Sailing Around the Caribbean // Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

The idea is to sail around the Wild West Indies seas without desynchronizing on the border. I sailed around counter clockwise starting from The Great Inagua Hideout. I lost my bearings on the bottom right corner of the map and about north of The Great Inagua Hideout. I tinkered with my counter around those points, so you'll see the timer counting down, and up, paused , and down again to be as close as possible to actual travel time.

I turned on several Abstergo cheats for smooth sailing (no waves) and calm weather. That didn't help much. There were still waves and rain.

Sailing Time............ 37min46sec

I'm done.

Strolling Through Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

I wasn't sure how I would go about doing this in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. With 50 locations and 75 islands to explore, this proved to be a much harder task.

I decided to just stick with 3 major cities in the game: Havana, Nassau, and Kingston. Along Aveline de Grandré's memories, Freedom Cry and DLC islands, I didn't include the Great Inagua Hideout location, despite it being a major place in the game. The terrain towards the back of the island involves jumping between trees and platforms. It's not a problem with Edward sprinting, but walking makes this impossible.

Sprinting Times
Havana................. 01min48sec
Nassau................. 01min43sec
Kingston............... 03min46sec

Total.................. 07min17sec

I'm done.

Sprinting Through Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

I wasn't sure how I would go about doing this in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. With 50 locations and 75 islands to explore, this proved to be a much harder task.

I decided to just stick with 3 major cities in the game: Havana, Nassau, and Kingston. Along Aveline de Grandré's memories, Freedom Cry and DLC islands, I didn't include the Great Inagua Hideout location, despite it being a major place in the game. The terrain towards the back of the island involves jumping between trees and platforms. It's not a problem with Edward sprinting, but walking makes this impossible.

Strolling Times
Havana................. 05min19sec
Nassau................. 05min08sec
Kingston............... 09min48sec

Total.................. 20min15sec

I'm done.

Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her

This is one of the shanties that your pirate crew sing while scouring the seas of the West Indies in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. This Golden Age of Piracy sequel to the not-so-popular American Revolution setting of Assassin's Creed 3 (AC3) is actually a prequel, story-wise. You play as Edward Kenway, grandfather of Ratonhnhaké:ton (Connor Kenway), the main protagonist of the past in the last game. When they announced this game earlier this year, they compared it to Connor's adventures, that, while his story was about a triumphant revolution, Edward's story is about a revolution that failed. Numerous previews and trailers showed Edward chumming it up with the likes of Blackbeard, Charles Vane and Benjamin Hornigold, among a few famous pirates from the 18th century. With that cast lineup and the setting, I knew going in this would be a sad and somber affair, but it was great seeing how everything unfolded. On with the review.

Blackbeard with Edward Kenway

Edward Kenway is less righteous compared to Connor or his ancestors (Ezio and Altair). Born to a farming family, he wanted more out of life. He left home and made a name for himself as a pirate as well as meeting up with the Assassin Order bureau in the West Indies. He was more concerned about getting rich than help out the assassins. If this weren't an Assassin's Creed game, this would be the best pirate game out there.