Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

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  1. goodlordcz
    Dec 15, 2013
    8
    Assassin's Creed IV stands out in game play and environment, because it is based on pirate culture. Just sailing your ship around, boarding other ships and unlocking new stuff makes the game really fun to play. The story is still pretty good, but it doesn't really have anything to do with the previous games, like AC II. The Assassin order doesn't really have too much influence on theAssassin's Creed IV stands out in game play and environment, because it is based on pirate culture. Just sailing your ship around, boarding other ships and unlocking new stuff makes the game really fun to play. The story is still pretty good, but it doesn't really have anything to do with the previous games, like AC II. The Assassin order doesn't really have too much influence on the story, so AC IV is not exactly a sequel to the previous games. It also offers you some nice graphics, but the performance sometimes is really bad. You will need to have a really good computer to get to the max out of the graphics.
    AC IV has its bad moments, but it is still an excellent game that you should consider buying.    … Expand
  2. DrZed
    Dec 22, 2013
    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.
  3. RealGameReviews
    Dec 30, 2013
    8
    Play as kenway in this 8-bit action adventure. highly acclaimed game which will thrill you for hours. also there are pirates and who doesn't like pirates. This game is great and i recomend it to you if you read this
  4. CptStuhlgang
    Jan 5, 2014
    8
    It's hard to rate this game, although it's the best game of the franchise in my opinion. First of all, the setting is great (nice open world and places just look beautiful) and I really like the way the story is told. The storyline itself is different compared with the other Assassin's Creed games and this makes this game so special (the story which is placed in the background (in theIt's hard to rate this game, although it's the best game of the franchise in my opinion. First of all, the setting is great (nice open world and places just look beautiful) and I really like the way the story is told. The storyline itself is different compared with the other Assassin's Creed games and this makes this game so special (the story which is placed in the background (in the "reality") follows on the events of the third part, but it's as bad as before and occupies only a small part in the whole game) The gameplay is solid and sometimes it seems to be too easy. And now for the problems: The graphics are great but I just don't get it why Ubisoft isn't able to develop a game, since Assassin's Creed 3, which runs smooth on good hardware GTX 680, Intel Xeon E3 1230v3 (30 FPS and worse on max settings)). I'm able to run Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3 on max settings without any issues, but this is a joke. Another joke is the recycling of older games. Almost the whole movement of Edward Kenway is copied from Connor in Assassin's Creed 3. I can believe that they don't have much ideas left, but this is ridiculous. Next thing: Optional objectives. I really like the idea of optional objectives, but sometimes I don't know if the developers even tested them (and don't tell me I'm just a bad gamer).
    At large it's a really good game, but it definitely doesn't deserve 10/10, because it's nothing new, they just changed the setting.    … Expand
  5. CaroDuce
    Jan 5, 2014
    8
    Honestly i'm not an assassin's creed fan at all, but this game has really taken my attention..
    I enjoyed the entire story line and the awesome graphic; I have appreciate a lot the crew's songs too (it could sounds stupid, but yep, i enjoyed them sailing the sea).. Maybe to easy
  6. Gaming5
    Jan 24, 2014
    8
    I really like this game when doing the assassin part of the game, but when you do the sea battles it gets rather old after you defeat around 50 ships. You just do the same thing over and over to win the ship battles no skill involved really once you have all your upgrades. I have not done any of the legendary ships yet though but the other max level Man O War ships are a push over unlessI really like this game when doing the assassin part of the game, but when you do the sea battles it gets rather old after you defeat around 50 ships. You just do the same thing over and over to win the ship battles no skill involved really once you have all your upgrades. I have not done any of the legendary ships yet though but the other max level Man O War ships are a push over unless you have more than one attacking you at the same time. I'm of course talking only about at max upgrades other than the ones you have to get from the treasure hunting. I also do not like how sometimes the character refuses to climb objects and you have to try to or 3 times just to get him to cooperate. Other than these few flaws the game is pretty good for the most part. The story is pretty good and the fleet missions are a great source of income. Other than the flaws i mentioned it's a fun game if your looking for a game to spend countless hours playing.… Expand
  7. raul4916
    Feb 4, 2014
    8
    This is a good game. You can get a lot of hours of play time. This is not a game you can play a second time. It will just be repetitive. I also did not like that it is a memory and you go back and forth from the "real" world and the memory. But it was worth the 30 dollars I spent
    Overall 8 out of 10
  8. tveph
    Feb 13, 2014
    8
    The game is about the golden age of piracy. Edward wants to be famus and rich and because of that he initially works for the Templars and the Assassins.

    Ths game has amazing graphics but the the melee fighting is terrible and aftter you destroy all the forts and lengendary ships and normal ships the ocean looks empty because the ships don´t respawn.
  9. grafae
    Feb 7, 2014
    8
    This is a mightily impressive and sometimes incredible game. An AAA title that actually benefits from being one. I won't go into the positives, of which there are many, but I'll just say the movement can feel a little clunky and the missions are a little glitchy and can be repetitive. Apart from that, it may just be another game in a cash cow series, but there's no denying it's worth playing.
  10. luux
    Feb 9, 2014
    8
    not bad game............................................................................................................................................
  11. 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.
  12. OHIC
    Jul 18, 2014
    8
    The best gameplay is the series, and it captures the atmosphere of its setting brilliantly, but ultimately feels a little bit strange like ACIII before it. Perhaps the locales were too "new" to support one of the big draws of the Ezio series: uncovering mysterious tombs and retrieving artefacts.

    The story is okay if not really good, but I'd prefer a story that's a bit humdrum but    The best gameplay is the series, and it captures the atmosphere of its setting brilliantly, but ultimately feels a little bit strange like ACIII before it. Perhaps the locales were too "new" to support one of the big draws of the Ezio series: uncovering mysterious tombs and retrieving artefacts.

