AC Black flag or Odyssey?

I beat Odyssey a few times, I think I missed the window on Black Flag. I love everything about the concept of the game, but it was their first attempt at ship combat and it's not really that great (I actually like it in Odyssey), and game play wise Black Flag is really dated. It has what I refer to as "contextual stealth", meaning you couldn't crouch unless you were in high grass or something. Story and characters, Black Flag is better, but Odyssey is more fun to play.

I liked Valhalla as well. Beautiful world, but confusing quest log, the large world can become overwhelming, and Eivor is just slow. But still a great game, started a new playthrough recently.


Odyssey will be more to your liking if you liked what you experienced with Valhalla, but I would at least give Black Flag a try. It's widely considered one of the top games, if not THE top game, in the series.


ETA if you do play odyssey, play as Kassandra. The voice acting for Alexios is pretty rough

Odyssey is awesome. Origins is fun as well.

Black Flag would be more stealthy. Odyssey less so.

No AC game requires stealth in most missions, but Odyssey will lend itself to less stealthy gameplay more than Black Flag will.

Odyssey is still the only AC game in which I 100%. The gameplay in Odyssey is by far the best in my opinion. Black Flag was my favorite prior to Odyssey and I really hope they remake it because modern gameplay with that story would be incredible.

They're remastering Black Flag so there will be a better looking/performing version out in somewhat due time. AC Odyssey was honestly a revelation. Beautiful scenery, huge world. It' dramatically different from previous AC games.

For what you said, AC Odyssey has infinitely less stealth and plays more like an action RPG. You'll still get a touch more stealth in Black Flag, though the pirate stuff was pretty cool.

Short answer: I'd go Odyssey now and Black Flag remaster when it's available.

I spent so many hours just listening to sea shanties and blowing up ships.

Wish they would re-master it.

I loved Black Flag.

I wanted to love Odyssey, and I did at first, but it just became a grind. Way grindier than it should have been.

Though I loved Valhalla, that was also one of my critiques. It’s so big and felt like a grind to finish.

Update. I bought both and tried Black Flag first. Barely made it 30 min. Because of the outdated graphics and gameplay. Moving on to Odyssey. I’ll try Black Flag again when it’s remastered.