- 50 or more locations
- three major cities are Havana ,Nassau (the home of the Republic of Pirates) and Kingston (a very dangerous, British-run city)
- land-based portions of the game will comprise about 60% of Black Flag's core missions
- includes a lot of devs that worked on Far Cry 3
- upgrade your ship's crew as well
- hunt both on-land an in sea
- gain up to 4 pistols
- board enemy ships by leaping from mast-to-mast and performing an air assassination
- you can also charge straight ahead and take out enemies in your way
- less hand-holding in missions
- enemy alert system has changed, as traveling to different islands will drop your notoriety