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Revisiting the PERFECTION of Assassin's Creed Black Flag

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  • Published on Mar 16, 2026

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  • @GameOverloadMO
    @GameOverloadMO  9 months ago +4

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  • @Milothemighty10
    @Milothemighty10 9 months ago +62

    This guy uploads every once in a blue moon, but every time it’s a banger…

  • @surya_vivek
    @surya_vivek 9 months ago +16

    This game is definitely one of the best games ever made

  • @antero5153
    @antero5153 9 months ago +12

    1:50 Me when I was lying

  • @Mfhanley1991
    @Mfhanley1991 8 months ago +13

    When it comes to sending ships to your fleet, as an OG console player, it ruled. It took a bit of time to get your fleet going, but man, once it was rolling, you DOMINATED the Atlantic. I usually am not one for managing passive things, but looking at the map made you FEEL the power and influence.

  • @yowsg_king
    @yowsg_king 9 months ago +41

    The uniqueness in this game is amazing

  • @user4ccount
    @user4ccount 9 months ago +10

    There is a mod to skip all Absergo missions and just play throughout the game without leaving the Animus.

  • @itsKtoday
    @itsKtoday 5 months ago +2

    black flag is my favorite creed game

  • @voldigoad279
    @voldigoad279 9 months ago +3

    Bro remembered his password

  • @imabeast991
    @imabeast991 9 months ago +1

    Literally yesterday I was on your page wondering if you would upload again😮

  • @Cruel-Striker
    @Cruel-Striker 6 months ago +3

    I was thinking about getting this game but i might wait for a remaster. also LOVE your videos man can't wait for you to blow up.

  • @trulsbrennmon5425
    @trulsbrennmon5425 6 months ago +3

    I really like the pirate/assassin story, and I'll try to defend it:
    Edward Kenway is the definition and pinnacle of free will. He does what he wants and is always fighting for more freedom (which is why he becomes a pirate in the first place). His whole personality is free will, which is why he often has to be held back by others. The pirate story develops around this very theme, where Edward joins the fight for Nassau to ensure freedom and the lack of order and control. Now, when he finds out at the beginning that there is a whole conflict going on that revolves around this very theme, he just can't ignore it. The assassins want free will, and the Templars want control. He recognizes this struggle from the struggle he is fighting inside himself. This is what makes the pirate/assassin story work. Think about how you just can't ignore a conflict when you wholeheartedly side and reason with it. You kind of think "I have to do something, I have to at least help a little", and then you just end up getting dragged further and further into the chaos...
    I'll leave it at that, that's why the assassin/pirate story works in my opinion.

    • @Master_Kenway
      @Master_Kenway 2 months ago

      Ngl I didn't read your comment. But why tf do you look like a young August The Duck

  • @SplendidSuperman122
    @SplendidSuperman122 9 months ago +19

    This was always the fan favorite of the series and I agree entirely. Not only is being a pirate fun as hell but Edward is a really interesting protagonist who has a strong character arc.

    • @naxionkryelight951
      @naxionkryelight951 9 months ago +1

      The guy needs a trilogy despite how his story ends that gave Haytham and Connor much more build ...AC3 remake I hope after black flag.

  • @zuss-gc6np
    @zuss-gc6np 5 months ago +1

    Always love this game since my childhood perfect just perfect and Game Overload analysis and storytelling is also perfect

  • @helheim4704
    @helheim4704 7 months ago

    The multiplayer mode in this game was so unbelievably underrated it was so good

  • @StoicSurvivor99
    @StoicSurvivor99 9 months ago +3

    Yo ho a pirates game for me

  • @Sh4xerCS-
    @Sh4xerCS- 9 months ago +2

    yoo i been following you for a minute now. can you make a ghost of tsushima vid in the future?

  • @kevinhewston5621
    @kevinhewston5621 6 months ago +1

    Please make more AC videos! Ranking videos?

