PlayStation 5 Critic Reviews

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is a superb remake of an already excellent adventure game, and is utterly essential for fans.

Replaying Black Flag after 13 years and witnessing how well it aged and how perfectly it was adapted to the current generation is a delight.

Everything you loved about Black Flag is there but just refined, polished and re-wrapped with the biggest changes coming in the smaller mechanics to make the whole story feel more fluid.

The Golden Age of Piracy may be over, but Black Flag Resynced seems intent on reminding us why it's one of the most romanticized time periods of the modern age.

One of the best games in the franchise receives an impeccable treatment. With stunning visuals and technical brilliance, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced already stands as one of the best remakes ever made and a necessary modernization that we hope to see in more games in the future.

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.

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced is the definitive way to experience one of the greatest Assassin's Creed games ever made. With its stunning visual overhaul, meaningful accessibility features, and thoughtful story additions, it fully delivers on the fantasy of living life as a swashbuckling pirate. Even without the modern-day storyline that once raised the stakes, and despite the occasional bugs and glitches, Edward Kenway's unforgettable voyage across the Caribbean never feels rudderless. Resynced sets a new blueprint for the series while making the original pale by comparison, proving itself to be well worth its weight in gold.

After all these years, Edward Kenway’s story is still the best virtual pirate experience out there, and this version only confirms that. A top-tier remake of a top-tier classic.

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag: Resynced is the best possible tribute Ubisoft could have paid to one of the saga’s most beloved and iconic entries. More than just a remake that lives up to expectations, it is a carefully crafted return that leaves no room for doubt. The addition of new scenes and an expanded storyline featuring familiar faces adds an extra layer of immersion and enjoyment. Thanks to the graphics engine used to recreate the game’s environments, along with its countless improvements, it stands as one of the best remakes of the year. It may even encourage Ubisoft to revive other classic entries, such as the one starring Altaïr.

Black Flag Resynced marks the return of a great Assassin’s Creed game, but more importantly, the return of a true adventure. It is the kind of game that makes you want to set sail, explore, hunt for treasure, watch the sun go down over the ocean, and remember why Black Flag remains such a special entry in the series even today.