Assassins CreedIV Black Flag
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag uses Caribbean sailing, naval combat, stealth, and open islands for Edward's pirate journey. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.5 / 10
About this game
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag uses Caribbean sailing, naval combat, stealth, and open islands for Edward's pirate journey. Sailing, naval combat, and pirate freedom excel, while islands, assassinations, shanties, and growth are broad. Tail missions and movement remain stiff, and wii u frame rate, loading, and online are limited. This assessment covers only the catalogued release. This description covers the original wii-u release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
Assassin’s Creed turns historical settings into places to climb, explore and infiltrate. The conflict between Assassins and Templars links its adventures, while individual games shift the emphasis between stealth, seafaring and character-building RPG systems.
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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag uses Caribbean sailing, naval combat, stealth, and open islands for Edward's pirate journey.
Sailing, naval combat, and pirate freedom excel, while islands, assassinations, shanties, and growth are broad. Tail missions and movement remain stiff, and wii u frame rate, loading, and online are limited. This assessment covers only the catalogued release. Overall, its main strengths are Sailing, naval combat, and pirate freedom excel; Islands, assassinations, shanties, and growth are broad. Its material limitations are Tail missions and movement remain stiff; Wii U frame rate, loading, and online are limited. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Sailing, naval combat, and pirate freedom excel
- Islands, assassinations, shanties, and growth are broad
Weaknesses
- Tail missions and movement remain stiff
- Wii U frame rate, loading, and online are limited
Who it is for: Players who value sailing, naval combat, and pirate freedom excel and accept this release's limits.
Play notes: Expect tail missions and movement remain stiff and wii u frame rate, loading, and online are limited.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Islands, assassinations, shanties, and growth are broad; Wii U frame rate, loading, and online are limited. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Sailing, naval combat, and pirate freedom excel; Tail missions and movement remain stiff. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Islands, assassinations, shanties, and growth are broad; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original wii-u release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Tail missions and movement remain stiff. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Ubisoft
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Release date
- 2013
- Platforms
- Wii U
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- HistoricalStealthThird PersonStory-driven3D GraphicsExplorationOpen WorldDriving and Racing
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2013
- Xbox 360Worldwide2013
- Wii UWorldwide2013
- PlayStation 3Worldwide2013
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