  • @samliveshigh
    @samliveshigh 9 months ago +2

    brother can u do ghost of tsushima

  • @briantaylor7120
    @briantaylor7120 9 months ago +4

    the modern day was good when you played as desmod but after that it gets pretty bad i have no idea why they decided to get rid of him

  • @prathamraut1957
    @prathamraut1957 8 months ago +1

    Please do a video on the horizon games

  • @jacopovilla2028
    @jacopovilla2028 5 months ago

    I always loved the idea of the kenway fleet, I would like it so much if in the remake they expand on that. I remember there was a bug that made you able to get Bartholomew's man o war in the fleet.

  • @VixelEdits-u8x
    @VixelEdits-u8x 5 months ago

    Great vid

  • @itsyeboidre9526
    @itsyeboidre9526 4 months ago

    I used to have this game and got bored after a while because at the time I struggled to understand it and what we were meant to do. I stopped caring about it to the point where I threw the game away. This video has brought a new light to it for me, and now I regret letting it go.

  • @stevemaenhout9996
    @stevemaenhout9996 5 months ago +1

    Hands down still my favourite AC of all time

  • @SweetBabyJesusarus
    @SweetBabyJesusarus 18 days ago

    Man hearing that title theme just stirs a murderous theiving itch in me 😂

  • @BlackJack6371
    @BlackJack6371 9 months ago +1

    Great and funny vid.

  • @Skaiser_Wilhelm7938
    @Skaiser_Wilhelm7938 9 months ago +6

    I still listen to the sea shanties from this game anytime I'm travelling.

  • @misharasapu
    @misharasapu Month ago

    Honestly i really love the video essay style vidoes you make and simply wish you uploaded more often. if you ever see this hope it helps convince you to increase the frequency

  • @antarfodoh
    @antarfodoh 9 months ago

    I'm personally looking forward to revisiting AC3.

  • @legendpaiin7852
    @legendpaiin7852 5 months ago +2

    Do the batman arkham games next!

  • @JoshStarling-od3tv
    @JoshStarling-od3tv 7 months ago

    Finished this game on Xbox 360, Xbox one, ps4 and series X. Have now picked it up on switch and even with the slight graphics downgrade it’s awesome to be back into it all over again!

  • @OwDoGaming-kx9jo
    @OwDoGaming-kx9jo 9 months ago

    How did Ubisoft drop the ball so badly with skull and bones, when they had this to go off

  • @thomaslarsen7704
    @thomaslarsen7704 9 months ago

    Edward Kenway Forever.

  • @TAWNoCents
    @TAWNoCents 15 days ago

    Note on Kenway's fleet: Ubisoft created an app found in the App Store that you can manage the fleet and each ships missions. While at work or away from my PC, I could be making thousands of reales. Then once I was able to play, i could go back to the captains quarters and retrieve all the earned money. Here is the catch, if you loose a ship on a mission in the app, you loose it in the game. You will want to capture more ships then you need to repair others that come back from missions or replace the ships you lost. I love this feature that no one talks about.

  • @Blazing_Hyperion
    @Blazing_Hyperion 9 months ago +10

    Black Flag was my first Assassins Creed game and it is the only game I’ve 100%ed multiple times.

  • @Steel-101
    @Steel-101 9 months ago +6

    After AC3(The death of Desmond & Lucy), I completely lost interest in the modern plot but the gameplay for black flag & Rogue is my favorite in the franchise. Mainly because of the ship combat & whale hunting. I am a big Herman Melville Moby Dick 🐳 📖 fan & being able to go whale hunting is a big plus for me. My jaw hit the floor when I saw the white whale in black flag. Lol 😂. Also some days, I would just play the game just to sail around the Caribbean. I never get tired of it. That being said, I wasn’t that crazy about the main story for Ed Kenway. In my opinion, it’s a bit mediocre.

