Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

So cool! I'm jealous of your Buccaneer :P

I finally finished downloading the game on Uplay last night, and play about 20 minutes. I can't wait to sink my teeth in this weekend. It looks gorgeous on PC, but I might need to tweak of a few settings to get a smooth FPS.

How are we friending each other on Uplay for some deathmatch?
 
Done installing now, but stupid Uplay is downloading an update at 40kbps for some weird reason and I really don't feel like waiting 4 hours before I can play. I know you can skip updates on Uplay, but I want to play online so I can use Kenway's Fleet etc.
 
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I updated my uPlay this morning. Wont be able to install and play until I get home from work anyway... :(
 
Wlad said:
Done installing now, but stupid Uplay is downloading an update at 40kbps more some weird reason and I really don't feel like waiting 4 hours before I can play. I know you can skip updates on Uplay, but I want to play online so I can use Kenway's Fleet etc.
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How big is the update needed?
 
DieGrootHammer said:
How big is the update needed?
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Its about 650mb after installing from the retail disc. Have no idea why it's downloading so slow as Uplay itself did an update earlier and that downloaded at about 300kbps, which is what I normally get during the day.
 
Wlad said:
Its about 650mb after installing from the retail disc. Have no idea why it's downloading so slow as Uplay itself did an update earlier and that downloaded at about 300kbps, which is what I normally get during the day.
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Only getting my copy after work, so I'll let it download tonight and keep playing the single player...I still can play the single player WITHOUT the update?
 
DieGrootHammer said:
Only getting my copy after work, so I'll let it download tonight and keep playing the single player...I still can play the single player WITHOUT the update?
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I think so yeah, if my update isn't done in about 20 minutes from now I'm just gonna start playing as well, really don't want to wait anymore.

Weird, Uplay just went offline for some reason and when I restarted the size of the update was suddenly smaller. It's still going really slow though. :confused:
 
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Just started playing, between the update and work around the use it's been a slow start. Opinion coming later
 
Okay, my main gripe is that there is once again the 'game within a game' nonsense. Can we not just skip the whole Animus thing and just play the historical ancestor part? I'm really not interested in what happens outside the animus, just like I wasn't interested in the previous 5 games. It's silly fluff that I wish we had the option to skip entirely.

Other than that, it's an amazing game and possibly the best AC game to date. I spent about an hour just floating around, plundering every ship in site. You die often, though. The game is definitely a lot tougher than its predecessors.
 
DieGrootHammer said:
Only getting my copy after work, so I'll let it download tonight and keep playing the single player...I still can play the single player WITHOUT the update?
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You can definitely play SP without update, got tired of waiting now and just started playing in offline mode. PC looks sooo much better than console!
 
Umm I played the first Assassin's Creed and no other ones past 20mins or so. Is it necessary to have played all the others before playing this one?
 
Wlad said:
You can definitely play SP without update, got tired of waiting now and just started playing in offline mode. PC looks sooo much better than console!
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Thank goodness! If my download isn't doing line speed then I'm skipping it too.
 
Wlad said:
You can definitely play SP without update, got tired of waiting now and just started playing in offline mode. PC looks sooo much better than console!
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Thanks that's good news!!!

Pooky said:
Umm I played the first Assassin's Creed and no other ones past 20mins or so. Is it necessary to have played all the others before playing this one?
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As far as I know, no you don't have to. I missed some of the games, but it seems that the Desmund story has been abandoned for a silent protagonist. And the pirate story should be standing on it's own. Or at least that's what I'm hoping for.
 
Murph said:
Indeed he did. Helps to go one page back sometimes.
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The first time I went in it was about 650mb, but then Uplay went offline for some reason and when I restarted it showed the update as about 250mb. Not sure if it's Uplay being crazy or if it did actually download 400mb in the time I left it, but it does show that it's downloading at between 40 and 60kbps, which is really slow considering I have a 4mb line.

I did play SP without the patch for about an hour now and when I went back in to do the update it carried on from where I left it, so that's cool at least. It's still doing about 40kbps though, which is not cool, but I think my connection is a bit slow for some reason at the moment since I tested it now and it's not just Uplay that's slow.
 
Ok I'm loving this, best way to describe it one sentence is that it's like brotherhood but with pirates. Havana is dense and perfect for free running and I'm pinching myself with the graphics.
 
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