http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/04/the-dawn-of-assassins-creed-iv-black-flag



You play Edward Kenway, father of Haytham Kenway and grandfather of Connor. A british pirate in the first half of the 18th century.

It will have a sea based overworld, with 50 Caribbean islands all on the same map with no loading zones in between, and you can sail your ship to any of them or even swim from one to the other if you really wanted to.

3/4/2013 5:35:51 PM

yawn

wake me up when they decide to wrap up the desmond story arc.

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 6:24 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2013 6:23:26 PM

i still haven't finished 3

[Edited on March 4, 2013 at 6:26 PM. Reason : ]

3/4/2013 6:26:01 PM

I know right

3/4/2013 6:27:08 PM

All the people that really loved Wind Waker (mindless sailing) should be all over this one.

3/4/2013 6:35:52 PM

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"yawn wake me up when they decide to wrap up the desmond story arc. [Edited on March 4, 2013 at 6:24 PM. Reason : ] "

They did...

3/4/2013 6:50:55 PM

Gameplay trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJT1EGcCelc

3/25/2013 7:06:27 PM

ha they should combine this with the open world of sid meier's pirates.

3/25/2013 9:43:58 PM

I played 3 for like an hour and a half and I was like wow. This is almost exactly like whichever the last one I played was.

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3/25/2013 9:46:32 PM

Yeah GTA:SA was way different than the previous two

[Edited on March 25, 2013 at 10:21 PM. Reason : ]

3/25/2013 10:21:26 PM

So how's this lookin

10/29/2013 1:45:26 AM

Pretty brutal. Rated AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

10/29/2013 2:42:51 AM

Good reviews, mine should be here by this evening

10/30/2013 7:42:43 AM

looks amazing... except for the stupid hoodie.

10/30/2013 8:05:08 AM

I never got around to playing 3, should I get it cheap and play it or just get 4?

Is there any real advancement of the Desmond story in 3? I was really hoping they'd make him the main character and have it set in modern times by now.

10/30/2013 9:00:40 AM

uhhh, you may want to read up on what happened in AC3

10/30/2013 9:12:21 AM

For anyone eyeing this on the PC, GreenMan Gaming has a 25% off voucher running through about noon today for 25% off. Basically getting you the Gold Edition for the price of a standard. Not too shabby.

TAREM-AC4BF-VOUCH

11/15/2013 8:35:45 AM

Hadn't played 3 yet, both were on sale yesterday, so i picked up 3 for $15, and 4 for $30 yesterday on amazon, can't wait

12/4/2013 9:41:57 AM

III was good, even though Connor fell kind of flat as a character. The movement and combat felt much more fluid than previous ACs.

So far Black Flag is pretty badass...I keep getting distracted by every ship on the horizon and feel compelled to sink it. I've completed only about 6 main story missions

12/4/2013 10:03:58 AM

I got this free when i ordered my pc parts from newegg. can't wait to try it out as i've never played an AC game before

12/4/2013 10:05:43 AM

I would suggest doing a little wikipedia reading on the plot of the previous games, especially the overarching storyline. You might not be that lost without knowing, but I think it'd help sort things out for you.

12/4/2013 11:38:57 AM

$30 dollars for this at Best Buy today

1/7/2014 3:35:28 PM

THIRTY

DOLLARS

DOLLARS

1/8/2014 8:41:07 PM

That's completely necessary and informative post, thanks.

1/9/2014 8:41:32 AM

Fun game but the overarching storyline for these AC games has turned into the video game version of Lost, an incoherent mess designed to be milked into eternity.

1/9/2014 10:48:12 AM

I love this game. I just keep on sinking ships and shootin stuff.

1/10/2014 1:00:41 PM

i like this so far ... attacking ships has to be my favorite thing

1/28/2014 5:00:46 PM

Yessir! Forts are fun too!

1/28/2014 6:18:15 PM

i just started this last week

1/28/2014 7:59:23 PM

I'm still thoroughly enjoying this. I'm only about half-way through the missions, but have spent a bunch of time hunting and harpooning and defeating and sending ships to my fleet and upgrading my shihp.

3/17/2014 1:39:58 PM

I really like this game. Sunk a couple legendary ships so far.

3/17/2014 8:25:06 PM

I've gotten all the legendary ships, sank several level 5 pirate hunter patrols (and captured about 7 or 8 of the highest level man o war ships), completed all the regular missions and am now doing the DLC & extra content. I might move on to multiplayer soon. I wonder if my ship from the single player mode can be used in the multiplayer mode.

