Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is an upcoming action-adventure game, and the sixth main installment in the Assassin's Creed series. A sequel to 2012's Assassin's Creed III, the game will tell the story of Edward Kenway - father to Haytham Kenway, grandfather to Ratonhnhaké:ton and an ancestor of Desmond Miles. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag will be set primarily on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during the early 18th century. The game will take place in three major cities - Havana, Nassau and Kingston.
Gameplay
Black Flag's gameplay will primarily be centered around naval combat. In the naval combat missions, the main objective of the player as Edward is to kill the captain of the enemy ship. This can be done in various ways. Edward could simply grab hold of a swivel gun on his ship, firing the small cannon at his counterpart. He could use one of his (up to four, depending on the upgrades) pistols to simply fire a bullet at the foe’s head. Alternatively, Edward could risk boarding the other ship in a variety of ways, leaping from mast-to-mast and performing an air assassination, or charging into the fray, intending to cut down his foe with his sword.
About 60% of the gameplay will take place in and around the Caribbean. The locations Edward can explore ranges from plantations and jungles to Mayan ruins and exotic coconut islands. Other activities include hunting, harpooning (water based hunting) and exploring underwater environments. Black Flag aims to blend between its land and aquatic experiences seamlessly, to the point where Edward can simply dive off of his ship, swim to the shore and explore the land. Edward uses a spyglass to view ships and islands from a distance, which communicates valuable information on a destination or foe prior to any sort of engagement. Players will also be able to exploit weather patterns, luring the opposition into less than ideal conditions such as dynamic storms, to their advantage.
Notes
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is unique within the series in two ways: It is the only Assassin's Creed game to have both a Roman Numeral in its title and a subtitle, and it's the first Assassin's Creed game to take place before the game before it. So far, each Assassin's Creed game has taken place after the one before it, but AC4 takes place a few decades before AC3.
References
- Examiner: 'Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag' confirmed by Ubisoft with box art (Photos)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag United Kingdom release date confirmed
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag United States release date confirmed
- The Dawn of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
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