Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

[killgod]

Sounds awesome for both the game and console.

[TeflonDonny]

These developers are getting me pumped.

[Swarley]

[Handleit_44]

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[Handleit_44]

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[killgod]

I like where they are going with this game.

[Swarley]

Ubisoft has me again lol. After a couple of my favorite games from this gen (AC2/ACB), AC3 sorely disappointed me. However, it looks as if they've addressed a few of the major problems I had with that one and God dammit I'm excited for this game. Treasure hunting on islands? Upgrading your ship? Taking out ports and finding new side quests? FUUUUUUUU TAKE MY MONEY!!!

[killgod]

Yeah AC3 has some nice things (looks gorgeous, cool combat killing (too easy tho), naval battles), but there's some serious bad shit in it.

I'm very impressed with the open world there, lack of loading between ship travel and hopping off. The boarding looks excellent. Game certainly looks very promising.

[Swarley]

Yeah AC3 has some nice things (looks gorgeous, cool combat killing (too easy tho), naval battles), but there's some serious bad shit in it.

I'm very impressed with the open world there, lack of loading between ship travel and hopping off. The boarding looks excellent. Game certainly looks very promising.

Yeah I'm very excited now. I absolutely liked the combat, as it felt much more evolved. But the things they took away from that game just killed it for me. Those Assassin tombs in AC2 have been some of my favorite things I've ever done in gaming. So now that I see they've brought something like that back to this game gets me all tingly inside. Naval battles were a cool addition but this just takes it so much further with the ability to explore and upgrade, which looks pretty fun. While the colonies were a cool setting for 3, I just didn't have the urge to explore like I did when the games were set in Italy. It kind of lost that fun factor of seeing what all was out there. But with the Caribbean, this seems like a place I could just explore for hours upon hours without doing anything to progress the game and still be completely satisfied (which I loved about Far Cry 3 and is also something that has me very excited to do in GTAV).

[killgod]

Yeah I agree on most of those points, AC2 tombs rocked and there's not much desire to explore the frontier/Boston/New York. I do like the hunting aspect though.

As for combat, you didn't find it too easy? I've done 5 or 6 of the Forts, I literally just run into them and tomahawk everyone's head off, no fear of dying despite there being 20+ soldiers (with fucking guns) surrounding me. That's kinda crap IMO.

Zero need to use stealth if you don't want to, and almost all gadgets I have are never used, no point. I feel like I'm on a rampage in Saint's Row sometimes.

[Swarley]

Yeah I agree on most of those points, AC2 tombs rocked and there's not much desire to explore the frontier/Boston/New York. I do like the hunting aspect though.

As for combat, you didn't find it too easy? I've done 5 or 6 of the Forts, I literally just run into them and tomahawk everyone's head off, no fear of dying despite there being 20+ soldiers (with fucking guns) surrounding me. That's kinda crap IMO.

Zero need to use stealth if you don't want to, and almost all gadgets I have are never used, no point. I feel like I'm on a rampage in Saint's Row sometimes.

I honestly don't remember. I haven't played it since release and haven't gotten around to another playthrough yet. I remember the updates felt more fluid. Now that I really think about it, I can't say I remember dying too much.

[Handleit_44]

Ubisoft also announced today that the Limited Edition of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag was available for pre-order in North America. The Limited Edition is available for all platforms on which the game is launching except the Wii U (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Windows PC) and will retail for $129.99. It includes:

A copy of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
18" Assassin statue featuring Captain Edward Kenway
An embroidered 28" x 48" iconic pirate flag with the Assassin's Creed crest
80-page art book
SteelBook game case
Full game soundtrack

[Swarley]

Would love to get this, but with new consoles coming, I just don't see myself spending the extra money on collector's editions this fall.