  • @joehobbs3277
    @joehobbs3277 9 months ago +12

    What I really loved about the games story is that Edward is just out to get rich not caring who he steals from or what damage he does even going as far as to dismis the assassins creed and refuse to join but as the game goes on he realises the harm his actions really have caused and becomes a changed man such a cool way to build a great story

  • @phen0menal464
    @phen0menal464 9 months ago

    it introduced open world pirating along with good character developments. yeah. it was a really good game

  • @azraphon
    @azraphon 8 months ago

    Why are all your takes so good and yet you have fewer than a million subs

  • @manrosas6476
    @manrosas6476 3 months ago

    Maybe do expedition 33 after goty

  • @asawanichiyong9174
    @asawanichiyong9174 12 days ago

    HOLYYY THEY JUST CONFIRMED THE REMAKEEE

  • @BenSpider9162
    @BenSpider9162 9 months ago

    25:48 Ok now i want to play a Rockstar produced pirate game with the same quality of Red Dead Redemption 2 set during the golden age of piracy. Heck maybe that could be the premise of a RDR3, who says that it has to be sent during the wild west.

  • @Vendéen32
    @Vendéen32 Month ago

    Black Flag feels just right. It’s not too complicated nor is it overly simplistic. It’s just a fantastic experience in every sense and I still love it to this day. I also really agree with you about the richness of the side characters. In addition to the ones you mentioned I thought Bonnet, Torres, Du Casse, and the Sage were all memorable. I think Torres was such an awesome villain. Even if they might not be “developed” they certainly feel like real people and you get them if that makes sense

  • @crazyguy19saw
    @crazyguy19saw 8 months ago

    Hey man I'd love it if you maybe made a game on Ghost of Tsushima. My favorite more recent/pandemic era game and revenge story done right imo

  • @PS_Artorias
    @PS_Artorias 3 months ago +1

    @everyone why aren't y'all subscribed yet? (This dudes content is amazing)

  • @haanis5458
    @haanis5458 9 months ago +7

    I find the game pretty fun, but my dream pirate game is still a Rockstar Rdr2 style open world game with more realism gameplay, a ship that works as a home for you and your crew, the survival aspects like in Rdr2 with cooking and fishing and stuff. A large cast of interesting and morally grey characters. The thematic exploration of the whole pirate idea of freedom. Realistic ish sailing. I don't want traveling from place to place take days or weeks like in real life, but I don't want the sailing to be too fast either. Boarding mechanics with both naval and land combat. Being able to pillage and do pirate shit while free roaming.

  • @sinfulflame
    @sinfulflame 3 months ago

    i didnt need to mod the game to use kenways fleet

  • @66ALLSTXRS
    @66ALLSTXRS Day ago

    Black flag and odyssey are my favor

  • @kevinhewston5621
    @kevinhewston5621 6 months ago

    What AC games are outstanding pillars of stealth?

  • @paiwandibrahim3978
    @paiwandibrahim3978 7 months ago

    I love the modern days but this one was so confusing they just put first person view in abstergo and sean and rebecca were just there i wanted an action packed show of how desomnd died hOw sean recovered etc more info on the higher ups in both society

  • @SlumpogMillionaire
    @SlumpogMillionaire 5 days ago

    Just wrapped up black flag and I’m glad I’m not the only one who experienced every bit of jank and repetitive boarding of ships in the gameplay lol

  • @manfriend2009
    @manfriend2009 9 months ago +3

    Thank you. I was considering trying one of the old Assasin’s Creed chapters. By far, AC Odyssey was my only experience and favourite game from the franchise.

  • @6um64ss
    @6um64ss 9 months ago

    Great video, but in-animus story is only servicable? Hard to believe, with all due respect, I think it's much greater and in-depth, than even AC2 plot (there is more with bortherhood and revelations, but comparing 3 games against one isnt much fair) with both templars and assasins being more grey, than cartoonishingly good/evil, premice being not a worn-out "muh family" revenge plot, but something much relatable and unique to the series, Sage being a very interesting and charismatic force of nature, fleshed out both in character and the collectibles from "another era", Edward haing a well-meant goals even during his early pirating, wanting to give his wife everything she may have lost for deciding to live with him, every side character not overstaying their welcome and delivering a lot of memorable lines (both friends and enemies), speaking of dialogue, it is so colorful and fun to follow, that it makes some basic enemies have interesting character traits and tailing missions overall fun to revisit from time to time, I can go on and on about story intricancies, but the main point is: I dont think of Black Flag as just "the pirate game", I believe, that the Assassin vs Templar plot is integral to it and is fleshed out as great as it was in AC1, now there is just more personal stuff added
    (On the side note, holy yapfest... hope this rant looked more like a shared opinion, than a pressing issue or dissing of any kind, very good video)

  • @manishkunde
    @manishkunde 5 months ago

    Try the metro series (metro 2033,metro Last light, metro exodus) one of best post apocalyptic game , great story , too much lore

  • @comethalleey
    @comethalleey 4 months ago

    next video : Dishonored

  • @Soysauce878
    @Soysauce878 3 months ago +1

    Thoughts on far cry 3?

