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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)

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Here's a clip of some gameplay leading up to when I earned the Platinum Trophy in Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag on Playstation 4. Read more...

If you don't want to watch the whole thing, you can skip right to when I earned the Platinum here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cawwgsBH0Zs&feature=youtu.be&t=7m0s

I saved a simple trophy (Hungover; where you must "Wake up in a haystack.") for last so I could record it.

Ubisoft does it again. AC IV is now my absolute favorite Assassin's Creed game to date. The "assassin" part seemed a little forced into the storyline since it focused on Edward Kenway (Privateer) and the never-ending quest to plunder the Caribbean.

Unlike ACIII, this game starts you off on the right track. You are in control of the protagonist right from the start. There is no confusion as to what is in store for your upcoming adventure(s). The premise of the story in this was fairly minimal; however, it was very entertaining and kept my attention.

The map size in this game is absurdly huge. The good thing, though, is there are "fast travel" points all over the place that you can utilize at almost any time and from almost anywhere. There are so many things to do in this game that you can easily get side-tracked and lost in pure enjoyment for hours while not really making any progress in the game, haha. I found myself doing this often.

Missions:
There were a decent mixture of missions but, like most AC games, they are bound by a finite task list (Follow, Eavesdrop, Assassinate, etc). There were optional objectives in each mission to give the game replay value and a need for some strategy though.

As is seemingly customary now, there is a split in the storyline whereby you are actually a modern day character (unknown in this title) that uses the Animus to explore the memories of someone in the past (re-living their memories and actions). There are sequences that involve controlling the modern day character where you must travel around the Abstergo Entertainment building for specific tasks (first-person control scheme).

Collectibles:
There were a large number of collectibles however, most are not required for the trophies. For each collectible set that is completed, you will earn in-game rewards (like Outfits, weapons, etc.).

Difficulty:
The difficulty of this game is really quite non-existent. There is no difficulty selection for the story. There will be a few challenging tasks early on if you decide to tackle them but, waiting until you get upgrades for your ship and/or upgraded health/weapons will make these much easier later in the game. A few of the missions may require you to replay them a time or two for the 100% sync but, that requirement is only for the main story missions.

Multiplayer:
Ubisoft managed to step up the mp again with ACIV. Fortunately, Wolfpack did make it back into the playlist - and they added some spice to it this time around. The other multiplayer modes are mainly standard AC benchmarks including Wanted, Manhunt, Deathmatch, Assassinate, Domination and Artifact Assault.

Another interesting addition to the mp was the ranking system. There are multiple ways of "climbing the ladder". You now have an Abstergo Rank in addition to your actual mp level. The Abstergo Rank is a way of showing your overall skill level in public competitive mode. You are compared against the entire AC IV mp community and fall into 1 of 6 tiers... I believe this is all for the benefit of showing off your e-penis as it didn't seem to unlock any exclusive content or whatnot; it did unlock an emblem for use in the mp for each tier you get to.

In my experience with the mp, there were much less "Roofers & Sprinters" in the community. My experience in each of the modes, for the most part, was quite enjoyable. There were a few n00bs that were getting 50-75pt kills on me while I was stunning them for 100pts (even after the /2 deduction for being contested). LOL. Good times.

Trophies:
The trophy list was pretty straight forward. The only trophy that wasn't 100% clear was the "All Rounder" where you had to use every ability and play each mode in the multiplayer. It was pretty simple but, will require you to level up pretty far to be able to afford unlocking the abilities.

You are required to reach level 55 (nearly prestige level 1) but, you can easily do this on your own in Wolfpack.

In closing, I really enjoyed this game. The pirate theme along with the Assassin's Creed gameplay made this a real winner in my book. I am very excited to start the DLC and hope there will be, at least, a few more additions to the game.

I highly recommend this game!!!

Platinum Difficulty: 3/10
Overall Enjoyment: 10/10

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Credits:

Recorded with: AVerMedia Game Capture HD II
Edited with: VideoPad Pro Video Editor (PC)
Edited by: bmj14772
Intro/Outro Music clips: flixpress.com

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