History VideoGame / AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag

--> I'll gently rise and I'll softly call
--> Good night and joy be with you all

** The name of one of the missions is [[UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} Commodore Eighty-Sixed]]. This also refers to the Intel [=x86=] CPU architecture. During the mission, Kenway even complains about workers 'lagging'.

* VersionExclusiveContent: The costume was a preorder bonus for [=PS3=], but was upgraded to a base game unlockable costume on [=PS4=]. The PS Vita got Ray of Persia and Glob Cell, the former being Rayman dressed as the Franchise/PrinceOfPersia and the latter being Globox dressed as Sam Fisher, earned from beating two of the version's Murfy's Challenges levels (An Architect's Nightmare for Rayman's, Bounce to the Sky for Globox's). There's also Funky Ray; he requires you to have [[OldSaveBonus the Rayman Legends Challenge App]] on Wii U, but you can get him with uPlay units on [=PS4=] and Xbox One, making him exclusive to [[UsefulNotes/TheEighthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames the eighth generation]] onward. Finally, there's Champion Ray, who was originally a developer-only costume, but was later made available to [=VIP=] members of the community on the [=PS4=] and Xbox One versions; however, like every costume listed above, he became unlockable in the base game in ''Definitive Edition''.

''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' is the sixth main entry and fourth numbered installment of the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series, released in 2013 on UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/WiiU, and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]].

It was released on October 29, 2013 on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, and UsefulNotes/WiiU platforms, and was later released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on November 15th and 22nd[[note]]as a launch title for both[[/note]] respectively. A PC version came out on November 19th. A version for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch came out on December 6, 2019 alongside ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRogue'' as part of ''The Rebel Collection,'' with all single-player DLC included. It also has a non-canon manga adaptation.

** The [[BonusBoss Legendary Ship]], ''La Dama Negra'', can only be damaged effectively in a few areas due to its armor.

* CurbStompBattle: What is virtually guaranteed to happen to new players curious about those cute [[BonusBoss red ship symbols]] in the four corners of the world map. Even those who know what they're getting themselves into will probably get curb-stomped at least once anyway.

* EveryoneComesBackFantasyPartyEnding: As the ship carrying his daughter pulls into Great Inagua, [[spoiler:Edward looks at one of the tables where his whole crew is having a good drink and imagines seeing Blackbeard, Benjamin Hornigold, Calico Jack, Stede Bonnet, Charles Vane & Mary Read among them]].

* EveryoneComesBackFantasyPartyEnding: As the ship carrying his daughter pulls into Great Inagua, [[spoiler:Edward looks at one of the tables where his whole crew is having a good drink and imagines seeing Blackbeard, Benjamin Hornigold, Calico Jack, & Mary Read among them]].

** Edward's only motivation for most of the game is that [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he can make enough cash]] so he can set up himself and his wife for a long, comfortable life. However, regardless if you're already swimming in hundreds of thousands of Spanish Reales, he still won't believe he has enough.[[note]] To be fair, Edward himself mentions early in the game that the exchange rate between the Spanish Reale and the British Pound Sterling is very low when he angrily rants about how the 1000 Reales he received from Governor Torres only amounts to about 100 Pounds. Given that knowledge, it would make sense that Edward would not be satisfied even if the player were swimming in Reales because of the low exchange rates.[[/note]] On a similar note, [[spoiler:the crew eventually chooses to abandon Edward to Roberts' mercy because he's been too focused on hunting more esoteric treasures instead of taking ships that they themselves can use to retire from pirating in comfort, regardless of how many ships you've captured and how well Edward treats them.]]

** Edward's only motivation for most of the game is that [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he can make enough cash]] so he can set up himself and his wife for a long, comfortable life. However, regardless if you're already swimming in hundreds of thousands of Spanish reales, he still won't believe he has enough. On a similar note, [[spoiler:the crew eventually chooses to abandon Edward to Roberts' mercy because he's been too focused on hunting more esoteric treasures instead of taking ships that they themselves can use to retire from pirating in comfort, regardless of how many ships you've captured and how well Edward treats them.]]

