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0:00Hello. Well, we made it. Ubisoft has
0:03finally graced us with a remake of one
0:05of their games. Though, it’s unclear
0:06why it had to be the fourth part.
0:08It’s not that old, and it still plays
0:10pretty well even today. Unlike, for
0:12example, the Ezio trilogy or the first
0:14game, which had a lot cut out of it at
0:16release. But, whatever, Assassin's
0:18Creed 4 is also a respected and beloved
0:20game of mine. Actually, you could
0:22rightfully say, "Dude, didn't you
0:23already make a video on the fourth
0:24Assassin's?" Well, I'll say that, first
0:26, running a channel for people with
0:28Alzheimer's is awesome, and second, if
0:30Ubisoft can do it, why can't I? Exactly
0:32. Actually, I’ve had a few ideas for
0:34a long time to replay some games and
0:35remake videos about them. And,
0:37ironically, Assassin's Creed 4 wasn't
0:39on that list. But I still want to play
0:41the remake, because, as I said, I love
0:43the original. Plus, I heard that
0:45Ubisoft did add some new content, and
0:47what’s more, there's something else
0:49linked to Assassin's Creed 4. The video
0:51for this game was my first video that
0:53got any sort of halfway decent views.
0:56And, you could say it was the starting
0:58point for my career as a world-famous
1:00[ __ ] who plays video games and then
1:01dumps it all onto the internet. Because
1:04if it weren't for this game, everything
1:05might have turned out differently, and
1:06I wouldn't be sitting here right now.
1:08Oh, no. I would be somewhere in Monaco,
1:11maybe even in San Francisco, sitting on
1:13a yacht, sipping champagne in the
1:15company of Ana de Armas. But instead, I
1:18decided to play Assassin's Creed.
1:21Ruined my whole life. Alright, as I
1:23said, today we'll be looking at the
1:24remake of the fourth installment. And
1:26I'll say right away, even though I
1:28already did a video on its plot, I'm
1:29still going to tell it in full. Well,
1:31because otherwise, it would look a bit
1:34strange. So, without further ado, get
1:36comfortable. Fill up your trough, hop
1:39on the Telegram, I'll be glad to have
1:41you. Naturally, enjoy the show,
1:43everyone. But before we start, I think
1:45it's no secret to many that the
1:47protagonist of Assassin's Creed: Black
1:48Flag, Edward, really wanted to earn
1:50some money. That’s basically the
1:52reason he even became a pirate in the
1:53first place. Thankfully, everything is
1:55simpler now. No need to plunder ships,
1:57get sick with scurvy, or whatever else
1:59pirates did back then. Everything is
2:01different now. You can save money in a
2:03more civilized and modern way. And the
2:05Black debit card from T-Bank will help
2:07with that perfectly. It’s basically
2:10magical, because you spend money and
2:12get up to 3,000 rubles back in cashback
2:14. with real, tangible money, not some
2:18random bonuses that technically exist,
2:20but where to spend them is anyone's
2:22guess. Payments and transfers are free,
2:25with 24/7 support via chat and phone
2:28faster than a Formula 1 pit crew. Cash
2:30withdrawals are free from 3,000 rubles.
2:33at any ATM. And the best part is,
2:35they'll bring the card right to you. A
2:37courier will come to your home or work,
2:39or even your dad's garage, and activate
2:41everything so you don't have to run
2:42around town. So, sign up for a Black
2:44debit card from the bank using the link
2:47in the description and get real
2:48cashback in rubles. Basically, the game
2:50, just like the original, starts at sea
2:52. The ship our protagonist, Edward, was
2:55sailing on was attacked by some, excuse
2:57my language, [ __ ], including this
2:59guy in a hood. No time to dither, so I
3:01had to take the wheel, pull some
3:03maneuvers, and quickly blast everyone
3:04with the cannons. And it seems I
3:06handled that well. I want to say, "
3:08Hooray, victory." But fate had other
3:10plans. Gunpowder exploded on the hero's
3:12ship. Then that assassin guy finished
3:14off the captain. In a word, total
3:16disaster. While Edward is floating in
3:18the deep sea, a flashback occurs. And
3:20by the way, get ready for that. They
3:21will be constant throughout the game.
3:23And yes, I know you already know this,
3:25since you've played through the fourth
3:26installment more than once, but listen,
3:27damn it, try to understand my position
3:29too. Let's just play along, like we're
3:30all seeing this for the first time.
3:32Okay. Actually, in these flashbacks, we
3:34are introduced to Edward's wife,
3:36Caroline. At the moment, Caroline, like
3:38a proper woman, is riding Edward's ass
3:39about why the hell he wants to be a
3:41privateer. "Join the Royal Navy, it’s
3:44got a salary, rank, this, and, damn it,
3:46that." But Eddie is against it, arguing
3:49that he’s not about to break his back
3:50for peanuts or serve some captain. But
3:53privateering, that's a solid gig. You
3:55can move up, Edward can become a
3:57captain himself and earn a ton of money
4:00. This sort of answers the question of
4:02how Edward ended up in this pirate life
4:04. And it's all very simple. Old boy
4:06wanted money to provide a decent life
4:08for himself and his wife. Yes, in case
4:10you were wondering, a privateer is
4:11something like a legalized pirate.
4:13Meaning, they are pirates who received
4:15a license from a state, and that very
4:17state allowed them to capture and loot
4:18ships of countries with which they had
4:20conflicts. Uh, just keeping you in the
4:23loop. In the present, the hero washed
4:25up on an island, and by a happy
4:27coincidence, the assassin who attacked
4:28the ship ended up there too. This guy
4:30is wounded, and from a brief dialogue,
4:32it turns out he urgently needs to get
4:34to Havana. It's a town. Edward was
4:36about to shake him down for a few coins
4:38for his help, but Duncan pulled out a
4:40piece and, shouting "I'll shoot you,
4:42prick," ran off somewhere. Not for long
4:44. Edward caught up to him and beat him
4:46up a little. Duncan had a letter on him
4:48saying he had made a deal to meet the
4:50Governor of Havana. And very
4:52conveniently, that very governor had
4:54never seen Duncan in person. So Edward
4:56decided to pose as Duncan. Maybe this
4:59little venture would rake in some cash.
5:01But that’s not all, because a
5:03merchant ship was also parked at this
5:05island. Need to quickly take out the
5:07guards and rescue the ship's owner from
5:09captivity. Meet Stede Bonnet, a
5:11merchant, sailor, and, by the way, a
5:13real historical figure. As it turned
5:15out, he and our hero were headed the
5:17same way. Bonnet’s ship driver had
5:18fed him to the fish, so Edward kindly
5:20offered to help. The boys set sail for
5:22Havana together. And what do you think?
5:24Ubisoft presents Assassin's Creed 4:
5:26Black Flag. How to pronounce this word,
5:29I have no bloody clue. Oh, right, the
5:32men arrived in Havana, and now we're
5:34having the prologue. And you know, I
5:36can't stand it. As is the custom with
5:38Ubisoft, the prologue in the game is
5:40very long. And since the remake follows
5:42everything literally scene by scene,
5:44watching all this bustle in Havana
5:46isn't exactly interesting. No, like,
5:48the first time you play it, it's okay.
5:51But I personally have this problem:
5:52when I think about replaying Black Flag
5:54, I want to, well, obviously, fight on
5:56ships, swim for treasure, capture forts
5:58, but, goddamn it, you're back in
5:59Havana, you have to catch a pickpocket
6:01again, show off assassin tricks for
6:03Templars again, protect some old man
6:05from assassins again, and so on. I
6:07don't give a crap about any of that. Be
6:09it a remake, VR, or 5D immersion,
6:11playing through all this more than once
6:12is a total pain in the ass. I’ll play
6:14through it all, of course. I’m a
6:15whiner, not a weakling, so I’ll
6:17manage, but you’ll get tired of
6:19hearing how miserable I was during the
6:20process. So let's keep it brief. Anyway
6:23, Edward stumbled into the estate where
6:25the governor lives, and Ed was suddenly
6:26received with honors. They say: "Come
6:28on in, dear friend, you’ll be our
6:29guest. Everyone has been waiting for
6:31you." And "everyone," as you can
6:32imagine, means the Templars. Here’s
6:34this guy named Julien du Casse. He’s
6:36a smuggler and supplies the local
6:38cross-bellies with weapons. And the
6:39freak with the scar is Woodes Rogers. A
6:42pirate hunter and some kind of bigwig
6:44at the English King’s court. In short
6:46, the cream of local society. And to
6:48amuse these pricks, I have to show off
6:50my assassin skills. Understood? It will
6:52be done. The monkey is going to dance.
6:55Tra-la-la. The governor is this old guy
6:58named Laureano Torres. As it turns out,
7:00Duncan Walpole wasn't just heading to a
7:02meeting. He was supposed to deliver
7:04maps showing the locations of Assassin
7:06hideouts and this piece of glass junk.
7:08Why? They're about to explain.
7:09Basically, there's this thing called
7:11the Observatory. And inside this very
7:14Observatory, there's a device that lets
7:16you track any person on Earth. You just
7:18need to put a drop of their blood into
7:20this cube, then put the cube into the
7:22device, and that's it—easy as that.
7:24However, there is a problem. My new
7:25friends don't know where this
7:27Observatory is located. According to
7:29legends, only a Sage can find the way
7:31there. What kind of crap that is, I'll
7:32explain later. By the way, you can
7:34actually meet this Sage here and, so to
7:36speak, get a piece of him. As it turns
7:39out, the Templars found him, and in the
7:40very next mission, you have to relocate
7:42him to Torres's estate while fighting
7:44off Assassins. And after that mission,
7:47Edward thought, "Damn, if this
7:49Observatory is so important and the
7:51Sage knows how to get there, maybe it's
7:53better to steal him and sell him to
7:54someone else, since the Templars didn't
7:56exactly fill my pockets." So, under the
7:59cover of night, Edward carefully snuck
8:01into the prison where the Sage was
8:03being held. But then, an unexpected
8:05twist occurred. The Templars, those
8:07bastards, were prepared. They figured
8:09out that Edward wasn't Duncan Walpole
8:11at all. Just some Eddie, a nobody. And
8:14it also turned out that someone had
8:15beaten Edward to it, and the Sage had
8:17already been snatched. The Templars,
8:18naturally, blamed our hero, so they
8:20dragged him onto a ship and threw him
8:22in the hold. And then, what happens?
8:24That's right, a flashback. Edward's
8:26wife fell ill, and Edward decided to
8:27spoil her a little. He brought her some
8:29hot chocolate. To be honest, I don't
8:32remember this scene in the original,
8:34but it actually looks funny and shows
8:36the huge wealth gap between Caroline
8:37and Edward.
8:55Gentlemen, this is pure cinema. This,
8:58guys, is something you have to see.
9:00This isn't just you messing around with
9:01some nonsense. Through this scene, they
9:04show us that Caroline is a fairly
9:06wealthy lady, and Edward is just some
9:08street kid. Just a stray vagabond, for
9:12whom the word "chocolate" is mainly a
9:15shock. That's our Edward, you know—
9:18without a penny to his name, not a dime
9:21in his pocket. Actually, all jokes
9:23aside, I really like these flashbacks,
9:24and I'm really annoyed that Ubisoft
9:26didn't add more of them here. And back
9:28in the present, everything is like the
9:30original. Edward is in prison again.
9:31There, he meets Adéwalé. They escape
9:34captivity, rescue the other sailors,
9:35and eventually, after commandeering one
9:37of the ships, they hit the gas while
9:39they’re distracted and head off into
9:40the sunset. In the end, Edward and his
9:43new crew managed to fight off the
9:44English fleet and survive a storm. And
9:47so, it turns out that the hero now has
9:49both a ship and a crew. So now he’s
9:52the captain. Adéwalé certainly made
9:55an impact, but, how should I put it, he
9:57was born in the wrong year, damn it, so
9:59he won’t be captain, but as a
10:00quartermaster? By all means. And now
10:03Edward and his crew are off to Nassau.
