Over een kleine week kunnen we aan de slag met Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Zet de rum maar vast koud, vervang je been door een houten poot en train die papegaai nog even zodat ‘ie lekker op je schouder blijft zitten. De eerste recensie is inmiddels verschenen in het Franse blad Jeux Vidéo. Het blad geeft de game een 90 en geeft aan de game op de current, als ook de next-gen consoles te hebben gespeeld. De pluspunten waren dat de wereld prachtig weergegeven is, er veel te doen is en dat de stealth goed werkt. Helaas waren er ook minpunten zoals de technische problemen, een onstabiele framerate op de PlayStation 3 en een niet goed werkende alliasing op de PlayStation 4. De conclusie is hier beneden te lezen:
Positive aspects of the game:
Wonderful world / map
A lot of things to do
Stealth works very well, you can chose how to approach your target, etc..Negative aspects of the game:
Technical problems
Lose of framerate on PS3
Aliasing on PS4
(I guess they played the game on PS3 & PS4 because there is nothing about Xbox)Other things you should know:
Cities are better than AC3 (for free running)
This is A TRUE AC GAME, and the most accomplished of the franchise.
Combats are slower than AC3…
…There are less weapons, less new types of ennemies…
… But naval battles are amazing !You’ll play as Edward like 10 minutes after launching the game on your console
Naval is amazing
Economic system of AC4 is easier to understand and really well made (you board ships, and sell ressources)
You’ll need to upgrade your ship to succes on seas. To upgrade your ship you’ll need ressources. You can get them by boarding ships.
Taking forts have an impact on Edward’s progression. It will reveal the location of special places such as caves.
In all main or secondary missions you can play stealthy if you chose to.
The involvement of Edward in the Templar-Assassin conflict is a bit predictable but still well done by Darby. You’ll see a lot of history events.About PS4 version:
Beautiful, fluid, … BUT there are aliasing on some textures.About PS3 version:
Almost like PS4 even if textures are kind of blurred.. The only thing is that there are loss of framerates.TO CONCLUDE: AC4 is the most successful game of the franchise. Better mechanics of gameplay, better level design, the game is a real success.
You’ll need about 20 hours to complete the main path and 50 hours to complete everything.
