context: I think I paid $10 for this game as part of a Steam sale.
    The game is definitely worth $10. It has its share of oddities, but one gets familiar with it over time. Some of the missions glitch out and it doesn't register that I've reached the objective, so I need to reload from the last save point and do it again. It's happened 3 times so far.
    The ship stuff is interesting. It even has a GTA-style system of getting police attention. The map is huge, so it might take me a week or two to get through all of it.    … Expand
  58. Ash98
    Jun 6, 2017
    8
    What an amazing game.

    I thoroughly enjoyed the maps in which the game was played in, the graphics were tremendous when being played at 1440p high settings. Although the game is quite badly optimised in terms of performance, my RX 480 8GB managed to power through most of the game. Awesome combat, i mean REAL awesome. Edward Kenway is a rocking protagonist to play as, i love the way    What an amazing game.

    I thoroughly enjoyed the maps in which the game was played in, the graphics were tremendous when being played at 1440p high settings.

    Although the game is quite badly optimised in terms of performance, my RX 480 8GB managed to power through most of the game.

    Awesome combat, i mean REAL awesome. Edward Kenway is a rocking protagonist to play as, i love the way he moves! Boat fights are massive, and upgrading the Jackdaw and Edward is really important.

    My favourite part of the game was definitely Havana. Very fun part of the game, scouting the map collecting all collectables and assassination galore!

    You are missing out not playing this gloriousness!    … Expand
  59. igor_zagray
    May 11, 2017
    8
    Great expirience of playing as a "pirate-assassin". Sea battles and the setting was charming, as for me. Customizing your ship and Edward's equipment is interested. But shipping on the opposite side of the map for some skin for your bullet bag is too tiring, as for me. But I cannot say the same about boarding ships. I also loved the songs which your team singing during the sea travels.Great expirience of playing as a "pirate-assassin". Sea battles and the setting was charming, as for me. Customizing your ship and Edward's equipment is interested. But shipping on the opposite side of the map for some skin for your bullet bag is too tiring, as for me. But I cannot say the same about boarding ships. I also loved the songs which your team singing during the sea travels. this game has wonderful atmosphere, which reminds Pirattes of the Carribean. I'm sure that developers inspired from those movies.
    I look forward to next chapters.    … Expand
  60. marcelus
    Mar 17, 2017
    8
    Not a big Assassins Creed fan but I loved AC IV Black Flag!

    Pros:
    - Pirates, ships and naval battles!
    - Caribbean landscapes! :)
    - Silly characters and better AI compared to AC III
    - Is waaaay better than III and AC Unity :P
    - Simple but fun multiplayer.

    Cons:
    - Lack of story and sidequest.
    - Still not a good port for non SLI GTX 700's (If you have PS4 buy that version!)
  61. Zazcallabah
    Mar 7, 2017
    8
    I don’t quite know what to think about Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™. The pirate parts and the open-world collect-a-thon are great, the story is nice, but movement and hand-to-hand combat is severely lacking when one is used to Arkham City levels of perfection.
  62. Krzych
    Feb 3, 2017
    9
    Amazing game. Beautiful, polished, consistent, with great characters, rich in content. My progress with main storyline was really slow because there was so many interesting things to do along the way. It took 8 days of playing for 5-6 hours a day, it's quite unique for a game to take so long to complete. And it ended just about when it was starting to be overly long. Still not perfect butAmazing game. Beautiful, polished, consistent, with great characters, rich in content. My progress with main storyline was really slow because there was so many interesting things to do along the way. It took 8 days of playing for 5-6 hours a day, it's quite unique for a game to take so long to complete. And it ended just about when it was starting to be overly long. Still not perfect but really not much more to wish, I heard it is very good but it exceeded my expectations. However one thing to mention is that the performance on 99,99% of PCs will be absolutely awful. I was running it on GTX 1080 in SLI so I had no issues, but once I tried with single card, performance is really not good, and add to this idiotic double buffered v-sync that locks your FPS to 30 if you cannot maintain stable 60. And without V-sync it is a tearing disaster. The game is not less demanding than the newest and the most demanding games of 2016. I don't know how it would go if I played it on average setup, probably not so good, but if you play without performance issues then the game is absolutely wonderful.… Expand
  63. justanhonestguy
    Jan 13, 2017
    1
    Had a previous review that gave the game credit for excellent programming, graphics, historical setting, art design, level design, and good parkour. Gave it a few bad marks for combat mechanics, AI behavior, and other things not all that bad even when added up. I hadn't given up totally, and the game had a rating of just under 50% for me, until reality set in. What absolutely KILLED theHad a previous review that gave the game credit for excellent programming, graphics, historical setting, art design, level design, and good parkour. Gave it a few bad marks for combat mechanics, AI behavior, and other things not all that bad even when added up. I hadn't given up totally, and the game had a rating of just under 50% for me, until reality set in. What absolutely KILLED the fun factor for me was "NO SAVE FUNCTION". I want to save the game when I want to save the game. Take this outdated arrogant attitude and shove it, dudes, don't tell me when I can save the game. I complete a half hour's worth of whatever level, then I die, or have to do something else in the real world, and I have to start all over again? I have to repeat the entire hour possibly. because you said so?? That's not fun, guys, that's called work and I get enough of that during the day. Combine that single catastrophic bad design element with the pervasive and absolutely buzz-killing ultra modern office "Oh it was all a dream a-la Total Recall" moments, and throw in the arrogant Uplay overlay, and as they say in the orchestra, "Viola!!" A great effort by programmers, art guys, and the people that envisioned the awesome piratey goodness of the initial concept, squandered, and I mean absolutely destroyed down to the nanometric level of subatomic dissolution type destroyed, and this game holds the current title in Just an Honest Guy land of "Game that fell the hardest from the highest". I am sincerely so disappointed in the flawed execution that I have to give it a 2.... Uninstalling in frustration.… Expand
  64. Nyakuya
    Dec 20, 2016
    8
    Me gustaria darle mas puntaje a este juego, pues su historia fue la más triste de todo assasin's creed y sin duda alguna su final es muy emotivo. AMÉ y ODIÉ la historia de este juego, y eso es lo que hace que hoy mismo lo vote de forma positiva.

