Assassin's Creed - Black Flag - #GamePlay

Evan McKay

So assassin’s creed black flag is….not that bad! As much as I want to hate Ubisoft for pushing this re-hashed seaweed on me; sadly I cannot. Playing through the first 3 hours of the game as this review is being written, I laughed a lot! The game is so silly and the novelty of how easy the game is and how much of an invincible bad-ass Edward (the protagonist) is, really is the only thing this game has left.

    All I did for 3 hours was run around Havana on a killing rampage collecting sea shanty sheet music, and finding not so secret manuscripts (‘cause they are all on the map and you can target them so its impossible not to find them)and tho fun view point things you climb and the camera spins around. It was kinda funny! Killing people savagely and watching them die in the silliest poses! Which with the wonder of the PS4 controller you can upload screen-shots to twitter and Facebook in less then 5 seconds! I know I sound sick but if it wasn't for how silly this game is it would be soooooooooo bad!

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The game play, as usual, is incredibly repetitive. You try to hide and do it stealth style but inevitably get caught and it doesn't matter because you can kill 25 guys at the same time in about 3 min without getting that badly hurt. The guards are made out of paper and sometimes a good stiff shoulder will send them flying 15 feet off a balcony killing them like so many macabre rag-dolls like you would find in a mall goths bedroom. The guards also seem to have advanced dementia and often times forget about you if you break line of sight with them, and you could go on a killing rampage for about 2 hours and the same level of guards fight you, not very inspired.

    However this rather silly game play is on the backdrop of some absolutely beautiful visuals. Old Havanna circa 1720ish looks like Easter eggs everywhere. Manor houses painted in a pastel motley visibly faded from years of sea spray. Spanish stone cathedrals litter the skyline and very textures you walk on make the last assassin’s creed look like ms paint! This next-gen shit is fo’ real!

    Overall...so far...I give this game a 6.5 out of 10. Its good, but not that good. The only thing I can hope for the High-seas naval battles and economy are so engaging that I’ll forget that the game is called “Assassin’s Creed” and pretend I am playing “Captain’s Creed” so I can push this games rating up higher!