Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag (video game)

[Mr. Clean]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ1ntw954z8

This game looks absolutely great. A breath of fresh air to the Saga. AAAARRRR!

[MinionZombie]

Let's hope it isn't a broken mess that requires a 1gb Day One patch like AC3!

I hope they've also shaken up the formula - I played AC2, Brotherhood, and Revelations - and all the button pushes for simple tasks, and all the goddamned shops to renovate etc was just busy work nonsense, they were chores, and it became lazy time-filler ... at the same time, the games also did many things right, but they also didn't change things up all that much either and it became 'more of the same' each time for the most part.

I avoided AC3 when I found out it was broken as hell at launch - they shouldn't be allowed to release a game as busted as that, because if you don't have a console hard-drive nor your console online (such as myself), then you can't patch the game at all ... so hopefully AC4 will correct recent mistakes and freshen things up considerably. In the videos I've seen of it (amongst the absolute tidal wave of never-ending AC4 videos that flood my YouTube feed every week, so it feels) it generally looks good.

[Mr. Clean]

October 29, 2013 is the release date.

This game reminds me so much of Sid Meier's Pirates.

[MinionZombie]

I definitely like the look of it - sailing around the Caribbean, diving into clear blue waters and such.

I do hope they've removed a lot of the elements that became nothing but a chore in previous games though - and less button pushes for simple tasks (like buying health or poison).

[Mr. Clean]

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

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/gallery/s57710/Assassin_s_Creed_4_13745306902600.jpg

[krisvds]

October 29, 2013 is the release date.

This game reminds me so much of Sid Meier's Pirates.

Now an actual update of that game would have me excited. Easily one of the best games ever.

[slickwilly13]

Gamefly shipped me a copy this morning. I should have it by Wednesday.

[MinionZombie]

Gamefly shipped me a copy this morning. I should have it by Wednesday.

Let us know how it is - and what it looks like on the 360/PS3 compared to all the videos which, surely, are from next-gen consoles.

[Mr. Clean]

Let us know how it is - and what it looks like on the 360/PS3 compared to all the videos which, surely, are from next-gen consoles.

This didn't occurred to me until reading this post.....Picking the game up in a few hours......hope I'm not in for a terrible surprise.

[Neil]

Video games are getting amazing aren't they!

[Rancid Carcass]

Video games are getting amazing aren't they!

You sound just like my dad! :lol:

[Neil]

You sound just like my dad! :lol:

Will you please tidy your room up! You treat this place like a hotel!

[MinionZombie]

Graphics wise I think it still impresses on current gen, according to the IGN review of the game (which gave it 8.5/10).

An improvement over AC3, but still has some of the down sides of past AC games (e.g. long-winded stalker missions during which exposition is fed out, while you stay out of their eyeline, and then finally kill them). It's apparently rather good when free roaming though.

[Mr. Clean]

Only played maybe 1 and 1/2 hours eariler today and so far I'm pretty pleased with the game. My in game options are still pretty limited at the moment.

[slickwilly13]

The mail ran very late. Game in hand. It is a 2 disc game, btw.

[Publius]

Now an actual update of that game would have me excited. Easily one of the best games ever.

Yes! One of my all-time favorite games. There was a 2004 remake, and apparently an iPad version is out now, but I haven't played it.

[Mr. Clean]

Still haven't finished the game but I'm pretty close...Here's my advice so far.

Do's

* Do all the hunting / harpooning to craft all equipment upgrades.* Finish the Assassin side missions to unlock the pistol swords.
* Finish the Naval Missions to unlock the best pistols.
* Loot every ship that has metal. It takes LOTS of metal and wood to upgrade your ship. Wood is somewhat common....Metal however is not.

I went and tracked down all the shanties and 100% all the sunken ship sites. Sort of pissed that they don't give you the damn rope dart until sequence 11.

The "Kenway's Fleet" online feature helps but won't hurt gameplay if your unable to do it.

I haven't played multiplayer at all but I can only imagine it's fairly similar to the other ones.