    Me gustaría darle un 9 y no un 8, pero lamentablemente el pésimo rendimiento y los bugs que tiene no me lo permiten. Sin lugar a dudas amé este    Me gustaria darle mas puntaje a este juego, pues su historia fue la más triste de todo assasin's creed y sin duda alguna su final es muy emotivo. AMÉ y ODIÉ la historia de este juego, y eso es lo que hace que hoy mismo lo vote de forma positiva.

    Me gustaría darle un 9 y no un 8, pero lamentablemente el pésimo rendimiento y los bugs que tiene no me lo permiten. Sin lugar a dudas amé este juego.    … Expand
  65. Mankiniman
    Nov 2, 2016
    8
    If you like the Assassin's Creed franchise, you're gonna like this game. In my personal book, this is where the franchise peaked. It is relieving to play a character that often does not take the philosophical aspects of the story as serious as he ought (or as serious as you do), and who evolves from an actual terrible human being, who betrays the trust of those who mean little to him, andIf you like the Assassin's Creed franchise, you're gonna like this game. In my personal book, this is where the franchise peaked. It is relieving to play a character that often does not take the philosophical aspects of the story as serious as he ought (or as serious as you do), and who evolves from an actual terrible human being, who betrays the trust of those who mean little to him, and sometimes those who mean a lot to him, into a person we can sorta get behind. Also, probably the best ending I have seen in my life (in stark contrast to the joke of an ending that is AC Syndicate)… Expand
  66. Ripplecry
    Oct 18, 2016
    8
    Assassin's Creed serisinin ilk oyunundan beri takipçisiyim. Bu oyunu aldığımda ise oldukça önyargı ile yaklaştım. Okuduğum çoğu olumsuz yorumda AC3'deki gemi savaşları tutulduğu için yapılmış bir yapım olduğu yazıyordu. Ama oyuna başladığımda tüm önyargım yıkıldı. Kesinlikle baştan sağma bir yapım değildi...

    Oyunun grafikleri takdire şayan. Tüm ayarlar ultrada 50fps altına düşmedi. İyi    Assassin's Creed serisinin ilk oyunundan beri takipçisiyim. Bu oyunu aldığımda ise oldukça önyargı ile yaklaştım. Okuduğum çoğu olumsuz yorumda AC3'deki gemi savaşları tutulduğu için yapılmış bir yapım olduğu yazıyordu. Ama oyuna başladığımda tüm önyargım yıkıldı. Kesinlikle baştan sağma bir yapım değildi...

    Oyunun grafikleri takdire şayan. Tüm ayarlar ultrada 50fps altına düşmedi. İyi bir sistemle gözleriniz bayram ediyor. Ubisoftu senede bir Assassin's Creed oyunu çıkarmakla eleştiriyorlar. Ama bu kadar kısa sürede böyle bir şahaeseri oraya çıkarmak takdir edilesi birşey.

    Oyunun hikayesi yan görevler olmadan 35 saat sürüyor yaklaşık olarak yan görevleri daha yapmadım. Hikayesi başlarda sıkıcı gelse bile özellikle 6.diziden sonra güzelleşiyor.

    Oyunun hep +'larından bahsettim gelelim eksilerine.

    Eğer serinin diğer oyunlarını oynamış ve hikayeye hakimseniz sizide mutlaka rahatsız etmiş olmalı. Oyun korsanlık ve denizciliğe odaklı, suikastçi bile son 2 dizide oluyorsunuz zaten oyun 13 dizi. Bu yönüyle diğer Assassin's Creed oyunlarının gerisinde kalıyor. Seriye hakim değil ve hikaye odaklı oynamıyorsanız bundan şikayet etmezsiniz.

    Ve başka bir eksi daha: Uplay
    Ubisoft kendi oyunları için steam, origin gibi bir sistem oluşturmuş. Oyunu oynamak için Uplay zorunlu. Bu iş can sıkıcı olabiliyor.

    Birazda multiplayerden bahsedelim. Assassins Creed hiçbirzaman multiplayer odaklı bir oyun olmadı. Bu yüzden multiplayerden fazla beklentiniz olmasın. Genede serverleri dolu oyuncu rahat bulabiliyorsunuz.

    Gelelim sonuca. Oyun kesinlikle oynanmayı hakediyor indirimlerde 40tl altına düşünce kesinlikle almalısınız. Kuruşuna kadar hakediyor. Genel puanım ise 8/10.    … Expand
  67. Fishtacular
    Jul 21, 2016
    9
    GRAPHICS: The graphics were amazing. Oddly, the rendered cut scenes seem to improve as the game progresses; advancements in tech during development? Don't listen to reviews complaining about low FPS, they are reviewing their own hardware and not the game. A game with less detail, fewer polygons, smaller textures, fewer models, less physics, etc. will have higher FPS on the same hardware.GRAPHICS: The graphics were amazing. Oddly, the rendered cut scenes seem to improve as the game progresses; advancements in tech during development? Don't listen to reviews complaining about low FPS, they are reviewing their own hardware and not the game. A game with less detail, fewer polygons, smaller textures, fewer models, less physics, etc. will have higher FPS on the same hardware. It has nothing to do with optimization and everything to do with there being more eye-candy. Tearing is eliminated with V-Sync. The open world and the ships are a beautiful work of art.

    SEQUEL: This is the first Assassin's Creed game I have ever played, so I cannot compare the previous version with this one. There are negative reviews here saying it's just like the previous one, but with pirates and some improvements... Do they know what a sequel is?

    GLITCHES/CRASHES: There were a couple of crashes though, and probably related to my multiple monitor setup and using V-Sync with monitors of different refresh rates... Don't judge me! It's as stable as my other games played the same way. Some "glitches" seemed intentional because it's supposed to be a "simulation", not real. Play Saints Row IV and you'll see what I mean by intentional glitches for effect.

