Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag - Review

I finally finished the game today after a month, the ending made me totally speechless. I was skeptical about buying this game at first as AC3 was quite a dissappointment for most the AC3 fans, including me as it introduced new characters and well, the ending wasn't good either. Looking at AC4 trailers, I thought this game would be the same as AC3 kinda, but I was wrong to judge..after playing this game for a couple of hours, I was addicted and spent nearly 6 hours a day playing this game. I thought to myself, it was totally worth buying this game. When you will play this game you'll realize this contradicts with the main AC storyline a bit. Just incase you didn't know, Edward is Haytham's father (Templar Grandmaster in AC3 and father of Connor) and younger version of Haytham appears in the storyline as well. 

The main character of the game is Edward Kenway, a pirate who left his girlfriend to sail out to the oceans in search of vast treasures. Kenway has no relations with the Assassins but he helps them, in exchange for money. At one point of the game, Kenway realizes he has made a big mistake and money is not the answer to happiness, he tends to make things right.

Unlike AC3, you get access to new weapons such as the blowpipe which can paralyze a enemy for maximum of 20 seconds and a beserk dart which can turn a enemy into killing his allies besides him. You also get a rope dart after 10th sequence. You won't have advantages of bows, arrows or throwing darts which were nice weapons to use for stealth in AC4 but you'll be able to pick up temporary daggers from enemy and throw them. You may think AC3 is a more bigger game than AC4 but that's a big no. AC4 consists mainly of naval missions and freeroaming the seas. You'll come in contact with enemy fortresses which you can capture to reveal parts of the map, sharks, whales, ships and more. Unlike AC3, you won't be restricted to using stealth only, it's completely upto you how you complete your mission. Stealth or without stealth.

Naval is the most important part of the game. While cruising around the oceans, you'll be able to listen to Shanties, which will give you a realistic experience. Also, you'll be able to upgrade and customize your ship fully. Few upgrades would require you to unlock " Upgrade Plans " which can be obtained from looting buried treasure chests or progressing storyline and completing abstergo achievements. You will need to collect metal, wood and cloth to upgrade your ship which can be obtained from plundering enemy ships, you'll be able to check how many resources the enemy ship has with your spyglass. You'll also be able to loot these resources from Warehouses which can be found on islands. After progressing the storyline, you'll unlock the diving bell which will allow you to swim under the oceans for treasure, which sounds pretty awesome.

The combat system hasn't changed much except you can dual wield guns and carry more ammo, along with rope darts which you'll find useful in tackling crowds. You'll still be able to hunt on land and also on sea. (sharks, whales etc) and use their skin to craft uniform or upgrades for your character.

My rating: 9.3/10

 " Gives you a whole wide amount of things to do, although you might get bored quickly as there a lot of repetitiveness but other than that the game's great, has a lot of features and a nice storyline. "

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