Ubisoft has released Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, a remake of the acclaimed 2013 pirate-adventure game, and the critical response has been broadly positive but notably divided. While reviewers agree the original remains one of the series' finest entries — reflected in aggregate scores of 84 on Metacritic and 87 on OpenCritic — they disagree over whether the remake's substantial changes improve or undermine the classic, and several use the occasion to question the industry's growing dependence on remakes.

Enthusiasts such as Dexerto's Jessica Filby awarded five stars, praising new side quests, refined combat and endgame content as exemplary. Critics including GameSpot's Jordan Ramée (7/10) and PC Gamer's Morgan Park (75%) argued the revisions go too far, replacing Black Flag's modern-day framing and reshaping combat and stealth to resemble Assassin's Creed Shadows. Polygon's Josh Broadwell found it a gorgeous but surface-level update, while Kotaku's Zack Zwiezen, though rating it highly, expressed unease that Ubisoft's flagship release is a remake of an Xbox 360-era title — a sentiment several critics share about the industry's future.