New ‘Assassin’s Creed IV’ Shows Off Open-World Caribbean Exploration

Posted on August 25, 2013 at 1:39 pm

Recent videos for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag have all for the game’s pirating gameplay, particularly sea battles between ships. However, one core aspect of pirating have been missing: the liberty of the wide-open sea.

Today Ubisoft released a video designed to illustrate just how large Black Flag‘s West Indies setting is. Players gets to explore Cuba; segments of Florida and the Bahamas; and each of the Caribbean waters in-between. As well as attacking and boarding ships, players would be capable of hire a crew to perform a little rum-running, find hidden upgrade items within the map, and explore desolate Mayan ruins. Players may also have Edward Kenway get drunk at taverns, similar to real pirates.

The video is narrated by Black Flag Game Director Ashraf Ismail, who goes over all of the new features included within the game. Sea battles aren’t ignored completely, though, and many of the weapon upgrades available for player ships are all previewed within the video.

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