Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

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  • Summary: The year is 1715. Pirates rule the waters of the Caribbean and have established a lawless Republic. Among these outlaws is a lethal young captain named Edward Kenway. His notorious exploits earn the respect of legends like Blackbeard, but draw him into an ancient war that may destroyThe year is 1715. Pirates rule the waters of the Caribbean and have established a lawless Republic. Among these outlaws is a lethal young captain named Edward Kenway. His notorious exploits earn the respect of legends like Blackbeard, but draw him into an ancient war that may destroy everything the pirates have built for themselves.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. DarkStation
    Dec 1, 2013
    100
    Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is a game I enjoyed immensely. It controls and plays better than Assassin’s Creed III and its hard not to enjoy causing all sorts of mayhem on land and sea.
  2. Digital Chumps
    Dec 9, 2013
    90
    Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag is a damn good game that has little flaws attached to it, which is impressive for a launch title.
  3. GamingTrend
    Apr 20, 2014
    90
    The PlayStation 4 version of the game is mechanically the same as the PlayStation 3 version, but the new engine is eye-poppingly awesome.
  4. IGN
    Nov 5, 2013
    85
    Beyond the underwhelming main campaign, Black Flag delivers a world brimming with gorgeous places to go, amazing secrets to discover, and nefarious pirates to stab.
  5. Game Informer
    Oct 29, 2013
    83
    Despite my issues with the paths that are laid out before you, Black Flag is great fun when you let your impulses guide you.
  6. games(TM)
    Oct 29, 2013
    80
    An energetic new protagonist, a focus on piracy and pillaging, excellent naval combat and a huge, beautiful open world make Black Flag an easy game to recommend, and a decent way to kick off the next generation.
  7. VideoGamer
    Oct 29, 2013
    70
    There's only so many times, however, that you can tolerate the poorly-defined stealth and terrible AI.

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  1. Positive: 300 out of 423
  2. Mixed: 89 out of 423
  3. Negative: 34 out of 423
  1. Ubisoft_Forever
    Feb 12, 2021
    10
    I will support Ubisoft until the day i die. I bought AC Valhalla Day 1 and i will do same with Far Cry 6. I want to play Assassin's CreedI will support Ubisoft until the day i die. I bought AC Valhalla Day 1 and i will do same with Far Cry 6. I want to play Assassin's Creed Unity as last thing i ever do, before i die. Ubisoft (alongside Rockstar Games, Remedy Entertainment and Capcom) is one of my favorite game developers of all time and i mean it. They have got so much undeserved hate from tasteless haters who never even cared to play Ubisoft games. Anyway i just wanted to truly thank Ubisoft for every video game they have done and thanks to that made my life so much happier and better in general. Watch Dogs and AC Unity were games that helped me to get over my depression and for that i'm forever thankful for Ubisoft. Thank you.… Expand
  2. RDRFANFUHATERS
    Aug 17, 2022
    10
    ASSASSIN'S CREED BLACK FLAG IT'S THE BEST PIRATES GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED
    when u talking ABT an open world and your own ship and crew and go    ASSASSIN'S CREED BLACK FLAG IT'S THE BEST PIRATES GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED
    when u talking ABT an open world and your own ship and crew and go for raiding another ships man just take my money aside from the multiplayer that doesn't have any link to the main idea of the game

    I gave the game 10/10    … Expand
  4. J____s
    Oct 9, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ich liebe dieses Game… Expand
  5. gdiego135
    Dec 3, 2015
    8
    This was my first assassin's creed game (sorry other fans) and I thought it was pretty good, the graphics and the parkour and gameplay wereThis was my first assassin's creed game (sorry other fans) and I thought it was pretty good, the graphics and the parkour and gameplay were all great!!! Especially the naval battles, those were hella fun!!!! The bad is that it's super easy like i can be fighting like 50 guys and it's a piece of cake all you got to press is the counter button and attack button the whole time over and over and some of the locations look the same. But it's definitely worth buying. It's a gorgeous game.… Expand
  6. ilya_zotov24
    Jan 29, 2021
    8
    _Good game _
  7. EKYR
    Nov 21, 2022
    7
    arrrrrrrrrrr m8ty

    this is the best and only pirate game i have played im not sure how Ubisoft made such a great game out of an Assassins    arrrrrrrrrrr m8ty

    this is the best and only pirate game i have played
    im not sure how Ubisoft made such a great game out of an Assassins creed game
    ofc comes witih the normal AC game problems
    boring story
    rubbish characters other than Edward
    the dialogue is god awful
    but i love the feeling that the sea shanties and pirate ship atmosphere makes you so immersed into being a pirate more than an assassin, Edward is my favourite asssasin ever in this series. i hope Ubisoft makes the next AC game on par with this.
    7.5    … Expand
  8. iliasvosk
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    All Ubisoft games is failure, boring and pointless is not worth wasting hours of your life.

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