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After months of leaks and building expectations, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a surprisingly clumsy remake, with bugs and parkour missteps marring my three-hour preview

Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed·Julian Benson·4 days ago
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My timbers are unshivered Image credit: Ubisoft Remakes are very much in vogue these days, providing developers the opportunity to return to an old favourite and enhance, expand, and correct the wrongs of the past. Some of the best, such as Mafia: Definitive Edition , redraw the edges of an old story, elevating and embellishing what was there in ways that seem so natural you can forget where the original began and the remake ends. With Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Ubisoft are attempting the same for their much beloved open world pirate 'em up. Case in point, swashbuckling protagonist Edward Kenway now has nipples. You may remember that in the 2013 original, seafaring Welshman Kenway was as blank-chested as a Ken doll. In a mark of how much technology has progressed in the 13 years since its release, Kenway now sports a fine pair of bronzed scotch pancakes.…

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