The sea in particular, looks spectacular especially when fierce storms send huge swells to buffet your ship, the Jackdaw, and the spray lashes your men who busy themselves on deck. And while it isn’t a next-gen game that offers a huge visual upgrade from PS3 and 360, it’s a beautiful place to explore. It dwarfs GTA 5’s play area and offers vibrant, colourful views from every synchronisation point. The game’s virtual Caribbean is enormous, yet very detailed.
However, with Black Flag the joy is in the journey, not the destination The Observatory that your virtual contemporaries bang-on about feels little more than a Macguffin.