    CONTROLS: This is the only reason the game doesn't get a 10 for me. The "E" key is used for so many things it gets frustrating. Hiding in the bushes with a fresh corpse I just assassinated and another soon to be in front of me, I am faced with a few options for the "E" key: Assassinate, Whistle, Loot, and Carry. There are 4 things at the same time, and the "E" key can handle two because it will distinguish between holding and just typing "E". I was forced to loot my corpses to get that option removed, sometimes that didn't go so well. Also, running... I want to run, not climb every damn thing and slow me down. Maybe there is a way to run normal separate from free run that I haven't discovered yet, but if there isn't there should be. They would have to assign more keys to fix this, and they cannot do that on consoles. They would have to resort to some sort of selection cycling. But listen to what the complaint is... I have too many things my character can do. That's what makes it awesome.

    The outside world in the big office building is a little distracting. I'd rather just do the "simulation" the entire time, but maybe that's part of the Assassin's Creed theme that makes it a sequel? Anyway, the whole office and hacking computers could be dumped. It's extra, and a distraction from the real game. No points lost for having extra.

    After reading the first part of my review, you may be wondering how it got such a high score from me: It blew me away. The waves, the ships, the weather, epic sea battles, sword fights, guns, stealth, beautiful story line, excellent voice acting, harpoon fishing, swimming combined with spelunking, diving, treasure maps, cut scenes, huge open world map, beautiful imagery, this game has even more than that.The amount of work put into this... It is a masterpiece. I have 83 games in my steam inventory alone. I also use Origin and Uplay, and some games overlap. But of the hundreds, maybe thousands, of video games I have played in my life, this one is way up there with the wow factor. Amazed it was on sale for under $10. It rivals games I have bought for magnitudes more money. As with every purchase you make, buy it on sale. It's dumb to pay full price for anything.    … Expand
  68. TimW001
    Jul 19, 2016
    9
    I recently picked up this game at the Steam Summer Sale having never played a previous AC game. I've absolutely loved it. It's a wonderful and fun game. I've played other pirate games but this one is the best of them all. The cities, the scale, the sea battles - all are great! I highly recommend this game for every gamer.
  69. Shadow1
    May 15, 2016
    8
    I dont played this game on Xbox 360 , but I played this game on PC and I love it . Normal Graphics and Amazing storyline for Assasins Creed from 3 . Assasin's Creed 4 Black Flag better than Assasin's Creed 3 but worse than Assassin's Creed 2 because Assassin's Creed 2 the best Assasin's Creed Game . In Assassin's Creed 4 very much parkour and interesting missions on ships and this gameI dont played this game on Xbox 360 , but I played this game on PC and I love it . Normal Graphics and Amazing storyline for Assasins Creed from 3 . Assasin's Creed 4 Black Flag better than Assasin's Creed 3 but worse than Assassin's Creed 2 because Assassin's Creed 2 the best Assasin's Creed Game . In Assassin's Creed 4 very much parkour and interesting missions on ships and this game very interesting . 8/10… Expand
  70. fl04ter
    May 11, 2016
    8
    AC Black Flag was one of my favorite installments. I really think this one shined where AC III kind of flopped. The story alone is a wonderful one and really captures the greed of Edward Kenway and how it was more important than family, even though he was doing it for his wife. The pirate ship battles were great and very enticing but at some points they became a bit repetitive but all inAC Black Flag was one of my favorite installments. I really think this one shined where AC III kind of flopped. The story alone is a wonderful one and really captures the greed of Edward Kenway and how it was more important than family, even though he was doing it for his wife. The pirate ship battles were great and very enticing but at some points they became a bit repetitive but all in all it was a great. If you're a fan of the AC series and also a fan of pirates than this game is definitely for you. I give it an 8 out of 10 just because some parts are repetitive but I've come to expect that out of Ubisoft, sadly.… Expand
  71. Kamswagbb
    Mar 23, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Assassin's Creed IV Black-flag is very ambitious game that has a definite requirement for a good computer but if you play with a good PC the game play is very similar to Assassin's Creed 3 for it's ground combat it has the same annoying boss that are extremely difficult to fight no mater your strategy I find it way easier to shoot the person in the face and end the fight anti climatically. the naval combat is a huge upgrade from the hell of AC3 It is vary well polished but it still surprises me that Rogue was able to make it better. it's fluent and fast pace and really makes you want to be a pirate and take on a huge Man"o War for all it's metal. The story was huge disappointment Edward never seamed to show compassion for what was supposes to be heart throbbing moments only once did I really feel that there was one moment where I wanted revenge. then the fact that you don't become An official Assassin till the last three sequences, It's not called Pirates Creed it's called Assassin's Creed I expect to be an Assassin most of the game or a least more of a purpose then a pirate sailing around and stealing loot. I would have no problem if leading up to when you became an Assassin but change/ add more after that I don't care if I have let's say 22 sequences I loved playing the game and wanted more when it was over so give me more please. I think the game is a great sequel that has amazing graphics but needed more story to developed you as an Assassin, over all a very good game and very enjoyable… Expand
  72. bigboss9191
    Mar 17, 2016
    8
    Bad port, good game. Vsync is horrible. Turn it on when FPS drops it will turn you down to 30 fps. Turn it off and then suffer ultimate screen tearing.
  73. sevifc
    Feb 26, 2016
    7
    Viajamos a la época de los piratas. Se centra muchísimo mas, como es lógico, en la mejora y jugabilidad en mar, no dejando de lado lo clásico en la saga.
  74. danstew
    Feb 17, 2016
    4
    Not sure where to start. I seriously tried TWICE to get into this game, expecting to really enjoy it, as so many claim it to be one of the best ACs, along with the Ezio ones.
    But I simply can't, it wasn't fun for me.
    Let's go through it, starting with the good things: + Looks nice, both in town and at sea + Some nice new mechanics + The shanties your crew sings are a great touch and    Not sure where to start. I seriously tried TWICE to get into this game, expecting to really enjoy it, as so many claim it to be one of the best ACs, along with the Ezio ones.
    But I simply can't, it wasn't fun for me.
    Let's go through it, starting with the good things:
    + Looks nice, both in town and at sea
    + Some nice new mechanics
    + The shanties your crew sings are a great touch and made me smile a lot while at sea
    + Naval battles can be fun, even more so than in AC III
    + They did great with the pirate-history. Not as cliche as usual, no parrots on shoulders, no wooden leg and stuff on every pirate. I am rather certain I know the books they based this on, as a lot of the story-points of that subplot are rather correct, historically, and I liked that a lot.

