Juggling two jobs can be difficult for anyone, but Captain Edward Kenway seems to take the responsibilities of both pirate and Assassin in his stride. Ubisoft today dropped a "gameplay reveal" trailer for Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, showing the kind of salty shenanigans players can expect from its latest open-world murder simulator.
You and I know pirates to be cheery drunkards, perhaps made of plasticine, who plunder cursed booty and battle sea monsters. Yet, Ubisoft Montreal claims, this is all fiction. The developer has said it is "giving pirates the HBO, reality treatment" in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, suggesting that perhaps piracy wasn't all hook hands and perching parrots.
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The first gameplay trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, showing what pirate assassins get up to.
The first gameplay trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, showing what pirate assassins get up to.
The first look at Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Ubisoft's latest open-world murder simulator. Now with pirates!
"I hope it has real melee combat this time instead of QTE melee combat."
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