Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is a 2013 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series. That Precedes Its historical timeframe of Assassin’s Creed III (2012), though modern-day sequences Its SUCCEED III’s own. Black Flag Was first released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U in October 2013 and a month later on the PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One.

The full is set in a Fictional history of real world events and follows the Centuries-Old Struggle between the Assassins, WHO fight for peace with Free Will, and the Templars, WHO desire peace through control. The framing story is set in the 21st century and describes the player as an Abstergo agent. The main story is set in the 18th century Caribbean During the Golden Age of Piracy, and Follows notorious pirate Edward Kenway, grandfather and father of Assassin’s Creed III protagonists Ratonhnhaké: ton and Haytham Kenway respectively, WHO stumble upon the Assassin / Templar conflict. Unlikely previous games, gameplay elements focus more on ship-based exploration of the seamless open world map, While Also Retaining the series’ third-person land-based exploration, Melee combat, and stealth system. Also multiplayer returns, albeit with only land-based modes and settings. The game SPANSET across the Caribbean with the three main cities of Havana, Nassau and Kingston Along with Numerous islands, sunken ships, and forts. Players have the option to harpoon hunt large sea animals and land animals. For the first time in the series, naval exploration is a major part of an Assassin’s Creed game, Where the Jackdaw Captains Edward Kenway, a brig he captures from a Spanish fleet.

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Was Positively Received upon release, and Was one of the best selling games of 2013. It has sold more than 11 million copies to date. Critics praised the massive open world gameplay, Numerous side-quests, graphics and Improved naval combat. The light-hearted pirate theme and engaging story well Were Received by the Critics. The modern day story howevera, Received a slightly more mixed response, criticism While Fell on Aspects of the historical story Which Were considered repetitive missions. The game Received Several awards and Nominations, Including Spike VGX 2013 winning the award for Best Action Adventure Game. It Was Followed by Unity Assassin’s Creed and Assassin’s Creed Rogue, set During the French Revolution and Seven Years’ War respectively, with Both released in November 2014.

The game features three main cities; Havana, Kingston, and Nassau, Which resid under Spanish, British, and pirate influence, respectively. [2] Also the game features 50 individual locations-Including other atolls, sea forts, Mayan ruins, sugar-Plantations and underwater shipwrecks to explore, with a 60/40 balance between land and naval exploration. [6] Assassin’s Creed IV has a more open world feel, with missions Similar to Those found in Assassin’s Creed, as well as restrictions for the player FEWER. The world opens up Sooner in the game, as Opposed to Assassin’s Creed III, Which HAD very scripted missions and did not give players freedom to explore Until the game Was Well Into Its first act. [2] [15] [16] [17 ] The player Will encounter jungles, forts, ruins, and small Villages and the world is built to Allow players much more freedom, Such as allowing players to ENGAGE, board, and capture passing ships and swimming to nearby Beaches in a seamless fashion. [6 ] [14] In addition, the system has been retained hunting from Assassin’s Creed III, allowing the player to hunt on land, and fish in the water, with resources gathered used to upgrade equipment. [6]

A new aspect in the game is the Jackdaw, the ship Captains That the player. The Jackdaw is upgradeable throughou the game, and is Easily Accessible to the player When needed. [15] In addition, a new component has been added underwater. [2] The player has access to a Spyglass, allowing the examination of distant ships, Along with Their cargo and strength. It Can Also Help Determine f an island still has to hunt animals, treasures to find, high points to Reach for synchronization or additional side-quests to complete, Such as assassinations and naval Contracts. [2] An updated form of the Recruit system Introduced in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has Returned, [2] allowing Edward to Recruit crew members. While Kenway’s crew Will Remain loyal to Him, Can Be Acquired ships promoted to captain, and are needed to assist in boarding enemy Vessels, They Can not Perform assist in combat or long-range assassinations, as in previous games. Ubisoft removed this aspect of the brotherhood system, Believing it allowed players to bypass too tense and Challenging scenarios Easily. [18]

In the present day, at the offices of Abstergo Entertainment-a Subsidiary of Abstergo Industries-in Montreal, Quebec, ENGAGE players in modern-day pirating through the exploration of Abstergo’s offices, eavesdropping and hacking, all without combat. As well, Various “hacking” games, Similar to previous cluster and glyph puzzles, are present, about Abstergo That Uncover secrets. [19]

Also multiplayer returns, with new settings and game modes, though it is only land-based.