    The story is okay if not really good, but I'd prefer a story that's a bit humdrum but doesn't make me wince with its many po-faced howlers (looking at you, AC:Revelations and ACIII). AC:Brotherhood took some knocks for its silly villains, but I'll take that camp theatrical scene-chewing over a story that thinks too much of itself any day. AC:R's writer does a much better job this time, supplying a story that carries you along well enough, with many nice little touches in the dialogue and some touches of daft WTF-ery. There's not enough there to make you really invested, and you'll see certain twists a mile away, but as games go it's decent.    … Expand
  13. behi8303
    Nov 11, 2014
    8
    Gameplay (of 10) : 8
    Story (of 10) : 8
    Graphic (of 10) : 8
    Sound (of 10) : 7

    Total : 7.9 / 10

    Total score is weighted average of four factors, respectively Gameplay, Story, Graphic, Sound.
  14. 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
  15. rogermorse
    Aug 24, 2014
    8
    I got the 100% in about 80 hours. I literally did everything there was to do and I don't regret it. Little secrets and collectibles unlock special weapons or outfits or records or notes that unveil many details about the whole templars-assassins-abstergo thing. Also, this Black Flag is not a normal assassin's creed. The conspiracy part is only explored through secrets (mostly), the storyI got the 100% in about 80 hours. I literally did everything there was to do and I don't regret it. Little secrets and collectibles unlock special weapons or outfits or records or notes that unveil many details about the whole templars-assassins-abstergo thing. Also, this Black Flag is not a normal assassin's creed. The conspiracy part is only explored through secrets (mostly), the story is very different from the other ones but that was expected (just think of the end of AC3).

    There is not much to say. I think that if someone likes the AC series, would like every AC. I personally found a big improvement from AC1 to AC2, and the standard has always stayed the same. Black Flag is a different approach that will for sure develop in a next chapter. The setting (pirates, sailing, caribbean) is very appealing to me and something different that made me forgive the lack of main story, little related to what has happened until now with Desmond. But as I said, there are some secrets to be found that will explain many things here and there about the whole conspiracy and desmond's past.

    On the technical side, it is wonderful. The best ocean ever, together with the Cryengine 3. HBAO+ still looks very very good and animations are wonderful. Combats are still a - , it is basically impossible to die while fighting 20+ enemies...too easy, but exploration and views will compensate that.

    85/100    … Expand
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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.
  29. 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!)
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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...
  33. 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
  34. Kotofon
    Apr 24, 2022
    8
    Геймплей 4-ой части Ассасинов не подвергся серьёзным изменениям. Графика осталась на прежнем уровне: она детально рассказывает историю ассасина, вновь решившего перевернуть судьбу империй. Однако в игру добавили пистолеты, сабли и абордажное оружие, с которым игрок будет умело справляться.Геймплей 4-ой части Ассасинов не подвергся серьёзным изменениям. Графика осталась на прежнем уровне: она детально рассказывает историю ассасина, вновь решившего перевернуть судьбу империй. Однако в игру добавили пистолеты, сабли и абордажное оружие, с которым игрок будет умело справляться.
  35. 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
  36. 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.
  37. 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
  38. Kadirov
    Feb 9, 2021
    8
    В своё время зашла, была в ней какая-то романтика. Протагонист имел душу, в отличии от болванчиков в остальных играх серии. Для 2013 года и 4ой итерации серии - хорошо. Поэтому Black Flag - 8/10. Origins - 4/10
  39. CarloCriscuolo
    Jun 24, 2021
    8
    Review - ITA

    GAMEPLAY Il combat system risulta praticamente identico al capitolo precedente della saga, sempre molto intuitivo e rapido, e che quindi rende estremamente facile sterminare orde di nemici con pochi click. Purtroppo qualche volta, in situazioni un po' strette, come ad esempio nelle conquiste di navi, Edward non rimane in guardia e si prende quindi i colpi in arrivo    Review - ITA

    GAMEPLAY
    Il combat system risulta praticamente identico al capitolo precedente della saga, sempre molto intuitivo e rapido, e che quindi rende estremamente facile sterminare orde di nemici con pochi click. Purtroppo qualche volta, in situazioni un po' strette, come ad esempio nelle conquiste di navi, Edward non rimane in guardia e si prende quindi i colpi in arrivo direttamente senza possibilità di difesa. A mio avviso rimane comunque divertente.
    Le missioni non proprio variegate, le cose da fare alla fine sono sempre le stesse; inoltre ho trovato particolarmente frustranti le missioni di pedinamento, che impongono di fare alcune cose precise e macchinose per essere superate.

    GRAFICA
    La grafica è discreta e ci sta per l'anno in cui è stato prodotto il gioco. Non manca però qualche glitchettino ogni tanto. Il peggiore tra tutti indubbiamente quello per cui, non avendo la nebbia volumetrica attivata, si vedono solo i punti da conquistare dei forti navali muoversi, mentre tutto il resto della scena rimane invariato.

    NARRAZIONE
    La narrazione parte in modo abbastanza lineare e con una storia piuttosto banale e scontata. Tuttavia non manca più avanti qualche colpo di scena e qualche personaggio dalla caratterizzazione molto gradita.
    Ho trovato particolarmente interessanti e significative le fasi finali, che non si sbilanciano nell'esaltazione della vita da pirata ma quasi anzi la analizzano sotto una luce critica ed universalizzante.

    Indubbiamente uno dei giochi più graditi della saga, e penso che valga la pena provarlo per capirne il perché!    … Expand
  40. Geralt123
    Aug 11, 2021
    8
    This is an exceptional AC game, in my opinion the best. The main character, Edward Kenway, is a very likeable, tough pirate. He is not as boring as many other AC protagonists. He is a real tough guy who knows what he wants, but he is also a good friend.

    The story is really well done this time. Exciting from start to finish. German voices are fantastic. The whole game is a big, big    This is an exceptional AC game, in my opinion the best. The main character, Edward Kenway, is a very likeable, tough pirate. He is not as boring as many other AC protagonists. He is a real tough guy who knows what he wants, but he is also a good friend.

    The story is really well done this time. Exciting from start to finish. German voices are fantastic.

    The whole game is a big, big carribean adventure! I never liked ship battles, but in this game I loved them. They are epic! They take about 40% of your time. The music und the graphics are just awesome.

    Not so good: there is some Ubisoft checklist design. Treasures, fragments. But the world is beautiful, so it is a nice feeling to roam through the Islands.

