Assassin's Creed Black Flag is the sixth installment in the Assassin's Creed series. In this game you play the role of a privater turned pirate by the name of Edward Kenway, father of Haytham Kenway, who lives in the 18th century. Along his endless journey to achieve riches and fortune Edward unknowingly meets assassins and templars alike who influence him throughout the story. For a man that seeks to only fatten his coin purse, will Edward come to realize that there are much more important things at stake in the world he lives in?
Appearance: Assassin's Creed Black Flag is an amazingly beautiful game that nearly took my breath away as I powered up for the first time and played through some of its naval missions. The world is vast. When i say vast i mean VAST. So vast that i actually dreaded sailing all over the map to get to my destinations, luckily there is an option to fast travel. The serenity and beauty one experiences from a Caribbean sunset is something that can't be explained through words. This game very nearly mirrored that image as i sailed through the open sea with a blood red sunset dead ahead, its rays glistening off the reflective surface of the water. I smiled as I heard the sound of the wind in my sails as they responded accordingly, and the crew of my ship let out a cheerful shanty (or singing) of whiskey. I truly felt as though I was a pirate captain on the high seas. Thankfully the appearance of the world around you is just as well off on foot as they are when you are out in the open ocean. The villages and landscape alike really bring together the feeling of life in the early 18th century. Characters and movement look fluent as well along with well timed facial expressions that matches the audio that isn't in as many games as we'd like.
Game play: The naval game play in Assassin's Creed Black Flag is something completely new to me. This is the first game i have ever played that allowed me to captain my own pirate ship and do as i pleased. The possibilities of things you can do are endless. Need money? Then simply go plunder a few other ships in open ocean in ship to ship combat, take their cargo and sell it, the bigger the ship the better the "booty." If you're really feeling up to it go take on one of the four legendary ships on the map. You can even take on forts that guard the waters near islands. If you happen to get bored messing around in open water you can always go treasure diving, treasure hunting, hunting, the possibilities are endless.There is so much stuff to do in the naval part of the game itself that if i tried going over it all i'd be here for quite some time. Game play on foot is just as good. With the mobility of Assassin's Creed 3, and the big city feel like in Revelations, an island such as Havana can truly be an assassin's playground. With loads of things to do such as main story missions, assassination contracts and treasure hunting, you will hardly find yourself bored. Outside the animus however you are a nameless, faceless employee at Abstergo Entertainment where you will eavesdrop, and hack your way through levels. This part of the game i found a little boring for the simple reason it's not like before where you could free run and roam around. Instead, you have a computer tablet....ya i know right? Multiplayer returns with all new settings and game modes, but sadly is only land based.
Cons: Though i myself found few there are however those occasional things that annoy you. Firstly I would become quite irritated when Edward would occasionally jump in the wrong direction or not scale a wall properly and instead just keep trying to run up it. The longer you play the game, i found the more repetitious things feel. The story line is somewhat poor as well. I found myself doing missions that i wondered what they had to do with the story at all. Those dreaded tail missions where you have to follow someone within a certain distance...ya they're back, unfortunately. With the naval gameplay i found myself running into storms quite frequently as well, its pretty annoying trying to get to a location when you have to keep dodging rogue waves. I personally feel that the naval gameplay out weighs the land gameplay by a lot. It could just be me but tell me what you think.
Verdict 9: This is by far one of my favorite sandbox games and i highly recommend you all go out get this one if you haven't played it already. I do recommend that you play the previous games before hand to really understand where the game stands, and so you can better understand whats going on.
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