For a long time, I’ve held firm that arguments about the necessity of video game remakes are largely boring and pointless. After all, what makes any video game necessary? Who gets to decide that?
I still don’t know the answers to those questions, but I do know that Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is the first time in a long time where I can’t really think of a good reason why a remake should exist. That’s not to say the work that Ubisoft has done to rebuild one of the best games in the series was shoddy; in fact, I’ve really enjoyed the handful of hours I’ve spent roaming the recreated world of 2013’s Black Flag.
But I think I’m largely enjoying it because it’s built on such a solid foundation that it would be hard to screw up. Black Flag Resynced seems like a high-quality take on a game that isn’t old or flawed enough to have needed it.
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