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8.5
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Score Breakdown Based on 2288 ratings
  1. 10 (613)
  2. 9 (913)
  3. 8 (450)
  4. 7 (161)
  5. 6 (54)
  6. 5 (23)
  7. 4 (18)
  8. 3 (10)
  9. 2 (7)
  10. 1 (39)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

  • Rating:9

    Assassin's Creed is back !

    I was very skeptical when this game was announced last year, after just experiencing Assassin's Creed III i wasn't in any hurry to play the next. In my opinion i thought Ubisoft had taken the series back a step and it wa... Read Full Review

    25 of 28 users found the following review helpful

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  • Rating:1

    30 fps. People, don’t you know that there is a PC, 60 fps, translation without regional restrictions

    30 fps. I don’t understand why the PlayStation hasn’t gone bankrupt yet. People, don’t you know that there is a PC, 60 fps, translation without regional restrictions, that is, you play a game in Englis... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    A true adventure

    Warning: SpoilersThe Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag reviewAre ya ready kids! Aye aye Captain Kenway! Ow yeah. Well, as I went through this game there was no stopping my exploration needs. Every ten square meter island ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6

    Not an awful game, yet it is not a good game.

    The game comes as a spin-off of Assassin's Creed Black Flag with another protagonist called Adewale. He is an ex-slave and now he is part of the Brotherhood. He is shipwrecked and gets to Porte-au-Prince where the slave... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    Good but tough

    Being a fan of the AC franchise, I decided to use the COVID home time to get back to gaming. And what better a series to start with than Assassin's Creed. It took me a while to familiarize myself with the ways of the Ass... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    Competent, but not outstanding.

    Summary:Braving giant waves amid a storm, launching a naval assault on an island fort, going toe-to-toe with a Spanish Man-o-War: These are the kind of pirate adventures we dream of when we're young. Assassin's Creed IV:... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Same old Assassin's Creed with a lot of sailing and ship battles.

    - Gameplay - Combat is more or less the same as Assassin's Creed 3, except this time there's A LOT of sailing and battles out in the ocean. If you like shooting cannons and mortors while steering a ship, then you'll love... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    a pirate experience

    Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is the game's favorite saga of great parts of the public, it is in fact the most game has had changes since the Assassins Creed 2, now the naval battles is something present in the game, i... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Great looking but appears to be buggy

    i have played this game only recently and im not dissapointed on its gameplay and graphics which exceeded AC3. however i have encountered some bugs ingame. for example some mission doesn't show the target properly, the ... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    It's a game series that implements loads of ideas okay, rather than doing a few things really well.

    Black Flag is the 4th Assassin's Creed game. Desmond Miles, the modern day protagonist in the Assassin's Creed series has died. Abstergo Industries have taken his memories and are continuing to explore them in their mach... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7

    It's another AC game...

    There's not much to say about this game that probably hasn't been said. It's a good game, and if you're fairly new to the series, it probably feels like a great game. It looks stunning. It's got a pretty cool story. It's... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful