When a gaming franchise starts putting out release after release, just so they can become a yearly event, there's two ways that things can go. The first route is the easiest, the one taken by Call of Duty and 95% of sports games.

As near as I can tell, general fan reaction to the Assassin's Creed series hit its zenith with Assassin's Creed II: Brotherhood and seemed to level out with Revelations, before taking a rather precipitous dive with the release of Assassin's Creed III – a game that all but the hardcore fans found...

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This is a great game for people who like the Assassin's Creed set it as a lot of action. I only wish it would have come with both disk. This is a great game.

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag – Review This game is the follow up to Assassins Creed 3 released on 29, October 2013. After almost an one hour of the introduction of the game you finally get a ship and the freedom do what the game is made for.

Lots to do; Open world; Amazing soundtrack; beautiful setting

Many long tailing missions; Not one of the best narratives

It's really cool

Everything

Nothing

There is no denying that this game is excellent. It will be even better on next generation platforms - AC IV simply outstrips the ability of current consoles. However, it is still a fantastic play and easily tops the list of best sandbox games you can get.

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Best game since the second outing; Looks astonishing; Nice new direction; Huge replay value; Tightened mechanics

Annoying naval sections; Some undetected bugs

A solid but ultimately uninspired instalment in the series, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is comprised of ideas that are starting to wear thin. Anything but a major overhaul will do for the next game, especially given the fact that next-gen is almost upon us, and another title in the same mould...

People sure do enjoying slamming the Assassin's Creed series for being Ubisoft's yearly cash cow, but those who do so are overlooking a bold, innovative new feature that's been added to this most recent entry: players now have the option to assign ratings, on a five-star scale, to the game's story...