It was one of Ubisoft’s worst-kept secrets, but the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag remake is finally official. Earlier this week, as part of a broader “Assassin’s Creed: Into 2026” update, Ubisoft quietly confirmed the existence of Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced with a stunning piece of concept art featuring Edward Kenway atop a ship’s mast.
While details remain scarce—including whether this is a ground-up remake, a remaster, or something in between—the potential is enormous. The 2013 original remains one of the most beloved entries in the franchise, blending classic parkour with pirate fantasy. Here are five things we desperately want to see in Resynced.
5. Bigger, More Vibrant Cities
While Black Flag is best remembered for its open seas, it also featured several cities for classic AC parkour: Kingston, Nassau, and Havana. In the original, these felt more like set dressing than living, breathing urban centers. Havana, for example, housed around 70,000 people historically, but the in-game version feels like a small town.
For Resynced, we want these cities expanded significantly. Multiple districts, more NPCs, side activities, and meaningful reasons to explore beyond main story missions. A larger, denser Havana would make urban traversal as compelling as sailing the open ocean.
4. Deeper Jackdaw Customisation
The Jackdaw in the original could be upgraded with stronger armor and weapons, but it was relatively basic. We want Assassin’s Creed Odyssey levels of ship customization. Give us the ability to select our crew from different factions, each with unique perks and appearances. Offer more weapon types for naval combat—different broadside ammunition, deployable traps, or even boarding actions with more strategic depth.
Beyond combat, let the Jackdaw feel like a true hub. Access missions, notes, and conversations from the deck. Let the crew interact dynamically—playing cards, singing shanties spontaneously, or reacting to events at sea. A living ship makes for a living adventure.
3. Fewer Forced Stealth Missions
Let’s address the elephant in the room: Black Flag has a tailing problem. A significant portion of the main story involves long, slow sequences where you follow targets, hiding in bushes, with instant failure if detected. It’s repetitive, antithetical to the pirate fantasy, and just plain boring.
For Resynced, we need a dramatic reduction in these missions. If tailing must remain, remove the instant-fail state. Let us adapt if we’re spotted—perhaps the target becomes hostile, or the mission shifts to a chase or confrontation. Alternative objectives for blown cover would be a massive quality-of-life improvement.
2. Underwater Swimming and Exploration
One of the best additions to later Assassin’s Creed games is underwater exploration. Odyssey excelled at hiding treasures, sunken ruins, and secrets beneath the waves. For a game so focused on the ocean, it’s a glaring omission that original Black Flag limited underwater activity to scripted diving bell missions.
Hardware limitations in 2013 made this understandable. In 2026, there’s no excuse. Let us dive freely, discover shipwrecks, hunt for buried treasure on the ocean floor, and maybe even encounter marine wildlife. It would add a whole new layer to the pirate fantasy.
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1. A Better Modern Day Story
As much as we love Black Flag, its modern-day segments are a tonal disaster. Transitioning from swashbuckling pirate action to slowly walking around a sterile Abstergo office with a tablet is jarring. The narrative there simply wasn’t interesting enough to justify the whiplash.
The remake offers a golden opportunity to fix this. Resynced could be presented as a new character accessing Edward’s memories from Abstergo’s archives, allowing for a fresh, coherent modern-day framing device. You could even explain away gameplay and narrative changes between the original and the remake as “evolutions in Animus technology”. Give us a reason to care about the present, not just tolerate it on the way back to the past.
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced has the potential to be the definitive pirate adventure. With smart improvements and a respect for what made the original great, it could be exactly the shot in the arm Ubisoft needs.