** Commodore Chamberlane and his squad also dislike Woodes Rogers because of his Templar affiliation which they consider to be either a sign that he's a "heathen”, a "Jacobite" or a “Catholic”.

** Mary revealing that she and Anne are pregnant would have been scandalous in their time. While they are spared the noose for the sake of their unborn children, these two women (female pirates dressed in men's clothes, no less) have just admitted to being pregnant out of wedlock. Goes even further when Anne declares "We'll be up the duff next time you come knockin'!" To modern audience, this is something of a BadassBoast (with added cute - she's just so eager!), but saying something so brazen (in a strong Irish accent, no less) would have been outrageous in her time!

** Commodore Chamberlane and his squad also dislike Woodes Rogers because of his Templar affiliation which they consider to be either a sign that he's a "heathen" or that he's a "Jacobite".

** This feels less prominent in this game than in the earlier titles, with the simple reason being that there isn't a lot we know about UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy and there are many missing details about the early lives, backgrounds and circumstances of historical pirates, both of which are {{lampshaded}} by the in-game database. Most pirates were illiterate sailors and left no contemporary first-person records. The major record of the time, Charles Johnson's book [[note]] ''[[OverlyLongTitle A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates]]''[[/note]] came several years after the period was over. As such the game takes much advantage of this lacuna in telling this story. Despite this Edward does participate in a few key events.

** Edward's only motivation for most of the game is that [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he can make enough cash]] so he can set up himself and his wife for a long, comfortable life. However, regardless if you're already swimming in hundreds of thousands of Spanish reales, he still won't believe he has enough. On a similar note, [[spoiler: your crew will eventually mutiny against you because Edward has been focused on hunting more esoteric treasures instead taking ships that they themselves can use to retire from pirating in comfort, regardless of how many ships you've captured and how well Edward treats them such as so successfully capturing a ship that they take no casualties or rescuing them before they joined the crew]].

** Edward's only motivation for most of the game is that [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he can make enough cash]] so he can set up himself and his wife for a long, comfortable life. However, regardless if you're already swimming in hundreds of thousands of Spanish reales, he still won't believe he has enough.

* NomDeMon: Jennifer Scott, Edward Kenway's daughter with his first wife Caroline, decide to keep using her mother's surname even after she reconnects with her father and begins to live with him since she was solely raised by her mother and never even met her father until after her mother had already died. Unusually for this trope, Edward's relationship with Caroline seems to be amicable, and Edward seems to approve of Caroline's choice to honor her mother.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[spoiler: James Kidd, aka Mary Read]], looks quite masculine even once her secret is out. This should come as less of a surprise if you know your pirate history. The surprise is also lessened by the voice actor's halfhearted attempt at androgyny.

** Played with in modern times. Abstergo Industries is implied to be doing all manner of ridiculous nastiness by the player's contact. Abstergo Entertainment, however, is primarily a video game company. Doubles as RuleOfFunny, as they're using a device which can read the memories of the dead through their descendants for the MundaneUtility of making VR games similar to ''[[TakeThatUs Assassin's Creed]]''.

* TakeThatUs: Abstergo Entertainment, the Templar front present in the modern day segment of the game and up to all sorts of no good is a French-Canadian video game developer based in Montreal. Abstergo Entertainment was literally created by Abstergo acquiring Ubisoft Montreal. Also, in a bit of meta humor, Abstergo Entertainment is listed in the game's startup as the developer, even starting up [[http://abstergo.org/ its own website]].

* WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon: Havana, Kingston, and Nassau are the primary locations, as well as southern Florida, in addition to Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica.

* GlobalCurrency: While other currencies, such as English pounds, are acknowledged in the story, Edward's wealth is tracked in Spanish reales, which appear to be good everywhere.