10:06A paradise for pirates, privateers,
10:08thieves, and other fine upstanding
10:10members of society. Nassau is an island
10:12that is completely controlled by
10:14pirates. And not just controlled; they
10:16decided to set up their own separate
10:18republic there, where the laws of kings
10:19don’t apply and where you can just
10:21drink, fight, and do absolutely nothing
10:23. But that’s not important right now.
10:25What’s far more important is that the
10:26game, goddamn it, has finally begun.
10:28Yes, there will be another 3 hours of
10:29tutorials, but at least now you can
10:31sail around and do all sorts of things.
10:32And before I started playing, I saw
10:34some shorts—actually, a few shorts—
10:36where guys showed gameplay of the
10:37remake and inserted moments from
10:39Ratatouille. And you know, yeah, when I
10:41launched this game, I had the same
10:43reaction as in Ratatouille. That moment
10:45when the critic tries the ratatouille
10:46himself. Oh, by the way, here’s a fun
10:47fact in case someone doesn't know:
10:48Ratatouille isn’t the name of the rat
10:50, it’s the name of the dish. He’s
10:51thinking: "Holy hell, did he just eat a
10:53rat? Damn." Anyway, my point is that
10:55it’s time to really dig into this.
10:56The plot, as I said, hasn’t been
10:58touched. It’s exactly the same as in
10:59the original. And so the question is:
11:01did Ubisoft even put anything new in
11:02here at all? Actually, yes. But it
11:05mostly concerns side activities. So, in
11:07fact, it’s the same game, just,
11:09let’s say, a director’s cut. All
11:11the things that entertained us before
11:14are still there, like forts, assassin
11:16contracts, hunting Templars, ship
11:18contracts, legendary ships, hunting sea
11:20monsters, underwater exploration, and
11:22so on. Ubisoft expanded the quest for
11:24upgrading the estate. Now it’s
11:26actually a quest, not just some
11:27[ __ ] meant to generate passive
11:29income. They added a few missions about
11:31the main character’s friends. They
11:32also added a couple of story characters
11:34here. These are officers who will serve
11:36on Edward’s ship, and there are
11:38quests involving them too. And at the
11:40end, there will even be, let’s call
11:41it, a grand overarching quest that’s
11:42quite long. Thank the gods, Ubisoft
11:44removed the entire No-Name storyline in
11:46the Animus. In the original, it really
11:48pissed me off and kept distracting me.
11:49Thankfully, it's not here, but they
11:51replaced it with these glitches. They
11:54do have some Animus-related content,
11:56but honestly, it’s such boring crap,
11:58just forget it. And the best new
12:00feature: Ubisoft slightly reworked the
12:02missions. If you remember, there used
12:04to be a shitload of tailing and forced
12:06stealth. That’s gone now. You can
12:08play however you want. Hack, slash, do
12:10whatever feels good to you. And for
12:13that, a huge thank you. The rest is
12:14just purely technical stuff. I mean,
12:17they updated the parkour, it’s become
12:18smoother, changed the combat, which
12:20I'll talk about later, touched up the
12:22graphics, and yadda-yadda,
12:23blah-blah-blah. So, as I said, this is
12:25the Director's Cut of Black Flag on a
12:27modern engine. Personally, I don't see
12:29a problem with that, and on the
12:30contrary, I think some games shouldn't
12:32be changed. I talked about this in my
12:33video about the Gothic remake. So I
12:35decided to read a bit of what people
12:37are writing online. And you know,
12:39it’s a very funny situation, because
12:41I’ve seen comments like: "Ubisoft
12:42didn't change anything.""Ubisoft didn't
12:45change anything." And you know what,
12:47thank [ __ ] they didn't. Thank them for
12:49that, because, well, we know what
12:51Assassin's Creed has turned into. And I
12:54wouldn't want to see one of my favorite
12:56parts of the series. Like this, or that
12:59? No, no, no, no. Anyway, Nassau itself
13:02. Welcome to the pirate paradise. And I
13:04must admit, Edward is not just some
13:06nobody in Nassau. The local bigwigs are
13:08his buddies. Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch
13:11and James Hornigold, with no nickname.
13:14Before the events of the game, they
13:15were privateers in the service of
13:16England. At that time, England and
13:18Spain were at war, but the guys later
13:20decided not to give up the trade and
13:22continued to rob everyone. As you can
13:24understand, you’ll be hanging out
13:26with these esteemed gentlemen. Besides
13:28them, there’s also a lad named James
13:30Kidd. He's this young adventurer,
13:33definitely not a woman in disguise.
13:35Edward, apparently, figured it out too.
13:36Look, he even raised his "tentpole"
13:38under his cloak, damn it. And how could
13:39I forget about her? The red pearl of
13:42this island, the jewel of our sausage
13:45fest. A woman no pirate would ever
13:48refuse. Well, because a pirate would
13:49even...well, you know. Bonny. All of
13:52these characters are actual pirates who
13:53existed during the Golden Age. And even
13:55Nassau, you'll be shocked, wasn't just
13:57made up by Ubisoft out of thin air.
13:59Actually, in all fairness, Ubisoft
14:00translated the lives of these
14:02historical figures quite accurately. Of
14:04course, their lives are described in
14:06just one book, and it's called
14:07something like "The History of Piracy
14:09in the Golden Age." And I don't really
14:11know much about its historical accuracy
14:12. To be honest, I couldn't care less.
14:15Even if these are some semi-mythical,
14:16semi-fictional dudes, it's still
14:18well-made and interesting to watch.
14:21Good job. And, by the way, listen, I
14:22remember reading there was some kind of
14:24micro-scandal, you know, saying: "They
14:26made Anne Bonny ugly." Well, you know,
14:28she wasn't exactly a beauty in the
14:30original either. And they brought her
14:32over here quite well. So, you know,
14:33don't scare off Ubisoft. At least they
14:36drew some boobs. Just be thankful it's
14:38not some blue-haired landwhale. And you
14:40know, while running around the map, I
14:42ran into this little cobra here. And
14:45I'll tell you, for this alone, I'm
14:46ready to forgive Ubisoft for everything
14:48—it's just a cheap trick. Okay, even
14:51though the game has started, since
14:53Assassin's Creed 4 is a game from
14:54Ubisoft's golden age, what do we need
14:56to do? We need to learn properly. And
14:59here, the tutorial is, so to speak,
15:01integrated into the main plot, because
15:02for the next couple of hours you'll be
15:04hanging out with the guys from Nassau,
15:06and they'll teach you important
15:07gameplay mechanics like shooting from
15:09the ship, boarding, upgrading your
15:11vessel, robbing warehouses, and all
15:12that. And you know, all this gives the
15:16impression that Edward lied a little
15:17bit about having known Blackbeard and
15:18Hornigold for a long time and that they
15:20had sailed together. Why the hell don't
15:22you know how to do anything then?
15:23Everything has to be explained to you,
15:25you [ __ ]. Anyway, Ed had a few drinks
15:27with the boys, and a classic "man talk
15:29over beer" kind of conversation started
15:32. Something like, you know, "Boys, we
15:34need to start a business." Pumping
15:36septic tanks at summer cottages. That's
15:39a gold mine. Guys, I want to buy myself
15:41a crossbow. Sounds about right. Listen,
15:43if you could suck your own dick, would
15:45that be considered gay or not? Huh? But
15:47then the men decided to discuss
15:48business. Edward decided to share info
15:51with the boys about the Observatory,
15:53saying you could make a killing from it
15:55. And as it turned out, the others had
15:57heard of it. Kidd, for example, called
15:58it a tall tale. Thatch also noted that
16:00it's a pretty mediocre gamble. Chasing
16:03after fairy tales—what the [ __ ] for,
16:04when you can just squeeze the Spanish
16:06for cash and live worry-free? And after
16:08the drinking session, Hornigold decided
16:10to share his experience, so to speak.
16:12And yes, the tutorial. I, naturally,
16:14won't be talking about that. The only
16:15thing is, there are two important
16:17points here. The first is Hornigold
16:19himself. You can spend some time with
16:21him, chat, and get used to him. And
16:23he’s kind of a, you know, strange
16:25little dude, I’d say, a total [ __ ]
16:27ferret. I mean, you can tell he’s sly
16:29, just not exactly a likable guy. And
16:31secondly, of course, there’s Edward
16:33himself. Say what you will, but as a
16:35protagonist, I honestly think he’s
16:36the best character in the series. I
16:38mentioned this in my video on all the
16:40Assassin’s Creed games, but watching
16:42Edward is just a damn pleasure. After
16:44all those idiots brainwashed by the
16:45Assassin ideology, Edward is a breath
16:47of fresh air—a guy who just doesn't
16:49give a [ __ ] about any of that and just
16:51wants to live a decent life. And it’s
16:53really cool how it all turned out in
16:54the game and how it ended. He’s truly
16:56the highlight of the game, and the
16:58whole series, really. There aren't many
17:00highlights in it anyway, so let Edward
17:03be one. After all the plundering and
17:05nonsense, you’ll need to meet up with
17:07Kidd. There’s a tutorial here too,
17:09but more interestingly, the bro gave us
17:11the so-called rope dart. In the
17:13original game, I barely used it because
17:15, first of all, why bother, and second,
17:17well, hanging enemies from trees looks
17:18cool, but its effectiveness is
17:20questionable. Well, here, the rope dart
17:23is a fully-fledged tool, and you can
17:25and should use it in fights. By the way
17:27, they’ve changed those a bit, too.
17:29And you know, in my opinion, the combat
17:31in this remake is basically the best
17:32system in the whole series. And if you
17:34remember, the original played like
17:36you’d hit one dude and then could
17:38one-shot every enemy until they were
17:40all dead. And they’ve changed that
17:41here. This chain has been limited to a
17:43maximum of four guys. This stat, by the
17:45way, has been tied to the weapons. And
17:47now fighting has become a bit more
17:48difficult and a bit more interesting.
17:50The combat itself is roughly like in
17:52the latest Shadows, but without the
17:53levels. Basically, an enemy has a guard
17:55. You can either break it with normal
17:56attacks to one-shot the target, or
17:58break it with a parry and finish them
18:00off as well. Plus, they added four
18:02abilities here. They don’t cost mana
18:04or anything else. They have practically
18:07no cooldown. And suddenly, they’re
18:09all useful. With a kick, you can knock
18:11enemies off ledges or just kick them
18:13into a wall to break their guard.