    Graphics: 9/10
    Combat: 7/10
    Story: 8/10
    Music: 10/10
    World: 7/10 (feels a bit empty)
    Side Quests: 7/10
    TOTAL: 8/10

    I played this in 2021 and I think this game has aged very well. Solid 8/10.    … Expand
  41. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    8
    좋은 컨텐츠의 추가가 게임플레이 전체를 변화시켜버린 예. 다만 2편이후로 돌아올줄 모르는 형편없는 스토리텔링이 발목을 잡는다. 지붕을 뛰어다니는 기존 시리즈의 DNA를 많이 잃어버린것도 아쉬운 부분.
  42. Shtern
    Nov 30, 2022
    8
    Этот ассасин был чем то новым, вроде и продолжение косвенное 3 части, как бы приквел к ней с днк Дезмонда Майлса, но все равно игра стала чем то новым. Корабли, пиратская жизнь и возможность прожить жизнь пирата! Что может быть лучше?! Песни, боже, чего они стоят, в путешествие по морю слушать их просто невозможно устать. А физика корабля заставляет тебя чувствовать что ты реально за рулёмЭтот ассасин был чем то новым, вроде и продолжение косвенное 3 части, как бы приквел к ней с днк Дезмонда Майлса, но все равно игра стала чем то новым. Корабли, пиратская жизнь и возможность прожить жизнь пирата! Что может быть лучше?! Песни, боже, чего они стоят, в путешествие по морю слушать их просто невозможно устать. А физика корабля заставляет тебя чувствовать что ты реально за рулём настоящего корабля, а море не повинуется кому попало, так что нужно становиться в этом деле лучше. Отдельная похвала за битвы с легендарными кораблями, они выдались лично для мня очень интересными.
    Из минусов хочу отметить слабый сюжет, как по мне он очень не очень, а то как Эдвард приходит к тому что бы стать ассасином просто в голову не укладывается, то есть действует он с начала игры как Ассасин, но становиться им не сразу, поэтому считаю что это очень слабо проработанный сюжетный момент.    … Expand
  43. Berkay219
    Jul 28, 2021
    8
    nice game played.
    There is a very minor optimization problem, but it can be overlooked..
  44. 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
  45. 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.
  46. 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
  47. Goiti_2002
    Feb 7, 2021
    8
    Me encantó, me lo pasé genial navegando en el barco y la historia está genial (como ma de todos los Assassins Creed). Me gusta mucho que te haga sentir dios con el sigilo pero que también te deje jugar a lo loco y acabar con toda persona que se te cruce.
  48. Raskolnikoc
    Dec 22, 2021
    8
    TLDR: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a great game marred by unnecessary Ubisoft BS. I'm giving the game itself 10/10, but I'm deducting points for the Animus walking simulator, and the convoluted save game system.

    Story: I like the story. It's Pirates of the Caribbean quality, and I have complaints here. Nice job Ubisoft. Setting: I love the pirate setting. I really got the feel    TLDR: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is a great game marred by unnecessary Ubisoft BS. I'm giving the game itself 10/10, but I'm deducting points for the Animus walking simulator, and the convoluted save game system.

    Story: I like the story. It's Pirates of the Caribbean quality, and I have complaints here. Nice job Ubisoft.

    Setting: I love the pirate setting. I really got the feel I was sailing the high seas, flying the Jolly Roger. Everything looks great visually. They did a great job designing this.

    Game mechanics: This is my first Assassin's Creed game, and it took me quite a while to get used to the controls, mechanics, and general flow of the game. Vets of other AC games will probably pick it up faster. I loved the mechanics once I got used to them, but the learning process was frustrating at times.

    Complaints:

    Complaint #1: Animus. I hate (is there a stronger word than hate?) the unskippable Animus walking simulator. Some of these scenes are 15 minutes long or more and have nothing to do with the main story. Who in their right mind thinks people want this in the middle of an Assassin's Creed game? Animus is seriously irritating, and almost ruined an otherwise great game. I sincerely hope whoever thought of Anusmus was immediately sacked with extreme prejudice, and permanently banned from the video game industry. Read this, Ubisoft. All we want or need is quicksave, autosave, and save game. Animus and the progress meter sucks.

    Complaint #2: Convoluted "Progress" save game system. This is such a bloated unnecessary mess, and all it does is force people to unnecessarily replay content. If Ubisoft would just use a traditional quick save / autosave / save as system, it would eliminate so much of my frustration in this area.    … Expand
  49. 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.
  50. Alexb1096
    Jul 24, 2020
    8
    ITALIAN:
    Il gioco era davvero bello ma per sbaglio ho cancellato i dati di salvataggio quando ero al 70/80% e non ho avuto più voglia di ricominciarlo.

    L'ho giocato diversi anni fa ma mi era piaciuto molto, con ottime ambientazioni e interessanti soluzioni di gameplay, come le navi e le esplorazioni sottomarine.

    Non è un "vero" Assassin's Creed ma è un gran bel gioco.

    VOTO: 8.5/10
  51. NestoR_XZ
    Jul 3, 2020
    8
    Одна из лучших частей серии в которую я играл, большой открытый мир, красивая графика на 2013, интересный сюжет, много разного контента, который в туже очередь очень однообразен. Ну есть моменты которые очень порой мешают, порой боевая система особенно во время абордажей работает кривовато. Для прохождения игры на 100% нужно будет потратить много времени около 70-80 часов. Игра изначальноОдна из лучших частей серии в которую я играл, большой открытый мир, красивая графика на 2013, интересный сюжет, много разного контента, который в туже очередь очень однообразен. Ну есть моменты которые очень порой мешают, порой боевая система особенно во время абордажей работает кривовато. Для прохождения игры на 100% нужно будет потратить много времени около 70-80 часов. Игра изначально была создана для некст-гена, этим и обуславливается такие масштабы по по сравнению с Assassin's Creed 3.… Expand
  52. justdisali
    Sep 10, 2020
    8
    it is ornery to seek for ships lots of hours, but interesting experience, anyway where I you, I would exit this page and try the game asap.
  53. Dustfoxx
    Oct 8, 2020
    8
    As I've grown older I've lost interest for the Assassin's Creed series but the one game I still have fond memories of is Black Flag. It still has the main gameplay loop of every other game in the series but it balances it out with the great ship combat.
    Closer to a 7 than a 9
  54. Gervantos
    Oct 10, 2020
    8
    One of top 3 ac games. Great graphic, good story. Need better optimization and fewer a to b missions.
  55. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    8
    Same old Assassin's Creed with a lot of sailing and ship battles.

