[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog

So is Black flag any good? I like anything with a pirate theme.

Well, I think it's excellent. The best game in the series I've played (my numbering for best is 4,1,3,2. Yes I liked 2 the least, bite me! )

The story outside the Animus is not as convoluted as the story was for 2 & 3, you're a guy in research and development for the next Assassins Creed game from Abstergo Entertainment, which is something I like. Why would the Templars need to bother converting recruits or abducting people when they can just have unsuspecting schmucks do all the work?
Your character actively doesn't participate in modern day assassinating, but he does interact with those two yuppies from the last game. In fact, this captures the fun mystery of the 1st game that the last two didn't.

Inside the Animus, you assassin about as a Welsh pirate who, after killing renegade Assassin Duncan Walpole, you take his robes and identity to make some coin and unknowingly advance the Templar mission. Eventually you encounter Assassins and see their "Everything is Permited" thing as the ideal model for living as a pirate. Once with the Assassins, you work to stop the Templars from locating a seer of sorts, Juno's husband Aita reincarnated who hold the key to unlocking The Observatory, a Precursor building housing a device that will let the Templars omnisciently see wherever anyone on the planet is.

Gameplaywise, you retain the Air Assassination ability from 3 and have gunplay be a more active part of gameplay, able to create 4 holsters and carry 4 guns that you can fire in combo strikes. You also get a blow dart gun that gives you Sleep darts and Bezerker darts.
Sailing is a main selling mechanic. You can pick up major coin from raiding ships for Rum and Sugar to sell. The majority of your coin will probably go to upgrading armor and firepower (like the wonderful mortars). And the aiming of cannons and sailing of ships is much easier and more refined in 4 than with 3.
You can also go whaling and hunting for crafting clothes, holsters and ammo pouches. And while docked, you can chase down glowing papers containing Sea Shanties. These shanties will be sung by your crew while sailing, which I love.

And just between you and me, you'll want to watch Gokaiger, listen to Alestorm and sail the seas in a wooden rig.
Plus unlike me, you won't be playing a game set in the Carribean while there's 6 feet of snow outside, rendering you a bitter little barrel of grog. You even live in that region!