    Now, the cons:
    - The story. This really sucks. So basically, you have the main character kill an Assassin he gets marooned with, kill him EASILY, and simply put on a bit of his outfit, becoming an assassin that way. So, this guy easily kills an assassin and kinda becomes one by putting out the clothes. Yes, he also has eagle vision, and I am sure there is an explanation that he secretly has the "assassin gene" or is the grandson of one, but before that was explained, I lost interest, it just feels weird and is rather sad, considering the previous games.
    - The main character. No personality, apart from him apparently being some kind of Jack Sparrow-type cool guy. I really liked Ezio, Altair, even Connor and Arno, but this guy, I couldn't care less about.
    - The missions. SOME tailing/eavesdrop/chase-missions can be fun. TOO many of them get frustrating and dull. Sail to a town. Talk to someone. Tail someone and listen to his conversation without being caught. Try again. Try again. Yay, checkpoint. Now sneak in and kill him. Rinse and repeat.
    - The "big story twist" about a certain person in game. This was so incredibly obvious from the start. I mean, how the heck am I supposed to believe no one noticed this (not spoiling it here) about a pirate, in a tightly-knit crew, on a ship, travelling, fighting, eating together for months? First time I saw him and heard him speak, it was so obvious, it was sad.
    - Diving. Nice change, maybe, but I never much liked diving in games, whether it was TR or this one. And here, it's mandatory - not only for a story quest where you first learn it, but also to PROGRESS. No, it's not optional.
    This "open world game" REQUIRED me to dive several times. Why? Because at some point, the game says "Stop. You can't do the next story-quest until you upgrade your ship". And to do that, you need to find blueprints, in some chest underwater. You can use the web to find out where. If you hate the diving (with overly aggressive sharks which attack you on sight and kill you quickly, while you don't have much breath in the first place), it sucks, because you won't be able to get those blueprints, upgrade your ship enough (thanks for giving me a choice there to try the blocked mission at least) in order to progress the story.
    - Your stronghold feels pointless and more like a money-sink
    - I don't think the game is well optimized. It works ok on my PC (W7, 16 gigs of RAM, i7, with a GTX 960 with 4 gigs of ram), but on the same system with an Nvidia GT 730, there were problems.
    - Still has some wonky controls, which sucks for jumping puzzles and chases.

    I am happy for those that truly think this is one of the best ACs, but I simply lost interest both times I tried to get into the game. The first time, it happened 3 hrs in (same repetitive side content, yawn, and another chase with no room for error there...one missstep, back to the checkpoint), the second time I played 6-7 hrs and then didnt wanna continue (see above, didn't wanna dive over and over to upgrade my ship just to continue the story).

    If this was a standalone pirate game with no AC added to it, like, I dunno "Davy Jones' Amazin Adventures" or "Swashbucklers of the Carribean", it'd be really nice, but as an AC game, it just isn't fun, and didn't grab me at all, sorry    … Expand
  75. renogza
    Dec 27, 2015
    8
    Oh my gosh... assassin´s creed is getting more boring again. First ones were pretty good and AC 3 was the best, but these "pirate thingies" are not so good. Oh yeah... the game also gets easier and more boring, but still... they did a good job.
  76. DBPirate1129
    Dec 26, 2015
    9
    A perfection of the Black Flag gameplay and graphics. Possibly the most realistic-looking game in the series, even with Unity and Syndicate. The game is extremely smooth and detailed, somehow more engaging than other versions. It's definitely the definitive version of the AC4 experience.

    Keep in mind though, that this is probably the most bug-filled game I've ever played and there are    A perfection of the Black Flag gameplay and graphics. Possibly the most realistic-looking game in the series, even with Unity and Syndicate. The game is extremely smooth and detailed, somehow more engaging than other versions. It's definitely the definitive version of the AC4 experience.

    Keep in mind though, that this is probably the most bug-filled game I've ever played and there are some game-breaking ones. (Frame rate's also not what I would call superb, especially compared to AC3)    … Expand
  77. Budget_Security
    Dec 25, 2015
    4
    After the fairly decent AssCreed3, and considering the many positive reviews for this game, I made the mistake of having slightly higher expectations than usual. This unsurprisingly led to some disappointment (yes, sadly going against the trend in most other reviews). But once I recalibrated my expectations to “standard AssCreed fare”, it was not too bad.

    The story is messy and silly.    After the fairly decent AssCreed3, and considering the many positive reviews for this game, I made the mistake of having slightly higher expectations than usual. This unsurprisingly led to some disappointment (yes, sadly going against the trend in most other reviews). But once I recalibrated my expectations to “standard AssCreed fare”, it was not too bad.

    The story is messy and silly. It has some good parts but most of it is mediocre - overall not as good as AssCreed3 in my opinion. I have the suspicion casual or younger gamers may like it more. It sorely lacks atmosphere when compared to games like Dishonored or The Witcher or films like 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. The script is full of plot holes (even more than usual). Half of the game is fairly serious and makes some sense, but the other half is silly and does not make any sense. This inconsistency harms immersion. The main character is decent, but does not quite have the charisma of Ezio or Haytham from previous games.

    The missions and gameplay built on the story are very bland and repetitive. Almost any potentially interesting story scenario is reduced to a handful of copy-paste follow/sneak/kill/eavesdrop gameplay designs. It seems like the devs were slightly lazier than usual - AssCreed3 missions were far from perfect, but still seemed slightly more varied and hand-crafted.

    The difficulty balance of the gameplay is poor. AI detection feels arcade and inconsistent. Stealth areas are severely overpopulated with guards, meaning you are forced to look at the minimap all the time to have any chance of avoiding detection. If you don't reload checkpoints often, open combat is nearly inevitable, which in turn is far too easy. This makes trying to play stealth frustrating, because the odds feel unfairly stacked against you, and it is always so much easier to just fight and kill everyone. But fighting gets boring quickly - you just spam attacks, then counter when prompted, and repeat that indefinitely.

