History Awesome / AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag

** The legendary ships are so awesome, not only the Spanish ships but also the H.M.S. Prince and the DualBoss Royal Sovereign and H.M.S. Fearless that you can help but feel a bit of regret and WorthyOpponent sentiment when you sink them down, not unlike taking down bosses in ''VideoGames/ShadowsOfTheColossus''. You wished you had the boarding option to make them part of your fleet at least, but no these proud ships are piloted by true servants of their respective empires and would never sail under the black flag, preferring death instead.

* Retroactively, [[spoiler:Woodes Roger's assassination is this, as at the end of the game it's revealed he survived.]] ''This makes him the second person to have survived a direct hidden blade assassination, in addition to [[AssassinsCreedRevelations Shakulu]]''. And more than that, Shakulu had heavy armor; [[spoiler:Rogers]] had '''none''' of that.

* The whole randomness of the game world can cause some truly awesome fights, like attacking a island fort during a storm while a water spout circles it, messing up with your aim and forcing you to a distance where it's even harder to make your shots hit... unless you have the luck, timing, and/or bravado to get in close and attack from the opposite side as the deadly vortex. If you're lucky, the spout might attend to any enemy ships trying to interfere with your assault.

* The whole randomness of the game world can cause some truly awesome fights, like attacking a island fort during a storm while a water spout circles it, messing up with your aim and forcing you to a distance where its even harder to make your shots hit... unless you have the luck, timing, and/or bravado to get in close and attack from the opposite side as the deadly vortex. If you're lucky, it might attend to any enemy ships trying to interfere with your assault.

** Each ship boss-fight has really varied gameplay. But for this troper, ''La Dama Negra'' which is a huge Man O'War with a black tough armour like a rhino hide was awesome to defeat, since its weak spots are on the rear and its broadsides are deadly and its mortars are not only longer in range but also don't leave any marking on the waters as a warning sign. Finally turning this ship into a wreck and watching it sinking makes you join in the cheers of your digital crew.

* The whole randomness of the game world can cause some truly awesome fights. Like attacking a fort in the middle of the sea while a hurricane circle it, the storm messing up with your aim and the distance making it even harder for your shots to hit.

** He isn't undetected: the dialogue we hear states that the Assassins know he's there and that he's been summoned, and that they think he's a jerk for stealing an outfit that didn't belong to him. And then he gets disarmed by [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Ah Tabai]], who came up behind him. Which is a moment of awesome for the Assassins at Tulum.
*** Actually, that just makes Edward more awesome. The Assassins ''have been warned he's coming'' but he sneaks past them anyway and according to the sync details, knocked out quite a few of them before finally getting caught by their Mentor. Really, Edward makes a fool out of the entire order.

* The whole randomness of the game world can cause some truly awesome fights. Like attacking a fort in the middle of the sea while a hurricane circle it, the storm messing up with your aim and the distance making it even harder for your shots to hit.

* Retroactively, [[spoiler:Woodes Roger's assassination is this, as at the end of the game it's revealed he survived.]] ''This makes him the second person to have survived a direct hidden blade assassination, in addition to [[AssassinsCreedRevelations Shakulu]]''. And more than that, Shakulu had heavy armor; [[spoiler:Rogers]] had '''none''' of that.

*** Actually, that just makes Edward all the more awesome. The Assassins ''have been warned he's coming'' but he sneaks past them anyway and according to the sync details, knocked out quite a few of them before finally getting caught by their Mentor. Really, Edward makes a fool out of the entire order.

* Adewale is pretty awesome. He's the OnlySaneMan, down and earthy, and a good friend. But he won't be Edward's enabler and tells him straight up, [[spoiler: that he'd rather by an Assassin than sail under a selfish asshole like him.]] It's great to see a character who blossoms from TheLancer into a HeroOfAnotherStory in the same game.

** Really, the sheer amount of freedom you have in this game. Going purely by the Animus's mechanics, it elevates Edward's reputation ''far'' above what's stated. He can dive deep in a diving bell, rob chests under the shadows of sharks and live to tell the tale. And he's harpooned, Great White Sharks and whales. And he's defeated several legendary ships.
** Which makes the events of "[[Literature/AssassinsCreedForsaken Assassin's Creed Forsaken]]" [[spoiler: that much harder to believe since Edward meets a thoroughly ignominous end, stabbed by a random mook.]]

