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New ‘Assassin’s Creed Pirates’ Update Adds New Area to Explore and Ship Customization

Posted on by Jared Nelson
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Back in December, Ubisoft brought some Assassin’s Creed flair to iOS with the spinoff title Assassin’s Creed Pirates (Free). It was a pirate-themed nautical combat game, similar to the ship combat portions of Assassin’s Creed 3 and 4 on consoles. This put it in a sort of weird position, as it was a pretty decent nautical adventure but failed at delivering a full Assassin’s Creed experience to gamers on mobile. We enjoyed it well enough in our review upon release, but Ubisoft has been good about updating Assassin’s Creed Pirates every couple of months with new features. The latest update hit yesterday and is dubbed the Freedom Update, and adds a new area to explore called La Isla de la Juventud along with a new ship customization feature.

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Other new tidbits in this update include a new Daily Rewards system, Facebook integration (yay?), 8 new unique fish to catch, a new Starter Pack IAP if you’re new and need a jumpstart, and improved tutorials and ship battling. If you’re a fan of the Assassin’s Creed universe and naval battles, Assassin’s Creed Pirates is definitely worth a look. But still, hopefully we can get a full-fledged Assassin’s Creed game on mobile someday soon. Until then, swashbuckling will have to do.

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    • 3 Comments

    1. DarkScience
      2 likes

      I think that's a little harsh, yes the controls aren't great, but they do work. I have gotten to a floating skeleton boss and have got used to the control quirks. My only worry now is that this is the end boss and I want more!!

      I remember the ghosts and gouls games and loved them, this is very close to getting it right. Be good if you could pick up different weapons as a future update.

      Loving the game myself!!

    2. jordanfwc

      This game looks pretty awesome! If you are looking for something in a similar genre, we just released Cally's Caves 2 last night :D

    3. Mike Alive
      8 likes

      Hi, I'm the developer of Arcane Ghosts, just wanted to thank you for your review.
      I also have to say, that I sent a new version to apple a week ago, so it should be available really, really soon. It fixes lots of bugs, the jump, the double jump, and many other things.
      Right now I'm working in another update that will add iCade support and GameCenter.

      I'll keep updating until everybody loves the game and the controls. And if I have to rip the game appart and start again, I will ;)

      Cheers.