The main character of the game is Edward Kenway (Matt Ryan), [20] a Welsh [21] Privateer-turned-pirate and eventual member of the Assassin Order. Edward is the father of Haytham Kenway, and grandfather of Ratonhnhaké: ton (Connor), the two playable characters of Assassin’s Creed III. Real-life Individuals That are encountered include the pirates Edward “Blackbeard” Thatch [note 1] [22] (voiced by Mark Bonnar), [20] Benjamin Hornigold, [2] Mary Read, [2] Stede Bonnet, [2] Anne Bonny, [2] Calico Jack, [2] and Charles Vane [2] (Ralph Ineson). [20]

Setting [edit]
As is the case in previous games in the Assassin’s Creed series, the story is intertwined Divided Into two halves, with one in the present day, one in a historical setting, and the events of Each influencing the other. Although the present-day story Previously hadd an Animus That Was Established required to view one’s ancestors memories, the ending of Assassin’s Creed III reveals Abstergo That Can now view a host’s genetic memories simply by sequencing the host’s DNA. As Such, the player character is hired by Abstergo Entertainment Pivotal to investigate a character in Desmond’s ancestry, the Assassin Edward Kenway. [23] A notorious pirate and Privateer operating During the Golden Age of Piracy, Kenway’s story is set in the Caribbean, and mixes open-ended ship-based exploration with combat and land-based adventures in Cuba and Jamaica, and on a number of Caribbean islands, parts of southern Florida and eastern Mexico. [24] [25] [26]

Plot [edit]
Samples Taken from Desmond Miles ‘body in the moments after His death have enabled Abstergo Industries to continue to explore the genetic memories bis using the Animus’ newfound Abilities cloud computing. The unnamed player character is hired by Abstergo Entertainment, from developer’s Montréal headquarters, to Sift through the memories of Edward Kenway, an eighteenth-century pirate, the father of Haytham Kenway and the grandfather of Ratonhnhaké: ton. Ostensibly, this is to gather material for an Animus-powered interactive feature film, soft in reality, Abstergo-the Templars of the present time-are searching for a First Civilization structure known as the Observatory, and are using the memory of Edward Kenway to find it.

As Kenway, the player must unravel a conspiracy between high-ranking Templars Within the British and Spanish empires WHO, under the guise of cleaning up piracy in the Caribbean, have used Their positions to the locate the Sage-later Identified as Bartholomew Roberts Who is the only man to say That Can lead the Observatory, a First Civilization monitor device Which Can anyone anywhere in the world Provided When a blood sample, Which They intend to use to spy on and blackmail world Leaders. Kenway Becomes an unwitting player in Their full When he kills a rogue Assassin, Duncan Walpole. Seeing an Opportunity for profit, Walpole’s Kenway takes place at a meeting of Templars in Havana, Where he meets Woodes Rogers as well as Cuban Governor, and Templar Grandmaster, Laureano Torres. His recklessness endangers the Entire Assassins’ Order, prompting Him to pursu the Sage and the conspirators from the Yucatán Peninsula to Jamaica, catching Eventually Roberts on the island of Príncipe off the African coast.

Meanwhile, a band of notorious pirates-Including Edward “Blackbeard” Thatch, Benjamin Hornigold, and Charles Vane, Among others-dream of a pirate utopia Where man is free to live beyond the Reach of Kings and Rulers. With Kenway’s help, They seize control of Nassau and establishe a pirate republic. Howevera, poor governance, a Lack of an Economy and an outbreak of disease Bring the pirate state perilously close to collapse, with the Founders Divided on the best way forward. Kenway Attempts to Resolve the dispute, soft is too late to stop the Templars from exploiting the Situation for their own ends.

