Personal and Professional Practice 3: 'Research' Studio Brief (Review) - Assassin's Creed: Black Flag

This was actually a game that I played a while ago, but revisited over the Christmas period as it is such a fantastic game that I would really recommend to anyone that is either new to the Assassin's Creed series or old as it is in my opinion the best one yet in the series. The game has some blooming brilliant graphics to go with the exceptional game play and it is definitely one of the best games of last year without a doubt.

Black Flag takes everything that was working from the first couple of games in the series and then redeemed everything that went wrong with Assassins Creed III in so many ways. After the disaster that was that game this was such a fresh change of pace and this was probably due to the pretty awesome pirate ships that could be used. There is not only now the onshore places to explore and visit but also small coves and towns that can be accessed by sailing across the map, which itself is huge, and there are also underwater areas as well, which I do tend to steer away from as underwater is not something I enjoy in a game. It works so well as a game as there are just so many possibilities to go exploring as well as working your way through the story.

The story in the game is almost a prequel to Assassin's Creed III as one of the main characters in that Haytham Kenway, is the son of the lead character in this game, and in my opinion a lot more interesting and exciting! The character Edward Kenway which you play the whole game as isn't actually a trained assassin, which is an interesting twist on the usual story line, and just kills an assassin and takes his name and clothing for a short period of time. The story then follows him, and his crew of which his first mate is a former slave, Adéwalé. This then progresses and we get introduced to even more characters along the way like James Kidd and Blackbeard eventually, showing a story where we see the death of him eventually, accurate the tales as well. I think the story was definitely the best so far out of the games, following the historical plundering of the pirates and giving it a good mix of assassins and exploration at the same time, making this a fantastic game that is definitely worth a play!