18:15There’s a trip move, and that’s
18:16pretty obvious: knock them down and
18:17finish them off. A quick pistol shot,
18:19also pretty self-explanatory. And the
18:21rope dart, which you can use to pull a
18:23target toward you, just like Scorpion
18:25from Mortal Kombat. They tweaked the
18:26swords a little bit. As I understand it
18:28, there are, let’s say, three classes
18:30of weapons. There’s the weapon with
18:32pistols, which will blast away from a
18:34distance on a heavy attack. Broadswords
18:36that just deal area damage with heavy
18:38attacks, and fast rapiers with piercing
18:40strikes. This doesn't really impact
18:42gameplay that much, but hey, it's cool
18:43to have different animations. They also
18:45added these little trinkets with
18:47various passive bonuses. And honestly,
18:49I really enjoyed the combat. Finally,
18:52no need to grind levels, spend half an
18:54hour whittling down high-level enemies,
18:55constantly farming for decent gear, or
18:57shooting at weak points. I don't need
19:00that crap. I came here for a shootout
19:02with real men. I'm not interested in
19:05obsessing over these numbers. So I just
19:06had a blast fighting everyone and went
19:08on with my business. Anyway, I liked
19:10this combat system. It's slightly less
19:12casual than the original. It isn't
19:14cluttered with all that garbage like in
19:15modern Assassin's Creed games. It's
19:17great. As a downside, I'd say I
19:19would've liked more finisher animations
19:21. There’s a real lack of them. And to
19:23whoever removed the ability to pick up
19:25enemy weapons: you’re an [ __ ]. No
19:27offense, but that’s a fact. In the
19:29original, I loved shooting muskets or
19:30picking up a two-handed axe and
19:32throwing it at someone. It was fun and
19:35made the combat feel more, I don't know
19:37, free-form, maybe? You fight like
19:39Jackie Chan: bam, picked up a musket,
19:41fired, stabbed a couple of guys,
19:42bang-bang with the pistols, then tossed
19:44an axe. That’s awesome. But you can't
19:46do that now. And that’s a drawback. I
19:47still hope they add that capability in
19:49future patches. It's really missed. The
19:51final mission in this mind-blowing
19:53tutorial will be with Blackbeard. It
19:56all starts, as usual for pirates, with
19:57a drinking session. The situation is
19:59that Nassau is in trouble. Since the
20:02locals are mostly slackers and drunks,
20:04nobody thought about fortifications.
20:06Because if the King's men attacked
20:07right now, they'd wipe everyone out
20:09without a problem. So, Thatch suggests
20:11seizing a Spanish galleon. That way,
20:13their chances of survival will
20:15definitely go up. Very conveniently,
20:16Thatch knows exactly where to find such
20:18a galleon. So yeah, now we have to
20:20capture that very galleon alongside
20:22Blackbeard. By the way, a small
20:24off-topic thought. There's this TV show
20:27called "Black Sails." It’s also about
20:29pirates in Nassau. And in that show,
20:31Blackbeard was a chick with thick black
20:33hair down there. Ah, anyway, I couldn't
20:36steal the galleon, so I quickly smacked
20:38some enemies around and ran away with
20:39my tail between my legs. However,
20:41Blackbeard hasn't given up on the idea
20:43of swiping the ship. But there’s a
20:45catch, because Ducasse is stationed at
20:46the fort where the galleon is docked.
20:48So, besides the ship, we'll also have
20:50to take out Ducasse. And that’s a
20:52pleasure in itself. By the way,
20:53there’s one more cool addition here.
20:55Even though I like the fourth
20:57installment, the original had two
20:58problems: trailing missions and
21:00mandatory stealth. It was incredibly
21:02annoying, considering that most of the
21:04missions were exactly like that. You
21:07had to tail people in cities, in
21:08villages, and even, damn it, on ships.
21:11But in the remake, they changed it.
21:12Trailing was only in two or maybe three
21:14missions, I think, which is nice. And
21:16as for mandatory stealth, forget about
21:18it. You can just run in guns blazing
21:19and cut down every piece of junk that
21:21gets in your way. And that, I'll tell
21:22you, is great. Leave that primitive,
21:24stupid, amateur stealth for those who
21:26like it. Real pirates just walk out,
21:28pull their guns, and start blasting
21:30openly. Ubisoft did just that. Good job
21:32. By the way, the stealth itself wasn't
21:34really changed, but the AI is still a
21:36bit better than in the original.
21:38Enemies are much more observant now,
21:39they see you from half the map away and
21:41have even started reacting to noise.
21:43But it's still default Ubisoft stealth,
21:45just better than in the 2013 game.
21:48Anyway, here is how I handled it. I
21:49killed all the scum, made it to some
21:51estate, and treated the friends there
21:53to some surprises too. And Ducasse?
21:55What about Ducasse? The bastard was
21:57hiding on the ship, but that didn't
21:59help. The cove is ours. Victory. After
22:01that, there was another flashback of
22:03drunk Edward crawling on the floor,
22:04listening to Caroline's father
22:06demoralizing him, saying, "What a
22:07disgrace, just look at him." He's the
22:09lowest form of life on earth, right?
22:11He's not even a human being. But Edward
22:13is fine, he's just chilling and having
22:15a good time, you get the picture, right
22:16? He's like a 16 th-century hustler. He
22:18promises his girl. I'm about to pull
22:21off a big job. Damn, we're gonna live
22:24like kings, man. Just lend me a dozen
22:26doubloons until Friday, as a bro. All
22:28right. The fort, as you can see, was
22:30captured by pirates, and now it belongs
22:31to Edward. And yes, this is a hub that
22:34you need to develop, build all sorts of
22:36crap there, and pocket a percentage
22:38from it. They also showed a few side
22:40quests. And it's all classic stuff here
22:42. Do the chores, loot everything. Loot
22:43keys from Templars to get cool armor,
22:45loot that too. Hunt for money on ships,
22:48collect art objects. Damn, just let me
22:50play the game. And while Ed was
22:51wandering around the island, Stede
22:52Bonnet was with him. And just before
22:54leaving, the buddy said that the outfit
22:56wasn't quite right, uncle, not quite up
22:58to status, you know. Edward noted that
22:59the guy is hiding something and knows
23:01more about the observatory than he's
23:03telling. That’s true. And if Edward
23:05wants answers, the whale suggested
23:07meeting somewhere at the edge of the
23:09map in a couple of weeks. That's an
23:11assassin quest. Since the tutorial is
23:14officially done, I decided I'd do, damn
23:16it, anything but that. In the original,
23:19I absolutely hated these tasks because
23:21they distracted from the pirate content
23:22and were, well, kind of meh. And then,
23:25suddenly, a new feature. Adewale said,
23:27"Look, brother, this is all well and
23:29good, but we need more people for the
23:31crew." For example, a guy to keep order
23:33on the ship, as well as a carpenter.
23:35And them, as you can imagine, we'll
23:37need to go find. But for now, I
23:38couldn't care less about any of that.
23:39It's time to roam the seas. To sail.
23:42And, of course, new quests for the crew
23:44. The new crew quests, by the way, are
23:47not bad. Especially the last one, but
23:49more on that later. Right now, I've
23:50arrived at an island where some fella
23:52is sitting who will keep things in
23:53order on the ship. In the past, he was
23:55some kind of wild, reckless pirate who
23:57retired and changed his line of work a
24:00bit. He became a priest. So, Edward
24:02waltzes in and says, "Old man, damn it,
24:04I need you, you get it? Why are you
24:06just sitting here cutting pork?""Come
24:07with me, and instead of pork, you'll be
24:10cutting people." The principle is the
24:11same. I even read that a pig carcass is
24:13anatomically close to a human. Anyway,
24:15enough of this. Let's go. But, the
24:17Padre refused. Saying that all of that
24:18is the work of the devil. Besides,
24:19I’ve quit that life. You’d better
24:21help out a bit instead. Go hand out
24:22some food to the people. I did it.
24:24However, the Padre asked for one more
24:26favor. It turned out he's being
24:27tormented by the men of the late
24:29Ducasse. They are camped nearby, and
24:30the old man asked Edward to find out
24:32what they're planning. Well, okay. I
24:34ran to their camp and found a letter
24:35there detailing a plan to attack the
24:37village where the Padre lives. Edward
24:39headed back, and well, the situation
24:40there was, to put it mildly, bad. Oh,
24:42the horror. As you can imagine, the
24:45Padre is burning with righteous
24:46vengeance. Especially since it turned
24:48out the mastermind behind the attack
24:50was the bishop who led the Padre to the
24:52path of faith. Edward expressed his
24:53sympathy, promised protection to the
24:55surviving villagers, and vowed they
24:57would definitely take revenge on
24:59Ducasse's men. And that's it, hell yeah
25:01, it's a deal. Abel Galvão, welcome to
25:03the crew. By the way, with this guy's
25:06arrival, a new ship ability unlocked.
25:08You can slam head-first into ships to
25:10ram them. Pretty cool. Next up in the
25:12program is a carpenter, or rather, a
25:14female carpenter, Lucy. Adewale told me
25:16about her, saying...She is a master of
25:18her craft. However, there is a problem.
25:20She's being transported for execution
25:22right now, so first, we'll have to
25:23rescue our friend from captivity. At
25:25night, Edward swam up to the English
25:27ship, snuck inside carefully,
25:29slaughtered everyone not-so-carefully,
25:31and saved the girl. After another ship
25:33battle, we'll be able to have a word
25:35with her. As it turns out, her story
25:37isn't so simple. It became clear that
25:39Lucy comes from a wealthy family. After
25:40her mother's death, she was raised by
25:42her grandfather. And this very
25:43grandfather left Lucy a massive fortune
25:45. And now the lady is asking for help
25:47in claiming her inheritance. Well,
25:49you’ve come to the right place,
25:50friend. I am a man with a higher legal
25:53education. I aced my inheritance law
25:55exam with a very strict professor. So,
25:57I know my stuff. To get the inheritance
25:59, you have to be first in line.
26:02Therefore, there shouldn't be any other
26:05claimants to the estate.
26:07Get it?
26:08However, there is a nuance to this
26:09whole situation. Lucy’s father wants
26:11to get the grandfather's inheritance.
26:13And together with his lawyer, they
26:14intend to snatch the property. While we
26:16sail to the grandfather's estate and
26:18run around there, Lucy will whine
26:20incessantly about her father, how he
26:22tormented her in childhood, what a
26:24tyrant and jerk he was, and that he
26:26won't leave her alone. Well, I’ll
26:28tell you, it's clear from her behavior
26:30that she has daddy issues. Honestly, I
26:33expected fun adventures here, but
26:34instead got a conversation with a drunk
26:36woman at a bar who pours her heart out
26:38about how her father was a scumbag,
26:39beat her mother, didn't love her, and
26:41hit her too. And now I'm going to go
26:43suck off this guy in the bathroom just
26:45to get revenge on him. Though here, of
26:47course, it's justified. The father is a
26:48real piece of work. Because in the
26:50house, Edward found a letter which
26:52revealed that the dad killed the
26:53grandfather, forged the inheritance
26:55papers so it would all go to him, and
26:57had his own daughter thrown in jail to
26:58rot. Right here, by the way, the hero
27:01met Lucy’s father in the flesh. And
27:03after a short dialogue, our friend shot
27:06him. But that’s not the end, because
27:08we still need to whack the lawyer and
27:10take the original will from him. Bam.
27:12Best of luck. In the end, the heroes
27:14dug up the chest and took the documents
27:16. And if you actually care, it turns
27:18out Lucy's dad also did away with her
27:20mom for good measure. What a lovely
27:23family. But a carpenter is a carpenter.
27:25But then I went off the deep end. I
27:27tried literally every type of
27:29entertainment there is in this game.
27:31Fought on ships, looted resources,
27:33weapons, costumes, explored the map,
27:35did side quests, and hunted ships. If
27:37you're wondering, the gap between this
27:40mission and the assassin mission is
27:42almost 7 hours. I just couldn't be
27:44bothered to go to them. I’ve played
27:45computer games before, I know how it
27:47goes. Although removing mandatory
27:48stealth definitely made the game more
27:50pleasant to play, given that I actually
27:51like the combat system. So, I'm always
27:53happy to get into a fight whenever I
27:54get the chance. Anyway, Edward arrived
27:56at the island, and soldiers were
27:58roaming all over the place. He had to
28:00fight his way deeper into the island,
28:01where Edward happened to meet Kidd and
28:03the Assassins. The dimwits in hoods,
28:05naturally, weren't thrilled about the
28:06protagonist's company. The head
28:08Assassin, named Ah Tabai, started
28:09coming at him. Like, not only did
28:11Edward off Duncan, which is fine enough
28:13. He really screwed them over by giving
28:15the Templars Duncan's documents, which
28:17had the Assassins 'bases marked,
28:18causing big problems for the latter.
28:20And on top of that, he also killed
28:22several members of the Order in Havana.