    • @GameOverloadMO
      @GameOverloadMO  2 months ago +1

      It’s one of my favourite games ever. I have a video planned for it in the new year!

    • @Soysauce878
      @Soysauce878 2 months ago +1

      ⁠Can’t wait to hear what you think about Vaas being replaced by yapping globalization dude

  • @Ufcmadrid1
    @Ufcmadrid1 22 days ago

    If only the supposed remastered ac4 has an online where it’s similar to gta online, upgrade your ship, engage in pvp, and hopefully make it into a better rdr2 online, but tbf Ubisoft isn’t going to do that

  • @hayden8667
    @hayden8667 8 months ago

    Ubisoft have made a lot of good games but they fail to take the potential of their ideas and give them the time and energy to make them into masterpieces

  • @Noir-c9k
    @Noir-c9k 9 months ago

    I look at the cutscene quality in these older games and say to myself oh my goodness, what the HELL happened to this company?…

  • @Daniel.Joshua
    @Daniel.Joshua 9 months ago +5

    Black Flag is Goated

  • @mamory3791
    @mamory3791 9 months ago

    Best AC game and my favorite but the word "PERFECTION" is not true, it has its ups and downs.

  • @Dmen95
    @Dmen95 9 months ago +3

    Favorite AC game and proud to have Platinum it

  • @iam_kaution
    @iam_kaution 9 months ago +4

    I was in college in 2013 and yes this game was one of my loves. Assassin's Creed 2 actually got me through history class. I never even paid for the history book 😂 we were studying Italy in the 1600's so I locked in.

  • @iam_kaution
    @iam_kaution 9 months ago +3

    I bought this game back last year. It was definitely one of my favorites and if it comes back I hope it isn't a remake. I hope they continue his story in some different ways. Especially before his son was born. If you know you know.

  • @PThrizzle
    @PThrizzle Month ago

    You do understand that the whole reason to go and relive the past, which has already happened, is the events that are taking place in the current time frame. Otherwise, why bother? Oh, look, we get to relive an adventure that already happened... and make 0 impact because it already happened. The future timeline needs to be engaging, it needs to be there, like it was with Desmond. Assassin's creed iii had amazing modern day missions. If they just built on that, they'd have something special, an actual reason to go in the animus, versus just reliving the past. I for one, couldn't give 2 s**** about reliving the past, because it's already happened. What am I doing to help people in the future? That's what matters.

  • @Enoo_
    @Enoo_ 9 months ago +3

    19:19, big miss on this, shadows has zero parkour skill or expression. Black flag has jank but it’s usually because the player doesn’t know how to use the system correctly. Just watch some advanced parkour players.

    • @gamecazm4025
      @gamecazm4025 9 months ago +2

      Even if u know how to use the system correctly blackflag has a lot of minor glitches and jank, speaking from like 80 hrs in that game

    • @Enoo_
      @Enoo_ 9 months ago +3

      @gamecazm4025and I do agree with you, there’s definitely jank in there but shadows isn’t a good standard to compare it to. Especially, when shadows has jank and is needing so many parkour updates to get into a good spot. Like ffs the game kicks you out of sprint every other action you do.

  • @Beton_ks
    @Beton_ks 9 months ago +3

    I absolutely love Black Flag, the vibes were just immaculate. I think that a massive part of that is the Jackdaw. The mission when you escape imprisonment, free other prisoners and capture the leading Brig of a fleet just makes it such a cool and meaningful part of the story.
    Comparing that to Rogue which while being a good game if you are looking for more of Black Flag gameplay feels kinda random. You get Morrigan pretty randomly and it just kinda decreases the bond you have with it. Rogue had a good amount of QoL changes but sadly the characters and story was just better in Black Flag.

