First Reviews of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Are In—Ubisoft Has Successfully Made a Worthy Remake

With the imminent release of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced—the game will officially launch in just over a day—the remake's first reviews have already started to appear across various gaming media outlets. It seems that, for the first time in many years, Ubisoft has truly managed to deliver a high-quality product.

Gaming critics have highly praised Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, especially for its stunning graphics, its selection and refinement of the best elements from the original, and the way it truly feels like a remake—with incredible attention to detail alongside new features. For franchise fans, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is being called a must-play title. The game currently holds a score of 84 on Metacritic based on 72 critic reviews, and 87 on OpenCritic, with 94% of critics recommending it. You can check out some reviews from gaming media outlets below:

PlayStation Universe – 95/100:

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a fantastic remake that adds meaningful changes and quality-of-life improvements that make an already stellar swashbuckling adventure an absolute must-have for PS5 owners.

CGMagazine – 90/100:

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been remade from the ground up using Ubisoft's in-house Anvil Engine, using the same technology that brought forth Shadows.

Destructoid – 90/100:

Black Flag might be Resynced, but its heart remains. In many ways this remake is a one-to-one carbon copy of the original, with some annoying bits shaved off and the good parts improved. With a few caveats, it remains that same great game from 2013, upgraded with flashier graphics, a snappy combat system, and added depth it desperately needed even 12 years ago.

DualShockers – 90/100:

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is everything I wanted from a modern remake of one of the franchise’s most beloved entries. It respects what made the original so special while smartly refining the areas that needed improvement, such as combat and ship gameplay.

Gaming Nexus – 90/100:

With modern controls and some smart changes, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced brings the classic into the current AC era, smoothing out the wrinkles of the original game. With its sprawling and beautiful Caribbean ocean, Resynced wisely doesn't overwhelm the player with tasks, instead leaning into a fun but unobtrusive story that can be ignored for hours in favor of some rewarding exploration. While I bounced off the original, I can now see why so many people love this game.

Game Rant – 90/100:

At its best, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced firmly establishes the formula for new remakes in the franchise, if not what all new Assassin's Creed games in 2026 and beyond should feel like. At its absolute bottom-of-the-ocean worst, it's a reminder of what made the Assassin's Creed franchise the beloved game series it was in the first place.

Game Informer – 83/100:

For me, a lot of the joy and excitement of Assassin’s Creed comes from visiting a new era in history and rediscovering the series’ conflict through the lens of that time and place. This return to a familiar locale lacks that, but it should still offer it for newer players who never experienced the game more than a decade ago. But even without that sense of newness, Black Flag Resynced is an impressive rework, setting a high bar for how to return to an older action game and make it relevant once more. I’d prefer to sail to new horizons, but I’m also happy to rediscover a journey that reminds me why I embraced the franchise in the first place.

VGC – 80/100:

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a great remake of a game that probably didn't need to be remade. Of all the games in the AC franchise, Black Flag holds up better than many, but that doesn't change the fact that I had a wonderful time going back. The cast, setting and atmosphere are still some of the best ever realised in the series, and the new content feels right at home.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has also become the highest-rated game in the franchise in the past 13 years—that is, since the year the original was released—as you can see below:

• Assassin's Creed Rogue – 72
• Assassin's Creed Unity – 72
• Assassin's Creed Syndicate – 76
• Assassin's Creed Origins – 81
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey – 83
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla – 80
• Assassin's Creed Mirage – 76
• Assassin's Creed Shadows – 81

This is yet further confirmation that Ubisoft has indeed delivered a high-quality remake. Moreover, according to fresh analytics data, pre-order sales for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced have already surpassed those of another pirate-themed game from the company, Skull & Bones, released in 2024, with potential revenue from pre-orders alone reaching around $14 million. Furthermore, the chances of other older franchise titles receiving remakes in the future seem to have increased—Ubisoft had previously teased as much, and it appears a remake of the original Assassin's Creed might be next. You can also check out Main Differences Between Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced releases on July 9 for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5.