This review contains spoilers
The best pirate video game?
Assassins Creed 4: Black flag is a sequel to AC3 (duh) and follows the story of Edward Kenway, Haytham’s father, Connors grandfather and A pirate turned Assassin (So the in animus story is a prequel to 3). This is probably my 2nd favorite Assassins Creed game but it’s really not an AC game in a lot of ways, I’ll explain.
Gameplay: The gameplay of this game is great, it plays super smooth and really emulates that pirate life while also playing like an Assassins Creed game. The combat plays similar to AC3 which is good but there were a lot of things is liked better about AC3, for example you only get dual swords, hidden blades and muskets in this game to fight with and aside from other smalltime gear that's basically it. Unlike the huge arenol of weapons in 3 that provided a lot of openness to play style AC4 can get a bit repetitive over time. The other huge gameplay mechanic is the Naval combat system which is much smoother than AC3s and takes up a vast majority of gameplay, this is where this game really shines and makes for hours of good grinding and fun, the map is also huge and at this point in the series is the biggest map so far (obv the newer games got bigger over time). I found this game very satisfying to progress though, there's also a wide assortment of mini games, side activities and deep-sea dives that really makes this game good. The DLC Freedom Cry is short but one of the best ones (up to this point in the franchise) so far.
Voice Acting, Music, Graphics: This game is just as beautiful visually as it is musically. This game not only has great abeyance in the crisp atmosphere but fun music, Sea shanties and Peak voice acting in the franchise so far. Edwards character gives one of the best performances in the franchise competing with Ezio easily.
Story/ Minor spoilers: The story in modern day follows the events of 3 where we play as a nameless first person Ipad employee at a French Ubstergo headquarters looking though the memories of Edward so they can use it to make an animus video game out of it. (Yup cringy and dumb) The in-animus story Follows as a prequel to 3 with Connors grandfather Edward who is a swav pirate playboy only looking to score on loot but is a good man at heart. In the very beginning he steals assassin stuff and uses it in the assassins and templars conflict to try and steal the ultimate treasure. The reason I would say this isn't a true AC game is because you aren't a true Assassins till the final act which considering this was one of the longer ac games before the rpg era this felt like way too long to be just some guy with assassins stuff but at the same time you could argue Edwards story is what makes him a true assassin too, You'll know what I'm talkin about. I’ll let you uncover the rest of the story for yourselves I don't want to spoil much. This story sounds lighthearted and fun, but it gets very deep and personal and bittersweet at the end. Next to the Ezio trilogy this is probably the 2nd best story Ubisoft has rolled out of Assassins Creed and if you like pirate games or assassins’ creed I highly recommend this game. Aside from Sea of Thieves this is probably one of the best pirate game on the market as of the time of writing this.
Overall 9/10
Assassins Creed 4: Black flag is a sequel to AC3 (duh) and follows the story of Edward Kenway, Haytham’s father, Connors grandfather and A pirate turned Assassin (So the in animus story is a prequel to 3). This is probably my 2nd favorite Assassins Creed game but it’s really not an AC game in a lot of ways, I’ll explain.
Gameplay: The gameplay of this game is great, it plays super smooth and really emulates that pirate life while also playing like an Assassins Creed game. The combat plays similar to AC3 which is good but there were a lot of things is liked better about AC3, for example you only get dual swords, hidden blades and muskets in this game to fight with and aside from other smalltime gear that's basically it. Unlike the huge arenol of weapons in 3 that provided a lot of openness to play style AC4 can get a bit repetitive over time. The other huge gameplay mechanic is the Naval combat system which is much smoother than AC3s and takes up a vast majority of gameplay, this is where this game really shines and makes for hours of good grinding and fun, the map is also huge and at this point in the series is the biggest map so far (obv the newer games got bigger over time). I found this game very satisfying to progress though, there's also a wide assortment of mini games, side activities and deep-sea dives that really makes this game good. The DLC Freedom Cry is short but one of the best ones (up to this point in the franchise) so far.
Voice Acting, Music, Graphics: This game is just as beautiful visually as it is musically. This game not only has great abeyance in the crisp atmosphere but fun music, Sea shanties and Peak voice acting in the franchise so far. Edwards character gives one of the best performances in the franchise competing with Ezio easily.
Story/ Minor spoilers: The story in modern day follows the events of 3 where we play as a nameless first person Ipad employee at a French Ubstergo headquarters looking though the memories of Edward so they can use it to make an animus video game out of it. (Yup cringy and dumb) The in-animus story Follows as a prequel to 3 with Connors grandfather Edward who is a swav pirate playboy only looking to score on loot but is a good man at heart. In the very beginning he steals assassin stuff and uses it in the assassins and templars conflict to try and steal the ultimate treasure. The reason I would say this isn't a true AC game is because you aren't a true Assassins till the final act which considering this was one of the longer ac games before the rpg era this felt like way too long to be just some guy with assassins stuff but at the same time you could argue Edwards story is what makes him a true assassin too, You'll know what I'm talkin about. I’ll let you uncover the rest of the story for yourselves I don't want to spoil much. This story sounds lighthearted and fun, but it gets very deep and personal and bittersweet at the end. Next to the Ezio trilogy this is probably the 2nd best story Ubisoft has rolled out of Assassins Creed and if you like pirate games or assassins’ creed I highly recommend this game. Aside from Sea of Thieves this is probably one of the best pirate game on the market as of the time of writing this.
Overall 9/10