Eventually, Kenway and Roberts Uncover the location of the Observatory and retrieve the artifact powering it, soft Kenway is Betrayed by Roberts at the last moment. After a brief stint in prison for the Crimes of piracy, Edward escapes with the aid of TABAI Ah, the Assassin Mentor, and elects to join Order of developer. Chasing down Roberts and the Templar conspirators, Kenway retrieves the artifact and returns it to the Observatory, sealing it away for good. He is left facing an uncertain futures with his newfound convictions Until he receives a letter informing Him of the passing of His wife and the imminent arrival of bis Hitherto unknown daughter, Jennifer Scott. Kenway travels back to England, Promising Ah TABAI That Will he one day return to continue the Fight Against the Templars. Some years later, Kenway, Jennifer (using her mother’s surname in her memory) and Haytham Kenway’s young son are about to watch a play in an English theater.

In the present day, the player is contacted by John, Abstergo Entertainment’s information technology manager. John convinces the player That Their Employers know more than They are telling, and encourages say to investigate in more detail. He convinces the player to hack the Animus Several terminals and security cameras, and said tell deliver the information has Taken to Shaun Hastings and Rebecca Crane, who are working undercover to infiltrate Abstergo. When the facility is locked down after the hackings are discovered, John arranges for the player to access the Animus’ core, at Which point materializes Juno Into an incorporeal form. Although it reveals That She Was Necessary to open her temple to awrah disaster, the world wasn’t ready for her, and she is Unable to affec possesse the player’s character or her agents or intended. John is unmasked as the reincarnated form of the Sage and Attempts to murder the player to cover up the failed Attempt at resurrecting Juno, soft is Killed by Abstergo’s security Before He Can Do so, THUS implicating Him as the one Responsible for the hacks. As Roberts, the Sage he admits to Kenway owest That no Allegiance to the Templars and the Assassins or whoever uses Instead he thinks best represents bis bis chance of Achieving ends. With the Sage dead, the player is contacted by the Assassins as They Continue Their Infiltration of Abstergo, neither side is soft Able to Explain the Sage’s presence or Identify His followers, the Instruments of the First Will. [Note 2]

Cry Freedom [edit]
The Freedom Cry downloadable content is set twenty years after the events of Black Flag and Adewale Follows in His mission as an Assassin.

While attempting to intercept Templar Activities in the West Indies Sea, Adewale is shipwrecked off the coast of Haiti. Making His Way Into Port-au-Prince, he establishes That the Templars are working with Bastienne Joseph, the proprietor of a local brothel and a sympathizer to the maroons, a faction of freedom fighters made up of liberated slaves led by Augustin Dieufort. Obligations on Despite bis to the Brotherhood of Assassins, Adewale Becomes sympathetic to Their Cause, and joins with the maroons in hijacking a vessel, Experto Crede, in order to interrupt the slave trade.

Whilst working for Bastienne, Adewale begins to Uncover a conspiracy provincial government Within the French ruling Port-au-Prince. The local governor, Pierre de Fayet, a clandestine scientific expedition Plans to Measure the CURVATURA of the earth and gather Geographical data, Which They intend to sell to the Highest Bidder with the promise of naval superiority. Successfully Adewale sabotages the expedition by substituting the illiterate slaves being used by the expedition for literate members of the maroons.

Tensions begin to Arise Within the maroons When Adewale plots further raids Against the slave trade. Bastienne objects, as de Fayet Will Punish Those only further trapped in slavery as punishment. Adewale ignores her, soft he is horrified Witnesses When a frigate fire on an unarmed slave ship to Prevent Joining the slaves from the maroons. Adewale boards the slave ship and MANAGES to save a few slaves from drowning Before the ship capsized with the rest. He Plans retribution, soft Bastienne taking revenge cautions That Will weaken the maroons’ Cause; f Adewale is to kill de Fayet, he said so shouldnt be acting as an agent of justice. After assaulting the Governor’s Mansion, pursuingA Him through the city and fighting off a local garrison, Adewale Finally corners and kills de Fayet, WHO Claims That slaves are incapable of self-governance and turn to armed uprising at the slightest provocatio. That Adewale points out none of the slaves or overseers came to the aid bis, and Instead let Him die. After killing de Fayet, Adewale returns to Bastienne, Promising to leave Port-au-Prince for good, soft pledging to use newfound convictions to aid His people are oppressed WHO Rather than the Cause of Their Would-be liberators.