So there are ships and water. Will I be able to freely jump you the enemy's ship at any time?

GI guys, when did you make these videos? Them seem to have been make already even before the game leaked.

Anyway this seems awesome. A open world pirate game of this quality and size? Yes please. I just don't see why it has to be an Assassin's Creed game (obviously for promotional purposes) because it seems like it would make for a great new IP for Ubisoft.

is this next month's cover story?

i hope they have a better UI/HUD... i didn't like the one in the other games, and it felt like you had to really be a AC player to know how to do things!? like in AC3 Liberation, the trading thing was really weird and difficult to do and same in AC3, they felt useless and boring to me!?

Very nice.

I'm already sick of hearing about a new game from this dead tired franchise. I feel like five articles in two days is more of a result of your corporate overlords than it is about anyone's genuine excitement for this. I'm not saying don't talk about it. I just think you're guilty here of media pre-game pump-up. OH MY GOD AWESOME MORE ASSASSINS CREED WWWOOOOOOOOT, WAIT A SECOND, I STILL HAVE TO PLAY THE LAST THREE RELEASES FIRST BUT YEAH CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS ONE TOOOOOOOO. Don't get me wrong...I thought II was fantastic. But anyone who buys in to this franchise needing a yearly (buggy, rushed) release is boring. I pass. The series is dead to me. I'll play II again someday, yee haw.

Sounds like an expansion of the already awesome naval combat in AC3

this is extremely awesome, it seems highly likely that this will be the april cover

Another assassins creed already? Seriously this is heading towards how new cod games are. Made in a quick manner and crapped out to stores in just 1 year.

I'm being cautiously optimistic about this game.  The last one felt like it was playing itself because of all the linear scripted sequences.  The difficulty was dialed down and because running and climbing were mapped to one button I lost all sense of immersion.  All I had to do was move forward for a while and I won the game.  If this one fixes those issues I'll probably end up getting it, but I'm waiting for reviews.

wow this is the first time iv'e really been accited for an assassins creed game! i always thought they were good but this one sounds amazing!

They are promissing lots of stuff in such short time, I´m yet to see how rich will this game be given it´s coming out on 29 october.

I can only hope and pray that they put much more thought and time into this than the rush job that was AC III. I still liked that game, but if what they're saying is true, than this is THE definitive pirate game that I've been waiting for. I'm super hyped that the people behind Far Cry 3's open-world are involved with this too, because honestly, that kind of space is what Assassin's Creed needs. Rock the pirate world with this Ubisoft!

Considering the only real enjoyable part of ACIII was the naval combat, I guess this is a good move in the right direction. I'm glad you guys called them out in that interview about all the bugs in ACIII, and hopefully they arrest that problem in this games development cycle.

So far I'd say I'm warily interested in AC IV.

So much Assassins Creed 3.5 with this game I'm afraid. In a nutshell, AC4 too soon and too similar to 3.

I wonder if they're developing AC5 as we speak.

well im not a big AC fan but this actually has my attention, i would like to see more and see if it appeals to me. i hope its a well made game and not repetitive like AC1 and AC2.

I'm not really excited for this....

black flag just seems like a weird title if they are just using a number entry

I'm actually really excited to play this game. I can see why Ubisoft chose to go with pirates. The naval battles in III were a big hit. As much as I love this series, I do hope that the devs take a few years off to make the next installment a grand one. How about WWI/ Russian Revolution. Trench warfare and St. Petersburg would appeal to me.