Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced is aiming to bring the classic pirate title to modern gamers with enhanced visuals, but it’s also changing mechanics to enhance the experience, too.
Ubisoft previously detailed some enhancements to combat and traversal in Black Flag Resynced’s reveal, but today the publisher revealed some work-in-progress footage of the game in action using new gameplay features from the most recent game.
Observe Mode, first introduced in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, has been added to AC Black Flag Resynced, as illustrated in the new footage above. Ubisoft says this change to Eagle Vision “adds the ability to observe your surroundings to find your quest objectives, clues, and tag enemies” through walls so that you can keep an eye on them even as they move out of your line of sight.
Stealth was a big part of Black Flag, so this change looks to improve the experience alongside the new dedicated crouch button, which was sorely missing from the original and sounds like a huge addition this time around.
“Crouching modifies Edward’s visibility meter, affecting enemy visibility at medium to long range,” said Black Flag Resynced creative director Paul Fu. “This is especially useful while stalking through bushes and rooftops. It also reduces movement stimuli, making it easier for Edward to perform stealth kills.”
Ubisoft also shared a look at the remake’s Advanced Combat, showing how Edward Kenway can use a quick shot from his pistol to break the guard of advanced enemy archetypes, allowing him to follow up with attacks that he normally wouldn’t be able to execute.
Fans of the franchise can leap into the new changes to Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced when it launches in just about two months on July 9 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
