Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag announced

[oKwiider]

When I saw the promotional to material I thought it was a joke or maybe it was a dlc. it should have been a dlc. i loved the naval combat and from what ive seen plenty of others did as well. i mean come on pirates are awesome. ac3 was mediocre imo. the naval combat was the highlight of it. haytham was a cool cat and i loved the whole plot twist. i tried to like connor but i couldnt in the end. native americans are as awesome as pirates. his race is what caught my attention. i thought it would be really intersesting. but connor just didnt fit as an assassin. hell he didnt even really want to be an assassin. he was a great character dont get me wrong. hes amazing in tyranny of king george. but again he didnt fit the assassin role. the rest of the game was poop, desmond parts especially. the game felt restrictive. other features like homesteading to much. the world was pretty dull. oh and the ending. dont get me started on the ending. they shouldve took time with the next one. been more creative. reinvent the series. if they were gonna milk they couldve at least made it like the ezio trilogy instead of being number 5. but if the games solid gameplay wise i will most likely pick it up. again pirates are fuckin awesome.

[PoppySquidJr]

When I saw the promotional to material I thought it was a joke or maybe it was a dlc. it should have been a dlc. i loved the naval combat and from what ive seen plenty of others did as well. i mean come on pirates are awesome. ac3 was mediocre imo. the naval combat was the highlight of it. haytham was a cool cat and i loved the whole plot twist. i tried to like connor but i couldnt in the end. native americans are as awesome as pirates. his race is what caught my attention. i thought it would be really intersesting. but connor just didnt fit as an assassin. hell he didnt even really want to be an assassin. he was a great character dont get me wrong. hes amazing in tyranny of king george. but again he didnt fit the assassin role. the rest of the game was poop, desmond parts especially. the game felt restrictive. other features like homesteading to much. the world was pretty dull. oh and the ending. dont get me started on the ending. they shouldve took time with the next one. been more creative. reinvent the series. if they were gonna milk they couldve at least made it like the ezio trilogy instead of being number 5. but if the games solid gameplay wise i will most likely pick it up. again pirates are fuckin awesome.

They probably changed the character because they are probably still receiving a flood of complaints about Connor (mostly from people who don't understand Native American culture), and with every new character comes a new number for the series. AC Brotherhood and Revelations, IMO, were just as much as a full, complete, new game as the rest, they just don't have ACIV and ACV as their names because the main character was the same. So as far as I see it, I'm looking forward to ACIV being another awesome game. I'm pre-ordering the fuck out of this, they haven't let me down yet.

[Antwan]

Favorites In order of Liking
II, Revelations, OG, 3.

The characters are bloodlines of assassin's throughout history, as I believe it was told.
So naturally, new characters will come into play as others get older to keep it "fresh".
I guess my expectations rose a bit when I heard they pushed this game to make the release
with the end of the world theory tying into the present.
The campaign is interesting but I wasn't into all the army leading, Boat riding shit.
I've still yet to find the fort or the crypt, whatever they are called now.
I miss having everything in a few areas, easily found.
It really does seem odd to kill off Desmond. He tied it all together.
The rest of the crew I assume will be gone now too.
I don't remember them having the skills to use the animus.
I think they need to tread carefully. No quick decision making needed for this series.

[PoppySquidJr]

Favorites In order of Liking
II, Revelations, OG, 3.

The characters are bloodlines of assassin's throughout history, as I believe it was told.
So naturally, new characters will come into play as others get older to keep it "fresh".
I guess my expectations rose a bit when I heard they pushed this game to make the release
with the end of the world theory tying into the present.
The campaign is interesting but I wasn't into all the army leading, Boat riding shit.
I've still yet to find the fort or the crypt, whatever they are called now.
I miss having everything in a few areas, easily found.
It really does seem odd to kill off Desmond. He tied it all together.
The rest of the crew I assume will be gone now too.
I don't remember them having the skills to use the animus.
I think they need to tread carefully. No quick decision making needed for this series.

For me it's II, tie between revelations and brotherhood, OG, and III, similarly, but I still *love* 3.
A lot of it was clearly rushed, but that's video game industries for ya, can't blame the devs, only those in charge of them.

REFERENCES TO SPOILERS ETC. ETC.
The animus could *possibly* be used by Desmond's father, he's the only one with the same DNA, and the DNA was the only reason Desmond was so important initially.

[Permy]

ac3 is the most boring game I've ever played.

[bengrover]

Jumping strategically around churches and tall buildings to assassinate your target at the end was so much better than jumping around trees to play hide and seek.

I liked 3, but way less than all the previous, loved Ezio and Altair stories. (Revelations was my favourite).

Boat mission sucked in 3, way too many hours for nothing to happen AT ALL. Hope this one isnt't boat based, but stoked to see more non the less.

[oKwiider]

They probably changed the character because they are probably still receiving a flood of complaints about Connor (mostly from people who don't understand Native American culture), and with every new character comes a new number for the series. AC Brotherhood and Revelations, IMO, were just as much as a full, complete, new game as the rest, they just don't have ACIV and ACV as their names because the main character was the same. So as far as I see it, I'm looking forward to ACIV being another awesome game. I'm pre-ordering the fuck out of this, they haven't let me down yet.

i like connor but i was more interested in ratonhnhaké:ton. but i couldnt see them using him outside of 3. they were already thinking about doing a new time period anyway so i dont think it was the comments about connor really got to them. and i suggested they do something like the haytham bloodline trio or some shit.

[Fecal Face]

I was like super drunk when I played the first naval battle scene...I don't remember if I liked it or not....

Idk. I'm skeptical but I suppose we'll just have to see.

I can't wait for the series to progress into modern times.

[PoppySquidJr]

Jumping strategically around churches and tall buildings to assassinate your target at the end was so much better than jumping around trees to play hide and seek.

I liked 3, but way less than all the previous, loved Ezio and Altair stories. (Revelations was my favourite).

Boat mission sucked in 3, way too many hours for nothing to happen AT ALL. Hope this one isnt't boat based, but stoked to see more non the less.

I loved *most* of the boat missions, and I'd be happy to see more of it (if improved, ofc), but I don't think they'd be silly enough to base a whole game off of it. I agree the location of AC1-Revelations were the best, but we're done with the colonies (this is going to the Caribbean IIRC, so who knows what to expect?

i like connor but i was more interested in ratonhnhaké:ton. but i couldnt see them using him outside of 3. they were already thinking about doing a new time period anyway so i dont think it was the comments about connor really got to them. and i suggested they do something like the haytham bloodline trio or some shit.

The original rumor is they were going into the French Revolution, which AC3 actually hinted at Connor going to France in a few dialogues. The reason I doubt the Haytham bloodline *trio* will happen is that Haytham's entire past is already thoroughly explained in an official AC novel.