SPLICED GAMING /
REVIEW / ASSASSIN’S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG
ISSUE 02
W
hile the naval
elements of the
game are a shining
achievement, Black
Flag all too readily
slips back into bad habits when it comes to the
on-land story missions set in larger towns. Far
too many missions have you tailing targets and
eavesdropping on inconsequential conversations.
Quite often the on-land missions are, to be frank,
dull and utterly overshadowed by the naval
missions. Furthermore, while the controls have
been tightened up since Assassin’s Creed III,
they are still nowhere as precise as the original
control schemes found in Assassin’s Creed and
Assassin’s Creed II. I also, sadly, encountered the
occasional ship bug that forced me to quit and
reload in order to progress.
Minor annoyances aside, Assassin’s Creed IV:
Black Flag is a very goo Bv