Overall, Black Flag is a great game. It plays a lot smoother than Assassins creed 3. Edward is charismatic and fun. Ship play is fun and runs well.
My two biggest issues that made me rate this lower my second time around are the excess of tailing missions. Like, tailing missions were always one of the worst mission types, so why make a game with so damn many tailing missions. And second, the lack of screentime with the side characters.
Edward is a great character and most of the pirates are cool and fun to see, so the fact they get so little time weakens the story considerably. I wanted to see more of Kid, Anne, Blackbeard, and the others. The theme of the story and Edward's character development would have hit so much harder if there was more focused placed on his time as a pirate and his pirate friends.
My two biggest issues that made me rate this lower my second time around are the excess of tailing missions. Like, tailing missions were always one of the worst mission types, so why make a game with so damn many tailing missions. And second, the lack of screentime with the side characters.
Edward is a great character and most of the pirates are cool and fun to see, so the fact they get so little time weakens the story considerably. I wanted to see more of Kid, Anne, Blackbeard, and the others. The theme of the story and Edward's character development would have hit so much harder if there was more focused placed on his time as a pirate and his pirate friends.
For a stealth series the ship combats are really enjoyable. Seeing how they improved on it from the sidequests in III was fun. Plus the symbolism of the Jackdaw and how it related to Edward's character is genius writing imo. Only reason I'm putting this at 4 1/2 and not 5 stars is because there's a mission where you're required to kill a bunch of indigenous people on their own island and I really didn't vibe with how that was like the only time you couldn't just sneak by and not kill anyone. Other than that though this game is a masterpiece.
A swashbuckling adventure game that makes you feel more like a pirate than an assassin. The sailing and boat combat mechanics havemuch improved since the third game. The map is large with plenty of locations to explore.
I did experience minor technical issues, mainly stuttering on the PS4 version but it wasn't bad enough to ruin the experience.
Definitely one of the Assassin's Creed games I would recommend playing.
I did experience minor technical issues, mainly stuttering on the PS4 version but it wasn't bad enough to ruin the experience.
Definitely one of the Assassin's Creed games I would recommend playing.
Probably the best, or at least the second best Assassin's Creed game. The ship gameplay is the main focus. It's unique, engaging and fun. The characters are funny and memorable. The game lacks in the repetitive quest design and the modern day gameplay is very boring, but overall it remains one of the best pirate games ever made.