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Trade in Challenge - Assassins Creed: Black Flag

Trade in Detectives' Glen Beckley enters his penultimate entry to the Trade in Challenge, and details what he thought off his recent purchase [Black Flag] along side how he managed to bag it for just £8.88!

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ZBlacktt3806d ago

The Creed' fanbase love this game to death. As does people not so die hard of the series. With AC3 turning a lot of people off. This game has once again put the spark back into it. Something not felt since AC2/Brotherhood. I'm more then half done with everything in the game on the PS4 version. That's how many hows I've put in since I got it. It's that good.

GarrusVakarian3806d ago (Edited 3806d ago )

I need your honest opinion on something ZBlacktt (please try and be as unbiased as you can), just how much 'Assassin' is this game? Obviously im expecting heavy use on the pirate theme (duh), but can you still say its an ASSASSINS creed game?

I just want to be 100% before i purchase this game, the past few haven't been very 'assassin' in my opinion. Ive seen some gameplay of my friend playing it on PC and apart from dumb AI and sometimes annoying free running controls, it seems very good. Miles better than 3 and revelations. But i couldnt help but think it should have been called Pirates Creed.

I ask you because he hasn't played much of the story at all......

ZBlacktt3806d ago

Well, to be honest it comes and goes. It's like AC, Far Cry and Prince of Persia all mixed into a Pirate game. Oh it's all good bro, I'm to old to not say how I feel. Even if I like something a lot. There is A LOT of AC in it yes. But once you get out on the sea, you tend to forget that. But you are also not really thinking it's not. Because the setting,visuals and game play is just so damn good. Even the music is so good. It's like you get out there and you are looking through your spy glass never knowing what you'll see. Then you spot a ship with a huge mast and sails. That means big money! So the level of excitement never dies because the map is huge. The activities are so many.

If AC2 is the best because of the story. Then this one is the best because of the visuals, graphics, gameplay and fun. I've yet to open my other games I've gotten. This world is so alive is breath taking.

A con, well the typical AC mechanics are still around. Yes that grab things you never meant to grab. Jump a tad off direction you intended, etc. But the way the world is set up it so freer to move, climb, hide, etc. When you start seeing Man O War ships out at sea for the first time. It's awesome! They are like floating cities with 50 canons on each side and mortars on top. When you pull up next to one to board it. All you see is a wall of canons over you ship deck, lol. Because your ship is so small compared.

There are 4 ships that are even bigger then those. :D

Games a total win in every way. I'll be getting the DLC for it as well. I don't care much for the multiplayer. Just never been something I'd get into.. walking around stab someone walk around.

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Leaked Early Prototype Footage Reveals Development Stages Of Several Assassin's Creed Games

Prototype footage from several of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed titles has leaked, revealing early stages of their development.

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EA Hopes to Use Generative AI to Drive Monetization and Make Development 30% More Efficient

Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.

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thorstein47d ago

I wonder what the next buzz word they'll slap in front of AI to make it sound exciting next? "Generative" as if it's creating its own content. Lol.

Cacabunga46d ago

EA is already dying a painful death..

peppeaccardo46d ago

i have a better idea .. why the whole exec team doesn't get replaced by chat bots ?

just_looken47d ago

Though i agree the ai thing is already in other forms of media there have been ai translations/scripts/voice over and even full ai commercials aired on tv. Ubisoft has created a ai game creator story/vo/music except the building of the game

The new unreal engine has auto terrain creation tools

In the world of greed in which it is winning without any major blow back ai is our future.

everyone want's biden dead on the mic or a criminal instead of a woman and now we are getting ai everything because no one will stop watching/playing ai created media.

GamerRN46d ago

Maybe they should just focus on making good games?

Just a thought...

Kiryu199246d ago

Exactly EA are just pure evil. When they are beating Bank of America to be voted the worst company to work for that’s saying a lot

Good thing I don’t buy their games day one and wait for deep deep sale years after launch (the select few games I am actually interested in)

Gaming is making so much money yet the greed of these companies is never ending

CEO’s and people on board making millions yet cutting jobs to those who are actually making the products

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Knightofelemia47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.

Stuart575647d ago

EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'

I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.

ChasterMies46d ago

I having a feeling that most of the layoffs in the industry are based on the idea that AI will do the same job for less.

DarXyde46d ago

Very likely, yes.

Made worse by the fact that the execs aren't changing their compensations.

My deepest fear at this point is that we are now in the capitalism endgame.

At this point, we really should just burn AI to the ground. Executives cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
How are those people expected to support families if everything gets automated?

Barlos47d ago (Edited 47d ago )

And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.

No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.

CobraKai47d ago

Exactly. If or when games start becoming more AI than people, im done with gaming. AI and companies like EA can suck donkey d***k.

just_looken47d ago

Though i agree remember this is no ps3/360 era were we got up to 3 games in one generation from on developer like gears/halo/bioware/sony/ms

The people today are pro esg/sweet baby for the most part AAA gaming is imploding right now.

We should be stepping back re evaluate everything as a whole this year xmen 97 written/directed by a woman that is nuts and its also being made by a group reshaping bodies to be less sexual like wtf. A dam famous cartoon from the 90's is being rebuilt with millions spent to be worse in everyway.

Gaming/movies/tv shows made today are worse than what we had 7years ago ai won't change this but that ai is also being made by these groups so either way we are screwed.
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Eonjay46d ago

Don't be of afraid of women. Sexy characters in games and movies still exist. Got my Stellar Blade on preorder!!! Everything all the time doesn't need to be sexual...that's stupid, childish and dull.

Chocoburger46d ago (Edited 46d ago )

EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.

SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5

Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"

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The Best Pirate-Themed Video Games (Not Skull and Bones)

BY JASON MONROE: The very best pirate-themed video games that you should play instead of the disappointment that is Skull and Bones.

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thorstein51d ago

PoE: Deadfire, Unless you have a or PS5 or an SSD don't bother, loading times are insane. A minute and a half to go into a room to investigate a desk in an inn and then an additional 1 1/2 minutes to leave the room and then load to leave the inn???

And they never fixed it.