The deck of a ship, wind in the sails, and the Caribbean horizon just waiting to be plundered.

No gut vote here, so we go straight to the profile criterion by criterion, and it is spectacular. Rediscovery leads the pack, ahead of 99% of games, that fantasy of reliving the first voyages for the first time. The visual style follows right behind, ahead of 97% of titles, and the game you would take to a desert island ahead of 95%. Fun ahead of 91%, attachment ahead of 85%, soundtrack ahead of 83%. One reservation, the feel of the controller, which stays in the middle of the pack, but on very few votes, so to be confirmed.

In the long Assassin's Creed series, Black Flag holds a place of its own. The piracy, the naval exploration, that sense of freedom on the water stuck with players far more than the purely urban entries. The numbers say exactly that: a game you dream of starting over.

So who is it for? For you if you love to explore, sail, sing between two boardings, and a setting that stays with you. Much less if what you want above all is the sharp precision of combat with a controller in hand.