I could definitely see myself playing this game for a long time. Hands down one of the best games I've ever played.

Holla if you're on PS3 and wanna do some multiplayer shizzle.

5/24/2014 9:53:52 AM

I'm on 360. I need to get a damn ps3 for the last of us. I've still yet to try multiplayer on black flag

5/27/2014 1:26:56 AM

Holy shitballs this game has entirely way too much "busy work" side missions and collectible locations. Seriously, fuck you developers. If you can't come up with something better than adding 8 million chest/animus fragment locations, you should just stop making these games. This is just fucking irritating and serves no purpose than to extend the playing time with completely EMPTY tasks.

7/10/2014 11:36:01 AM

i think it's awesome. if you want, you can just ignore the chest/animus missions if you want.

i never finished this and had to put it down for the past couple months but hope to have the time to pick it back up soon.

7/10/2014 12:05:18 PM

I thought the "tailing" missions were the worst.

7/10/2014 4:58:45 PM

agreed, they definitely are

I love the game, I just wish they would stop with the stupid busy work shit.

7/11/2014 12:45:20 PM

I just started Origins (Ancient Egypt). I got it for Christmas. Seems pretty cool so far... has some Red Dead Redemption elements.

8/14/2018 11:20:07 AM

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"I thought the "tailing" missions were the worst"

I'm not sure what I hate more, following missions or escort missions.

8/14/2018 12:45:31 PM

Origins is good, I need to get back into it. I was pretty shocked at how big it was and I got distracted by Monster Hunter.

Not going to lie, Odyssey is also looking pretty awesome. I'm keeping an eye on that.

8/14/2018 1:04:51 PM

I'm behind the curve on Assassin's Creed. I did play through Black Flag earlier this year though and really enjoyed it. One thing it failed to explain though was how Edward was able to just kinda pick up all of the free running/jumping/climbing/etc. skills that the assassins have. At the beginning of the game he took the clothes from that assassin, assumed his identity, and was just able to do all the stuff. Great game though!

So after Black Flag but before Origins, the main AC games were Unity, Syndicate, and Rogue. Were any of those any good or vital to the story line?

8/14/2018 1:59:01 PM

I haven't really noticed much in the way of an overarching story since the end of the Ezio Triolgy (Desmond's story). Most of them revolve around Abstergo's general interest in finding Pieces of Eden.

8/14/2018 2:38:32 PM

^^In the main, no. I've played all three over the last 3 years but I couldn't tell you how the "main" story has changed.

Unity and Rogue are linked and have a fun intertwined moment but (a) I don't want to spoil it and (b) I don't think its worth the 30 hours between both games to experience it.

FWIW Black Flag has been my favorite AC game. Haven't payed Origins yet.

^Feels like after AC3 the modern storyline has come to a screeching halt.

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8/15/2018 10:07:28 AM

I’ve played most of them, black flag is probably my favorite. Probably because of the ship fighting and shark hunts and stuff, just gave it a little bit of a different feel. All the others have been basically exactly the same (but like I said I still usually end up playing them). Is Origins any different, or just more of the same?

8/15/2018 10:13:36 AM

Origins is different in some ways, most notably combat and it being a lot more sandbox-y, and similar in a lot of others like traversal, assassination mechanics, etc.

It still feels like an AC game, but it adds a lot of A-RPG elements to make it lean closer to a game like The Witcher III.

8/15/2018 11:38:45 AM

I've played a lot of them, but it's sometimes been years between them.... did old ones have hunting? I don't remember that, that's one of the things I was referring to it being like Red Dead.

8/15/2018 12:20:07 PM

3 had hunting, but it was probably my least favorite of the series

8/15/2018 12:42:47 PM

I always find the stark differences in opinions for this series to be so interesting.

I loved AC3 but then AC4 supplanted it and now Origins is either #2 or #3.

Several of my friends loved AC3, even more so than AC4.

In general the consensus I've seen most is 3/4 are most people's tops, but I've seen some rank Black Flag behind some of the earlier iterations(ridiculous).

8/15/2018 1:00:18 PM

I think the character, setting, and time period for 3 were awesome, but I remember really not liking the story and a lot of the missions.

8/15/2018 1:38:59 PM

absolutely love this game

8/15/2018 6:02:05 PM