Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced Might Be Adding As Many Problems As It’s Fixing

There are always the usual questions when a remake for an already-beloved game gets announced. What about it is actually new beyond the visual upgrade? Why is this specific title getting the remake treatment and not another game in the same series? And, most importantly, why remake this older game in a different engine, with new recorded voice lines, different gameplay, and reimagined characters and storylines, when all of the time and resources to do all of that could be used on a brand-new game?That last one in particular kept ringing in my head during a preview event for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, where I played about three hours of the upcoming pirate adventure.Pessimistically, I think the answer is that Ubisoft needs an easy win, and theoretically, there shouldn't be an easier slam dunk for the developer-publisher than Black Flag. It may not be the number-one Assassin's Creed game on every player's list, but it's near-universally beloved by the community in a way that no other game in the series is. If I had to remake an Assassin's Creed game, Black Flag would definitely be the one that I'd pick. It's the one game in the series that you'd need to change the least to get a ton of fans on board.Continue Reading at GameSpot

There are always the usual questions when a remake for an already-beloved game gets announced. What about it is actually new beyond the visual upgrade? Why is this specific title getting the remake treatment and not another game in the same series? And, most importantly, why remake this older game in a different engine, with…

There are always the usual questions when a remake for an already-beloved game gets announced. What about it is actually new beyond the visual upgrade? Why is this specific title getting the remake treatment and not another game in the same series? And, most importantly, why remake this older game in a different engine, with new recorded voice lines, different gameplay, and reimagined characters and storylines, when all of the time and resources to do all of that could be used on a brand-new game?That…