These new weapons don’t have a significant impact on the feel of combat, but they help make Adéwalé feel distinct.Īpart from the weapons, everything else about Freedom Cry is familiar. He also gets firecrackers that can be used to distract enemies. He uses a machete (with some particularly brutal kill animations) instead of dual swords, and a single-shot blunderbuss instead of multiple pistols. However, he also gets some new weapons and items. You perform a variety of tasks and missions, but the dull stealth and eavesdropping sections still feel like chores.Īdéwalé has many familiar tools in his arsenal, like smoke bombs, a blowgun, and rope darts.
I also ran into several bugs where characters either didn’t appear where they should or didn’t behave correctly when they did. Though Adéwalé is a cool character, there isn’t much narrative substance to this chapter of his life, and the story suffers. Freedom Cry gives Adéwalé his chance in the spotlight, and during my playthrough, I often said to myself, “This is the guy that should have been the star of Assassin’s Creed IV.”Įven with a new hero, the problems players encounter are largely the same as in Black Flag. He’s both intelligent and intimidating, unlike his former captain. Instead of Edward’s selfish glory-chasing, Adéwalé is a character with strong convictions and the bad-ass attitude necessary to back them up. Here’s a breakdown of what works and what doesn’t in this new content.
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This single-player DLC puts you in control of Edward Kenway’s quartermaster, Adéwalé, for a lengthy series of missions and high-seas adventures. Freedom Cry is Ubisoft’s invitation for players to return to the world of Black Flag. This year’s installment of Assassin’s Creed is still inspiring some gamers to sail the seas and terrorize merchant vessels, but many have already completed the story.