Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (PS4/XB1/PS3/360) | (PC/PS5/XSX) - July 9, 2026

[Anoat]

If this thing isn’t a smash hit Ubisoft is gonna be in deep shit. Their fiscal year finished in the toilet. Below the toilet. In the septic tank.

[Andalusian girls]

it looks great, hope it hits RE2/4 remake sales if it is a banger, but imagine they're gonna need hits from Far Cry + Rainbow Six as well

[Tyrath]

Is your company really saved if it requires a remake to save it?

[Anoat]

Is your company really saved if it requires a remake to save it?

It worked for SE and FFXIV A Realm Reborn!

[Tyrath]

That's a MMO though, the money is in subs and not game sales. And wasn't so much a remake as just resetting the thing.

[Andalusian girls]

mammon cares not from whence the money flows so long as it flows

[6souls]

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Review embargo is so strict that reviewers can only mention that they've played the game, but can't say anything more than that.

[Tyrath]

The reviews are looking good. 84 on MT.

I was waiting for them since you know, it's Ubisoft. But it's time to brush up on my sea shanties.

[Athas]

Opening to mostly negative on Steam.

[Anoat]

Opening to mostly negative on Steam.

Could be related to a recent round of Ubisoft layoffs immediately after launch

[Tyrath]

I'm seeing negativity about the amount of DLC available and cutscenes being capped at 30 FPS. Whatever. None of this is an issue for me, I just won't be buying any of that.

So far it's solid experience and I'm loving revisiting this. RAISE THE BLACK FLAG, ME LADS

[6souls]

The Shill Up review mentions that the added epilogue, which can be accessed prior to the final mission, retells Edward's 20-hour character building over 2 hours. Like a complete character reset over an entire mission string.

[Andalusian girls]

Opening to mostly negative on Steam.

up to mixed 67% and as Tyr said the negatives are mostly people crying about DLC/microtransaction practices, not the quality of the game itself. 30 FPS cutscenes appear to be a bug triggered by adjusting some graphical settings away from presets.

i'm too mired in games atm to justify full price but it looks p dang good, hopping to it soon as there's a decent sale / i have some scheduling space.

[Anoat]

It’s Ubisoft so you know it’ll be $25 or less in like three months.

[Tyrath]

I ain't waiting 3 months when 25 different games come out before GTA

[Kaisha]

It’s Ubisoft so you know it’ll be $25 or less in like three months.

Ain't that the truth with Ubisoft. I still have my PS3 copy of Black Flag to whittle away at some point (backlogged alongside AC3/Rogue, this was kinda the point I burnt out on AC after 1+Ezio trilogy), so I'm in no real need of this remake since it seems like it's 95% the same game, graphical polish aside?
Highly doubt we'll see that fantastic bug with the boat & floating dudes though.

I might just skip ahead to Valhalla since I like that setting at any rate and I got it recently through a bundle.

I ain't waiting 3 months when 25 different games come out before GTA

Just sell your PS5 and wait another year for GTA6 like the rest of us on PC.

[Tyrath]

I was talking about playing the 25 other games, not GTA

[Tyrath]

The Shill Up review mentions that the added epilogue, which can be accessed prior to the final mission, retells Edward's 20-hour character building over 2 hours. Like a complete character reset over an entire mission string.

Idk what this even means. I'll wait to find out.

[6souls]

Idk what this even means. I'll wait to find out.

Think of it as a anime series run and they drop a 2 hour film that retells the series.

[Tyrath]

Yeah that still sounds weird and doesn't really make any sense. I'll have to see for myself.

Also the Random capitalization in the Subtitles is really Annoying.