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.