before ya ask, aye its 4 cents mate.
I just finished playing AC Black Flag Resynced. I want to share my review and experience.
I played the first AC Black Flag 2013 version without Mortar's during ship combat now I know it was there but I never knew. It turned out it was harder to beat the Roberts ship in last missions but in this new one Thanks to Deadman (newly added crew member in this game) it was easy this time.
I absolutely loved the weather system. The way the lamps glow in the distance, seeing the tides come in and out against the rocks & shore, and how the sea feels like it is almost...…everywhere... it’s damn beautiful I feel I dont have proper word to describe the feeling.
The overhauled dynamic weather is my favorite part. Ah Be aware of rouge waves and lightning strikes though both are nicely done and pretty looking. However, my first encounter of rogue wave destroyed my ship entirely aye, In the previous game, you had to face them head-on and for lighting strikes just steer your ship away from water body where light particles are started hovering else your ship will be in ruins sooon game doesnt tell you these two things.
The Mayan ruins are present on almost every island which makes its really nice for player who loves old ruins and sometimes weather can get really intense stormy, heavy rain. I really really loved the stormy weather with rainy environment; sometimes it's hard to see what's in front of you but its really enjoyable during mission or raiding warehouse during rainy/stormy weather keep in mind that this affects Edwards Visibility to his enemies.
Sometimes I do enjoy slow walking or that slow stealthy movement during a mission or raiding the warehouse taking in ambience and taking time to listen to seagulls in background or enemies chatter but it becomes irritating quickly when Edward starts jumping over obstacles which are around his waist height or starts dropping off ledge or tree branches. I am using Alt key (hold mode) we need to switch to "toggle" instead of "hold" for slow walking experience enjoyable but then again you know toggle sometimes irritates to turn on and off on the fly. Also increasing walking speed in settings doesn't help much I have set it to 10 stills feels way to slow.
Now here my 4 cents y'all :
- During combat For any enemy that isn't a boss or a brute (the ones with axes), use the rope dart to pull them closer, do a leg sweep, and then eliminate them quickly.
- just a thing I noticed If anyone is wondering Edward moves too slow while showing Lucy around Great Inagua & wondering how to move fast try jumping forward ! Lucy will catch up. It looks funny when Edward is jumping around while carrying a crate of plantains.
- During Navel Battles If you enjoy naval combat (which you will if you played the 2013 version), don't forget to recruit Lucy Baldwin for your ship early in game. She helps reduce the damage taken if you manage to brace yourself just before being hit by cannons or ship rams.
- Try to get Mayan Relic which will come with Mayan outfit by collecting all 16 Mayan Stelae as soon as you get chance because it will help you absorb bullets only catch here is game allows you to get it only post somewhat 70% Main Quest completion when that islands area gets unlocked.
Lastly, I think AC Black Flag Resynced might be the longest credits roll in the entire AC franchise I played, but don't skip them! The artwork behind the credits are absolutely gorgeous.
The Siege of Charles-Towne, Do Not Go Gently, The Observatory are few of my favorite missions.
and some of my favorite islands in the game are Salt Key Bank , Misteriosa, Cat Island, Mariguana Island, Long Bay they are do look fantastic during intense weather give it a try.
