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198 pages, Paperback
First published March 10, 2014
“It's up to you to decide whether you want to know more or not. But what your choice... Take the time to think it through.” — Mastao Yagyu's ather
Awaking is most people's fave pirate assassin Edward, so ACIV: Black Flag. Full disclosure like most of the other gaming graphic I'm reviewing I've never played, watched people play yes but never played.
Let's start with the serious changes, after reading Wikipedia because I know there were a few. Unlike in the game the modern-day user (the Desmond if you will) has a name, Masato Yagyu. Masato does have the requisite connection to the Kenway family. There is a drastic real-world setting change, rather than setting the manga in Abstergo's Montreal headquarters it is set in Japan, I think Tokyo. Given away by the names and the character appearances. Kanji is used where you would expect for a manga. To avoid spoilers I'll hold over the review of part 2. But the plot is really what it says on the packet.
This doesn't feel like it was written for fans of the game series per se. There are a lot of changes, it helps to have passing knowledge but would you really pick up this if you didn't know something about the series? The art is great if pulls you in and creates depth well. Weapons pointed at the reader. The formatting with the bubbles outside the frameworks well too, creating a flow that would otherwise be missing. It's a 3.5/4 star book, it's not the best, I can see fans having a real issue with it due to some of the differences.
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