    - Gameplay - Combat is more or less the same as Assassin's Creed 3, except this time there's A LOT of sailing and battles out in the ocean. If you like shooting cannons and mortors while steering a ship, then you'll love it. At first, I found the sea battles to be tedious, but realized my ship was under leveled. Once I    Same old Assassin's Creed with a lot of sailing and ship battles.

    - Gameplay -
    Combat is more or less the same as Assassin's Creed 3, except this time there's A LOT of sailing and battles out in the ocean. If you like shooting cannons and mortors while steering a ship, then you'll love it. At first, I found the sea battles to be tedious, but realized my ship was under leveled. Once I upgraded the necessary parts, the battles went much more smoothly. I personally don't enjoy steering a large ship, as I find it clunky in general, but with a story about Pirates, it can't be helped.

    The parkouring the series is known for is good, but there were some parts where I would jump to my death even though my camera was pointed towards a climbable ledge. These were far and few inbetween, so it wasn't too bad. Smoke bombs and darts can allow you to go about an area in many different ways. Though I did feel it was too easy to level pouch upgrades to the max, which in turn allowed you to cruise through pretty much any situation. You need animal skin to craft things, but all of it can be suprisingly bought in shops at an average price. This took away the need to hunt, which is a negative.

    - Narrative -
    The story and characters are probably my favorite part about Black Flag. Assassin's Creed stories have never disappointed me, and this one upped the bar. Edward was a very interesting character. He starts off as this greedy and selfish pirate, but slowly matures into a much more noble character through failures and loss. I love seeing characters grow through hardships. The comrades Edward meets were also very likable. They had their own interesting back story and personalities.

    Of course, there's the main story of Assassin's Creed, Abstergo. I thought Abstergo Entertainment was a cool way to continue the story of the modern day Assassins and Templars. The building is full of bonus content that unravels more mysteries about the story. It was mysterious and interesting.

    - Visuals & Sounds -
    The game overall looks good, though some climbing animations could be better. I'm taking experience from Uncharted, so I'm a bit spoiled. You'll hear your crew singing as you're sailing the ship, there's mysterious music playing while you're uncovering secrets in Abstergo Entertainment, so the music is overall good.

    - Replay value -
    There's paid DLC. Aside from that, you can only go back to complete side missions, and collectables.

    Thanks for reading.    … Expand
  56. ValHnz
    Mar 18, 2021
    8
    An amazing AC game. A really good blend between classic elements and new mechanics.
  57. kndr
    May 12, 2021
    8
    One of the best ac ever.

    Exploration, ship fights, forts, locations, treausure hunting. Pirates of the caribbean music plays automatically in your head when you are fighting to take over a ship. Sadly parkour is still **** They didn't improved upon 3. When you are sailing sometimes storm and tidal waves happens which is great mechanic. Hunting is not bad but you can buy    One of the best ac ever.

    Exploration, ship fights, forts, locations, treausure hunting. Pirates of the caribbean music plays automatically in your head when you are fighting to take over a ship.

    Sadly parkour is still **** They didn't improved upon 3.

    When you are sailing sometimes storm and tidal waves happens which is great mechanic.

    Hunting is not bad but you can buy everything from the shop which makes hunting pointless.

    Some cutscenes gets boring over time(when you open a bar, or take over ship)and you can't skip them.

    Atmosphere is really great.    … Expand
  58. GordFrenk
    May 11, 2021
    8
    8/10
    Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery good
  59. ChampionofDeaTH
    Oct 29, 2021
    8
    очень атмосферная и не менее интересная игра про кровавые моря карибского века пиратов
  60. Shnd3r
    Dec 1, 2022
    8
    Continuation of a series of games from the studio Ubisoft. One of the best games in the series. And also the best game of the pirate setting. In my opinion the game is average 8/10.
  61. dislove
    Nov 17, 2021
    8
    An excellent game in terms of gameplay, but unfortunately the plot is rather weak.
  62. ZzTopNemesis
    Mar 1, 2022
    8
    Score: 8.3

    Now this game, this game was fun. I remember getting this on a wednesday, knowing that the upcoming friday was an holiday in my country, soo i had a big weekend, 3 days to play it. I started it on the Thursday afternoon... Sunday night i had 50 hours played and completed the game. Just pure fun, story and gameplay wise. THe setting itself is perfect for me. I love    Score: 8.3

    Now this game, this game was fun.
    I remember getting this on a wednesday, knowing that the upcoming friday was an holiday in my country, soo i had a big weekend, 3 days to play it. I started it on the Thursday afternoon... Sunday night i had 50 hours played and completed the game.
    Just pure fun, story and gameplay wise.
    THe setting itself is perfect for me.
    I love assassins and pirates soo this was a nerds dream for me    … Expand
  63. petrkozak13
    Dec 13, 2021
    8
    I didn't think pirate-themed AC game could be so good. With AC 2 I think it's one of the best in the whole franchise.
  64. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    8
    Great game. The story is decent. The scoring is great, visual is really amazing, the voice & sound is also amazing
  65. Hpoonis
    Jan 1, 2022
    8
    The best pirate sim out there. Not necessarily the best AC game but pretty good nonetheless.

    I found the character story very well done and the supporting characters followed their historical pattern (for the most part) quite well. The simulated water was very well done. I mostly enjoyed taking the forts and it is a shame that there were less than 10 of them. The underwater looting    The best pirate sim out there. Not necessarily the best AC game but pretty good nonetheless.

    I found the character story very well done and the supporting characters followed their historical pattern (for the most part) quite well. The simulated water was very well done.

    I mostly enjoyed taking the forts and it is a shame that there were less than 10 of them. The underwater looting was marred by very bizarre sharkness. I have played this title several times and have never managed to get through an underwater section without being attacked by a frikkin' shark (with or without lasers). What was disappointing was that the game was heavily boat-centric and levelling up your Jackdaw was far more important than levelling up your Edward gear.

