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What a beautiful open world game, sailing the seven seas,harpooning whales and sharks, raiding tombs and hunting, without a doubt the best AC game ever

Best AC game, such beautiful graphics and open world gameplay, the game completely surprised me with so much to do, it even gives me pirates of the Caribbean nostalgia

Hounestly amazing, what a technical wonder, one of the best games I've played it's so open and beautiful with beautiful islands and seas and waves and storms, theres harpooning and hunting, one of the best games ever

Best assassin's creed game, it has such a. Pirate feel, it's amazing how good the graphics still are,without a doubt my one of my favoruite games ever theres so much to do

A memorable and fun game, basically pirates of the carribean the game, this is without a doubt the crow favorite ac game

Whether or not you're a fan of Assassin's Creed, it doesn't matter. This game will satisfy both fans of the series and those who just want a damn good pirate game. Everyone wins. For those who wanted both of those things, your luck is well and truly in.

Black Flag is an ambitious game but has a truly great pay-off at the end. The sense of exploration and freedom found in this game isn't something that you would find in most other games. With the north part of the Caribbean as your world (including but not limited to places like Jamaica, Cuba and Barbados) you can sail as pirate captain Edward Kenway on your ship, the Jackdaw, through the open seas taking on British and Spanish ships to steal their cargo, hunting sea creatures and exploring underwater shipwrecks. There's just so much to do. The sense of progression in this game is really great too. In previous AC games there was often an issue of having too much money and not having anything to do with it. Well here you can use that money to upgrade your character as well as your bad-ass pirate ship. As the game progresses you'll be able to take on larger and larger vessels with bigger prizes and even take on the Legendary ships. The characters are mostly based on real historical figures of the period and all are interesting as well as well produced in every respect.

Issues with the game however are that combat is still to easy, stealth is not refined enough and regardless of being a fan of the franchise, the story really didn't do it enough for me. I honestly preferred the story in AC3.

I would recommend picking up this game. It's fun, well made and engrossing. Even if the story doesn't really float your boat, there's so much more to do in terms of side quests. I therefore give this game a 9 out of 10 and would argue that it was one of the top 5 games of 2013.

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Before this game, all previous Assassin's Creed games felt the same. It even made WatchMojo.com's top 10 most overrated games list due to Assassin's Creeds 1-3 all playing extremely similar. The latest installment, however, added a new feature that took up half the game. This feature, of course, is the Naval aspect. Fans got a taste of this in Assassin's Creed III, but it is nowhere near the level Of 4. Whether it's hunting sharks, collecting cargo, sailing to an island, seeking treasure or engaging in Naval Battles, sailing pirate ships in AC4 is an incredible and well polished gameplay mechanic. Aside from that, it also made the world feel more real, since you could almost all of the Caribbean sea. Not only is this a must have for any Assassin's Creed fan, but it's also a great game for new players to start, since the story no longer follows Desmond Miles.

If ur an assassin's Creed fan or just want to be a pirate then this is the game for you.

While I have not completed every Assassin's Creed game, I have played portions of most (though I have not touched Origins or Odyssey). Black Flag is the greatest of them all. The Ezio trilogy may have the best story, but this has a fantastic balance of excellent gameplay and a decent story. If you are looking for the ultimate AC experience, go with Black Flag or Syndicate.

AC Black Flag breaks a bit with the characteristic scheme of the Assassin's Creed saga, to become, a decent pirate game. It is an action game, with a fast pace that personally reminds me quite of AC Liberation in terms of combat simplicity, shallow plot, and story with many fronts so that there is hardly time for characters' introduction or to enjoy their murders. All this takes us far from the level reached by AC III, but it gives us a lot of gameplay in a completely unique environment: the seas. More than half of the game is spent sailing, and here, Ubisoft has done a wonderful job to avoid it from becoming monotonous and to fill the aspect of game with new missions and possibilities. I'm not going to say that I was passionate about crossing the waters and assaulting enemy ships, it is not what I expect when playing an Assassin's Creed game, but I must admit that they have managed to make it entertaining. All the mechanics of the game are very well developed, being the first Assassin's Creed divided into areas of lesser or greater difficulty to which you gain access as you progress through the game. The "role-playing" side that we usually find in Assassin's games has been quite reduced, mainly limiting itself to the improvement of the ship, which makes the game even faster and less immersive. However, the game is long, and if you want to entertain yourself by collecting all the different collectibles out there, you are going to need a lot of hours.

In any case, the bottom line is that this is a pirate game fitted into the Assassin's Creed universe. Desmond Miles disappears, and the entire "contemporary" side of the game is severely depleted, adding very little to the Abstergo vs. Assassins story, and still leaving many doors open.

