I got my xbox One from UPS this morning and after setting it up to control my TV and cable box (works perfectly FYI) I threw in Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag and wanted to share a few moments with you.
The first video is the opening to the game and you get to see some ship-to-ship battle footage as well. It seems BF has learned from our horribly long introduction from AC3 and lets you just jump straight into the action.
The second clip is just some footage of Edward fighting multiple enemies at time. I use the hidden blades and pistol in addition to the duel swords. It’s the swordplay that I really wanted to showcase here and it is awesome. I have noticed some frame slippage where you don’t see the blade stab or slice but you hear it and then the enemy falls down dead. One thing I hope that increases is the amount of soldiers you fight as the death count rises. So far I am just in the first town and was hoping for soldiers to come running as their friends died like in other AC games. As you can see I had to go hunting for them.
The last clip is more ship footage. You get to see Edward swing onto an enemy ship and then take it over only to try and out run a hurricane! I have to say sailing in the game is pretty sweet. The ocean feels alive and as you hit the monster waves and see the water come on deck to do damage and even knock people off their feet it’s pretty amazing.
All these videos were captured, edited and shared using the xbox one’s built in DVR. It works pretty flawlessly and I dare say color me impressed.