We grew up in prime time pirates of the carribean time frame that definitely made a mark on the soul

@JakeBaldino

3 ай бұрын

hell yes

@thedudrandom6692

3 ай бұрын

​@@JakeBaldinoI know I'm not tripping the chalistal protocol was the first AAAA game am I right 😅.

@GummiSosa

3 ай бұрын

I used to wish I was a pirate. Was a great dream for an 8 year old kid

@Timbo6669

3 ай бұрын

You made me feel old thank you. Pirates have been big with kids since they were roaming the high seas.

@datonreed2329

3 ай бұрын

​Its on hulu last ive seen​@raider_reaper_4194

Kind of ridiculous how a ten-plus year old game overshadows a new AAAA release.

@cenciende9401

3 ай бұрын

How is that ridiculous? Something great will always be great, masterpieces are never overshadowed

@supercooled

3 ай бұрын

quadruple A titles? What's ridiculous is the event of new standards.

@ihateallthethings2683

3 ай бұрын

Thanks man you’re now the 5000th person I’ve seen point that out. We know man. Literally every gaming channel on KZread has made that point already but yep good job

@TheDeanthedon

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@cenciende9401ridiculous not that black flag is great but that a game that was so derivative of something great and from the studio that made the great work is so much worse

@benjameshodges

3 ай бұрын

​@ihateallthethings2683 and yet there's still no answers.

Black Flag is pure pirate escapism. That’s what I really love about great single player games. Their a portal into living a fantasy. Would you really want to live the life of a actual pirate? Probably not, they had a lot of STD’s But the romance of it, the legend not the fact and a great immersive game like Black Flag makes you feel that, Red Dead 2 makes you feel like a cowboy. It’s like living a storybook or movie

@JakeBaldino

3 ай бұрын

Well said!

@kadenfauble

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree. I feel like the games that impact me the most are the games that feel like books. Red Dead 2 to me literally feels like when I'm engrossed in a book and I'm visualizing every page as I go

@monkofbob

3 ай бұрын

AC Black Flag is to DS9, as AC Syndicate is to TNG. Of the various iterations, Black Flag is the most bombastic and just fun entry

@dtectatl1

3 ай бұрын

​@@monkofbobI'm sorry but what the hell is DS9 and TNG?

@memecliparchives2254

3 ай бұрын

​@@monkofbobSyndicate is just fñat out generic though. Im not taking that back, because its true. The rope launcher basically parkour useless, Jacob Frye is an overall useless character and Evie unfortunately only exists to fix every screw up Jacob made. Its evident with how there are egregiously more Jacob missions than Evie ones.

I’ll die on the hill that Edward has the coolest base outfit as well as craft-able outfits. Almost all of them were awesome. Once you were fully upgraded with 4 guns, your swords, the blow gun on your back his main outfit just looked so badass.

@captaincaptain2128

3 ай бұрын

Conner's is the coolest, but Edwards is close second, especially with the pirate cloak.

AC4 IS FANTASTIC

@JakeBaldino

3 ай бұрын

PREACH

@redfoofan4618

3 ай бұрын

You can’t even tell this game is over 10 years old. This is a direct result of love and passion coming from the devs! I bet they had a blast making this masterpiece!

What hurts me is that pirate history is genuinely vast and there are so many awesome time periods and locations they could explore. My dream pirate game? AC4 mechanics but set in the 16th century Mediterranean and you are a Corsair for hire and can work for either the Knights of St John, The Barbary Pirates, or the Ottoman Empire, and you can explore as far north as the southern half of Italy, all islands in the Mediterranean, North Africa, and as far east as the Levant. You get to be pirate knights with plate armor, swords but also guns and that is something that literally happened historically and NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT. Which is absolutely wild lol.

@Kalamoren

3 ай бұрын

They even had James Kidd aka Mary Read

@christmaslights9870

3 ай бұрын

I’ll kill knight templars but I won’t play as one

@Brokenlance

3 ай бұрын

@@christmaslights9870 well what I was suggesting wasn’t necessarily another assassin’s creed game, it could be a whole new thing like skull and bones, which means the Knights of Saint John wouldn’t be “Templars”. Also, with what I was suggesting, your character would be a captain on a “ship for hire” so you could fight for whichever faction you wanted and even flip factions. Also, does that mean you skipped out on AC Rogue? Because that game was also really good.

