


Playing in handheld mode, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is wonderfully crisp in terms of image quality. I'm not one to rely on hyperbole if I can, but I honestly feel that's the case. | Mike Williams/USG, Ubisoft Rebellions Are Built on Hopeīy comparison, Assassin's Creed: The Rebel Collection is the best goddamn port I've played on the Nintendo Switch to date. The only question is where those cuts end up coming from. Even with last-gen games, developers have to cut and trim to fit the games onto the Switch. There are always caveats: unstable frame rates, poor textures, rough image quality. I've reviewed a number of last generation ports, including Saints Row: The Third, Dragon's Dogma, and Resident Evil Revelations. Better yet, after the rough state of Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered earlier this year, it seems that Ubisoft has finally figured out Nintendo's quirky handheld hybrid. Six years later, we're on the cusp of another hardware generation, and I'm playing the same game on Nintendo Switch. It was a game that would straddle generations-a high point of Ubisoft's technical prowess, with vast islands to explore and seamless seafaring action. Black Flag was one of the first previews I ever wrote. USgamer officially launched at E3 2013, when we were getting details for the next generation of consoles, what would become the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.Īssassin's Creed 4: Black Flag marked the beginning of my time at this site. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.