    Pirating other ships was also annoying in that your crew were as useful as a chocolate fire-guard. "I need help here!" F**k me, Jacob! Why bother? Well, taking gunboats, schooners and brigs was simplicity in that the swivel gun was capable of eliminating this entirely. Offing    … Expand
  66. Izoeros
    Apr 25, 2022
    8
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  67. Tampasco
    Aug 24, 2023
    8
    O jogo é focado em ser um pirata de verdade, tudo nesse jogo faz o jogador se divertir, as canções, os mistérios e as batalhas no mar e na terra fazem de O Credo dos Assassinos Versão 4.0 ser o melhor jogo de pirata até hoje, apesar das manias ruins que Ubisoft mantém, a experiência no final de tudo é boa.

    Nota Final: 8,5/10
  68. Christian_TV
    May 26, 2022
    8
    I believe this is the best Assassin's Creed along with Assassin's Creed 2.
    This game has good graphics, good music, good storyline, it amuses you, it is quite long too.
    I think there is nothing to add. If you want to play Assassin's Creed without too many pretensions, with good graphics and at a reasonable price, this is the game for you.
  69. DanteHD01
    Jun 3, 2022
    8
    La tranquilidad de este al navegar es increíble, y la cantidad de actividades y coleccionables son increíbles, el buceo, los abordajes y conquista de territorio en las fortalezas, su increíble historia del pasado de la saga de Connors, es simplemente increíble, era difícil concentrarte en la historia principal con la cantidad de misiones secundarias divertidas que te daba el juego.
  70. EdWood94
    Sep 4, 2022
    8
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  71. dr-kenobi
    Sep 6, 2022
    8
    It's far from classic stealth AC, but I've enjoyed every single bit of it, from leveling up the Jackdaw to crafting the weapons and outfits. Also Edward is quite a character as well.
  72. PenetratorGod
    Aug 29, 2023
    8
    One of the best portrayals of pirates game. Even if the story and main character weren't the best, the gameplay was enjoyable enough to redeem them all.
  73. Kastory
    Dec 2, 2022
    8
    So, I don't like Assassin's Creed. Seriously, I don't like that historical and science fictionary hybrid. But Black Flag... It's a masterpiece... As a expert of the history of piracy, I can say that this game recreated pirate realism better than any other game. But, it's a pity that there are no such nations in the game as Netherlands and France(((
  74. muhammednuh
    Feb 1, 2023
    8
    Graphics: 6.5

    Story: 8.5

    Gameplay: 8

    Sound: 9

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    Overall: 8
  75. NightVisions
    Jan 31, 2023
    8
    I'm just waiting for the competitive multiplayer to be fully realized. Balance the weird point system introduce Crossplay update the graphic and sell it as a stand alone experience.

    The laughter I had when people absolutely just lose you after you punch them in the face in Manhunt will live with me for the rest of my life. When you got invited in the party post match you can all share    I'm just waiting for the competitive multiplayer to be fully realized. Balance the weird point system introduce Crossplay update the graphic and sell it as a stand alone experience.

    The laughter I had when people absolutely just lose you after you punch them in the face in Manhunt will live with me for the rest of my life. When you got invited in the party post match you can all share stories of how you snuck up and poisoned your targets and how elusive they were on the rooftops.    … Expand
  76. GioLaBot
    May 29, 2023
    8
    like rogue and ac3 it has an exotic setting and not a European setting as I prefer but otherwise it's a good game
  77. kingrat3
    May 10, 2023
    8
    The best Assassin's Creed game and the best pirate game that I have played.
  78. Aiden_Cora
    Jun 16, 2019
    7
    Great sailing and swashbuckling adventure. Very fun concept of upgrading the ship/mobile base. mediocre Assassin's Creed.
  79. Verdan
    Nov 28, 2013
    7
    This game is bit rushed. When Assassin's Creed gets pushed out. My thoughts are "Oh awesome new story, historical views, new characters yay!". Waiting for a good game. Assassin's creed: black Flag is not bad game by any standard. It's just not ground breaking and awesome like the old ones. The story line is different and will play out to be nice, but side quests...Really? I liked toThis game is bit rushed. When Assassin's Creed gets pushed out. My thoughts are "Oh awesome new story, historical views, new characters yay!". Waiting for a good game. Assassin's creed: black Flag is not bad game by any standard. It's just not ground breaking and awesome like the old ones. The story line is different and will play out to be nice, but side quests...Really? I liked to collect optional stuff from each zone, yet it netted me nothing (I don't really like that i only get 1% when i complete a zone). Outside story mode this game has nothing to offer in terms of gamplay. Pirating is fun for a while, but since you blunder basically same resources (Women, new ships, slaves, art, gold yarrr???) all over...You are not feeling like a pirate.

    Quick fire round to pro´s and con´s.

    Pro´s:
    - Setting is not limited to cities only like older releases
    - Pirate setting is done nicely, you are spending time on a vessel
    - Crafting got useful again and ship customization looks awesome
    - Sneaking, fighting got updated amongst other things.

    Cons:
    - The "Real life" story is left out for good part of the game
    - You don't really have a clue about the grand schemes, so you are not pursuing a goal.
    - Little to no graphical improvements (Well they don't even need to those, but added them anyway. Game looks awesome!)
    - Characters are uninteresting
    - Optional stuff is optional...And useless. Why collect 15 fragments that will not grant you anything expect 0,5 progress sync story.
    - I´m pretty sure i have seen some character models in AC 1 3 as major storyline...
    - You need to wait a long time until story kicks in. Don't get bored until then.    … Expand
  80. meediocre
    May 6, 2014
    7
    Pretty pirate-simulator with some fun naval combat. Let down though by the usual repetitive quests, stupid sword-play combat, and lack of a particularly interesting narrative journey or characters. An improvement for sure on the last AC. The best aspect of the game is traversing the picturesque waters in changing weather conditions on a boat full of pirates singing a song. Not much tensionPretty pirate-simulator with some fun naval combat. Let down though by the usual repetitive quests, stupid sword-play combat, and lack of a particularly interesting narrative journey or characters. An improvement for sure on the last AC. The best aspect of the game is traversing the picturesque waters in changing weather conditions on a boat full of pirates singing a song. Not much tension or drama, plenty of grind.… Expand
  81. Banhammer0
    Dec 24, 2013
    7
    I tried to not feel disappointed on this one but I was. a lot. In some aspects Black Flag is an utter failure but in others it's amazingly well done and outshine the previous games in the series by far.
    The bad thing: Modern Abstergo plot
    I'm a fan of Assassin's Creed series and I think what they did with the plot is total BS. I'm talking about the modern-day plot not getting into    I tried to not feel disappointed on this one but I was. a lot. In some aspects Black Flag is an utter failure but in others it's amazingly well done and outshine the previous games in the series by far.
    The bad thing: Modern Abstergo plot
    I'm a fan of Assassin's Creed series and I think what they did with the plot is total BS. I'm talking about the modern-day plot not getting into spoilers here, it was absolutely terrible, both the idea and the execution of it. This was the most disappointing part.
    Another bad thing: GLITCHES, ARMY OF THEM
    Every part of the game is filled with minor glitches, patches fix a lot of them but it's super-common for camera to go crazy or the character having problems with scalling a 0,5 meters tall fence, or character falling to the ground in combat for no reason, or weapons clipping and animations desyncing...you get the idea I hope. It's just very rough on the edges.
    Last but not least: Controls
    It's obvious they are meant for consoles and they suck on PC. It's very hard to control character when free running or in combat. No target lock. Weird aiming (at least we finally have it implemented).