Normally I don't pay much attention to the audio of a game, but in this case, there are two important points to note: on the one hand, the excellent soundtrack, as well as the pirate songs, which both manage to make sailing on the high seas much more pleasant. On the other hand, the voices that fill the streets and squares, as well as those of the main characters, leave much to be desired. Ubisoft usually paid a lot of attention to this aspect, but in Black Flag we will have to hear modern Spanish in the golden age of piracy, even with phrases too modern to fit in that historical context. The same is probably happening with Portuguese, as well as with Italian, a language that did not exist as such at the time and that is surprising to hear from time to time among pirates. English has been more careful developed and even the letters written at the time show a more archaic English.

Finally, the quality of the menus is quite limited, at the level of AC Liberation, when it was expected to be more polished and user-friendly.

In short, a very entertaining action game that, although it does not manage to contribute much to the Assassin's Creed universe, it is worth playing it and putting yourself in the shoes of the pirate Kenway.

I had high hopes for this game with all the praise it got. Unfortunately I am very disappointed. Most of the missions are either tail someone on land or on a boat. Naval combat is definitely better than in AC 3 but still very sluggish. The story is extremely uninteresting and the present story doesn't even deserve mentioning.

Upgrading health and your ship requires you to hunt animals or sink ships. This gets very boring very fast and harms the game.

The stealth sections are okay most of the time. But the naval mission are tedious.

Ubisoft should have just made a pirate game and let AC rest but I understand why they didn't.

Better than AC3 but not much.

You dont need to be a fan to enjoy this game,its the one most worth playing out of the whole franchise especially if you like pirates

One of the most geniuely fun games ive played, the best Ac for sure, amazing written story,giant open world, this gane is the red dead of pirates

After a respite, I have returned to Animus to live the life of Edward Kenway in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. This title picks up after the events of Assassin's Creed III, but has a very different setting. Instead of being a modern day Assassin, hiding from the Templars and delving into the past via an Animus, your character works for the Templars, or rather their Abstergo Entertainment Company as an analyst for the Sample 17 project. The goal of the project is to produce a video game, set in the Caribbean during the golden age of piracy, based on the 'donated' memories that comprise Sample 17.

As the games before it, Black Flag is a third-person, open world, action-adventure title with a heavy emphasis on stealth. As pirate captain Edward Kenway, you stalk the Caribbean for the biggest prizes, and remove any obstacle from your path, typically with a sharp blade. Of course, a pirate would not be much without a ship, and yours is the Jackdaw. It is not the biggest ship sailing the seas, but given the proper resources, it can become the fiercest. Black Flag has an M rating from the ESRB for blood, strong language, violence, and sexual themes. If you should not be exposed to such content, then you likely should not be reading this review.

Should you set sail under the black flag or scuttle this game? Time to find out.

Yes... Still a masterpiece in 2020. This game beats almost every game in this franchise, the characters, the naval combat.... If you haven't played yet, well it's worth every cent.

Black flag its Revelation in the game history because special model for combat whit ship or enemy in game after then ubisoft cant made game like this for ever

Alright. I have only played Sid Meier's Pirates! (PC) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (PSP) but it still stands.

It's the sixth instalment in the Assassin's Creed series and the familiar game mechanics perfectly suit life on the high seas as a swashbuckling, self-serving, no nonsense pirate.

The ship battles. The choppy voyages in the ocean. The shanties, hidden treasures, multiple factions and the game's economy system mean it is a rewarding play through.

For those familiar to the series Black Flag follows a similar story arch to previous titles: Assassins attempting to thwart the Templars grand plans (albeit from a different angle). But the game's lure isn't in the story line but yet another beautifully constructed sandbox world full of dozens of islands to explore and different types of side missions to embark on. Black Flag isn't a game to be rushed but a world to immerse in and enjoy at your own leisure.

Nevertheless, with the morals of the Creed creeping in it isn't the complete pirate experience but the best one I've had yet.

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.

Wowwwwwwwwwwww this is an amazing game.i liked it so much that I cannot make you believe.thanks

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is most definitely the fun game to play.

Gameplay is very similar to that of it's predecessor, but with a lot more naval combat this time (which is something you'd expect from a game about pirates). Speaking of which, the naval combat has been slightly, but nevertheless significantly improved to add to a more pirate- like atmosphere of the game. The one thing I didn't like about it was ' naval stealth', in which enemy ships have cones of vision and as long as you don't enter it they can't see you, which is pretty ridiculous in my opinion.

Black Flag has, so far, the best graphics in the series (although they're not quite next-gen).

As for the story itself, it may be the weakest link of the game. It's not so much focused on the everlasting battle between Templars and Assassins like it was in the previous games. Rather it revolves around Edward's desire for personal glory and gain. Of course, that doesn't make it any less enjoyable to play, it just makes it less an 'Assassin's Creed' title then any other game in the series.

Overall, the game is absolutely worth your time, you can't make a mistake by buying it, although people who haven't played any of it's prequels may have a hard time settling in the story.