I guess this Edward didn’t bother pre-ordering, so he doesn’t have the Magical Golden Scimitars of Captain Drake or whatever.
Avast! Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, the pirate-y adventures of assassin Edward Kenway, has landed on the shores of Steampowered. Pay it ÂŁ39.99 or ÂŁ44.99 and it’ll let you accompany it on its adventures when it sets sail on 22 November.
Or, to remove the crap metaphors and pirate talk: Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is now open for pre-orders on Steam. The regular edition will cost you ÂŁ39.99, while the fancy-pants Digital Deluxe edition is demanding ÂŁ44.99.
If you pre-order either edition, though, you get access to three bonus packs. Captain Kenway’s Legacy Pack will offer you Golden Scimitars and a multiplayer Treasure Hunter costume; Pirates’ Bounty Pack throws in German Rapiers and a Compass relic; and the Sacrificed Secrets Pack give you a “dangerous treasure-hunting mission on Sacrifice Island”, and lets you unlock “Captain Drake’s Dual Swords and Pistols, Picture, Title, and Relics.” I quoted that last bit because, while I suspect that means that you get a picture, a title, and some relics as well as the swords and pistols, it’s a bit ambiguous. Maybe it just lets you give yourself the Captain Drake’s Dual Swords and Pistols title online, or something. I dunno.
Interestingly, the Digital Deluxe edition offers even more pre-order stuff in the form of the Trove of Mystery. This pack gives you the Matched Golden Swords and Treasure Hunter costume, picture, and title; the Ivory Wheel, and a Cartographer picture, relic, title, and emblem. Again: ambiguity. Not quite sure what all of that means. Also a bit odd as it looks like Captain Kenway’s Legacy Pack gives you the Treasure Hunter costume anyway but oh I don’t know.
The Digital Deluxe edition itself (as in, “this is what your extra ÂŁ5 is for”) gives you The Castaway’s Prize (The German Rapiers, The Discoverer picture, title, relic, and emblem) and the Aveline DLC, granting you control of Assassin’s Creed: Liberation protagonist Aveline as she takes on three missions and tracks down a First Civilization artifact. Whew.
We’d obviously recommend you hold off for our review but if you’re certain you’re going to buy it anyway, then hey, some of that pre-order stuff doesn’t look awful. The option’s there if you want it, and you’ve got a month to make up your mind.