    Now to the good part: The World
    The world is HUUUGE. There are some reused assets but it's still a pleasure to explore new places and gather those little collectibles that I never cared about before.

    Also good: The visuals
    This game is beautiful and there is no denying of it, and it's pretty well optimized aside from some FPS issues, but I was able to almost max it out on GTX 570. Surprisingly good job Ubisoft.

    I'm not really going into details because you can google them...I don't care.
    Mixed feelings, best get it on sale.    … Expand
  82. 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
  83. wolverine67
    Nov 21, 2013
    7
    The game is fun to play, and the graphics for the most part look great. My only observation that stood out was the low res textures for vegetation, and some bad character facial models. But all in all the game has more good than bad going for it, just wonder how they could have overlooked some details like vegetation etc. That being said could take away from the immersion in the game. WeThe game is fun to play, and the graphics for the most part look great. My only observation that stood out was the low res textures for vegetation, and some bad character facial models. But all in all the game has more good than bad going for it, just wonder how they could have overlooked some details like vegetation etc. That being said could take away from the immersion in the game. We are playing as pirates at sea, and roaming around the jungle Islands, so here's hoping for and update Ubisoft, but if not maybe some modder can fix it.… Expand
  84. plotlesviolence
    Jun 29, 2014
    7
    I feel kind of weird liking this game when I absolutely loathed AC3, but I'll try and explain why this iteration kept my attention the whole way through.
    STORY/DESIGN: (5/10) - On the one hand, the story is boring, and there's no real climax/payoff at the end, it's just a-bunch-of-stuff-that-happens that seems to rely on player time investment to make us connect emotionally rather than an    I feel kind of weird liking this game when I absolutely loathed AC3, but I'll try and explain why this iteration kept my attention the whole way through.
    STORY/DESIGN: (5/10) - On the one hand, the story is boring, and there's no real climax/payoff at the end, it's just a-bunch-of-stuff-that-happens that seems to rely on player time investment to make us connect emotionally rather than an interesting plot. On the other hand, the main character is somewhat unique in that his major motivation is making money and he aggressively wants to avoid joining either of the warring factions. But the most important part of the story is that, unlike AC3, it is mostly unobtrusive.
    GRAPHICS: (9/10) - this is a gorgeous looking game in almost every respect. There's a good variety of environments, from period cities of varying elevations (to facilitate the freerunning) to deep jungle to tropical islands.
    GAMEPLAY: (7/10) - this is kind of hit-and-miss, depending on what the game asks of you. Each of the 4 gameplay types represents about a quarter of the experience:
    Ship-to-ship combat is good (7/10), kind of like space combat games if you couldn't move up or down, but what makes it interesting is a very developed, shifting 3D ocean that is constantly buffetting your ship and changing the angles. I also like how quickly you go from sailing to aiming a side cannon at individual enemie on a ship, then swing over on a rope and go straight into hand-to-hand combat. One nice touch is that you can sneak-swim onto an enemy ship that's otherwise overpowered for your ship, kill all the soldiers in hand-to-hand, then return to your ship and conquer the now weakened and crippled ship in one shot. What I dislike about ship-to-ship combat is that, other than size and flag color, basically all ships you fight are identical in look and structure. I feel like they could have designed more than one enemy for you. Additionally, it would have been nice to go below decks for combat, instead of just up the masts once in awhile.
    Freerunning (3/10) hasn't really changed from AC3, but the environments are quite a bit better and smoother, particularly in jumping from tree-to-tree. It's very intuitive, but it's still hold-down-a-button and point the analog stick, whereas any true platformer would require individual presses of the jump button. There's also a swimming mechanic for underwater side missions, which is cool, but slow and eventually gets boring.
    Combat (5/10) has a few new enemy types that often require a different button press (i.e. "stun") to defeat certain enemies, plus the ability to throw enemies (off ledges or into other enemies) instead of insta-kill adds another layer. And sometimes you have to press a button to grab a human shield just before you're shot. But it's still way too easy to be fun most of the time.
    Stealth (5/10) is still functional but not improved. It's still based primarily on moving between bits of grass and insta-killing anything that gets near. Your only other options are a berserker dart (makes an enemy attack his friends), hire dancers to distract guards, and a smoke bomb escape; that's fairly paltry compared to any other stealth game.
    DESIGN: (9/10)
    The game starts with you experiencing the major gameplay types (ship-to-ship combat, freerunning, stealth, then combat) all the in the first mission with only a few seconds of cutscenes intruding on that. There are FAR fewer enforced-slow-walk-for-plot-exposition parts than in AC3, though there are still some. Similarly, you spend very little time in the "future" world outside the animus, another great choice, although even this half-hour total was still the worst part of the game. I never even got to the sailing portion of AC3 because I couldn't tolerate the pathetic "platforming" and the fact that they buried the good stuff so late in the game, but AC4 understands that it is a game and puts its best feet forward. There are a bunch of side missions, and you never have to do any of them more than once if you dislike one. And if you just like open-ended missions where you get to a guarded target and assassinate him, there are like 30 of those as "assassin" side missions. So it's a long game (21 hours) but it held my interest long enough for me to beat it. If they could just make you actually press the "jump" button when they wanted you to jump and made the melee combat more challenging/interesting, this game could have been a 9/10 easily.    … Expand
  85. vangomaextreme
    Dec 23, 2013
    7
    This is for all those poor souls like me who have a low end PC that supposedly doesn't quite meet minimum requirements (my case Nividia 630M and i7 2.3 Ghz) but who really enjoy the series and feel bummed that they can't play this game. If you optimize for the lowest settings it still looks pretty good and although the framerate can dip occasionally it is actually playable. So if youThis is for all those poor souls like me who have a low end PC that supposedly doesn't quite meet minimum requirements (my case Nividia 630M and i7 2.3 Ghz) but who really enjoy the series and feel bummed that they can't play this game. If you optimize for the lowest settings it still looks pretty good and although the framerate can dip occasionally it is actually playable. So if you love the series and are willing to shell out it is a fun experience and you can get pretty much the same enjoyment that everyone else is getting just be prepared to make some sacrifices and have the occasional frustration. If you can handle that then you will get to see a fairly remarkable game and enjoy it till like me you can afford your next rig. Besides even people with super duper rigs seem to be having optimization problems so it could be it has just been poorly optimized in general. Bottom line on low end machines it is playable with some sacrifices!… Expand
  86. PowerGamer
    Jul 5, 2021
    7
    A 2021 review for a 2013 game. I enjoyed this game for many hours, got to 53% completion, but gave up on it in frustration. The game has some major issues from a 2021 perspective.
    1) No native widescreen support. You have to use someone's 3rd party patch.
    2) The UI is very cumbersome. The UI is mind numbingly unintuitive from a 2021 perspective. 3) The controls are bad. It's hard to    A 2021 review for a 2013 game. I enjoyed this game for many hours, got to 53% completion, but gave up on it in frustration. The game has some major issues from a 2021 perspective.
    1) No native widescreen support. You have to use someone's 3rd party patch.
    2) The UI is very cumbersome. The UI is mind numbingly unintuitive from a 2021 perspective.
    3) The controls are bad. It's hard to switch weapons, even knowing how to switch weapons to begin with. A lot of the controls make no sense.
    4) The graphics are dated. To be expected for a 2013 game, but it's worth pointing out.

