Assassin's Creed is a rather polarizing series. With elements of historical context and modern day sci-fi wizardry, the juxtaposition can be a bit much for some. When you combine that with elements of freerunning and perhaps a bit too much intrigue for one person to handle, and you have one rather...

Best graphics ever....loved the sailing...

Assassin's Creed III was such a massive game, so full of things to do, that despite the obvious quality of many of the constituent parts, you could argue that it lacked direction. Not so with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag .

Edward Kenway's a great improvement on Connor; The Jackdaw is fantastic and it's great fun exploring the world; There are dozens of side missions and they're mostly fab

Stealth mechanics and free-running need an overhaul; Combat is still rather simplistic; Animations could do with a spring-clean

When Ubisoft announced that Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag would surround pirate warfare, I had mixed feelings. I have completed every AC title to date and can never get enough of the sword fighting element of the 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...

Stealth kills, air assassinations, a lot of headfirst diving into water or carts of hay. Those are all instantly recognizable facets of Ubisoft's compelling assassin-themed franchise. Addictive combat and a lot of exciting free-running across rooftops, is but a mere taste of what players get.

Never has the life of a pirate been so vividly depicted in a video game; a huge world full of adventure and hidden riches awaits; Kenway is a great character; the narrative keeps you going; incredibly convincing weather effects; mesmerizing naval battles; swordfights and hand-to-hand combat is still...

Occasionally weird camera during combat; behavior Kenway the deadly assassin cannot crouch for some reason

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.

With plenty of things to do in the single player game and also its multiplayer; Ubisoft have made this one of the best Assassin's Creed experiences to date. It truly is a remarkable game and puts you in a world of true pirates and a colourful world to roam around in.

Vast playground of fun; Pure pirate simulation; Colourful world to explore

Awkward camera angles

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.

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...