28:24The hero would've been put to rest
28:25right there. However, Kidd stood up for
28:27him. Saying, "Boss, don't judge too
28:29harshly, just look at him.""He's got'
28:31total [ __ ] 'written all over his face,
28:32a complete loony, honestly, you can't
28:33expect much from him.""Plus, Edward has
28:35Eagle Vision, and that must mean
28:37something—what exactly, I have no
28:39clue, but, you know, cut the little guy
28:42some slack, yeah." Ah Tabai backed off,
28:44and now it's time to take a stroll
28:45through the temple with Kidd. And here
28:47we have a little lore room. During the
28:49walk, Kidd will gently try to psyop
28:51Edward, like, "Listen, buddy.""
28:53Assassins are good people, they have
28:55the rules of the Creed.""They are on
28:58the right side and serve the good." But
29:00Edward replied that he couldn't care
29:01less about all that. "Guys, I’m not
29:03here for ideals, I’m in it for the
29:05money.""So, uh, let's keep the nonsense
29:07to a minimum." In this temple, by the
29:09way, the Aztecs or whoever lived here,
29:11they, like, built a huge mug of the
29:12Sage. Listen, just how wise do you have
29:15to be to have your face carved out of
29:17some lapis lazuli in a puzzle temple?
29:19What could he have possibly told the
29:20natives? "Boys, water is wet, fire is
29:22hot, so, you know, watch out.""And if
29:25you see idiots in iron shirts offering
29:27to trade pearls for blankets, don't
29:29agree.""No, don't do it." In short,
29:32Kidd explained that the Sage is needed
29:34to find the Observatory. And under no
29:35circumstances should we let the
29:37Templars get their hands on him. Ugh,
29:39well, alright then. By the way, while
29:41we were walking, it got dark, and the
29:43devils attacked the Assassins' hideout.
29:45And since Edward had screwed up and
29:46exposed everyone, he had to help those
29:48jerks and save all the Assassins. But
29:50honestly, their Order really confuses
29:52me. Even the reward from the chest here
29:54is questionable. But what is this? I
29:56found a closet in a chest. Why the hell
29:58did you hide a closet in a chest? In
29:59the end, I killed everyone. However,
30:01the leader of the soldiers managed to
30:02slip away. That is a certain Laurens
30:04Prins, a slave trader, and we’ll meet
30:06him a bit later. And Ah Tabai replied
30:08that Edward is a talented kid, but just
30:11too dumb, forget it. But so be it, the
30:13Assassins will forget about what he has
30:15done. Though if anything, he’s not
30:17welcome here. Yeah, screw you. After
30:19this mission, Kidd continued to feed
30:21Edward full of crap. Like, bro, we’re
30:25fighting the Templars. Got it. We are
30:29the good guys. Good. Bro. Is there the
30:32word "bro" in the word "Templar"? No.
30:34And is there one in the word "Assassin"
30:36? No. But there is the word "suck." So
30:39what is it? Well, here’s to us. Fine.
30:41In all seriousness. Basically, the
30:42foundation of the conflict between the
30:44Assassins and Templars was laid out
30:45here, about their struggle, goals, and
30:47blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. A couple of
30:48months later, we are moved to Nassau.
30:51Rumors that pirates had built their own
30:53republic here and were living the high
30:55life spread across the world, and other
30:57scum began flocking to Nassau from all
30:58over. Right now, we are graced by the
31:01presence of gentlemen Charles Vane and
31:03Jack Rackham. More pirates who actually
31:05existed in real life. In the game, they
31:07are some kind of, well, total weirdos,
31:09as we will see later. Actually, the
31:10guys arrived with some good news. They
31:13said there’s a fort nearby where a
31:15rich governor has arrived. So we can
31:17make some good money. And yes, the next
31:19mission will be about that. By the way,
31:21I liked how before the attack on the
31:23fort, Ed goes: "Yo, Adewale, you're
31:24about to make some cash, and then what?
31:26Don't you want to go back to Africa?"
31:28Well, back to your home. Damn, that
31:41Edward, of course, is really like a
31:43buddy. He’s a complete idiot, but
31:45there’s something relatable about him
31:46. He just tells the guy: "Why the hell
31:48not, let's go to your home in Africa,
31:50man, I was born here." Oh, come on,
31:52don't feed us that line. Alright, after
31:54a minute of multicultural jokes, we
31:56need to destroy the fort. Honestly,
31:58playing it before, I didn't really like
32:00it, but now, maybe I missed it or
32:02something. But it was actually fine,
32:04and I even did it a few times
32:06off-camera. And here, guys, mortars
32:08just decide everything; open fire on
32:10the damn fort, and it’s a blast. And
32:12after all the fortifications are broken
32:14, you need to sneak inside and take
32:15everyone out. Once again, with modern
32:17graphics, everything looks super sexy.
32:19And even by Assassin's Creed standards,
32:21there is scale and epicness. Suddenly,
32:23props to Ubisoft. They really did a
32:25great job. And in general, you’re all
32:26legends. All this side activity looks
32:29beautiful and is also fun to play. Well
32:32done. Actually, inside the fort, Edward
32:34and the boys found Torres. The old man
32:36started acting tough at first, saying
32:37he wouldn't say a thing. But after
32:40Edward threatened to turn him into a
32:42lipless freak, the old guy folded
32:44quickly and spilled that they’d been
32:45hunting for the Sage for two years and
32:47had finally found him. At the moment,
32:50he is being held captive by Laurens
32:52Prins. Now that’s some good news. A
32:54bit later, the boys sailed to a city
32:56named after my RAM. That’s XPG Lancer
32:59, by the way. Alright, Kingston,
33:01that’s exactly where Prins lives. So,
33:02what’s the plan? We decided to send
33:05Torres to see the Prince so he could
33:06strike a deal to buy the Sage. And once
33:09Torres buys the Sage, our heroes will
33:11swipe him and make a run for it. But
33:13there’s a problem, because Kidd
33:15showed up. He wants to take the Prince
33:16out. Edward talked him down, saying, "
33:19Bro, hold off, let's wait, there's a
33:20chance to snag the Sage." And what do
33:23you think? We were watching this whole
33:24scheme unfold. It looked like Torres
33:26had almost closed the deal. However,
33:28the Prince said, "I'm not selling you a
33:29damn thing.""And besides, you old fool,
33:31you led a tail right to me." Yes, the
33:33heroes were spotted, Torres and the
33:35Prince took off, and Edward had no
33:36choice but to bail before his face got
33:38smashed in. A bit later, you can meet
33:40up with Kidd. And my bro started jawing
33:42, saying, "Because of you, you dumb
33:44prick, we didn't manage to kill anyone,
33:46so like it or not, you owe me help
33:48taking out the Prince." And yeah,
33:50we’re going to have to help. Before
33:51heading out, we can chat one more time
33:53on the mill roof. And there, having
33:55cooled off, the heroes decided that
33:57they could just do this fair and square
33:59. Edward will grab the Sage and kill
34:01the Prince at the same time. However,
34:03he’s still going to need some help.
34:04And get ready, there’s going to be a
34:06plot twist. A twist, I’d even say,
34:08not just unexpected—it's fantastic.
34:10Not even a twist, it’s a full-on
34:12drift. Kidd cut his finger, put on some
34:14lipstick, and it turns out Kidd had
34:16been a woman the whole time. This
34:18lady’s real name is Mary Read. And
34:21now, with my new girlfriend, we need to
34:23sneak into the estate, find the Prince,
34:26and, let’s say, alternatively
34:27reanimate him. In other words, kill him
34:30like a dog. Make sure that piece of
34:33garbage he calls a heart stops beating,
34:36so he dies in agony, damn it, so the
34:39life slowly leaves his body. I pulled
34:42the whole thing off cleanly, found the
34:44old man, and retired him for good.
34:46After the classic scene where the
34:48Templars put Edward down, saying he's a
34:50degenerate without ideals or principles
34:52, Edward suddenly found the Sage, who
34:54had Mary at gunpoint. Coming to an
34:56agreement with Mr. Roberts didn't work
34:57out. Mary broke free. And the weirdo
34:59shot the alarm bell and ran away. And I
35:01, you know, decided not to stand around
35:02like an idiot either, so I bolted for
35:04the exit. And we had kind of an
35:06unexpected plot twist here. It’s easy
35:08for you, having played this 13 years
35:09ago, sitting there with your smart
35:11faces, knowing everything. Oh, Mary is
35:13a woman. I don’t get why all the
35:15dames in Edward’s life have to nag
35:17him so much. What about his nagging
35:18wife? What about Mary? "Have you ever
35:20thought about joining the Royal Navy?""
35:22Have you ever thought about shutting
35:23your trap?" Well, Edward made his point
35:25too, saying he’d be a loser in life
35:26otherwise, but this way he’ll make
35:28some cash. His wife didn't care about
35:30that at all, but he’s firmly
35:32convinced she’ll be happy when he
35:33comes back with pockets full of gold.
35:35Some time later, we’re taken to
35:37Nassau. And there’s a surprise: the
35:39men are arguing. As it turns out, the
35:41English showed up and gave the pirates
35:43a choice. Either you stop with this
35:45criminal crap and get a pardon, or
35:47it’s death. Hornigold suggests laying
35:49low and not robbing anyone for a while,
35:51so as not to provoke the King.
35:53Blackbeard, on the contrary, says screw
35:54the King; we should kick their asses
35:56instead. However, there’s a new
35:58problem here. People are getting sick.
35:59Nassau has been hit by some kind of
36:01epidemic, and as you can imagine,
36:02there’s no medicine. And so, Teach
36:04suggests attacking a ship to seize the
36:06medicine. Hornigold is against it. But,
36:08naturally, Edward makes the final call.
36:10He agrees that they need the medicine
36:11and that they should pull it off
36:13quietly. First, there’s another
36:15tutorial, this time for underwater
36:17swimming. But that didn't lead to
36:18anything, as the medicine on the sunken
36:20ship was long expired. And since doing
36:22it quietly didn't work, we’ll act in
36:24the open, following Teach’s plan. By
36:26the way, our old acquaintance Stede
36:28Bonnet has joined his crew. Generally,
36:30from his talks with Edward, Stede also
36:32got fired up about roaming the seas and
36:34being a pirate. It weighed on him that
36:36he left his wife and daughter back in
36:37England. And here is what Edward told
36:39him in the dialogue: As you can tell,
36:56our chubby bro decided to listen to his
36:58cool friend’s advice and become a
37:00pirate. Now he’ll be sailing with
37:02Blackbeard on his ship. By the way,
37:04that’s exactly how it was in reality.
37:05And suddenly this mission got a lot
37:07more fun, because you have to scrap not
37:09just with a dinghy, but with a real,
37:11solid ship. That’s always a pleasure.
37:13In the end, we won and even looted the
37:15medicine. However, it’s not enough.
37:17So Edward decided they should sail to
37:19Charles-Towne. Where, so to speak,
37:20there’s medicine out the wazoo and
37:22plenty of good loot to be had. By the
37:25way, after this mission, Stede Bonnet
37:26got himself his own ship and set off
37:28with his crew on a free voyage in
37:30search of adventure and riches. Oh,
37:33damn. No, not this mission, for f*** 's
37:36sake. Honestly, in the original, I
37:38remember it as super tedious crap,
37:40because you had to stealth your way
37:42through some shitty swamp under the
37:43cover of night. And it's basically the
37:46same thing, but there's no forced
37:48stealth here, so it's tolerable. In the
37:49end, the guys looted everything they
37:51needed, and that's it. Nice, Blackbeard
37:53is satisfied. But there is some sad
37:55news ahead. Teach decided to leave
37:57Nassau, leave his friends, to loot a
37:59bit of cash so he could spend his
38:00remaining years in comfort. That's it,
38:03the old man is retiring. Flashback.