@thesilentassassin1167

3 ай бұрын

Mediterranean Piracy especially 16-17 century is way more interesting than Caribbean piracy imo, would love to play as Part of Barbary Corsairs, especially under command of Heyreddin Barbarossa or Dragut Reis

@memecliparchives2254

3 ай бұрын

​@@BrokenlanceNah, Rogue unfortunately is a last minute last gen cash grab at the time. When people complained Unity needed more time, lets just say any resources to Rogue should have been diverted to the full development of Unity instead. A typical Ubisoft game cluttered with map icons? Rogue arguably is that game with the most alongside Unity, Syndicate and Odyssey. A melodramatic protagonist? Yep. A shallow interpretation of perspectives? Yep.

I would tackle the ship upgrades asap. I loved the Legendary Ship Battles. 🏴‍☠️

AC4 was so much fun, I bought it three times. On PS4, Switch, and last month on PS5

@aloafofshoaf

3 ай бұрын

I bought it several times, too. Even back in like 2014 I remember my girlfriend complaining to me that I already have like 3 copies of it. Pretty sure I've bought it at least once more since then lmao

@Ajayen--

3 ай бұрын

Same, have it on PlayStation, Switch and Xbox.

@Michael-nn9dr

3 ай бұрын

@@aloafofshoaf that’s the right way to do it brotha lmao

@bagdalaz

3 ай бұрын

how did u buy it on ps5? it's the same ps4 game

@Michael-nn9dr

3 ай бұрын

@@bagdalaz had the physical copy of it for ps4 and bought the digital copy of it on my ps5.

I have been replying Black Flag for the past few days. One thing you can clearly tell is that the devs have poured so much passion into this game. Me personally, I’m blown away by the lvl design and how organic Edward’s moves are! 🏴‍☠️ Havana and Kingston, top notch cities! 🤌

AC Black Flag was one of those games that was so beautiful when it released that I thought it was truly next gen when I played it on Xbox One. I also bought it for my Wii U. I haven't played it since then 11 years ago. I am playing Origin for the first time and loving it and I think I am going to go back and play Black Flag when I am done.

i just want more games released on GOG.

@darnydeeds5729

3 ай бұрын

As if Ubisoft will ever release a game without their precious DRM bullshitery.

One of the very best of AC games!! Shantis stuck on my head for weeks. The first legendary ship encounter gave me the chills!!

And the underwater diving bell dives! Face sharks head on and upgrade your bell to dive deeper for better treasure!

I honestly think the pirates/assassins was such a good combo, because if I ever got bored of being a pirate, I could go on land and be an assassin and vice versa.

As a kid I stuck up posters of real life pirate illustrations. When Black Flag came out I was also really into AC, so it was such an exciting combination! They got so much right with this game - the jungle environments were cool too - that it makes me sad it’s 10+ years later and we’re awash with so many live service games or AAA singleplayer games that focus on being big maps rather than innovative or detail-focused.

We need to make sure this game lives on, its a gem. One of my fav of the franchise. The customization of edward, ship was good. Story was great, the ship shanty's omg I miss them lol. The Ending cutscene makes me cry still lol

Black flag was one of my favorite assassins creed game. I remember it launched with a companion app where u tied it with your account, and you can navigate the game in real time using your tablet as a map. Good times

AC4 just ticks all the right boxes. I actually enjoyed the hiding-in-bushes and whistling gameplay, even if a bit repetitive, but the rest of the game really shines - Upgrading your gear, customising your outfit AND ship, building your own personal port, and obviously the ship battles. Each town, the characters, and the world, feel bustling and alive! Man, I want to play it again now...

