Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Optional real-money packs sell in-game currency and resources that speed crafting and progression.
Dialogue includes strong profanity, including 'fuck', across pirate crew banter.
Sword, gun and hidden-blade combat against human soldiers and pirates with blood shown on strikes; enemies fall and bodies remain, but there is no dismemberment or gore.
Rum and grog are drunk throughout taverns and aboard ship, with drunkenness shown as part of pirate life.
The story depicts slavery, plantation cruelty, betrayal, and the deaths of named characters, ending on a note of loss.
As a pirate the player plunders and boards ships, robs, and assaults targets as core gameplay.
Bawdy sailor and tavern dialogue includes open sexual jokes and propositions; nothing sexual is shown on screen.
Some tavern and city NPCs wear low-cut or revealing period dress; no exposure is shown.
Hunting land animals and harpooning sharks and whales supplies crafting materials as ordinary gameplay.
Sex work is referenced in the port-town setting and dialogue; the player does not engage in it as an action.
The optional purchases are always available with no timers or expiring offers.
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What it is
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag is an open-world action-adventure game set in the Caribbean during the early 1700s Golden Age of Piracy. Playing as pirate Edward Kenway, the player sails a ship, boards and plunders enemy vessels, explores port cities and islands, and fights soldiers with swords, pistols and stealth assassinations. Combat is realistic and bloody but without gore or dismemberment. The world includes strong profanity, on-screen drinking in taverns, and heavy subject matter such as slavery, execution and colonial oppression, alongside sexual references and revealing period attire. A modern-day framing story wraps the pirate campaign in a corporate sci-fi setting. Optional real-money packs sell in-game currency and resources.
How it's framed
The game frames piracy as a fight for freedom against the controlling forces of empire and the Templars, presenting its outlaws sympathetically while showing the brutality of slavery and colonial violence as backdrop to Edward's pursuit of fortune. Violence against soldiers and rival pirates is rewarded through plunder and progression, and the narrative treats loss, betrayal and mortality with a serious, melancholy tone.
Details
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
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