38:05Caroline packed her bags and is leaving
38:07Edward. When asked why the hell she's
38:09doing that? Caroline replied, "You fool
38:11, you were paid well on the farm, but
38:13for some reason, you left and headed
38:15back out to sea again." Edward tried to
38:18brush it off, saying, "What are you
38:19talking about? They were paying me
38:20miserable pennies, for [ __ ] sake.""Do
38:22you want to be a peasant's wife?" But
38:24his girlfriend was already fed up with
38:25all of this—Edward and his schemes,
38:27and the fact that he couldn't stay home
38:28. So she left. But, by the way, I
38:30understand Edward in this moment.
38:32Between the sea and shoveling pig [ __ ],
38:34I'd choose the sea 100 out of 100. We
38:36return to Nassau, and it's suddenly a
38:38nightmare. Quite unexpectedly, Woodes
38:41Rogers arrived on the island with a
38:42bunch of English soldiers. They
38:44allegedly came to personally negotiate
38:46with the rulers of the island: Charles
38:48Vane, Hornigold, and Teach. Hornigold
38:50went out to talk. As you can imagine,
38:52we need to follow him. And as it turned
38:54out, the prick personally arrived to
38:56recruit pirates under the king's wing.
38:59To say: "Men, let's wrap this [ __ ] up,
39:01quit this business, we'll give you a
39:03pardon and you'll live well.""Just, you
39:06know, without the crime." Oh, and by
39:07the way, whoever among the pirates
39:09doesn't agree, well, they're [ __ ].
39:11Hornigold, accept the pardon. Agreed.
39:13Two random nobodies agreed, too. The
39:15only ones who put their foot down were
39:17Vane and Rackham. Those are my boys.
39:19But that's not all, because the British
39:22didn't just come for a visit; they put
39:24Nassau under blockade. So Edward and
39:25Vane have to try and somehow get the
39:27hell out of the city. There won't be
39:29any big surprises here, just a couple
39:30of prep missions. We need to steal
39:32gunpowder barrels, and then take them
39:34out to sea on a boat toward the English
39:36ships. Blow everything up there, and
39:38while the commotion is going on,
39:39quickly get away. Somehow or other, we
39:41managed to pull this off. And now all
39:44this riff-raff will be hanging out at
39:46Edward's villa. We're being moved there
39:47, by the way. The main character, as
39:49expected, is sprawled out on the table
39:51with a girl like a total pig. Oh, why
39:53are you nagging me, you [ __ ]? Why
39:55can't you just leave it be? And
39:57why are you starting this, Cobra? Ah,
39:59actually, at this point, Assassin's
40:00Creed 4 starts shifting from light
40:02adventure nonsense into something with
40:04a bit more drama. Friends have betrayed
40:07him, the Pirate Republic is failing,
40:08the Feds are terrorizing everyone, and
40:10this Cobra is busting my balls, too.
40:12Ugh, what’s happening here? Even the
40:13few people who still stuck with Edward.
40:16They’ve started to get bothered by
40:18his obsession with money. Adéwalé is
40:20distancing himself, and Mary is arguing
40:23, those jerks. By the way, Edward is
40:25still fired up about the idea of a
40:27Pirate Republic, where no one will boss
40:28them around or tell them what to do. So
40:31, he intends to revive Nassau, and for
40:33that, he’ll need the help of the
40:35so-called Blackbeard. That’s exactly
40:37who our hero headed off to see.
40:39Blackbeard, you know, just doesn't give
40:40a damn anymore. He politely brushed off
40:42his former friends, saying, "Look, boys
40:44, I’m done sailing, leave me the hell
40:46alone, for God's sake." I just want to
40:48live a good life. To celebrate his
40:50retirement, Blackbeard threw a party.
40:52By the way, during the dialogue, Thatch
40:54mentioned he’d heard a rumor that the
40:56Sage was seen on a ship called the
40:58Princess. And things seem just fine.
41:00Time for a booze-up. After all, Thatch
41:02is heading off to a well-deserved
41:04retirement. However, Edward was
41:05distracted by a suspicious dude in the
41:07crowd. The hero followed him, and it
41:09turns out, the [ __ ] was a plant. A
41:11little saboteur who brought the English
41:13to the island. So, what now? They
41:15couldn't have picked a worse time to
41:16attack. Total chaos broke out;
41:18everything is burning, exploding,
41:19it’s a nightmare. Had to jump on the
41:21ship as fast as possible and join the
41:23fight. I took everyone down pretty
41:24quickly. I was just starting to get
41:26happy. That’s it, victory. All that
41:27was left was to successfully board them
41:29. But then the terrible thing happened.
41:31During the slaughter on the deck,
41:33Blackbeard was shot. Edward couldn’t
41:34reach him in time, and in the end,
41:36Thatch was stabbed by some devil. And
41:38Edward was thrown overboard. [ __ ], what
41:41a disaster. Everyone is drinking and
41:43feeling down. And the only thing left
41:45of Blackbeard is his hat. Edward, of
41:48course, gave a speech, saying
41:49Blackbeard was the terror of the seas
41:51and would live forever in our hearts.
41:53Let’s promise we won’t forget him.
41:55But everyone is still feeling pretty
41:57sad. The protagonist included. There he
41:59sits, moping to the sad song of Anne
42:01Bonny. Suddenly, inside Thatch's hat,
42:03Edward discovered some kind of map. And
42:05, by the way, this scene wasn't in the
42:06original. Ubisoft added a few extra
42:07quests with his buddies here. And,
42:09honestly, this is a very good decision,
42:11because the quests are truly touching.
42:14For instance, with Thatch, you have to
42:16sail to some coordinates, where there's
42:18a stash he hid his treasures in. I
42:20found that chest, and suddenly, instead
42:22of gold and jewels, there were various
42:24tools and a letter inside. In it,
42:26Blackbeard wrote that Edward most
42:28likely found this chest after catching
42:30the scent of gold. It sucks, of course,
42:32that Thatch disappointed him, but this
42:34is also treasure in a way. After all,
42:37with these tools, you can cultivate the
42:38grand settlement that pirates always
42:40dreamed of. So Thatch asks Edward to
42:43build a place just like the one on
42:45Nassau. And Edward did exactly that.
42:47Back at the hub, those tools were put
42:49to use, and now the little island has
42:51crops and workers who, well, are doing
42:53something there. Cool. A bit later, the
42:57hero met Vane, and Charles suddenly
42:59joined Edward's quest to find the
43:00Observatory. So then the heroes sailed
43:03off to find the ship with the Sage.
43:05However, things didn't go quite so
43:06smoothly. The bastards attacked and
43:08sank Vane's ship. Luckily, he managed
43:10to scramble onto the Jackdaw. And while
43:12we were busy fighting the enemies and
43:14boarding their ship, a betrayal
43:16occurred. That piece of [ __ ] Jack
43:18Rackham and his men decided to seize
43:20the Jackdaw, leaving Vane and Edward on
43:22the sinking ship, and just sailed away.
43:24Some time later, we are transported to
43:26an uninhabited island, where Edward and
43:29Vane try to survive. And while the hero
43:30, by and large, didn't lose his mind,
43:32the same can't be said for Vane. He
43:34completely cracked up. The prick
43:36doesn't want to work together and keeps
43:38firing his pistol at Edward whenever he
43:40gets close. I'll have to sneak around
43:42him carefully and then kick his ass in
43:44a fair fight. Even though Edward didn't
43:46kill Vane, he decided not to help him
43:48either. And then, suddenly, a ship
43:50appeared on the horizon, black screen,
43:52and bam, Edward is back on his island.
43:54Rackham got caught, and as it turned
43:55out, he didn't even manage to cause
43:57much trouble. He messed around for two
43:59months and crawled back to Nassau to
44:01beg for a pardon. And since Edward was
44:03missing for a while, it means that,
44:05right, it’s been a long time since
44:07he’s been scolded. Yeah, if only your
44:09talent was put to good use. You are
44:12smart, but lazy. By the way, Edward
44:15hadn't given up on the quest for the
44:17Sage. He continued to actively search
44:19for him. He even sailed to Kingston and
44:20started questioning people there. And
44:23at this point, Adewale started
44:24complaining that Edward is, goddamn,
44:26obsessed. Both Adewale and the crew
44:28were tired of chasing the hero's dreams
44:30. Edward replied that he was almost
44:32there. He had just about grasped
44:34success by the tail. Especially since
44:36Hornigold and Rogers were nearby. Those
44:38bastards definitely know something. And
44:40yes, they are indeed nearby, but all
44:42they know is that Edward is following
44:44them. Well, okay, not just that. Edward
44:46also overheard that the Sage is
44:47currently in Africa. So, the next step
44:49is to sail there. However, before that,
44:52Edward received a little letter. Stede
44:55Bonnet wrote: "Brother, I’ve gotten
44:57into a bit of a mess. The governor’s
44:59men caught me, and I’m currently in
45:01prison." But that’s not really a
45:02problem. I’ll likely be released soon
45:04. However, there is some gathered loot
45:06on my ship. The ship itself is located
45:08near an island. And what the crew might
45:10do without a captain, I don't know. So,
45:12brother, as a personal favor, not just
45:14a service. Be so kind as to go check on
45:16the boys. And then we’ll meet up,
45:19just like in the good old days. And
45:21we’ll talk everything over there.
45:23This wasn't in the original either, so
45:24I went to see what Ubisoft had come up
45:26with. As it turned out, Stede’s ship
45:29had run aground. There’s a short
45:30mission here where you have to help the
45:32remnants of the crew and cut down the
45:34other part of the crew. In the end,
45:35Edward will find a key, go down to
45:37Stede’s cabin, and a letter from
45:38Stede was waiting for him there. on the
45:47I imagined facing death like you sword
45:50drawn full of gusto instead I found
45:52myself begging and weeping at the
45:54governor's feet I fear your advice was
45:57wasted on a constitution like mine I
46:00should have left pirating all together
46:02sailed home to my wife and children.
46:06That was the gift you gave me. I’m
46:16being absolutely serious right now.
46:18This quest is better than everything
46:20Ubisoft has done in the last few years.
46:21Wait, eight. It’s actually dramatic.
46:24I felt sad in Assassin's Creed, damn it
46:27, in a game about mindless idiots. And
46:53this quest fits perfectly into Edward's
46:55story, like it was meant to be. And it
46:58adds a little more depth to him as a
47:00character. Because if before Edward was
47:03just some reckless bandit and all his
47:04friends paid the price for it, now it
47:06adds that he didn't just act like an
47:08idiot and a criminal himself, he also
47:10dragged some random guy into it. And
47:12indirectly, because of the hero's fault
47:14, he was executed. And even Edward
47:16himself realizes this. Nah, you could
47:26have come to that conclusion in the
47:28original too, but there were fewer
47:30details there, and, well, you didn't
47:32really pay attention to it. And you
47:33know, it’s already being discussed
47:35that the Black Flag remake is selling
47:37well. Already 3 million copies in just
47:39a couple of weeks. Just so you know,
47:41that’s almost 200 Shadows total. The
47:42game has high ratings from critics and
47:44players, and in general, people praise
47:45it, yeah. And, like, holy [ __ ], if a
47:48game has a decent plot, people suddenly
47:52like it. If a game has interesting
47:55characters, and they do this, this,
47:57this, this, this, this, this, then, wow
47:59, suddenly it's fun to play. It can't
48:04be that if the game's plot isn't
48:06interrupted by meaningless garbage like
48:08clearing out checklists, but flows
48:10evenly and explains everything
48:12gradually, well, it can't be that
48:14people like that. Where the [ __ ] is
48:17that supposed to go? How is that even
48:20possible? Alright, Africa, naturally, I
48:23couldn't just catch the Sage here,
48:25because there was a sudden ambush. The
48:28Portuguese, I had to kill them all.
