Report #43

A very enjoyable AC game. I really liked the ship combat and the shanites sung by my crewmen during travels. These are the best parts of the game. The story was good, the land missions were so too, but that's not what sets the game apart from other ACs. I could have done without THAT many collectibles though…Oh and the diving missions sucked!

A short addition to Black Flag. You play as your former quartermaster Adéwalé, focused on freeing slaves in the West Indies. Maybe it was a mistake playing this right after Black Flag, but I was a bit bored by the game. Still an okay game though.

A very enjoyable mix between Shooter and story-focused game. Story-focused parts, shooter sequences and live-action epsiodes were orchestrated to a very unique experience. The graphics were excellent, I was amazed at how good the ingame models depicted the actual actors. I quickly cared about the characters and was really interested in seeing the story progress. It might not have been as captivating as ME or DA:O, but still much more than any of the recent games I've played.

Despite reading a lot about performance issues I could play the game on ultra settings on my several years old PC. The loading times were a drag though! Overall, I don't understand, why this game has gotten such bad reviews at its time. I think it's great looking, interesting story, unique feeling…I definitely recommend this game and it's one of the few times, where I regret that there is nothing between 4 and 5 stars in my rating system.

Achievements: Can all be gained in one playthrouh. Basically you have to get all collectibles and play the game on hard. Since the game's not actually that hard, playing on the highest difficulty poses no real problem.