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. Repetitive gameplay: Eavesdropping missions, chase sequences, and tracking quests: Assassin's Creed IV has all of the series' classic game mechanics. 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. The modern-day setting no longer focuses on Desmond but on Abstergo Industries/Entertainment and the research analysts who work to explore Kenway's memories.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.
Smaller islands and locations can be visited, and underwater locations can be explored for the first time in the Assassin's Creed series.
The Caribbean ocean is an explorable region via Kenway's ship Jackdaw. Ubisoft Montreal has traditionally developed Assassin's Creed games, but a new team developed Assassin's Creed 4.Īssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is set in the Caribbean on multiple islands including playable areas in Kingston, Havana and Nassau. Assassin's Creed 4 stars a new protagonist, pirate and Assassin named Edward Kenway, grandfather of Connor and father of Haytham Kenway of Assassin's Creed 3. Assassin's Creed 4 takes place in 1715 in the Caribbean, featuring new locations. It released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on their respective launch days (PS4: November 29, 2013, Xbox One: November 22, 2013) and PC as well. Assassin's Creed 4 or Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, the successor to Assassin's Creed 3, was released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U on October 29th 2013.
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