** He isn't undetected,the dialogue we hear states that the Assassins know he's there and that he's been summoned and that they think he's a jerk for stealing an outfit that didn't belong to him. In a case of CutsceneIncompetence, he gets disarmed by Ah Tabai who comes behind him. Which is a moment of awesome for the Assassins at Tulum.

* Adewale is pretty awesome. He's the OnlySaneMan, down and earthy, and a good friend. But he won't be Edward's enabler and tells him straight up, [[spoiler: that he'd rather by an Assassin than sail under a selfish asshole like him.]] It's great to see a character who blossoms from TheLancer into a HeroFromAnotherStory in the same game.

** Topped when you get to steal a Portuguese Man of War and get to put all its awesome firepower to use. The ship ultimately goes on to become Black Bart's ''Royal Fortune''.
* The fact that the Animus doesn't desync if Edward dives off of the ''Jackdaw'', swims towards an enemy ship, boards and captures it single-handedly -- thereby foregoing the need for a naval combat against that ship -- means that it's entirely possible that he actually did this at ''least'' once!
** Really, the sheer amount of freedom you have in this game. Going purely by the Animus's mechanics, it elevates Edward's reputation ''far'' above what's stated.

* He may be [[spoiler: a HumanoidAbomination DevilInPlainSight]] but Bartholomew Roberts, or ''Black Bart'' is very cool. When he becomes a captain, he delivers a villainous WorldOfCardboardSpeech that, for added awesome value, is TruthInTelevision and borrows from Charles Johnson's ''A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates''.

* He may be [[a HumanoidAbomination DevilInPlainSight]] but Bartholomew Roberts, or ''Black Bart'' is very cool. When he becomes a captain, he delivers a villainous WorldOfCardboardSpeech that, for added awesome value, is TruthInTelevision and borrows from Charles Johnson's ''A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates''.

* Taking down a Legendary ship. Even with a fully upgraded Jackdaw, you can't just trade broadside volleys with them; you ''have'' to outmaneuver them instead.

* Props to Benjamin Hornigold who, in Kingston, has one glimpse of the Jackdaw and immediately knows that Edward is actively spying on him [[spoiler:and the other Templars]], then immediately immediately calls him out.

** Really, the sheer amount of freedom you have in this game. Going purely by the Animus's mechanics, it elevates Edward's reputation far above what's stated.
* Edward Kenway is a self-trained Assassin able to completely bluff Templars as he uses hidden blades for the first time and is able to sneak into an Assassin hideout undetected by the dozens of fully trained Assassins already there.
* Props to Benjamin Hornigold who, in Kingston, has one glimpse of the Jackdaw and immediately knows that Edward is actively spying on him [[spoiler:and the other Templars]] and immediately calls him out.
* Taking down a Legendary ship, which is pretty much the only enemy in the game where even with a fully upgraded Jackdaw you still can't just trade broadside volleys with it so you ''have'' to outmaneuver it instead.

* Props to Benjamin Hornigold who, in Kingston, has one glimpse of the Jackdaw and immediately knows that Edward is actively spying on him [[spoiler:and the other Templars]] and immediately calls him out.

** Really, the sheer amount of freedom you have in this game. Going purely by the Animus's mechanics, it elevates Edward's reputation far above what's stated.

* The fact that the Animus doesn't desync if Edward dives off of the ''Jackdaw'', swims towards an enemy ship, boards and captures it single-handedly -- thereby foregoing the need for a naval combat against that ship -- means that it's entirely possible that he actually did this at ''least'' once!

* The mission "Devil's Advocate." [[spoiler:Getting to take the helm of the infamous Queen Anne's Revenge and all forty of her guns.]]

* The E3 cinematic trailer, as usual for the games, is ''made'' of this, starting with Edward and his men causing a bar fight to reach a target, and climaxing in a battle between a warship and Edward's ship, whilst both captains go at each other with swords.

* The E3 cinematic trailer, as usual for the games, is ''made'' of this, starting with Edward and his men causing a bar fight to reach a target, and climaxing in a battle between a warship and Edward's ship, whilst both captains go at each other with swords.