We're Playing Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

 It's not often that you return to places you've visited or lived in another phase of your life and find them even more beautiful than in your memories. Yet, the Caribbean of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is as beautiful as ever. For a few days now, we've been sailing the waves and exploring the lush beaches of the remake of the pirate chapter of Assassin’s Creed on Xbox Series X, and the first thing we can tell you is that the graphical leap guaranteed by the transition to the Anvil Engine is a true feast for the eyes.

Havana, Nassau, and the other locations traversed by Edward Kenway's adventures are vivid and bright, lush with green vegetation that bends under the blows of the wind coming from the sea, and colorful thanks to the facades of the colonial buildings. If the graphical leap to 4K is fully visible on land, it's on the open sea that Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced shows the gap of a couple of video game generations that separate it from the original title. The green and placid Caribbean Sea, the setting of a true paradise on Earth during calm weather, can instead show all its force during storms, with impressive waves that seem to want to overcome the Jackdaw's mainmast. Not to mention the underwater depths, now accessible by free diving: and the wonderful tropical fish that dart among corals and plants are not the only treasures hosted by the abyss.

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Edward Kenway's New Adventures 

As already mentioned a few weeks ago at the time of the announcement, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is a remake of the original Black Flag that updates and expands the game world and its mechanics. In these days, therefore, we have once again stepped into the shoes of Edward, husband and pirate whose ambition will lead him to experience not only the golden age of piracy, nurturing the dream of a place where every man or woman can live free, but also a chapter of the long war between Assassins and Templars. Edward's journey, however, in this Resynced version is enriched with new locations and new activities. In addition to the new opportunities offered by the aforementioned depths, the game map also features new environments and new islands to explore, traditionally rich in secrets and treasures.  

The updates also extend to the game's structure: all main adventure missions feature new voice acting, while the Ubisoft Singapore team has also decided to intervene on some mechanics to make them more modern: the most obvious examples are the ability to crouch (and generally a greater refinement of stealth dynamics) and the centrality of parrying in combat, which now allows for lethal counterattacks useful for resolving the most crowded situations.  

And the novelties don't end there: there are new officers to hire for the Jackdaw who obviously bring with them their own secondary narrative line, which adds to the new side quests, assassin contracts, and naval contracts. Oh, and the Templar hunts! Novelties are also not lacking aboard the Jackdaw, whose weapons are equipped with a new secondary mode.  

When the review of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced arrives 

There would be so many things to say, but for today we can't say anything else. We refer you to our thoughts on the game, which will arrive with the review at midnight between July 8th and 9th.