Hands up if you've grown tired of the Assassin's Creed franchise over the past few years. There's probably a lot of you. After progressive sequels in the shape of Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood , the yearly cycle of historical hood-wearing and neck stabbing began to grow stale.

USe it daily with friends. Like the fact I can communicate with others now while playing.

Challenging; Fun To Play; Graphics; Multiplayer

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag puts the franchise back on track with a gorgeous huge open world that's ripe for exploration. It's a must-buy for stealth-action fans.

Exciting stealth-based action; Beautiful next-gen graphics; An expansive open world.

Difficult to control player character at times; Unrealistic NPC movements and interactions

Assassin's Creed IV was quite the ride. Bringing new meaning to the phrase "a pirate's life for me," it was such a step up from the third entry that many fans are now clamoring for a full-on pirate spinoff series. Honestly?

I was not very excited about this game, but I was surprised to find that it's actually really fun. This is much different from the rest of the AC games, but not in a bad way. Overall this is a very fun game and definitely worth getting.

The Freedom Cry DLC for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag puts you behind the scarred, tattooed visage of Adéwalé (Adé). Adé was quartermaster to the star of the main game, Edward Kenway.

Adé is a great Assassin; Inexpensive; New equipment is a good addition

Critical path is a bit short; Eavesdropping missions; Open world is kind of empty

Assassin's Creed II was the perfect sequel. It bettered the troubled original in every way and delivered a game that was as much about exploration and the wonderful sense of discovery as it was its titular killing.

As the sea-faring partner in crime to Edward Kenway, Jackdaw quartermaster Adewale often projected a sense of self that made him a ripe candidate for the assassins. Adewale is now ready to forge own path, though Freedom Cry is just a small window into Adewale's solo exploits; we don't bear witness...

Adewale is a great character to know and to play; A good mix of required and optional missions

Constant spawning detracts from the main story; Poor execution of incentivizing the freeing of slaves

One of my biggest complaints with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag was that I rarely actually cared about Edward's story as I sailed across the Caribbean. Well, I'm happy to say that the Freedom Cry DLC tells the emotional story of Adewale, Edward Kenway's one-time first mate, as it dives into some...

Powerful storytelling; Great characters; Gorgeous setting

Bland missions; Minimal exploration

I'm still waiting until we get a modern assassin game out of this universe, but until then Black Flag breathes a whole new energy back into the series. It also looks stunning on the PlayStation 4 and offers a lot of bang for your buck.