    The sandbox gameplay has been brought to the fore, but like the main missions, it is very arcade, bland, and repetitive. The open world is large, but most places all look the same. Compared to AC3, there seems to be slightly less content overall, though still more than enough. The problem is a lack of quality, not quantity. Still things like naval battles and boarding enemy ships are novel for a while and work fairly reliably, which is more than can be said of naval battles in a Total War game (Shogun II etc). The sea shanties (songs) are a nice touch, and possibly the single best feature in this game.

    Graphics are the best yet for an AssCreed game, and the first in my opinion to just about match those of Crysis 1 (released 6 years earlier). The water out at sea looks particularly good. The visual quality does not hold up everywhere though - quite a few ugly meshes and textures here and there. The default settings are poorly optimised - you need to manually tweak the settings to get the best visuals while keeping the FPS high. Ship physics are decent and must feel amazing to the average console peasant, but if you have an eye for realism and have been on a real ship, it still leaves much to be desired. Your 150-ton brig behaves like it has the mass and manoeuvrability of a modern olympic racing yacht combined with the stability of a modern river ferry (complete with bow thrusters). You can sail straight into the wind with no speed loss. Enemy ships also handle like powerboats. In some ways the sailing physics were more realistic in AC3 - you could not sail into the wind, and it felt slightly more natural, though admittedly less reliable (momentarily flying ships etc).

    PC controls are as bad as usual. They are not game-breaking, but they do work against you - I messed up a lot of missions because my character would do the wrong thing like randomly climbing a wall. A few times just before successfully capturing a huge enemy ship, I would fall from a mast to my death due to glitched controls. The checkpoint system has its usual annoyances and reloads sometimes caused technical problems like missing quest items (requiring quiting to desktop and reloading). I encountered more bugs and glitches and generally rushed content here than in any previous AssCreed game.

    Overall, for me, AC4 is a mediocre AssCreed game that wasted a lot of potential. It is not a “bad” game, but it does not deserve any of the hyped reviews. I can only recommend it at the steam sale price.    … Expand
  78. Hack
    Dec 23, 2015
    6
    Assassin's Creed is a series that every gamer has heard of, and one most have tried but up until now I have somehow avoided it, without trying to. I opted to start with Black Flag due to the fact pirates are cool, and that's as good of a reason as any in my book! I also read plenty of reviews and most people rate Assassin's Creed II and Black Flag as the best in the series and I liked theAssassin's Creed is a series that every gamer has heard of, and one most have tried but up until now I have somehow avoided it, without trying to. I opted to start with Black Flag due to the fact pirates are cool, and that's as good of a reason as any in my book! I also read plenty of reviews and most people rate Assassin's Creed II and Black Flag as the best in the series and I liked the look of Black Flag more.

    Now, I have to say I like elements of it but overall it's not quite as good as I was expecting for a number of reasons. First off, I had no idea the games were a simulation and you were just some guy logging into the world for research purposes, this completely threw me off and was one of the reasons I couldn't really get into the game. For example, I was just starting to get into the story (which I enjoyed, mostly) when suddenly I'm told to log off of my workstation and walk around the office to access a colleagues computer to hack into their email, I **** you not, I had to stop being a pirate to go read **** emails. Every time I was brought back into the real world it completely killed any story immersion and ruined the overall experience.

    A big selling point of Black Flag was the naval combat system and honestly, I didn't enjoy it, especially in the beginning when your ship is without upgrades. And speaking of upgrades, as I chose not to do all the side fluff I was extremely low on currency which meant my ship was always under geared for quests and I was often told to upgrade the Jackdaw before continuing. I also found myself unable to afford new pistols and swords which was a shame.

    In comparison I did enjoy the melee combat system though, while it's simple and does get repetitive after awhile it is satisfying and fun, jumping off a building and skewing two guards on your way down never got old throughout my playthrough. It would have been nice to gain access to combos and special moves as you progressed later in the game which never happened, something which Mad Max did really well, it would have helped with the combat feeling stale after awhile. Another big part of the game other than hand to hand combat was the parkour, you can run across rooftops, climb up towers, swing from trees and go almost anywhere you want to, but at the same time it does feel very scripted in a way. For example I wanted to climb up through a window but the game wouldn't let me until I took one shimmy to my right, there was no reason for this, Edward could have clearly gotten through the window where I asked him to but the game just wasn't coded to allow it, stuff like this happened all the time and it was quite frustrating.

    A huge plus for the game was the voice work, especially Matt Ryan (Constantine) as Edward, but the entire cast was well voiced and it really helped to push the story which sadly felt fragmented due to the way it was told. You would often skip ahead in time and find yourself in a new area after jumping on your boat and sailing out to sea. I felt this really made the story confusing at times. This coupled with the immersion killing real life sequences definitely hurt what could have been a very enjoyable story overall.

    Technically the game worked fine for me, it's 2 years old now so you'd expect it to but even with a GTX 970 I had to turn off physx entirely, as well as lowering a few settings to maintain 60fps 99% of the time @ 1080p. The in-game vsync did cause issues though, the game uses double buffering which meant whenever I dropped even a couple of frames the FPS would drop to a locked 30fps. To fix this I had to disable vsync in-game and force it along with triple using D3DOverider. Overall the game looked and ran nicely with a little tweaking so I can't complain too much on this front.

