Worth it for the right player.
At $59.99. We haven't seen it on sale.
- Graphics: 130 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 92 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Optimization: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 140 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Monetization: 78 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 27k player reviews · updated 2 days ago
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That said, this game gets the best from supportive settings like DLSS and frame gen and I didn't notice any weird textures, weird light behavior or some noticeable input delay.
Unlike most remasters, this copy of Black Flag is not just a graphical update, but also has new gameplay features, new combat, new story missions, new side missions, and just a whole bunch of refreshing content that makes the title feel almost like an entirely new game, and definitely worth paying full price again.
Usually between 120-150 FPS, some areas were able to crank it up to 160 FPS, especially on sea, which is for some reason really well optimized.
The audio track is amazing, for most part.
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Currently $59.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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