Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag delivers addictive, open-world piracy amid some choppy waters (review)

It’s fair to say that the various development teams in Ubisoft have made each major release in their flagship franchise better than the one preceding it, and the progression from the first Assassin’s Creed to Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag has been stellar.

In fact, ACIV on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is almost too ambitious for its own good. Although it handily delivers a rich, fresh adventure on the dangerous Caribbean Sea, this first release is just flawed enough that you might want to play it on next-generation hardware (or PC) instead.