Kenway better than Shay?!
Yes. Miles better. Kenway was a badass and a bit of a shady guy with unclear motives. A pretty interesting character IMHO.
Shay is... well, how do you put this in politically correct terms... well, he might be attracted to specimen of the same sex more than the opposite sex
. Just the way he looks and talks with that nasal voice... a pretty meh-ish main character.
Black Flag better than Rogue?!
Much better but I think it might depend a little on the order you play the games. Didn't you play Rogue first and BF later? I played BF first and Rogue afterwards so there was no novelty for me with the ship stuff etc.
I also liked BF's setting better. The Caribbean and the gameplay which felt like a modern 3D version of Pirates! sometimes was more appealing to me than Rogue's North Atlantic and River Valley setting.
AC4 sidekicks? Is that a joke? I wonder if you played AC3, because if you didn't, no wonder you don't recognize anyone in Rogue.
No joke at all. I thought that BF had some genuinely interesting characters that fit in perfectly with the Caribbean pirate setting like Captain Kidd (nice surprise twist, too), Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Stede Bonnet, Adewale, Charles Vane and Aveline.
I also played all AC games in chronological order around xmas 2014 all the way up to Black Flag. AC3 was one of the weakest games in the series with whiny and annoying Connor. I only finished that game because I wanted to see the conclusion of the Desmond Miles storyline. Other than that I found it to be pretty horrible after the excellent AC2 and the decent Revelations and Brotherhood.
But… Different tastes I guess. AC4 was one of the most boring games I've played. Rogue wasn't.
Yes, definitely different tastes
. I believe I would like Rogue a lot more if I had not played Black Flag before it. Rogue feels like a downgrade in all aspects, also graphically, even though it came out later.
I will still finish it but I'm pretty burned out on AC games in general. There are way better open world action games these days (like the Batman series). It will be quite some time before I am going to continue with Unity and Syndicate.
This winter will be Witcher 3 GOTY time for me. I'm planning on picking up the GOTY first sale this fall on Steam, i.e. either Halloween, Black Friday or Xmas at the very latest. I have already purchased
this awesome guide and I'm really looking forward to many epic long winter nights with that masterpiece!