  • @Kinosho_Kawakami
    @Kinosho_Kawakami Month ago

    why would you need to or want to crouch when moving from one hiding spot to another? the whole point is to move faster between the spots so you're not seen. if you're crouched you move slower. and regardless if you walked, ran or crouched if the option was there, enemies would still see you if you weren't playing carefully enough. like you said, it's an older game so why fault it for something over 12 years old? AC Shadows is the most recent game and only now implemented going prone. why not critique Black Flag for not having an option to go prawn over 12 years ago? don't nitpick for the sake of nitpicking. and you're completely wrong about the modern day and AC parts because you wouldn't like the game nearly as much if it wasn't an Assassin's Creed game because those parts are what makes AC games so memorable, different and unique because of how important they are for and intertwined with the historical parts, not the other way around, as much as you wanna believe that. literally in the first scene you meet an Assassin who's responsible for Edward ending up shipwrecked. it's not something injected later for convenience. none of it would work if the AC lore wasn't in there. if would be a different franchise and games would feel, look and sound different. i mean just look at Skull and Bones or Sea of Thieves. not the same thing. it's like saying you like Fallout but don't like the lore of it, that you just wanna play a game post third world war. not. the. same. thing.

  • @beckerscantbechoosers6768

    I'm a simple man. I see a RAID Shadow Legends ad, I comment this and then respectfully exit the video.
    Have a nice day all!

