Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

[SethMode]

I will get it for my PC, but I have no interest in playing it for 360. AC3 already had plenty of framerate issues on that old dog.

I am suspect of best in the series over 2 or Brotherhood. I like the sound of that though.

[riley420]

My PS3 works juuuuuusst fine.

The game looks great, it's fixed a multitude of issues I had with 3.

As for it being the best in the series, 2 had a tremendous story and really launched the series in a great direction with 2 follow ups that were great/good. There is SO MUCH TO DO in this game, and it is ALL good. The city stuff is there, the tombs, the forts....

I hated the naval battles in 3. I LOVE them in this. I spend more time on the sea than on land, especially fighting other ships. So many variations on different battles.

Get it for PS3, play it and then pay the $10 to upgrade on PS4.

[SethMode]

My PS3 works juuuuuusst fine.

The game looks great, it's fixed a multitude of issues I had with 3.

As for it being the best in the series, 2 had a tremendous story and really launched the series in a great direction with 2 follow ups that were great/good. There is SO MUCH TO DO in this game, and it is ALL good. The city stuff is there, the tombs, the forts....

I hated the naval battles in 3. I LOVE them in this. I spend more time on the sea than on land, especially fighting other ships. So many variations on different battles.

Get it for PS3, play it and then pay the $10 to upgrade on PS4.

Literally the only reason I'm passing on the PS3 is because I am 100% done with that controller. I'd rather wait until the 19th and get it for PC, where I can use the 360 controller.

Appreciate the impressions though. I am definitely excited about it, just exercising some rare self-control.

[Swarley]

Get it for PS3, play it and then pay the $10 to upgrade on PS4.

I am definitely excited about it, just exercising some rare self-control.

I've got Arkham Origins to keep me entertained until the 15th anyways.

[krulmichael]

If I haven't played any of the series (briefly played with the very first one...sue me), will I be missing out on anything by picking this up? Debating on buying it day 1 for the PS4.

[Swarley]

If I haven't played any of the series (briefly played with the very first one...sue me), will I be missing out on anything by picking this up? Debating on buying it day 1 for the PS4.

The present day story is fucking retarded by now anyways, plus it seems like they've taken a step back from that for this game anyways. There are some cool characters before, but I don't know how much they'll refer back. You could probably have plenty of fun in this game without knowing much about the series. If you wanted to, you could go and easily find cutscenes and ending of the other games on YouTube. The big connection between this and 3 is that the protagonist in this game is the grandfather of the one in 3.

[riley420]

If I haven't played any of the series (briefly played with the very first one...sue me), will I be missing out on anything by picking this up? Debating on buying it day 1 for the PS4.

I would spring the $10 and get ACII just to get back into the feel of the game. It may be old, but it's still awesome. Like Swarley said, you can watch the endings of the other games to get the general jist of the games.

The present day story is fucking retarded by now anyways, plus it seems like they've taken a step back from that for this game anyways. There are some cool characters before, but I don't know how much they'll refer back. You could probably have plenty of fun in this game without knowing much about the series. If you wanted to, you could go and easily find cutscenes and ending of the other games on YouTube. The big connection between this and 3 is that the protagonist in this game is the grandfather of the one in 3.

They've actually done a good job integrating the previous story into this one. It makes sense so far...and it's different from before. Now you're a "game tester" for Abstergo and you can wander around their offices. Some of the previous characters make appearances, so there is definitely continuity.

[f16harm]

Last year at this time I started the AC journey. ACII was my first, that game is fucking epic. It is one of the few games in my life I literally completed every little thing. AC Brotherhood was pretty good too. But after spending so much time on those over a 2 month period I started AC Revelations and was burnt out, never got far. I need to get back into it now that GTA is done as I have Revelations and AC III to do.

Would definitely advise playing ACII if you haven't.

[Swarley]

[killgod]

I decided to bezerk dart two assassin targets. Hilarious how they attack each other, their own guards wipe them out.

 

GOOD THING THIS CAUSED FOR A FUCKING GLITCH AND WONT OPEN THE NEXT ASSASSINATION. 99.9% CANT FUCKING WAIT.

[tigstah]

I decided to bezerk dart two assassin targets. Hilarious how they attack each other, their own guards wipe them out.

 

GOOD THING THIS CAUSED FOR A FUCKING GLITCH AND WONT OPEN THE NEXT ASSASSINATION. 99.9% CANT FUCKING WAIT.

i can't wait for this......just took down 2 forts..and 3 ships that had rum and sugar... then i had to run cause that big ass ship was bearing down on me....

[Swarley]

Finished the main story tonight. This game did something that AC3 did not (among numerous things): I would very much like to see Edward back in the next Assassin's Creed game. There's still quite a bit about his story that I'd like to see.

Damn fine game, btw. It may not have brought back one of the things I was dying to see, which was the amazing platforming quests from Ezio's games, but it did bring me a game that pulled me in from the beginning and had me right to the end, a character that I wanted to play with and wanted to know more about and a world that was fun to be in. They brought in a few things that worked really well in Far Cry 3 like the hunting and crafting and great exploration, which I enjoyed very much.

Some story stuff...

 

It was interesting to see them take a different approach to the main character this time. Altair and Ezio are these hugely important people to the Brotherhood and its history. Connor was just, well, who cares lol. But Edward is just a pirate living life as he see fits and doesn't know (or want to know) the Assassin way until the very end when his life gets turned upside down. It was great to see the main character really evolve over the course of the story, something we really haven't seen in AC since AC2 with Ezio. I'd love to see Edward back in the next game and get to see what he's like in his Assassin years.

I was glad to see that they pulled back a bit from the present day stuff, but at the same time I was glad to see it not completely eliminated. I liked the idea of not really giving us a character, but just a body to walk around in and interact with things. I thought they handled it very well in this game. I was really intrigued when I came across Shaun and Rebecca. I liked sneaking around and hacking Abstergo's shit. It definitely had me wondering when that one Abstergo dude went missing in Chicago. We've seen a connection between AC4 and Watch_Dogs. I'm ready to jump into that game in '14 and see if they throw any easter eggs back the other way.

If they do bring Edward back for another go-around, I'd like to see them shed some light on Haytham's childhood.

[Swarley]

So I was going into the PSN store to download the Freedom Cry DLC for this game. Added it to my cart and thought, guess I should add some funds. Looked at my wallet and it said $10. Completely forgot about the $10 they gave us for getting the PS4 on day 1.

[Primetime]

How many hours did the main story take you Swarley?

[Swarley]

How many hours did the main story take you Swarley?

I'd say I've put in a good 30 hours or so. I'm still only at 61% overall completion. However I also did a good deal of random exploring early on, doing viewpoints everywhere I went, finding treasures, pillaging ships and looking for the Templar keys. Still lots I'd like to do after I play the DLC, though.