    If you are PC gamer and after playing AC Odyssey, I wouldn't go back further than AC Origins. Even though this one is rated as one of the best. Ubisoft still sells the game but they don't bother at least updating with a widescreen patch, etc.
    Wait till there is a remastered version of this game if it ever happens.    … Expand
  87. jonoawesomeguy
    Nov 19, 2013
    7
    An important note- despite how great the naval combat is, it literally made me motion sick so I was only able to play a small portion of these sections. If you get seasick, try to avoid these parts of the game. Also, I was unable to play the FPS sections of the game because the FoV was locked to about 60 which also made me motion-sick. Caveat emptor- let the buyer beware.

    As someone who    An important note- despite how great the naval combat is, it literally made me motion sick so I was only able to play a small portion of these sections. If you get seasick, try to avoid these parts of the game. Also, I was unable to play the FPS sections of the game because the FoV was locked to about 60 which also made me motion-sick. Caveat emptor- let the buyer beware.

    As someone who has never actually played an Assassin's Creed game before and someone who has recently completed both Splinter Cell: Blacklist and FarCry 3 (both from Ubisoft) within the past 6 months, to me, Assassin's Creed IV really does nothing new, judging by the heavily borrowed concepts from the 2 aforementioned games. Despite the mostly unoriginal campaign, the graphics are pretty good and the PC port as a whole is decent, with the exception of the Abstergo entertainment FPS parts of the campaign.
    Starting with the gameplay, Assassin's Creed IV does barely anything new and what it provides is essentially the same seen in some of Ubisoft's other IPs. Examples of what Black Flag 'borrows' can be seen through none other than the crafting, hunting, assassinating, body hiding, climbing and looting mechanics. Crafting, hunting and looting mechanics within Black Flag are pretty much identical to that seen in FarCry 3- you craft holsters to hold more weapons, pouches for ammo etc. THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS FARCRY 3. Hunting is also pretty much the same, down to the animations and cutscenes for skinning the corpses of the animals (this time around, they let you skip the cutscene, which is a positive). Onto the assassinating, climbing and body hiding mechanics, they are so similar to those seen in Splinter Cell: Blacklist, that it may as well be a reskin of the game, but with hidden blades or swords sometimes. I don't have a problem with iterating gameplay features, but when these mechanics are so similar to games that the same publisher have the rights to or even released within the same year, I feel cheated. Also, the freerunning system felt like cheating the game- kind of like how Sonic is jokingly called 'press W to win', AC4's freerunning could be compared to 'press shift-W to win'.
    However, the seemingly more original gameplay from Black Flag comes in the form of its combat and naval aspects. The actual combat of the game is very well done, with a free-flowing combat system which makes fights seem very fluid and satisfying. It's somewhat similar to melee combat in Sleeping Dogs. The naval combat is enthralling and engaging. From the previews of the ship combat, I was worried that the naval elements were just going to be the worst parts of the game. Fortunately, they are surprisingly fun- much thanks to the execution of the concept which makes the ship handling feel adequate and exciting.
    The actual PC port is quite well done- plenty of options for users, fully rebindable keys, reasonable controls that actually work very well and the performance is fine (on an ATi Radeon 5800), so long as you leave ambient occlusion on SSAO, shadows not on soft, motion blur off and the antialiasing off (AA made my game extremely laggy and blurry), the game will run fine. It may not have run as well for me as the game is Nvidia optimised, so keep that in mind if you have a Nvidia card. The actual game's graphics are very nice, but in my opinion, does not qualify as 'next-gen'. The graphics are on a similar level to Tomb Raider (2013), but I subjectively think that Tomb Raider has better graphics, again, maybe because that game was AMD optimised so I was able to play it on relatively higher settings. I personally expected next-gen to be on a similar level to Crysis 3, but that may be asking too much.
    If you are looking for a decent PC port, you are in luck. However, if you are seeking a game which has original gameplay, you are looking in the wrong place. Assassin's Creed IV is a good-looking (but not quite next-gen in my opinion) game which has diverse gameplay features, but most of which are unashamedly 'borrowed' from Ubisoft's other IPs, making it seem as if they are merely sticking to a formula to make money.    … Expand
  88. thegameon1
    Feb 28, 2014
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the game is awesome but these stupid ubisoft or ac developers specifically do not know how to write games for multicore computers, or too lazy to optimize it for pcs because consoles have 4 to 8 cores and they run fine there but when it comes to pc it only utilizes 2 cores other 2 cores jus chilling at 40% or less. i dont know why is it so hard for them to fix their engine or the game. counter strike source or global offense doubles the fps by enabling multicore rendering and there are many OLDER games can do that where Assassins creed never was able to, bravo, u guys got the dumbest coders. game is filled with bugs also and fps locked at 62 fps and it barely runs at that and i a have i5 750 4.0ghz with gtx 670 sli pc. im giving 6 because game is not smooth at all it stutters and **** all the time.
    AC developers say that they have been working with nvidia for a while now and it runs like **** on nvidia cards lol really? at which part of the game you guys work together exactly ? how to ruin the game part?
    gpu run at 85 or 88% the most in sli mode and thats if youre lucky. You guys cant even utilize powerful cards of course the game will run like crap.    … Expand
  89. Motcritic
    Nov 30, 2013
    7
    While I don't like some aspects of this game, it's one of most fun games I ever played.

