I knocked out a good chunk of Black Flag today. I'm aiming to 100% it, so i've been cleaning out locations before finishing the main story. I did do sequence 8. The ending mission for this is one of the ones that is most memorable to me along with The Blackbeard one and the Final Mission.
I got this screenshot while i was supposed to be hunting Vane. Instead i took a detour to grab some collectibles to save myself from a second trip.
I also got this Screenshot of a Large Cat while backtracking to an earlier Island to grab all the Collectibles. I tried to leave it be but ended up having to kill it in Self Defense:
I also wanted to talk about the water in this game. It's like a solid 9/10 for me. I'm not a fan of Tropical things, but the Water is gorgeous in this game. This screenshot shows the really deep blue parts of the Water. Which are my favorites.
I enjoy assassin's creed type games and I know this isn't a hot take or anything but man are those games bloated with boring ass time waster side quests. Starts to feel like a job after a bit and I hate it. I really wish they would just focus on a solid core campaign story and leave the billion little errands on the cutting room floor. But I get that some people love just hunting stuff down and checking them off a list so idk. Just feels like they're focusing more on maximizing the time you're playing the game rather than just having fun playing it.
Yeah, I tried Black Flag a while back—because I'd heard good things—but just couldn't be bothered with all the busy work. I did really enjoy Mafia 3, The Witcher 3, RDR2; I'm not anti-side quest by any means. I think I need a more compelling story, and that's never been AC's strong point (based on ~3 AC games I've picked up and quickly dropped over the years).