This was my fav AC hands down and it hasnt missed a beat all these years later

Every year my gf and I rewatch all of the classic movie series. LOTR, HP, Star Wars etc. We're on Pirates of the Caribbean now and it made me get a serious itch to play a pirate game haha. Then I realized Skull and Bones is kind of doodoo, so I picked up Black Flag for 12 bucks and been loving it just as much as a decade ago. Crazy how it still holds up really well. That ship gameplay never gets old

Funilly enough, I played AC4 SO MUCH, that nowadays I prefer Rogue when I feel like replaying that "period" of AC. AC4 is awesome, but most of it is ships, and it does become repetitive after dozens of hours. And if you want classic assassin stuff, most of the 'on foot' gameplay is in islands with just trees. There are cities, but very little assassin content on them, I feel like Rogue (even though it has lots of little places as well) has more buildings and stuff to... well, to do assassin stuff in (regardless of being a templar lol). Oh, and the ship aspect seems less mandatory in Rogue as well. Honestly, kind of an underrated game.

@mmo5366

3 ай бұрын

Yeah AC: Rogue is the true sequel to AC4, and but got massively overshadowed by AC: Unity. Rigid was all right when I finally played through it a couple years ago.

Black Flag was perfectly put together. The ambiance, gameplay, and setting are a blend of genuine genius. The best in the series, hands down. This is why I love hearing Jake talk about what he loves. I feel like "we" are having a conversation about things we love to talk about.

AC Rogue has even better design for everything. My ultimate AC which I missed out but now playing remastered first time.

Been saying we need a pirate game that rivals RDR2 and Ghost of Tsushima

@JAAnewboy

3 ай бұрын

Tsushima isn’t even half of the game RDR2 is lmao can’t just lump them together

@atriz267

3 ай бұрын

@@JAAnewboyHe’s not saying it’s as good of a game. He’s saying in terms of quality and the story. The way rdr2 is western and the way got is samurai. he wants a great pirate game

@redbeardkingdom6890

3 ай бұрын

@atriz267 exactly! These dudes just don't get it.

@redbeardkingdom6890

3 ай бұрын

@JAAnewboy @atriz267 They aren't the same game at all, Ghost is more style over detail,but we NEED A pirate game that is to pirates what RDR is to Cowboys and Ghost is to Samurai.

@theysellsoulscheaphere8501

3 ай бұрын

Let's hope they get the black flag remake right

I personally was never a story driven player when it came to AC games. My introduction to the series was AC Revelations, but Black Flag was a whole different vibe and I loved it. I used to jump straight into the multiplayer for Black Flag any time I felt like playing, because I absolutely fell in love with the whole gameplay loop of hunting down your assigned player target attempting to get style kills on them, while at the same time avoiding other players who are attempting to kill you as your pursuers. The whole pirate creed atmosphere really sold it for me and was unlike anything other.

Absolutely LOVED the atmosphere, and the shanties added the perfect "spice" to enhance the immersion. You even chose my favorite as the example! So much love for this game.

I really loved the ship combat of this game. I tried replaying it and I remember feeling tired when I saw all the waypoints on my map. I had a serious flashback to Valhalla and I just couldn't do it again.

It's my favorite of the series to replay, I liked two of the Ezio games - but they don't play quite as well these days. I have a soft spot for Syndicate, but that's more to do with it being set in my home town. The whole upgradeable base of operations mechanic appeals to me a lot, so having a ship which is central to the gameplay is something I really enjoy; Syndicate scratched that itch somewhat with the train.

Black Flag was one of my favorite AC entries. It comes just behind AC:Origins and Odyssey, for me. I know a lot of people love to hate on them, but I really enjoyed them.

@rokudodamaza

3 ай бұрын

Yea, I enjoyed them too, don't like em, like at all, but I find enjoyment in all 3 of those entries

@OZYMANDlUS

3 ай бұрын

I would say AC4: BF, Then Odyssey for me. I haven't played origins yet. i like them both because, it is not the whole Assassin Creed story. That and wouldn't want to pop in the 300 in the background and Spartan kick your enemy off a cliff all the while in your head screaming: This is SPARTA!!, lol

Whoa - this is also one of my favorite games of all time! I feel like people look at me weird when I say that, but damn if I didnt get obsessed with finding everything in Black Flag

I remember being like 13 or so and walking into walmart to buy the disk copy of ac4, honestly my favorite ac game

Oh I played AC Black Flag and Rogue 4 times each last year! Black Flag is absolutely one of my favorite games ever. The entire AC franchise is amazing (for the most part)

I remember watching gameplay comparisons of the PS3/360 versions to the PS4/Xbox One versions and being so amazed

Oh boy, I spent hours just sailing around, looking at the beautiful islands, admiring the animations of the water…

I have all the AC games and I haven't played them in a while. I have the collector's edition of Black Flag with the statue sitting on my desk. Thanks Jake, I'm going to fire it up and play it again!