    Graphics are great, the towns look very nice, the landscape of both missions and islands is amazing, the sea looks nice enough and the waves behave very smoothly. The character movement is very good, definitely an improvement, you can connect most of the movement you want to make, rarely you will    While I don't like some aspects of this game, it's one of most fun games I ever played.

    Graphics are great, the towns look very nice, the landscape of both missions and islands is amazing, the sea looks nice enough and the waves behave very smoothly.
    The character movement is very good, definitely an improvement, you can connect most of the movement you want to make, rarely you will start to jump and grab places you didn't meant too.
    The missions are mostly well made and fun, and while some might say they are too easy, I think they are just fine because I like to go through the story, I hate bottlenecks of repetitive tries due to chance or difficulty, for the sake of being hard. Sea combat is fun. Boarding ships is fun if you roleplay them, don't go immediately to the goals and you will be immersed into nice visuals and combat.

    But this game has a lot of downsizes. Very easy naval combat, too easy, specially when attacking naval fortress's, the repercussions of pirating are basically none. Land combat is also extremely easy, its all about knowing what type of enemies you are facing and hit the according button, but, its fun, very fun, still way too easy. The map size is extremely small (caribbean islands packed into a 20km per 20km give or take) and the view ranges of enemy ships is ridiculous low, we are talking about having an enemy ship 50 meters away from you and they can't see you!! This game design choice obliterates the immersion of being at sea, the feeling of being alone, of spotting enemies on the horizon, storms are well made but they come and go in a minute, rogue waves and water tornados are just too easy to avoid. Due to the map being so filled with islands and ships, immersion is completely crushed.

    All in all, its a fun game to play, but once you play it the replay value is null, this means that for a open world game something went wrong when they designed it, kinda remembers me of Sleeping Dogs, making an open world that serves no purpose since only the missions have any value.    … Expand
  90. PHJ
    Feb 25, 2014
    7
    Assassin's Creed IV Blackflag is a great and an outstanding Pirate game, but is far to be a great Assassin's Creed game, I think they should explain better how the main character become an assassin.
  91. TheCapedCritic
    Jan 7, 2014
    7
    Let me just start by saying that Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag is a good game, it's by no means perfect but the pirate setting is a really refreshing change of pace from the previous installments in the series. The addition of ship combat in particular has kept me coming back to play the game (I mean who doesn't want to be a pirate sailing across the sea pillaging.. I mean practicingLet me just start by saying that Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag is a good game, it's by no means perfect but the pirate setting is a really refreshing change of pace from the previous installments in the series. The addition of ship combat in particular has kept me coming back to play the game (I mean who doesn't want to be a pirate sailing across the sea pillaging.. I mean practicing wholly legitimate business :P) But seriously from a technical standpoint the controls feel much more fluid than past games, particularly in combat, and the graphics are absolutely astounding. However I will say that while the game gets a whole lot right, there are some minor issues Black Flag does suffer from. Particularly I found that the story seemed to drop off at certain points and also that the shooting mechanic felt kind of sloppy Even with these minor problems I found in the game I still found the experience very enjoyable and would recommend it to fans of previous games or even if you're new to the Assassin's Creed franchise altogether.… Expand
  92. android19samus
    Jan 15, 2014
    7
    It's a fun game, I have to say. There's lots to do, the boat combat is simplistic and fun, and stabbing people is still just as good as it always has been. The problem is that half the time half my progress doesn't get saved. I play in short sessions so I only lose about half an hour, and it doesn't happen all the time, but it is certainly annoying, and makes me enjoy the game much less.
  93. superkitty
    Mar 10, 2014
    7
    feels like a new beginning for the franchise, far better than the mediocre third game, but all it's changes to the formula make it feel less like an AC game. they should sever all ties to assassins creed and separate it into a spinoff pirate franchise.
  94. 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
  95. 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
  96. KAOS661
    Sep 4, 2014
    7
    This game to me is proof that they are slowly getting away from all the things that made the Assassin's Creed franchise so good. I used to be a HUGE AC fan and I still am a big fan of previous games but I'm really losing interest in AC. It is just not the same anymore. I can't find many redeeming qualities. It's still decent but not what I it once was.
  97. SiAScORCH
    Nov 4, 2014
    7
    The game is quite good and I will say that the graphics are amazing, especially out in sea. I have logged quite some hours on this game and I will admit that at times it becomes repetitive which at times can be boring. I've actually yet to finish the game but I know that I'm not far from it because I was there when a friend beat it, but instead I'm doing the side missions and what not.The game is quite good and I will say that the graphics are amazing, especially out in sea. I have logged quite some hours on this game and I will admit that at times it becomes repetitive which at times can be boring. I've actually yet to finish the game but I know that I'm not far from it because I was there when a friend beat it, but instead I'm doing the side missions and what not. It's a great game to play and I don't think you'll regret investing time into it, so I would recommend that you play the game if given the opportunity.… Expand
  98. 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
  99. 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.
  100. 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
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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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