  • @the_gaming_falcon
    @the_gaming_falcon 9 months ago +4

    If anyone is looking for game recommendations 😅
    Plz don't fight me I'm just sharing my opinion
    In no particular order:
    This is a list of games you should play before you die:⏰️
    Single-player/Story 📖/multi-player:
    1)God of War 2018
    2)God of War 3
    3)God of War Ragnarok and Valhalla
    4)Red Dead Redemption 2
    5)Sifu
    6)Uncharted 4: a thief's end
    7)Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
    8)Hollow Knight
    9)Gris
    10)Rayman legends
    11)Horizon Zero Dawn: complete edition
    12)The Last of Us:Remastered and Part 1
    13)Thumper
    14)Marvel's Spider-Man
    15)Spider-Man: Miles Morales
    16)Spider-Man 2
    17)Mortal Kombat x: story
    18)ABZÛ
    19)Titanfall 2
    20)Doom eternal
    21)Life is Strange 2
    22)Rez infinite
    23)Ghost of Tsushima director's cut
    24)The Last of Us Part 2 remastered
    25)Sekiro shadows die twice
    26)Elden ring: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE
    27)Dark Souls 3
    28)Detroit: Become human
    29)The Legend of Zelda: tears of the kingdom
    30)Mario Kart 8 deluxe
    31)Super Mario Bros wonder
    32)Super Mario Bros Odyssey
    33)Animal Crossing New Horizons
    34)Inside
    35)Celeste
    36)Subnautica
    37)RATCHET & CLANK rift apart
    38)Price of Persia the Lost Crown 👑
    39)Super Hot VR
    40)Cup head
    41)Stray
    42)ORI: will of the wisps
    43)Cocoon
    44)Returnal
    45)Hades
    46)Superliminal
    47)Hi_Fi rush
    48)Portal
    49)Portal 2
    50)Worldless
    51)It takes two
    52)Hitman 2&3
    53)Batman Arkham Knight
    54)Shadow of the Tomb Raider
    55)Astro's playroom
    56)Astro bot
    57)Sonic mania
    58)Sonic rush
    59)NEVA
    60)BLACK MYTH WUKONG🐒
    61)Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2
    62)DOOM THE DARK AGES 💀
    63)Phantom Blade Zero (not out yet)
    64)the plucky squire
    65)Alan Wake 2
    66)GHOST OF YŌTEI (not out yet)
    67)Demon's Souls
    68)Control
    69)Devil May Cry 5
    70)Super Mario Galaxy 1&2
    71)Horizon Forbidden West: complete edition
    72)bloodborne
    73)Final Fantasy 16
    74)Solar Ash
    75)Lies Of P: Overture 🔥
    76)THE STANLEY PARABLE: ULTRA DELUXE
    77)Animal Well
    78)Monster Hunter: Wilds
    79)Split Fiction
    80)Death Stranding
    81)Final Fantasy 7 Remake
    82)Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
    83)Jedi Survivor
    84)Armored Core 6
    85)Brawlhalla
    86)Warframe
    87)Street Fighter 6
    88)The Finals
    89)Helldivers 2
    90)Space Marine 2 co-op
    91)Marvel rivals
    92)Path of Exile 2
    93)Elden ring: Nightreign
    94)SUPER SMASH BROS: ULTIMATE
    95)Reanimal (not out yet)
    96)Darwin's paradox (not out yet)
    97)Clair obscure: expedition 33
    98)Ninja Gaiden 4 (not out yet)
    99)Saros (not out yet)
    100)Death Stranding 2 (not out yet)
    101)Tides of Annihilation(not out yet)
    102)The Witcher 4 ( not out yet)
    103)Mario Kart World
    104)Silksong
    105)Donkey Kong Bananza
    106)Battlefield 1
    107)Battlefield 5
    108)DOOM 2016
    109)Fall Guys
    110)Rocket League
    111)Apex Legends
    112)Split Gate 2
    113)The Witcher 3
    114)Tetris Effect
    115)CyberPunk 2077
    116)Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
    117)Stellar Blade
    118)Dead Space: Remake
    119)Atomic Heart
    120)Silent Hill 2: Remake
    121)Pizza Tower
    122)Crimson Desert (if they deliver on their promises it will be amazing)
    Games I am looking forward to or interested in:
    Lumines arise
    Sword of the Sea
    Romeo is a dead man
    Pragmata
    First Light 007
    Mixtape
    Atomic Heart 2
    The Cube: atomic universe
    Mortal shell 2
    Onimusha: way of the sword
    Felt that boxing
    Chrono Odyssey
    Mio: memories in orbit
    Mafia: the old country
    Resident Evil: requiem "9"
    Stranger than heaven
    TOKON FIGHTING SOULS
    High on Life 2
    The Outer Worlds 2
    Super Meat Boy 3D
    Clockwork revolution
    LUTO
    Painkiller
    Ready or Not
    Mudang: two hearts
    Sleep Awake
    Directive 8020

  • @ishmael.01
    @ishmael.01 9 months ago +1

    I recently revisited this game because I sunk a TON of time into it when I was a teenager and I found that the melee combat just didn’t hold up anymore. The naval combat is still very fun, but after 12 years of playing other games like Final Fantasy 16, Shadow of War, or even Elden Ring, I found this one really tough to come back to.

  • @seanaldridgefrancisco8736

    I watched a playthrough of a game when it released, and only was now able to play it this year as well. It's way more enjoyable from what I remembered then.

  • @xperiuscastello8613
    @xperiuscastello8613 9 months ago +1

    Crazy to believe after all these years that AC4 was a game made by Ubisoft.

  • @MustafaErem-d5o
    @MustafaErem-d5o 9 months ago +1

    Great game

  • @Outfed
    @Outfed 9 months ago +1

    Ubisoft has its difficulties with finding their identity people would love a second assassins creed unity gave some of that but it lost most of its key stuff with massive freedom they started over complicating things like modern companies on the gaming industry are doing I just hope now that they are giving themselves 2-3 years of time will add more aspect to their games and focus on side stuff more like npc’s, just keep the map medium.

  • @WheeledHamster
    @WheeledHamster 9 months ago

    Still too much nonsensical collectibles, as some one who likes to collect everything in a game, that mundane amount of crap in this and all future games just fucking annoyed me.

  • @TheGoodGoat420
    @TheGoodGoat420 4 months ago

    so you only need 30k to get paid by raid? not bad. terrible ad though.

  • @jasonrisk1082
    @jasonrisk1082 Month ago

    I fucking hate this game