Xbox One - DLC
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag - Freedom Cry
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This game requires the base game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag to play.
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Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Content Rating: Mature
Summary
Born a slave, Adewale was sold to a plantation owner at a young age. When pirates raided the plantation, Adewale escaped and found freedom as a pirate aboard the Jackdaw, where he became Edward Kenway’s confidant and second-in-command. Now, 15 years since the end of Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™, Adewale has become a trained Assassin and illustrious member of the Brotherhood. Port-au-Prince in 1735 is home to the most brutal slavery in the West Indies. Two thousand oppressed men, women, and children produce sugar, coffee, cotton, and indigo under the watch of six hundred French citizens, who live in constant apprehension of a violent rebellion.
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Few companies are brave enough to even bring up topics like slavery and genocide in a real-world setting. You should play it, and you should feel uncomfortable, angry, and sad while playing it. Adéwalé may not have been a real person, but this is our history, and the reality of slavery was even more brutal than the game depicts. Freedom Cry may stumble, but it opens up some important discussions that we should be having as gamers and human beings.
Truth be told, I was cautious going into Freedom Cry; having just finished Black Flag, I worried that fatigue would kick in straight away. This hasn’t been the case, however. It may not be the most ground-breaking downloadable expansion, yet Freedom Cry is pitched perfectly, offering just the right amount of content to explore. Even though you are essentially playing the same game it manages to do enough differently and certainly warrants the asking price.
With the strongest ensemble cast in the franchise, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag wasn't short of assassins and pirates worthy of their own playable tales, DLC or otherwise. Freedom Cry is more than just another Assassin's Creed IV chapter with a reskinned protagonist, but its troubled handling of dark themes makes this a turbulent voyage.