Also the book is so underrated! Give you the best perspective of his life and getting to know him more on the emotional level and shows his charisma and ambition, gives you more insight of his life to the end! Great video Jake 🫶 black flag is a masterpiece !

Men, I remember when Black Flag was released. I'm Cuban, and seeing Havana on a videogame was AMAZING. It was a huge deal, even for those not to much keen on games. Best AC ever

@Kalamoren

3 ай бұрын

Loved Havana in Driver 2! So fun especially with the hidden Mini car.

One thing i hope they fix in the remake, is i hope they make the cities seamless like in Odyssey. Its a bit immersion breaking having to enter a loading screen to dock. I hope they make it so you cab seamlessly sail up to the cities, and maybe even open up all the land for exploration like in odyssey.

Having never played Black Flag, I'm actually really curious about it after having heard so much praise for it recently.

Skull and Bones made me go back and finally finish Black Flag for the first time on my ROG Ally. It was an excellent journey.

Been finally getting the Platinum for AC4 Black Flat over the last week after playing through years ago and it’s still as great to replay all of this as Jake says. It just works great, and Kenway rocks.

The soundtrack in Black Flag is phenomenonal

I game for almost 40 years now and AC BF is the ONLY game I 100%'ed...twice! It also made me get back into gaming after a many year hiatus. Absolutely one of my top 3 games of all time.

The Legendary ship battle is tense on each edge of the map and the battle theme chef kiss.

Played Black Flag when it first came out and it's absolutely the best A.C. game in my opinion. I too want a new modern pirate game that incorporates some of the mechanics from Black Flag. I think there's an opportunity to make a pirate game that tells the story of Benjamin Hornigold. He interacted with many famous pirates. Okay I'm rambling. I think I'm going to install Black Flag and play again. It's been a minute since I have.

Hell yeah. Love this one so much. Great memories playing this in my first house in college. Waking up every morning and booting this up, roaming the open sea, listening to sea shanties 👌

I wish Rockstar would make a pirate game, that would be so fun!

Black Flag really does give me a sense of comfort most games don't. The whole vibe and gameplay is so great.

The very peak of Assassin's Creed and also the moment they freaked out and thought every game needs a big theme. Will always love this game. It still hits all these years later.

Black Flag is my first entry into the AC universe, and I was hooked ever since. It truly was a great game.

Black flag was good but the last time I was really blown away by an assassin’s creed game was AC Origin. Egypt was amazing.

Love the idea of a "Pirate's Creed." Only thing I would change is the name to "Pirate's Code."

My love for pirate games started with Sid Meyer's Pirates!. When Black Flag released it almost felt like a 3D, more immersie version of that game when out on the open sea and fighting other ships.

I wish Ubisoft would make a Zorro game, with the Assassins Creed mechanics and Formula! I think that would be an amazing experience!

This could be an entire series: why Jake loves… Really appreciate you sharing why Black Flag remains so awesome till this day, cool that it works so well on the Steam deck!

And there's me with nearly 2000 hours of Sid Meier's Pirates

@OZYMANDlUS

3 ай бұрын

Can you imagine the gameplay and freedom of AC4: BF, with the trading, fleet control and the Nations Simulation (along with Privateering) of Sid Meier's Pirates all mixed together in one game.

@valthe1st890

3 ай бұрын

One of my favorite games of all time. Pirates and AC4 are by miles the best pirate experiences.

@valthe1st890

3 ай бұрын

@@OZYMANDlUS That's the crazy thing about Skull AAAAnd Bones, they literally had 2-3 games that they could get the good stuff from and they even ignored their own game lol It's just sad because of what it could have been and now who knows when the next pirate game will be developed..

