I was sorely disappointed when Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned was cancelled in 2010. There’s just something about the pirate life that appeals to me. Not in real-life of course… I don’t drink alcohol, and I’m not exactly a confident swimmer, so I’ve got that going against me. But in the virtual world, I’ve always wanted a more current, complete pirate experience…
Well Ubisoft‘s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is looking more and more likely to fulfill that yearning – funnily enough, Armada of the Damned was compared to Assassin’s Creed back when people first got hands-on. Embedded below, you will find a naval/fort gameplay walkthrough video, with game director Ashraf Ismail walking us through those specific elements of Black Flag. Note the seamlessness between destroying a fort and then raiding it. Oh, and we also get a peek at an opening cutscene featuring Captain Edward Kenway and first mate Adewale touching on the racism of the time, before proclaiming the Jackdaw their “country”.