48:30However, on a small island, the hero
48:31noticed a camp. He stumbled right into
48:33it. And as luck would have it,
48:35Bartholomew Roberts was right there.
48:36Why are you pointing a gun at Edward?
48:38So Eddie told him, look old man, don't
48:40trip, let's talk. There’s no need for
48:42us to be enemies. I only need the
48:43Observatory, all these Templars,
48:45Assassins, and whatever else. They're
48:47just freaks, damn it, totally
48:48brainwashed. Look at them, it’s like
48:50someone opened their skulls and took a
48:52[ __ ] inside. I'm a simple man, we’ll
48:54definitely reach an agreement. In
48:55principle, my buddy is ready to
48:57cooperate, but he needs some help.
48:59Remember those two nobodies who
49:00accepted a royal pardon? They need to
49:03be, so to speak, uninstalled. But the
49:05problem is, as my Spanish friends say,
49:07me gusta tocar guitarra, me gusta tocar
49:10al son, y me gusta mi compañera cuando
49:12canta una canción. In short, Burgess
49:15and some guy named Cockram are dead.
49:17What did you expect? Sorry guys,
49:19that’s just how it is. We were
49:20sailing the sea, the wind was blowing
49:22the masts. Captain Douchebag jumped
49:24ship. And so now Roberts and I are
49:27friends. And yes, he gave me the
49:28coordinates of where to sail. There
49:29will be a couple more tasks here where
49:31you have to loot blood samples. The
49:33Templars had been collecting them the
49:34whole time, but forget it, the mission
49:36is pretty mediocre. In the end, I got
49:38everything, and with all that [ __ ], we
49:39sailed to the Observatory. On the way,
49:41by the way, Adewale started acting up
49:43again, like, "Hey man, you're really
49:44doing some [ __ ] now, you know." But
49:46those aren't all the surprises.
49:48Hornigold appeared, and now I have to
49:50clash with an old friend on the ships.
49:53And you know, I’ll say that I don't
49:55even understand how he became a terror
49:56of the seas, because he isn't even
49:58sailing a schooner, it feels like he's
49:59on some [ __ ] motorboat. So I hit him
50:02with one mortar shell. And that’s
50:03goodbye. Tail between his legs, the
50:06bastard tried to hide on the island,
50:07but no, bro, I'll catch you there too.
50:10And suddenly, Hornigold was completely
50:12soaked in Templar romanticism. He said
50:14that Edward was an idiot and chose the
50:15path of an assassin instead of the
50:17truth. And he made a claim, like: "You
50:19betrayed our philosophical life for a
50:20bunch of [ __ ]." The ones we've
50:22always hated? Hornigold replied that
50:24the Templars are different. Edward just
50:26doesn't understand that, and soon he'll
50:28be left all alone and end his days on
50:30the gallows. That’s it, the
50:32Observatory. We arrived there together
50:34with Roberts. Edward made it inside.
50:36And before the chaos begins, a few
50:38words about Bartholomew Roberts, or
50:40rather, about the Sage. So, the Sage is
50:42, essentially, a reincarnation of one
50:44of the Isu, or, as they were called at
50:45the time of the original release, the
50:47Precursors. Such a reincarnation is
50:50born consistently every 50-60 years,
50:52and it reincarnates the Isu named Aita.
50:56Honestly, I don't really have the
50:57desire to dig into all this stuff,
50:58because personally, I've always
50:59considered the content in Assassin's
51:01Creed about the Isu or the Precursors,
51:02in short, as just, you know, [ __ ]
51:04terrible content. I'll put it this way:
51:07Aita was a scientist back in his Isu
51:09state, he conducted various experiments
51:11, and he was the one who built the
51:12Observatory to track Pieces of Eden
51:14across the globe. As you can understand
51:17, only he knew where the Observatory
51:18was located. That is exactly why only
51:20his reincarnations can find the way to
51:23it. By the way, the Sage mentioned his
51:24love a couple of times, and you can
51:26even find various notes around the
51:28world. As I understand it, they were
51:29written by previous Sages. Basically,
51:31the catch is that Aita's wife is Juno,
51:33that [ __ ] who brainwashed Desmond at
51:35the end of the third part. Uh, so
51:37there's that. Bartholomew Roberts
51:39himself is just a pirate. Yes, a
51:42skilled, cool, scary, and famous person
51:45who really existed, and who, I think
51:47you know, created a specific code for
51:49his crew. Actually, Roberts showed how
51:52this tracking device works. You have to
51:54insert the blood-soaked trinket into
51:56the skull, and place the skull into
51:57some rings. And in this way, the device
51:59shows a projection of what the target
52:01person sees with their own eyes. And
52:03here comes an unexpected plot twist.
52:05Edward’s help is no longer needed, so
52:07Roberts punched the hero in the face
52:09and threw him into the water. Now he
52:11has to get out of the temple. But
52:12here’s the problem. Falling from the
52:14mountain, Edward got injured, and
52:16besides, his ship sailed away. The crew
52:18decided to ditch the hero and left him
52:20in Roberts' clutches, and he, in turn,
52:21decided to turn the hero over to the
52:23English, since there is a bounty on his
52:24head. Flashback. Edward is arguing with
52:27his wife. Caroline has a gut feeling
52:29that Edward will 100%get hurt and she
52:31won't survive it. The hero replies: "
52:33Chill out, I'll just go on this one
52:35voyage, and then we'll live together."
52:36Yeah, just like kings. And then, damn
52:38it, the mother-in-law outside the door
52:40starts croaking that it's over, leave
52:41him, don't torture yourself. Caroline,
52:43by the way, listened to her and said
52:45that Edward just wants to chase the
52:46wind, and he doesn't give a damn about
52:48his wife. Next, we are taken to a court
52:51hearing. During Edward's absence,
52:53something funny happened, because Mary
52:54and Anne decided to do a little
52:56pirating themselves. And, as you can
52:58see, they were caught and are about to
52:59be executed. However, the ladies played
53:02their trump card and said, "Aah, we're
53:03pregnant, you can't hang us." This, by
53:06the way, actually happened in real
53:07history too. Edward was sitting right
53:08there at the trial. The Templars jumped
53:10him and said, "Oh, what a surprise,
53:13buddy. Tell us where the Observatory is
53:15, or else that's it. No more head."
53:17Edward didn't crack, and they marinated
53:19him in prison for 4 months. That's
53:21exactly where the next mission starts.
53:23Edward is in the slammer shaking the
53:24cage and annoying the guards. It's very
53:26fortunate that Ah Tabai stopped by with
53:28the Assassins to save Mary and Anne.
53:30And, as a bonus, Edward too. But
53:32naturally, this doesn't come for free.
53:34You'll have to help save the girls.
53:36Well, how exactly to help? By beating
53:38the hell out of everyone solo, while Ah
53:40Tabai just stands there AFK. And then
53:42the terrible thing happened. Anne and
53:44Mary were actually pregnant. How they
53:46managed to give birth in 4 months, uh,
53:48history doesn't say, but it doesn't
53:50matter, because Edward finds Mary in
53:51critical condition. She can't even walk
53:54properly. While the hero was carrying
53:56her, Mary kept saying to drop her,
53:58leave her here, but no way, he went all
54:00the way. In the end, Mary was really in
54:02bad shape. Before dying, she said she
54:04had fulfilled her duty, unlike Edward.
54:07The hero said he couldn't do it without
54:09Mary, and his friend replied that she
54:11would always be with him and then
54:12passed away. Brutal. With Mary's body,
54:15Edward reached the shore where his
54:16mates were, and that was it. Now he is
54:18officially on total tilt. Edward
54:20doesn't know what to do. There is no
54:22plan. Looks like this is the end. All
54:24that's left is to booze it up and
54:26wallow in the mud like a [ __ ] pig.
54:27And, by the way, Edward is excellent at
54:29that. Now comes a classic Ubisoft
54:31mission, where the hero wanders around
54:33in his delirium and sees all sorts of
54:35hallucinations. But, I must admit,
54:36unlike a dozen other similar moments,
54:38in this game it actually works. It
54:40shows Edward's regret. He will crawl
54:43along the beach, while listening to
54:44demoralizing words from his dead
54:46friends. Then demoralizing words from
54:47the Templars, that he is an idiot who
54:49only cared about money and nothing more
54:51. And in the end, you have to sail on a
54:53ship and listen to accusations first
54:54from Caroline, and then from Mary.
54:56They’ll say that Edward is a fool. He
54:58did everything out of spite and greed.
55:00He just couldn't live a quiet life, the
55:02bastard. He can only destroy everything
55:04around him. Change your damn course
55:06before it's too late. And so, our main
55:08character wakes up on the shore.
55:10Adewale happened to be there, too. Even
55:12though he ran off with the crew like a
55:14rat, Edward holds no grudge. Besides,
55:15Adewale is done; he won't be a pirate
55:17anymore. The old man found his calling
55:19elsewhere; to be precise, he joined the
55:22Assassins. On the ship, Anne will take
55:24his place. You can chat with her later
55:26at the Assassin camp. And, by the way,
55:29they had a very touching dialogue. As
55:30it turned out, the child didn't survive
55:32. If she had stayed in prison, perhaps
55:34they could have saved him. And from all
55:36this, she concluded that she wasn't
55:38ready to be a mother living this life.
55:41In fact, all of them—Edward, Thatch,
55:43Hornigold, and the rest—face the same
55:46end: death. Everyone except Edward and
55:48Anne died. And she admitted that she
55:50misses their friends very much. Just as
55:53Edward does. Yeah. As my friend Arthur
55:56Morgan used to say, you can't live a
55:58bad life and expect a happy ending. The
56:01hero also started to realize that he
56:03was living his life all wrong, and you
56:05can chat with Oppong on the island. In
56:08the dialogue, it’s clear that Edward
56:09already wants to join the Assassins and
56:12understand their ideology. I see it as
56:14a form of redemption for him. By the
56:17way, after this scene, Edward wrote a
56:18letter to his wife. Basically saying, "
56:20My love, that's it, this time I'm
56:22firmly coming home soon." Just a few
56:24loose ends to tie up, and that's it. So
56:26just wait. I could go finish the story
56:29now, especially since there are only a
56:31couple of missions left. However, I
56:33thought, "Well, okay, they showed an
56:35epilogue for Thatch and Bonnet, so to
56:37speak." Therefore, since Mary died,
56:40they should give us some content about
56:42her, too. Especially since there was a
56:44clear hint that she loved Edward.
56:46It’s not entirely clear, though, what
56:48kind of love that was. And a quest like
56:50that would have been the perfect place
56:52to explain it. But, damn it, there is
56:55no such quest. The question is: why,
56:58Ubisoft? Are you kidding me? Are you
56:59serious? Even in the original, Mary's
57:01death was touching in its own way. And
57:03in the story, she was almost the only
57:05character who steered the hero toward
57:07the right path. She didn't just voice
57:09doubts, she flat-out said, "Hello, wake
57:11up, you're heading in the wrong
57:12direction." Plus, as I said, she loved
57:14Edward, and he didn’t give a damn
57:16about her either. And since they added
57:19new quests about friends here, well,
57:20damn it, they should’ve added one
57:22about Mary after Stede. It just begs to
57:25be done. Yeah, yeah, there is a rift
57:28mission that shows what if Mary wasn't
57:30an assassin, but that's total crap and
57:32there’s no drama there at all. It's
57:34more of a warm-up to make the idiot in
57:36the Animus renounce the Assassin Creed.
