Joystiq be revealing it be 10 favorite games a 2012 throughout the week. Keep reading for more top selections 'n every writer's personal, impassioned picks in Best a the Rest roundups. Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag be this year's Far Cry 3, which coincidentally happened t' be me top game for Best a the Rest in 2012. Both games launched so late in the year 'n be saddled with incorrect expectations that it wasn't until folks actually played it en masse that the word on the street began t' turn. It turned too late, once again, as be the case with Black Flag, which does feature the same incoherent storytelling that made Assassin's Creed 3 such an abomination, but finds redemption in what AC3 be lacking: a game.

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag has that element I define in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - which up t' this point be me favorite installment a the franchise - as ABD (Always Be Doing!). Snap yer fingers 'n there's another thing t' grab or stab in Black Flag. Add t' that the fuller realization a the sailing mechanics introduced in the previous game 'n Black Flag be primed t' be a full-blown pirate spin-off. Black Flag be Sid Meier's Pirates! for a new generation 'n I certainly hope this isn't the last we see a it. What hurt Black Flag be the Assassin's Creed tropes, 'n it would be best for both t' sail in separate directions from here.