    Overall the game was OK, it didn't blow me away but it did do enough to keep me interested in the series and I will be moving onto Syndicate next which apparently fixes some of the issues I had with Black Flag, especially the real life segments which are now relegated to short cut scenes instead of lengthy playable sections. Hopefully Ubisoft will scrap the whole simulation angle in the next game and just stick to being period themed throughout.    … Expand
  79. Mahdiar
    Dec 12, 2015
    8
    Gameplay : 8
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 8
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 8
  80. Look444
    Dec 11, 2015
    7
    This game is to Assassin's Creed 3 what 2 was to the first one. Even though the story is written in the same way as the other games, the mechanics feel somewhat different. It's the only game apart from AC2 that has truly had any innovations up until 2015. They incorporated the ships from AC3 and then they got rid of it in Unity to come back to old boring style.
    It's truly one of the only    This game is to Assassin's Creed 3 what 2 was to the first one. Even though the story is written in the same way as the other games, the mechanics feel somewhat different. It's the only game apart from AC2 that has truly had any innovations up until 2015. They incorporated the ships from AC3 and then they got rid of it in Unity to come back to old boring style.
    It's truly one of the only decent AC games left.    … Expand
  81. CntrlAltDel101
    Oct 1, 2015
    8
    Never enjoyed an Assassin's Creed game before (and I tried them all) until I played this. The 40+ hours that followed were a blur of awesome. Thoroughly entertaining game, sadly the games before and after havn't lived up to the greatness of this title.
  82. jelikey
    Sep 8, 2015
    8
    this game is great successor of this AC series. storyline is a little boring. and supporting character has no impression. but the view of world is charming.
  83. Kingsman
    Aug 19, 2015
    10
    I think ist one of the best Assassins Creed's since the Ezio Triology. Cool and Long Story with much Things to to when you dont kill enemys like entering ships and other coll Things like assassination missions. Good Game for every Fan of Pirates a must have.
  84. AndreRLZ
    Jul 28, 2015
    9
    Il miglior Assassin's creed, per me, per ora (ho giocato 2,3 e questo). Completamente free-roaming con una mappa enorme, anche se per la maggior parte è acqua. Per spostarsi si usa la nave, che è l'elemento più importante del gioco. La nave si può personalizzare esteticamente e si può potenziare, e dà grandi soddisfazioni. In giro per la mappa si incontrano navi nemiche, ognuna con un suoIl miglior Assassin's creed, per me, per ora (ho giocato 2,3 e questo). Completamente free-roaming con una mappa enorme, anche se per la maggior parte è acqua. Per spostarsi si usa la nave, che è l'elemento più importante del gioco. La nave si può personalizzare esteticamente e si può potenziare, e dà grandi soddisfazioni. In giro per la mappa si incontrano navi nemiche, ognuna con un suo livello (in base alla potenza) e con carichi di vario tipo (zucchero, rum, metallo, ecc..). Assaltare le navi nemiche è molto figo e utile, in quanto i materiali servono ad ottenere denaro e a potenziare la nostra nave. L'aspetto tecnico è veramente notevole, anche se nvidia physx è implementato male (uccide del tutto le performance). A parte questo il gioco gira benissimo, è ben ottimizzato. Ho riscontrato almeno 3 bug fastidiosi, a livello di gioco (barche che volano in cielo, barche sottomarine, gente che spawna a 3000 metri..), ma niente di che, basta premere "ricarica" e il gioco ricarica tutto correttamente.. Storia avvincente e ben scritta, personaggi curati e molto interessanti, tecniche stealth ben fatte e armi come la cerbottana sono fantastiche. Longevità sopra la media, audio curatissimo e canzoni marinaresche fantastiche.. Un gran bel gioco, consigliato agli amanti dello stealth e.. degli assassin's creed, quindi dell'ambientazione storica curata e tutto il resto.… Expand
  85. eelegendo
    Jul 11, 2015
    0
    For AC4 if you type in google "AC4 climb, the first thing to appear is "windmill" >> with the pc controls it is almost impossible to make it, the character, if on the windmill's vane, just lets go and falls for any button, the camera is in an odd angle and you can't see what you're doing. I wouldn't give a f.ck, because there were lot of stupid things in AC before, I would just skip, BUTFor AC4 if you type in google "AC4 climb, the first thing to appear is "windmill" >> with the pc controls it is almost impossible to make it, the character, if on the windmill's vane, just lets go and falls for any button, the camera is in an odd angle and you can't see what you're doing. I wouldn't give a f.ck, because there were lot of stupid things in AC before, I would just skip, BUT this is a part of the main quest, so either you climb or you can't continue. Therefore I give this title a 0. If you put a glitch into the main quest and you not patch it, your game is worthless.… Expand
  86. ADHGO
    Jun 26, 2015
    8
    Interesting Game with beautiful graphics, amazing sea and landscape details, wonderful characters details and textures, game play is good as well, and as usual it is an assassins creed game, fighting mechanics is poor compared to batman arkham, or shadow of mordor.
  87. FairReview
    Jun 22, 2015
    7
    EDIT: I played this game again, now i give it a 7/10

    Well, this game had the worst music in all AC games, the most laggy AC game, the story wasn't interesting at all ( just the ending ), i have played all AC titles at least 2 times, except for this one.

    This game had the best stealth missions, and ship battles were awesome, i hope Assassin's Creed: rogue is better
  88. kindzadza
    Jun 2, 2015
    9
    Amazing soundtrack, so glad AC series shifted from lame music of Jesper Kyd to Epic Orchestral style music. Good Job Ubisoft. (Had to oppose those trolls who apparently liked lame compositions by Kyd which i absolutely hated, but i guess its a matter of perspective and you kids cannot judge the game by music which apparently only you cant handle)
    Anyway besides that this game simply out    Amazing soundtrack, so glad AC series shifted from lame music of Jesper Kyd to Epic Orchestral style music. Good Job Ubisoft. (Had to oppose those trolls who apparently liked lame compositions by Kyd which i absolutely hated, but i guess its a matter of perspective and you kids cannot judge the game by music which apparently only you cant handle)
    Anyway besides that this game simply out shadows the series gives you hope that something good can come out still. I think this game to its predecessors is what AC2 was to AC1. It simply makes you forget about real world and get lost in the world of Caribbean full of pirates. Occasional bugs here and there but they don't irritate you at all, and sometimes they simply give you laughs. I wish my Laptop could handle graphicks on higher settings, but even if you crank up medium setting, you still ge to admire the effort Ubisoft put in improving their engine. (Water looks almost as real as crysis 3 cudos Ubi). Im not even third way through the story (which is intriguing and very interesting) but I already put almost 50 hours in this game just exploring the amazing world. Also Kenway Fleet is terrific and gives a fresh new perspective to assassin training that AC Brotherhood introduced (instead of rescuing assassins you raid powerful battleships to make your fleet stronger). Oh most importantly the game also has areas where you have to solve puzzles and climb through very beautifully crafted caves (this is where AC3 blew for me). there is also harpooning treasure hunting, fort raiding, MEGAShip battles, etc etc etc. Kudos Ubisoft    … Expand
  89. WKKONG
    Apr 7, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I personally think that AC IV was quite a good game, but there was just something about the game that frustrates me a lot. When I first played the game, I didn't really know what it was about, because it was the first AC game I had ever played. When I got to the mission Diving For Medicines, the game lagged a lot (it already lagged since the beginning), and it was very strange. After I tried to restart the computer, I saw a message saying something about a damaged save game and that I had to start again. I started again, but it kept happening, around the same time during my progress of the game. Then it happened a THIRD time, and I was just fed up with it, and thought it was the worst AC game ever, even though I had not played the others. The lagging also lowered the gameplay experience, and it made free running, parkour, and fighting much harder. At the end, I just uninstalled the game.