57:37Where the hell is the quest? It’s a
57:39shame, I’ll be honest. A personal
57:41quest for Mary felt like something they
57:42were obligated to do. Or at least a
57:45simple note where she’d write
57:47something to Edward, or finding some
57:49hideout where she lived with a portrait
57:51of Edward by her bed. Just something,
57:54damn it. So, if there won't be a DLC
57:56about her or a DLC about her life or
57:58something related to her, Ubisoft, well
58:00, that's a massive screw-up on your
58:02part. Although Ubisoft did make up for
58:04their mistake a little, since they
58:06brought in something new. Firstly, you
58:08can finish Padre’s quest, meaning
58:10find the bishop and take revenge on him
58:12. Well, skip that, there are no
58:13revelations there. And secondly, they
58:15added not just a quest, but an entire
58:18chapter. So, Edward was sitting in a
58:21tavern on his island and sipping some
58:23booze. When suddenly this, damn it,
58:26apartment-building-sized ship docked,
58:28and some Englishmen led by this mister
58:31disembarked. Meet Robert Maynard. A
58:34real historical figure who, in history,
58:37killed Edward Teach. In the game, as
58:39you understand, he did the same thing.
58:41They showed him to us a little earlier.
58:43So, this freak arrived with the goal of
58:45threatening Edward. Or, to be more
58:47precise, once again giving him a choice
58:48. Either stop plundering and get a
58:50pardon, or you guys are screwed. A bit
58:53later in the captain's cabin, Edward
58:54decided to discuss with Anne what to do
58:56next. His friend isn't really eager to
58:59tangle with Teach’s killer, but
59:00attacking head-on won't work, since
59:02Maynard is backed by nothing less than
59:04the Royal Navy. And so Edward proposes
59:06a plan: first, head to Kingston, find
59:08out what else Maynard wants and what
59:10his strength is, and then we’ll see.
59:13Well, okay, I went to his warehouse,
59:14looked for info there, and it turns out
59:16Maynard is building his own armada to
59:18end the pirates forever. And on top of
59:21that, some insanely cool pirate gunner
59:23is hanging out on his ship, creating
59:25powerful weapons. Oh, now that’s a
59:27conversation. Edward thought the same,
59:30so in the next mission, we'll need to
59:31sneak onto Maynard's ship, find the
59:33gunner there, and maybe the cash being
59:35delivered to him to build his armada.
59:38Actually, sneaking onto the ship didn't
59:40work out, so we had to smash it in a
59:42fair fight and board it, but naturally,
59:44there was no money there. However, we
59:47did find that very gunner. They had
59:48shoved him into a crate. And honestly,
59:50his appearance, to put it mildly,
59:52leaves a lot to be desired. A bit later
59:53, we all headed to the hub, and the
59:55heroes held a small party there. It’s
59:58, you know, a small breather before the
1:00:00big showdown against Maynard. While
1:00:02everyone is drinking and having fun,
1:00:04Edward decides to chat with his new
1:00:06friend, who goes by the nickname "
1:00:07Deadman." He’s a very shady character
1:00:09, let's say, and it's clear he's seen
1:00:11some serious [ __ ]. For instance, even
1:00:13here, Edward finds Deadman just as
1:00:15he’s digging his own grave. So our
1:00:17hero says: "Brother, I need you. Join
1:00:19us, and everything will be fine." Damn,
1:00:23Deadman agreed and even gave his real
1:00:25name, Tobias Smith. At the end of the
1:00:27party, Edward introduced the new member
1:00:29to the crew and laid out the plan. We
1:00:31need to beat the hell out of Maynard.
1:00:33To do that, we first need to cut off
1:00:34his funding, which means finding the
1:00:36treasurer who's sponsoring the
1:00:38construction of his armada. Then we
1:00:40need to destroy as many of his ships as
1:00:42possible, and only then can we take
1:00:44down Maynard himself. Everyone agree?
1:00:46So let's move. First up, the treasurer.
1:00:48Lucy will help Edward with that. She
1:00:50found out that the treasurer is hiding
1:00:52somewhere in Nassau. We barged in there
1:00:53together. Took the target out for good.
1:00:55Excellent. Everything seems to be going
1:00:57well. Edward found out where Maynard's
1:00:59treasury was moved to. So there's a
1:01:01solid chance to swipe his money.
1:01:02Magnificent. Meanwhile, Padre made a
1:01:05deal with his Spanish friends and
1:01:06talked them into joining the brawl
1:01:08against Maynard's armada. And yes,
1:01:11there's going to be a really cool and
1:01:12intense clash against a dozen ships
1:01:13with varying degrees of armor. I don't
1:01:16even know what to say, because it's
1:01:18simply impossible to describe it all
1:01:19without using the word "awesome." But
1:01:21that's not all. Obviously, that wasn't
1:01:23the whole armada. We just thinned their
1:01:25ranks a bit and took out the treasurer.
1:01:27We're still a long way from the end.
1:01:28Next, Lucy and I decided to try and
1:01:30steal Maynard's treasury anyway. It was
1:01:32moved somewhere to Tortuga. We went
1:01:35there. However, it was a trap. Edward
1:01:37found a letter there where Maynard
1:01:39wrote something like, "Kenway, you
1:01:41idiot, I played you so well, suck it."
1:01:43We had to run away with our tails
1:01:44between our legs. A bit later, we can
1:01:46chat with Anne, and she'll say
1:01:47something like, "Brother, are you up to
1:01:49your old tricks again?" Caught the
1:01:50scent of money and that's it, damn it.
1:01:52Barbossa moved in my pants and my brain
1:01:54shut off. Hello, can you hear me?
1:01:55Forgot that my boys are in the grave
1:01:57because of this. But that's not all. As
1:01:59it turned out, the treasury wasn't on
1:02:01Tortuga, but in Port Royal. So the
1:02:03whole gang got together and started
1:02:05deciding what to do. And, like,
1:02:06everyone agreed that attacking Maynard
1:02:08in Port Royal would be a good move.
1:02:10We'll swoop in suddenly, swipe
1:02:12everything, and take him out while
1:02:13we're at it. Sounds good. A bit later
1:02:15we arrived at the port, and here we
1:02:17have to work with all the Jackdaw
1:02:19officers. Together with Adéwalé, we
1:02:21need to free the captured pirates. With
1:02:23Thatch, destroy the cannons and other
1:02:24defensive crap, and with Anne, blow up
1:02:26the powder stores. Then Edward snuck
1:02:29onto Maynard's ship and blew up the
1:02:31powder there too. The plan was to
1:02:33finish there, jump on the ship together
1:02:35, and sail away. However, Edward
1:02:37remembered that Maynard had a treasury
1:02:39stashed somewhere, so he left his boys
1:02:41on the shore and ran to loot the money.
1:02:44But, naturally, it was a trap, and a
1:02:46ton of enemies jumped the hero. You
1:02:49have to kill them all and, like a
1:02:50scared loser, run back to the ship. But
1:02:53we're screwed, because the sneaky
1:02:55Maynard caught the hero's friends, put
1:02:57them on his ship, and even fired a
1:02:58volley at the town. Amidst the
1:03:00explosions, screams, and fires, we have
1:03:03to escape to the Jackdaw and then—yes
1:03:05, yes, damn it, yes—there will be a
1:03:07battle against Maynard's remaining
1:03:08armada. But that's not all, because in
1:03:11the end, there will be a boss fight.
1:03:13It's a new legendary ship, which, as
1:03:14you understand, is controlled by
1:03:16Maynard, guys. Well, I don't know.
1:03:18Ubisoft is my favorite company. I have
1:03:20never said a single bad word about them
1:03:23. Just geniuses. That damn gold is so
1:03:26stupid. I mean, was that really so hard
1:03:28? And, by the way, unlike the other
1:03:31legendary ships that can really kick
1:03:33your ass, the Ipswich is definitely
1:03:34simpler. Although my ship was almost
1:03:37fully upgraded by then, the fight is
1:03:39still super cool, and you'll appreciate
1:03:42it—in the rain, against such a beast.
1:03:44Well, it's pure sex, guys, pure sex. I
1:03:46can only express respect to Ubisoft for
1:03:48this chapter alone. The new quests in
1:03:50this game are, in principle, the best
1:03:52thing you've managed in the last 10
1:03:54years. Cool. At the end, of course,
1:03:56there will be a boarding, where you'll
1:03:58have to test your strength against
1:04:00Maynard. And check this out, his
1:04:01friends are locked in the hold, which
1:04:03is slowly filling with water. There's
1:04:05also money on the ship here. And after
1:04:07I defeated Maynard, he gave Edward a
1:04:09choice. The money or the key to the
1:04:12hold to save his friends. Maynard threw
1:04:14the key into the water and escaped
1:04:15himself. Edward hesitated for a bit, of
1:04:17course, but naturally chose his buddies
1:04:19. In the end, everyone was saved, but
1:04:21Maynard fled and the money was lost.
1:04:23Later, Edward went off to drink alone,
1:04:25and there was a scene where he talked
1:04:27to Thatch in his head. The latter told
1:04:29him it's better to hang out with
1:04:30friends than to be alone with a fat
1:04:32wallet. It's a shame they both realized
1:04:35it too late. Cool. And you know, I
1:04:37don't understand at all why this
1:04:39chapter wasn't included in the main
1:04:40plot. It's interesting, the missions
1:04:43are fun, the crew members are involved,
1:04:45we all worked together on the missions,
1:04:48and it fits perfectly into Edward's
1:04:50story, showing his transition from a
1:04:52greedy bastard to a normal human being.
1:04:55By the way, that's not all. You have to
1:04:57help Tobias get revenge on the captain
1:04:59who shoved him in a crate and find his
1:05:01wife's grave. The missions are
1:05:03generally not bad and even touching in
1:05:05their own way, but I personally found
1:05:07his character a bit creepy and goofy.
1:05:10So, I went through them neatly, got
1:05:12some new pistols, and thought: "So what
1:05:14? Like it or not, Assassin's Creed
1:05:18Black Flag is ending, so it's time to
1:05:19play the final chapter." As you
1:05:22remember, Edward visited the Assassins
1:05:24'island, where he basically confessed,
1:05:26admitted he had been acting wrongly,
1:05:27and wants to make things right for
1:05:29Mary's sake and help the Assassins. He
1:05:31doesn't fully understand their ideology
1:05:33and all that, but he will still make an
1:05:34impact. In short, we have to eliminate
1:05:37the remaining Templars, because the
1:05:38game suddenly remembered it's called
1:05:40Assassin's Creed. So let's go. The
1:05:42first in the Crazy Boss Rush is Woodes
1:05:45Rogers. He is in the city at some fancy
1:05:47party. You'll need to sneak in
1:05:49unnoticed and take the guy out. By the
1:05:52way, they suddenly had a dialogue where
1:05:54both guys agreed that the Observatory
1:05:57is truly dangerous and it's better not
1:05:59to use it. So if Rogers tells him where
1:06:02Roberts, the Sage, is hiding, Edward
1:06:04promised to stop him. Well, Rogers told
1:06:07him, thanks. The next stop, basically,
1:06:09is in Africa. There, you need to find
1:06:12the Sage on an island, then fight him
1:06:13on ships, and take that bastard out
1:06:15during the boarding. Here, he'll start
1:06:17yapping again about his love for his
1:06:19girl. And in that, he and Edward are
1:06:21similar. With one difference: Edward
1:06:23will return to his wife, but Roberts is
1:06:25dead, sucks for him. Edward took the
1:06:27surveillance skull from his body, and
1:06:29only the final touch remained. Torres,
1:06:31I have to head to Havana, where that
1:06:33very piece of work resides. However, it
1:06:35was a setup. They sicced six Templars
1:06:37in heavy armor on Edward. As you can
1:06:40guess, you have to take them out, while
1:06:41Torres himself headed to the
1:06:42Observatory. This is the final mission,
1:06:44and there are no revelations here at
1:06:45all. You have to fight your way to the
1:06:47Observatory, then fight inside it,
1:06:49break some three gizmos protecting the
1:06:51old man, and take him out too. Before
1:06:54dying, Torres said that Edward had been
1:06:55haunting and meddling with him the
1:06:57whole time, to which the hero replied
1:06:58that he was damn right to do so,
1:07:00because Torres wanted to lock all of
1:07:01humanity in a prison devoid of the
1:07:03spirit of freedom. Torres noted that
1:07:05Edward is firm in his convictions, it
1:07:07suits him, and with that, he kicked the
1:07:09bucket. In the end, Edward and his
1:07:11friends returned the device to its
1:07:13place and decided that the Observatory
1:07:15must be sealed and the key destroyed so
1:07:17that no one enters until a new Sage
1:07:19appears. And, by the way, Edward
1:07:21received a letter from England. And the
1:07:23letter, judging by the hero's reaction,
1:07:26is sad. A little later, you can chat
1:07:28with your friends. Anne asks about his
1:07:30future plans, and Edward says that in
1:07:31time he will settle down among the
1:07:33Assassins. We'll see what happens after
1:07:34that. And then a ship appeared on the
1:07:37horizon. Anne Bonny started to sing.
