As with a lot of shows, I’m not going to get invested to quickly in this, but the first episode was pretty good – nice and piratey – and I’m certainly willing to see where it goes. It does look great, and pretty much everything looks like what you’ve experienced in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. I hope it ends up being more Spartacus than Da Vinci’s Demons (all of these are on Starz).
This is absolutely the most fun I’ve had with an Assassin’s Creed game – and I’m quite a big fan of the series, having played through and finished all of them (except the first one, which I didn’t finish). It starts off like a regular AC game, but a few hours in, once you have access to your ship and crew, as well as all parts of the game world, and start visiting islands to explore or pillaging passing ships, this game turns into something incredibly fun and special. As for the PS4 visuals: wow.