Black Flag is my fav AC

I feel like Odyssey was the true successor to this game. Arrows don't have the same impact as cannons, admittedly, but going in with your shipn in the place where ship combat and sailing were historically perfected, obliterating your enemies... combined with the 'evil' soundtrack that usually played during naval combat, and Kassandra felt like fυcking Darth Vader. You really felt like the apex predator in this game, like someone your enemies truly fear. And, when it comes to the rest of the gameplay, I feel like it was either a similar experience (with Kass hopping on her ship, ready to sail to the next adventure) or an outright better one. Both games, however, I wouldn't dare start over. The first time, with the mystery and all, they're great! But I've been thinking of replaying Black Flag these days, and the reminder of the insane grinding just puts me off... Same with Odyssey, naturally. I think the NG+ feature is needed for every newer Ubisoft game. And by "newer", I mean everything that came out after ACIII.

AC4 was the Pirates of the Caribbean game I always wanted

Finally! The AC4 Before You Buy! Had this game in my cart for 10 years but I think today’s the day!

I remember getting this game free with the Xbox One. I barely broke through the intro because I was playing Unity at the time😭 and didnt wanna play 2 AC's at once. I'll have to give this game another try, thanks!😇

One of my favourite games of the franchise, and also of a very very good year of gaming. One of the things which hit me visually was being the first game to have sunlight shine through the waves on the ocean, it was gorgeous. All this Skull & Bones stuff inspired me to not revisit this game specifically, but to play Syndicate for the first time, which I had never done because I became burnt out on the series and waited until Origins (a couple years after its release, and is fantastic) to jump back in.

Recently bought this game on PC, and playing it with everything on Ultra is so immersive. Ubisoft hit gold with this one

Amazing how the last 2 big releases have made people go play black flag and the Arkham series again🤣

This is truly my favorite AC game followed by AC3!

Not sure if they realized what they had when they put so much into the ship features. They made such a great game without realizing.

So glad you mentioned Rogue. One of my favorites that always gets overlooked.

@Caspeaon

3 ай бұрын

Right? So many people don’t even know it exists because of how horrendously they marketed for it lmao

GTA: Pirates is absolutely how I described AC4:BF.

Damn, you have been uploading a lot around here! Appreciate the effort, man. Take care ♥️

Being a massive physical media collector myself, I had already owned it on Xbox and Steam but I just had to have that Switch copy. I was pretty surprised at how well it plays on Nintendo’s almost ancient handheld hybrid now.

The Stream Deck is amazing and really going at showing yourself which games you truly enjoy. Personally playing through FfVII Remake on it and really enjoying it again.

I always imagined Chris Hemsworth (Thor) would've made a good live action Edward Kenway😂

I was so happy to play AC IV Black Flag on Nintendo Switch that was bundled with Rogue for it called “The Rebel Collection” that came out back in 2019 and man i played some of all time great video games without any knowledge going into these pirate games and honestly i liked Rogue more than black flag in terms of the storyline and this guy turning from the brotherhood to the templars it’s such a unique twist to Shay’s story but with Edward he just pirates shit for fun.

Blackwake is now free on steam! Awesome pirate game!

Damn - gonna have to dig this out again. I’ve played it at least 4 times, but it’s a joy every time

i still remember the shanties; i thought some of them were surprisingly really great. this is def on the replay list. glad to know it performs well enough on the deck! great vid!

This game definitely prepared me for Uncharted 4. I was a goddamn pirate expert by then 😂

Man the amount of hours I put into Black flag and AC3 is wild. Patiently counting down the days till 2028 so I can experience it again with wild graphics

Black Flag was a game I got on launch night of the PS4. I was working on moving so I didn't preorder a PS4 since I didn't know if I would be moved and got luck and they had one I reserved a few hours before midnight. When I got there I just randomly picked a couple games and this was my favorite from the bunch for sure.

I think AC Rouge is an underrated game imo. Not on the same level as Black flag but a worthy entry in the series

Edward Kenway had the charisma to carry a sequel or two for sure, Matt Ryan was soo good in this game. Deserved more.

I was unemployed when this game came out, and it definitely did me no favours in working towards getting a job. I've got the platinum twice, and if a remake comes, I will definitely be playing to full completion again. One of my top 10 for sure.

I always convinced myself that the combo system was deeper than it actually was, leaning into my controller, thinking jerking the stick towards and away from enemies as I parried like some madman lol

Black Flag is my favorite Assassin’s Creed. I do think we need more pirate and cowboy games.