1:07:39Edward saw all his fallen friends and,
1:07:41as the singing continued, slowly walked
1:07:42down to the pier where his daughter had
1:07:44arrived. During the credits, you have
1:07:46to sail the sea with her. Jenny
1:07:48revealed that her mother, Caroline, had
1:07:50died long ago from an illness. To all
1:07:52this, Edward said that he was very
1:07:54sorry he wasn't there, but now they
1:07:56would travel together. In the
1:07:58post-credits scene, we are shown Edward
1:08:00about 10 years later. He is at the
1:08:02theater from the third game, hanging
1:08:04out with a grown-up Jenny and his
1:08:06second child, the boy Haytham. Cool.
1:08:09That's it, the end. What a [ __ ]
1:08:12awesome game, guys. Of course, for the
1:08:14most part, if not entirely, this is to
1:08:16the credit of the original, because the
1:08:18fourth Assassin's Creed is very cool on
1:08:19its own. And even people who don't like
1:08:22the series about idiots in white rags
1:08:23respect the fourth installment. The
1:08:26game is just really cool and fun by
1:08:28itself, so the remake had very little
1:08:29chance of screwing up, even if they
1:08:31didn't add a damn thing. No, of course,
1:08:34we know Ubisoft's talent; they could
1:08:35have managed to screw it up and drag a
1:08:37grind and level system into all this,
1:08:39like in the modern entries. But, thank
1:08:41God, they didn't. I won't ramble on for
1:08:43too long here, I'll say a couple of
1:08:45words about the new features, and then
1:08:46I'll draw a conclusion about the game
1:08:48as a whole. Everything they added here,
1:08:50except maybe the fishing, in my
1:08:51personal opinion, is just top-tier.
1:08:53They removed the tedious and
1:08:54unnecessary crap involving forced
1:08:55stealth and tailing missions, which
1:08:57made the missions much more interesting
1:08:58to play. They added officers just for
1:09:00the sake of it, and while their quests
1:09:02aren't exactly "wow," they’re
1:09:03perfectly fine. And the final quest
1:09:05about the showdown with Maynard is
1:09:06genuinely cool. It has scale, it’s
1:09:09interesting, fun, and it fits perfectly
1:09:11into Edward's story. And, of course,
1:09:14these epilogue missions about his
1:09:16friends. These missions are honestly
1:09:17some of the best quests I've ever seen
1:09:19in the Assassin's Creed series. I’ll
1:09:21agree, it doesn’t take much
1:09:22intelligence to be the best among
1:09:24garbage. But both missions turned out
1:09:26interesting and touching, especially
1:09:28the one with Bonnet. And importantly,
1:09:30these missions don't just tug at the
1:09:31heartstrings; they fit perfectly into
1:09:33the game's overall mood. Because, if
1:09:35you’ve noticed, from a certain point,
1:09:37Black Flag turns from a fun adventure
1:09:40into a real drama, and the whole game
1:09:42is soaked in a kind of sadness mixed
1:09:44with something warm and soulful. I mean
1:09:46, you remember all the fun and chaos
1:09:47from the beginning of the game? And
1:09:49then it hits you that the characters
1:09:51who took part in that have already died
1:09:53. And these missions, among other
1:09:55things, evoke those exact feelings. And
1:09:57I'll honestly admit, I can't even
1:09:59perceive the game without them now. It
1:10:01feels like they should have been there
1:10:02all along. Yes, Ubisoft messed up a bit
1:10:04by not making them for all of the
1:10:05hero's friends. They could have come up
1:10:07with something for Vane, or Hornigold,
1:10:09even if he was a traitor. I already
1:10:11mentioned Mary. That is a massive
1:10:13oversight. But even what’s there is
1:10:15really cool. Otherwise, it’s the same
1:10:17game in a modern shell. It plays,
1:10:19naturally, much smoother than the
1:10:21original. And there’s not really much
1:10:23to say here. The world is beautiful,
1:10:24the graphics are better, and the
1:10:25controls are more convenient. They may
1:10:27have dropped the ball slightly by
1:10:28removing the ability to pick up weapons
1:10:30, but overall, it's not critical. Naval
1:10:32battles still give me the exact same
1:10:34stiffy as they did 13 years ago. And
1:10:37considering that over these years, no
1:10:39truly cool pirate game has come out
1:10:41that doesn't look like some cartoony,
1:10:43drawn [ __ ], but instead has decent
1:10:45everything and is somewhat realistic,
1:10:47Black Flag is still great in this
1:10:49aspect. And maybe I just missed it, or
1:10:52I've gotten used to seeing Assassin's
1:10:54Creed look like absolute trash. But I
1:10:56enjoyed literally everything in this
1:10:58game. Both in terms of story and
1:11:00gameplay, I had a blast like a total
1:11:02addict. Just so you know, after
1:11:04finishing it, while I was writing the
1:11:05script, I played some more, and I ended
1:11:07up grinding the game to almost 100%. I
1:11:10have completed absolutely everything
1:11:11that is possible. Only the final
1:11:13touches remain. And you know, I
1:11:15complained a lot that in their recent
1:11:17games, Ubisoft forces you to grind and
1:11:19suffer through all kinds of
1:11:20uninteresting garbage. And what a
1:11:22surprise: if a game is interesting, you
1:11:25actually want to play it. And even
1:11:27after finishing the main story, you
1:11:29don’t want to urgently uninstall it
1:11:31and get drunk to forget it all as soon
1:11:33as possible, but rather keep running
1:11:34around and doing various side
1:11:36activities. And that’s because the
1:11:38game has a cool story, great characters
1:11:40, and decent side quests, some of which
1:11:41are actually quite interesting. And
1:11:43after finishing it, you want more. You
1:11:46don't need to be forcibly saddled with
1:11:48grinding and mindless looting. You’ll
1:11:49do it yourself with pleasure. And not
1:11:52just to kill time, but because you want
1:11:54to know what happens if I upgrade the
1:11:56ship to the max. What kind of reward
1:11:58will there be for upgrading your
1:11:59hideout? And what gear did I miss? Will
1:12:02there be cool stuff for finding all the
1:12:04treasures? Oh, and there are also
1:12:06legendary ships and so on. In terms of
1:12:10the plot, even though I had played the
1:12:11game and remembered it pretty well,
1:12:12listen, it felt like I was playing it
1:12:14for the first time. Assassin's Creed 4
1:12:16is basically a crew story about pirates
1:12:18, and that’s [ __ ] awesome. Even
1:12:20one more time, it was interesting to
1:12:22watch it all unfold. And, in fact, my
1:12:24opinion hasn't really changed.
1:12:25Everything involving the Assassins
1:12:27looks a bit out of place, but it's okay
1:12:29overall. Everything where pirates
1:12:31feature is magnificent. And it's
1:12:33surprising, if you look at it that way.
1:12:34Black Flag is, even compared to the
1:12:36Assassins games that came out before it
1:12:37, well, smaller in scale. You aren't
1:12:39hunting the Pope or famous crusaders
1:12:42here, you aren't collaborating with
1:12:44famous generals and warlords; you spend
1:12:46the whole game poking around islands
1:12:48with some half-hobo pirates, but it's
1:12:50still super interesting. Like, the game
1:12:53doesn't try to show off, it just does
1:12:55what it needs to. It tells you a simple
1:12:57, yet interesting story with cool
1:12:59characters who also participate in all
1:13:01this action. The game has a lot of
1:13:03drama. And, of course, the main
1:13:05character. Edward is just top-tier.
1:13:09Charismatic, cheerful, just a simple
1:13:11guy who was heading for success, but
1:13:12ended up losing all his friends,
1:13:14realized a few things, and got his act
1:13:16together in time. Again, I’ve already
1:13:18talked about all of this. I really like
1:13:20Black Flag, and I’m glad the remake
1:13:22came out and I can play with beautiful
1:13:24graphics and comfortable controls. Even
1:13:26taking into account that there aren't
1:13:27many new features, I don't really need
1:13:29them. The main thing is that they
1:13:30didn't ruin it. And honestly, I would
1:13:31love to see remakes of some
1:13:33installments, but only the ones that
1:13:34truly deserve them. Just imagine
1:13:37running around Florence or Rome with
1:13:39modern graphics and smooth controls—
1:13:41that would be fire. And I really, f***
1:13:44ing hope that Ubisoft does it, that
1:13:46they see the reaction to this remake
1:13:48and use it as a guide: both for
1:13:50creating remakes and developing new
1:13:52installments; that they cut the
1:13:54artificial padding, the mandatory grind
1:13:56, the crappy loot scavenging, and other
1:13:58such garbage from their games; and that
1:14:00all of that becomes just optional, side
1:14:02entertainment. And first and foremost,
1:14:06there will be decent scripts and decent
1:14:08characters, just like in the early
1:14:10games and like in AC. And it's not even
1:14:13about nostalgia. It's just that one is
1:14:15a game with a story, while the other is
1:14:17bulls**t you use to kill time after
1:14:19work. I don't need that. What, what?
1:14:21And there are time-killers everywhere
1:14:23these days, tons of them. But
1:14:25lighthearted, occasionally silly, yet
1:14:27fun action-adventure games in various
1:14:28historical settings—there are
1:14:30precious few of those. That’s why I
1:14:33sincerely hope Ubisoft understands
1:14:35something and draws the right
1:14:36conclusions. Assassin's Creed: Black
1:14:38Flag Remake is, quite frankly, my
1:14:40respects. Thank you for not ruining it.
1:14:42Thank you for a couple of cool moments.
1:14:44I finished it with great pleasure, it's
1:14:46simply top-tier. Well, that's it from
1:14:48me for today. Please, give it a like
1:14:51and subscribe to the channel if you
1:14:52haven't done so already. You can also
1:14:54share what you think about this goddamn
1:14:57Black Flag remake. I'll read it, I'll
1:14:59check it out. And also, guys, check out
1:15:02my Boosty, we've started watching the
1:15:04so-called House of the Dragon there,
1:15:06you know. Besides that, it's packed
1:15:08with plenty of other movies and series,
1:15:10and there are also playthroughs of
1:15:12various games. I recently finished The
1:15:14Last of Ass and will soon start the
1:15:16second part. I’ll be enjoying the
1:15:18company of my girl Abby once again.
1:15:20Some videos are publicly available, so
1:15:22if you're interested, the link is in
1:15:24the description. My Telegram is there
1:15:26too, come join us, I'd appreciate it.
1:15:28As for me, I'm going to polish off
1:15:30Black Flag to 100%and keep hoping that
1:15:32one day Ubisoft will also whip up a
1:15:34remake of Ezio's adventures. We aren't
1:15:37saying goodbye for long, don't be bored
1:15:39, and see you next time. Talk to you
1:15:42soon. Hey

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