

It's been two full years since the last full release ( Assassin's Creed: Syndicate in 2015). Heck, if the save file could have been transferred over, I would have gladly traded in my PS3 copy of Black Flag for a PS4 retail copy.Įven Ubisoft realized that the series was growing stale, and stopped their cycle of releasing two or three games per year. This is after I had enjoyed Black Flag so much that I happily bought a retail gift copy for a friend and recommended the game to yet another friend. As such, I opted to buy the game used off of eBay so as not to support Ubisoft. Since the refreshing exceptionalism of Black Flag, the Assassin's Creed franchise has been scarred by mediocrity and controversy. Hey, I actually managed to play and review all of this past holiday season's big, Triple-A releases! Hooray for me! I mean, sure it's the end of February, and I'm just now reviewing a game that came out last October, but at least I did play it. Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Use of AlcoholĪ/game/en-us/home/ ( < indicates platform I played for review)īlood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, XBox One (via retail disc or XBox Live digital download).

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