
Which of these zones and in what order gets Edward, depends only on the player - the developers have provided a completely open world. In the role of an assassin pirate Edward will visit more than 50 locations - islands, cities, ports, fishing villages, hidden bays, shipwrecks, sugar plantations and even dense jungles. A war that can destroy everything that pirates have built. His desire for fame, he earned respect, comparable even to the Blackbeard, but it also dragged him into the ancient war between the Assassins and the Templars. Among all this mess, you can single out a daring young captain named Edward Kenway. Pirates rule the Caribbean and even established their own Republic, where corruption, greed and brutality are met at every turn. Video card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with shader Model 4.0 or higher)Įvents Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag develops in 1715. While Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag has the hallmarks of the series, it lacks the narrative depth and draw of its predecessors.OS: Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8 (both 32/64bit versions)ĬPU: Intel Core2Quad Q8400 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6 GHz The naval battles are a welcome break from the core gameplay.



But in between naval battles, you spend the majority of the game doing some mindless combination of the above missions, until your hands are sore.Īssassin's Creed IV is fun - after all, it's an action game with pirates - but it can get repetitive. Black Flag was first released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U in October 2013. Its historical timeframe precedes that of Assassins Creed III (2012), though its modern-day sequences succeed III s own. Repetitive gameplay: Eavesdropping missions, chase sequences, and tracking quests: Assassin's Creed IV has all of the series' classic game mechanics. Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.It is the sixth major installment in the Assassins Creed series. Without giving away any spoilers, Assassin's Creed IV's story feels distracted and lacks a well-guided central narration. It's some of the best naval engagement of any action game.Ĭonvoluted story: Assassin's Creed IV continues the series' tradition of posing more questions than it answers. Pirate mode: The naval battles of Assassin's Creed III are now a full-blown part of Assassin's Creed IV - an interesting and welcome addition to the series. Controlling the assassin, Edward, as he trudges through jungle, climbs trees, or dashes across the rooftops has never felt more natural. You play as Edward Kenway, a privateer turned assassin caught in a dastardly plan of betrayal.įluid mechanics: Assassin's Creed IV benefits from the work of its predecessors, evident in the game's much refined mechanics. Breaking with series convention, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag steps back in time instead of forward, filling in the gap between Assassin's Creed III and II.