I hundred percented Black Flag on the 360 and have been tempted to run through it again on the newer systems but am always given pause because of how LONG it took the first time.

I remember me and my brother fighting over playing AC:BF when it came out on our pc. we both did a 100% playthrough on different saves.. (I 100%ed it two times). good times indeed😅

Definitely one of my favorite ac games and for me it was great cause I just started one piece and my dad introduced me to the pirates of the Caribbean movie when I played this game. Definitely hits the nostalgia level for me 😂

I played black flag for the first time this January and it was incredible, really refreshing to play some prime gaming in a time where we’re not getting any big releases

@cenciende9401

3 ай бұрын

Non-stop big releases since last year which was the best year since 2013 for gaming, dunno what you're talking about. No reason to stick to what's new anyway, we all have an enormous backlog full of masterpieces that are worth our time

@Non-Legit

3 ай бұрын

@@cenciende9401 I just mean like early 2024 not the last decade lol

Never played this and waiting out for the remaster so I can fully enjoy it being a first time player. Love the assassins creed games but never got around to play this one, looks great!

Black Flag remains one of the best Assassin's Creed that Ubisoft has put out. I love 3 and Rogue, just the same

I always will remember this as a weak AC entry but a GOAT Tier pirate game. I personally like the Ezio trilogy more for AC but Black Flag is a better overall experience.

Thanks Jake got me playing Black flag again 🤗

Black flag had so much going on. Wanna five for treasure??? Hunt animals for dope ass gear??!! Fuck man it did it all. You can feel the love in this game and THATS why its so good. These games today AREN'T MADE WITH LOVE

@muchamore321

3 ай бұрын

Last ac game i played (yet) not the best story But possibly the best gameplay

@lordmegatron4789

3 ай бұрын

what gear?

@veitsknight

3 ай бұрын

Five for Treasure is a good DnD party name. Thanks!

@raider_reaper_4194

3 ай бұрын

​@lordmegatron4789 the ancient Aztec/Mayan one was my favorite too date.

@Non-Legit

3 ай бұрын

Yes its very noticeable how much love was put into the game the whole time and it makes a lot of sense because this was prime Ubisoft coming off of the release of Far Cry 3 and reiterating on what worked in AC3

Bro you comparing it to gta is so spot on. I keep thinking to myself if rockstar would take on a pirate game and make it a bit like rdr2 that would be crazy

I played this game so much, always enjoyed it, is Edward my fav, nope but the game play , that sandbox, such a great world to explore.

@cenciende9401

3 ай бұрын

To be fair, nobody could possibly top Ezio as a character

I still own the ps3 special edition that came with the status and the steel book and the music disc. My favorite game of all time is Black Flag. Best game play . But I can't wait for the remake. I am praying it will turn out well.i am, however, playing the ps4 digital version. I'm glad I still have all the stuff that came with it. This game will look so good on ps5 with new visuals and better framerate. as well as animation. It's still fun today . I love just getting lost in the world, and I barely use fast travel. I like to just spend hours hanging out at sea and hunting.

I jumped back into Black Flag on a whim yesterday and was pretty surprised today to see not just your video talking about it, but also Skill Up mentioning it lol. Guess that's not surprising since so many of us are doing that now thanks to Skull & Bones. I agree though with your thoughts, pretty much on all counts. Definitely the best pirate game out there. For me, the only thing that comes close is Sid Meier's Pirates. Not the original, super old one (too young for that), but the newer 3D one. Those games are very different but still did an amazing job at delivering that pirate fantasy in an open world style experience

black flag is one of those i really want to get around to, i only completed asassins one and two really really loved two, although kinda wish ubisoft goes back to giving us prince of persia games god i be missing them

I played Black Flag, got it as a Games with Gold, I played it through once, and thought it was wonderful but I haven't gone back to it in years. I hear there's a remaster coming so I might grab that.

I remember when this game first came out, playing it and wondering whether it was an assassins creed game with a pirate mini game or a pirate game with an assassins creed mini game? Then never coming to a conclusion as it was waaaay too much fun top to bottom. Also loved the sea shanty referencing my home city of liverpool😂