Assassins Creed Black Flag

[ruffneck23]

just started this on PC, although i cant crack up the visuals to max, they are still up high and it looks lovely. I wouldnt even say its an assissins creed proper, although it does retain some of the best bits. But its basically a Pirate Game ARRGGGGG , and a bloody good one at that, attacking and boarding other ships is loads of fun.

 

[Supine]

I'll get it when I get my arse into gear and order a ps4. Still playing gtav so not in a hurry.

Does it have much free running and climbing this time around?

 

[ruffneck23]

yeah its still got the free running elements of the last games, but tbh ive not played more than a couple of hours, and barely scratched the surface however it is really beautiful when you get to a sync point.

Was reading a review and the next gen is the way forward for it ( although I think my pc still looks prettier

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

The pirate setting doesn't appeal to me much tbh, not in the way the Renaissance Italy ones did.

 

[golightly]

I've just started it. It strikes me as being a bit 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.

I got Black Flag as a freebie and I've never played any of the other Assissin's Creed games. What are other games in the series that are worth playing?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I've just started it. It strikes me as being a bit 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.

I got Black Flag as a freebie and I've never played any of the other Assissin's Creed games. What are other games in the series that are worth playing?

II and II: Brotherhood were the best ones IMO.

 

[ruffneck23]

Agreed

 

[golightly]

I do like stealth games, so I'll give the other games a go when I've done with this one.

 

[Epona]

I'll get it when it's less than a fiver on Steam. Looks really good fun, but I'm not made of money!

 

[treelover]

I've just started it. It strikes me as being a bit 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.

I got Black Flag as a freebie and I've never played any of the other Assissin's Creed games. What are other games in the series that are worth playing?

How did you get a 40 quid game for free?

 

[ruffneck23]

when you buy some graphics cards you get a free download of it, if its being played on PC, or he could have just pirated it, which all in all is pretty apt

 

[treelover]

I thought he meant an xbone game

 

[ruffneck23]

he might well have done if thats the case god knows unless it was part of a deal?

 

[golightly]

when you buy some graphics cards you get a free download of it, if its being played on PC, or he could have just pirated it, which all in all is pretty apt

Yeah, I just bought a monster graphics card and got Black Flag, Batman Arkham Origins and a Splinter Cell game for 'free'. No pirating, tbh. I'm always nervous about having pirated executable files for some reason.

 

[ruffneck23]

As much as I like black flag , I love splinter cell so much more but it's only early days with black flag , I seem to feel a little more in love with it each time I play. Both superb games , well done ubisoft , bet they look amazing on your rig

 

[golightly]

I really enjoyed the first two Splinter Cell games, so I'm looking forward to this one.

 

[ruffneck23]

yeah what I liked about the first 2 is definitely in this one have fun

 

[Epona]

Yeah, I just bought a monster graphics card and got Black Flag, Batman Arkham Origins and a Splinter Cell game for 'free'. No pirating, tbh. I'm always nervous about having pirated executable files for some reason.

Oooh, what gpu did you get?

 

[golightly]

GTX 770. It was rather expensive (about £250 with delivery) but not £500 like GTX 780 or Titan, and I considered it to be reasonably future proof. Anyway, I've got a Radeon HD 5870 that I'm not using if anyone is interested.

 

[ruffneck23]

thats a good card, Ive gt a gtx560ti, and I do think its time to be upgrading soon, as games are now starting to push it to its limits and was looking at this one

 

[Epona]

GTX 770. It was rather expensive (about £250 with delivery) but not £500 like GTX 780 ot Titan, and I considered it to be reasonably future proof. Anyway, I've got a Radeon HD 5870 that I'm not using if anyone is interested.

Very nice, and a good price! My 670 cost more than that when I got it (although it was a while ago now, and included a really good super-quiet cooler so it runs fairly quiet even seriously overclocked) so £250 doesn't seem like too much to pay for a good gpu at all - and it should last you a good while, a sound buy for a gamer

It goes to show what a bloody hardware hoarder I am that I perked up when you said you had a spare 5870 - I don't need it, but I still went 'oooh!'

 

[golightly]

thats a good card, Ive gt a gtx560ti, and I do think its time to be upgrading soon, as games are now starting to push it to its limits and was looking at this one

Yeah, it was Metro Last Light that did for me, but that game is notoriously resource hungry. I've had this system for 3 years without any upgrades and it has run every game without any problems until now. The new gaphics card is slightly noisy, but it does run really cool; only goes up to about 30 degrees when playing a game.

 

[Epona]

The pirate setting doesn't appeal to me much tbh, not in the way the Renaissance Italy ones did.

There are insufficient good pirate based games IMO. Monkey Island, Sid Meier's Pirates, Risen 2. I do like the sound of this particular installment in the franchise. Mind you, Renaissance Italy seems to be very rarely used as a setting for games.

 

[bmd]

GTX 770. It was rather expensive (about £250 with delivery) but not £500 like GTX 780 or Titan, and I considered it to be reasonably future proof. Anyway, I've got a Radeon HD 5870 that I'm not using if anyone is interested.

How much do you want for the 5870?

 

[golightly]

How much do you want for the 5870?

You can have it. I just want the cost of postage if I have to send it. PM me details and I'll get it to you.

 

[ruffneck23]

bargain...must be xmas

 

[golightly]

bargain...must be xmas

I'd much rather someone get some use out of it. It's currently sitting in my cupboard taking up space and gathering dust.

 

[Lo Siento.]

I played through AC3 in preparation, and was disappointed by the laziness of the writers and programmers - just shit stuff like making Desmond immune to bullets Loved 2, hope 4 is better on that.

 

[ruffneck23]

I couldn't stand 3 tbh , but this is something different

 

[golightly]

Finally finished. Really enjoyed; there's a lot of variety in terms of gameplay, and it is great to look at. The ending felt a bit rushed and disjointed though.