    There are still some things good about the game, such as the ship boarding or the free roam, but the others were just annoying. I thought back of a mission I spent nearly an hour and fifteen minutes on, which was Nothing is True. I mean, why do you need to knock out the Assassin's stealthily? I don't mean to kill them, but Kenway could have just walked up to one and told her he wanted to meed James Kidd (her real name's Mary Read (SPOILERS)) as he did in the novel!

    The mission mentioned above is still quite hard and makes me angry when it comes to thinking of it, and by the name of the mission, it sounds quite exciting and full of action and adventure and all that, but it's all about knocking out Assassin's and parkour and skill and stealth , and nothing related to "Nothing is True"!

    Therefore, I consider you download the game via Ocean of Games (which is legit but takes quite a long time) so that you don't have to waste a lot of money on this game, if you do agree with me. I still encourage you to try playing it and see if it is fun playing or not.    … Expand
  90. Lenzie
    Mar 22, 2015
    9
    What an amazing and enjoyable game! A pirate simulation fantasy come true with a great story, engaging characters, superb graphics, capped off with fun and addictive game play.

    The seafaring and ship combat are easily the highlight of this game, they are just so well done, always visually spectacular and never became tiresome. What made this game fall short of a perfect 10 for me?    What an amazing and enjoyable game! A pirate simulation fantasy come true with a great story, engaging characters, superb graphics, capped off with fun and addictive game play.

    The seafaring and ship combat are easily the highlight of this game, they are just so well done, always visually spectacular and never became tiresome.

    What made this game fall short of a perfect 10 for me? The modern-day game play sections were a chore, at times annoying and distracted from the whole experience. Also repeating some of the main story missions again and again to achieve a perfect synchronization by completing the optional objectives at times became annoying.

    That said I'll definitely be back soon to play through the Freedom Cry DLC campaign.    … Expand
  91. BiggJiggs
    Feb 12, 2015
    0
    This game is horribly unoptimized & barely playable. Ubisoft won't fix it because, "90% of PC gamers are pirates." If you have a PC that's as strong as a tank you can probably play this game. If not, you're SOL. It's barely playable IF you're lucky. FPS problems, constant crashes, freezes, I even had the game run at 0FPS. Yes, 0 FPS. It's a disgrace that Ubisoft has fallen so low that theyThis game is horribly unoptimized & barely playable. Ubisoft won't fix it because, "90% of PC gamers are pirates." If you have a PC that's as strong as a tank you can probably play this game. If not, you're SOL. It's barely playable IF you're lucky. FPS problems, constant crashes, freezes, I even had the game run at 0FPS. Yes, 0 FPS. It's a disgrace that Ubisoft has fallen so low that they would let themselves become so blinded by greed that they just flat out don't give a crap anymore.

    The controls are clunky, combat is streamlined to mash X constantly while hitting B every so often to block. You will not be able to run anywhere without climbing up a wall you didn't want to climb. Story is long, drawn out & boring. The tutorial alone is about 3-4 hours & it drags.

    The best part of the game is the ship battles, but the game is so terribly optimized that you will have freezes or crashes if there are too many ships on screen. I was in one battle where it was me VS 10 other ships & the game started running at 0 FPS. I thought it crashed, but nope. One frame just froze in place while the game kept running. I was impressed by this as I've never had a game run at 0 FPS ever before.

    While this game is called "Assassin's Creed" you will not need to stealth anywhere in the game other than for 'optional' syncs. The stealth mechanics are so drull & simple. It's like they went backwards entirely or they think everyone who plays their Creed games now are idiots (Which they must be if they keep buying this crap). You can be face first inside a guard's anus & they still won't notice you. It's pathetic.

    0/10. Don't buy this unoptimized half-assed port. Go play AC2 instead.    … Expand
  92. dyspeptic
    Feb 3, 2015
    6
    VERSION: Steam (XBOX controller)
    PROS: + ship combat is better than before + stealth is more important (i.e. "don't be detected" objective is common) + all weapons have situations where useful
    CONS: - uninteresting protagonist and nonsensical story - annoying stuff = sharks, eavesdropping missions, grinding (stealing ships), op'd "legendary ships" Okay but not compelling. The cracks    VERSION: Steam (XBOX controller)
    PROS: + ship combat is better than before + stealth is more important (i.e. "don't be detected" objective is common) + all weapons have situations where useful
    CONS: - uninteresting protagonist and nonsensical story - annoying stuff = sharks, eavesdropping missions, grinding (stealing ships), op'd "legendary ships"

    Okay but not compelling. The cracks are starting to show in the series: being better than AC3 is not very high praise but seems to be what everyone liked best about this installment. Definitely disregard the stuff about a great story, too: pirates were/are selfish thieves and their motives really aren't a strong enough basis for an entire storyline as you'll find out if you bother with this.    … Expand
  93. dneogy
    Jan 23, 2015
    9
    This game is awesome.The locations that is featured in this game is also awesome.Mind blowing Graphics.With stunning story line.The Naval part of the game is a real break through.There is a lot of interesting things to do in this game.And the most fun part of this game that is there is no Glitches or Bugs in the game.
  94. gloriouspotato
    Dec 31, 2014
    7
    A decent game I suppose but nothing particularly impressive. The game refines some of the mechanics introduced in AC3, but still suffers from a whole lot of filler type side quests and collectibles which probably consist of 60-70% of the game. Naval combat remains the highlight of the game and is for the most part quite enjoyable, though boarding ships can become a tedious affair due toA decent game I suppose but nothing particularly impressive. The game refines some of the mechanics introduced in AC3, but still suffers from a whole lot of filler type side quests and collectibles which probably consist of 60-70% of the game. Naval combat remains the highlight of the game and is for the most part quite enjoyable, though boarding ships can become a tedious affair due to how chaotic and clustered it can get.

    Graphics are fine, as is the sound design. Edward's story/life journey is interesting enough, but often feels irrelevant in the grand scheme of the whole modern templars vs modern assassins plot though.

    Overall rating: 7.5/10 (rounded down)    … Expand
  95. dsj556
    Dec 29, 2014
    6
    This game is great as long as you don't play the main storyline. Lots of tailing missions. The ship to ship combat is pretty cool and one of my favorite aspects. Graphics are amazing as with every modern game. Story didn't hold my interest despite trying to watch all the cutscenes. You can tell this game was pushed out to make more money as with a little bit more time invested itThis game is great as long as you don't play the main storyline. Lots of tailing missions. The ship to ship combat is pretty cool and one of my favorite aspects. Graphics are amazing as with every modern game. Story didn't hold my interest despite trying to watch all the cutscenes. You can tell this game was pushed out to make more money as with a little bit more time invested it could be amazing.… Expand
  96. Parazitu91
    Dec 28, 2014
    9
    I can't bilive how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome is this game. You need to understand that i don't like AssasinCreed franchise, i despise because of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ gameplay and misions ( You are a fukin silent assasin that's why called ''Assassin's Creed'' but the game is so idiotic and repetitive nothing silent in this franchises.
    Now back to BLACK FLAG i freaking love it ; WAY? you ask because ,you say that    I can't bilive how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome is this game. You need to understand that i don't like AssasinCreed franchise, i despise because of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ gameplay and misions ( You are a fukin silent assasin that's why called ''Assassin's Creed'' but the game is so idiotic and repetitive nothing silent in this franchises.
    Now back to BLACK FLAG i freaking love it ; WAY? you ask because ,you say that you hate AssassinCreed franchise, because it haze nothing to do with the franchise beside the stupid movement , but otherwise is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PIRATE GAME with boat navigation, treasure hunt, robbed wat boats you found, pirates sings, and NO ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ASSASINS CREED ♥♥♥♥♥♥ STORY.
    This game is a masterpiece if you like pirates , and you want to play a good pirates game besides Risen 2.    … Expand
  97. Memhorder
    Dec 3, 2014
    8
    Good game. The graphics are nice on max. You really need a game pad to play this game right. I hooked a controller up and it makes a world of difference as opposed to using mouse and keyboard. i give this game an 8 because everything gets little redundant after a while but non the less it's fun
  98. Ronin_Media
    Nov 28, 2014
    10
    This game is the best pirate ship simulator on the market, has more than its share of reveal moments, and has incredible immersion. Gives me back hope for the future of this franchise. Check out my full review here: http://youtu.be/qh_YFfREmL0?list=PLVV9YY5ptu0Vp36RghchiedKziv5l3liL
  99. Hydodyn
    Nov 20, 2014
    5
    The game looks good. Ran fine on my machine, with some odd glitches here and there. Never gamebreaking though.

    The sailing is fun. Boarding a ship is fun. As is blowing a ship to smithereens. What isn't fun is on-rails missions with inexplicably-placed guards, nonsensical fail conditions, telescopic x-ray vision enemies and the player character randomly deciding to end it all by    The game looks good. Ran fine on my machine, with some odd glitches here and there. Never gamebreaking though.

    The sailing is fun. Boarding a ship is fun. As is blowing a ship to smithereens. What isn't fun is on-rails missions with inexplicably-placed guards, nonsensical fail conditions, telescopic x-ray vision enemies and the player character randomly deciding to end it all by plunging to his death from the top of a Man o' War while you were trying to make him climb down in a more normal fashion.

    Good: Sailing
    Bad: Movement and its controls, enemy placement in missions
    Ugly: Story missions in which you do neither pirating not assassinating (most of them)    … Expand
  100. Diablo92
    Nov 17, 2014
    9
    I will start by saying sword fights and ship battles are very cool. Graphics look good for a game like this. It's better than unity. The looting and such are cool, upgrades, crafting is nice but the difficulty is so tough, you can spend 5 minutes sometimes in an easy sword fight. The bugs don't get in the way of gameplay, plenty of settings for just about everything. The chess game isI will start by saying sword fights and ship battles are very cool. Graphics look good for a game like this. It's better than unity. The looting and such are cool, upgrades, crafting is nice but the difficulty is so tough, you can spend 5 minutes sometimes in an easy sword fight. The bugs don't get in the way of gameplay, plenty of settings for just about everything. The chess game is awesome.

    Here's something I just cannot get away from. Some mission's will have you chase down someone throughout a city, objects and little seller's, hideout buildings and ladders, etc. sticking out into you're running path makes you're character grab a hold of everything he gets close to and starts climbing it like a monkey and you've lost the person you were chasing after. I like how you can jump around like a monkey all over the city but it can get annoying when you're character wants to climb onto everything and doesn't want down.

    Giving 9/10.    … Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. GameCritics
    Mar 5, 2014
    60
    Ironically enough for a game which centers around the concept of genetic ancestry, however, it continually lets itself down by refusing to break away from its own tired and worn-out heritage,
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  2. DarkZero
    Jan 16, 2014
    90
    Fans that were bummed out by Assassin’s Creed III will most likely find Black Flag to be a welcoming return to what they love about the series, with a great story, amazingly crafted world and smart additions to the sailing that make it a refreshing part of the Assassin’s Creed formula.
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  3. PC PowerPlay
    Dec 30, 2013
    90
    Makes up for the failings of AC3, delivering a fantastic, engaging open world experience. [Jan 2014, p.78]
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