Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced became unplayable on PC during a weekend Ubisoft Connect outage, despite Ubisoft's claim that the game can be played offline after an initial authentication. The incident matters because it highlights ongoing concerns about PC games that depend on launcher-based DRM, especially when an "offline mode" fails at the exact moment players need it.

The outage reportedly lasted about an hour, but players said it also disabled offline access, prompting complaints on Steam Forums and Reddit, where one discussion passed 15,000 upvotes. Ubisoft had not publicly addressed the issue at the time of reporting, and players noted similar problems with other Ubisoft Connect titles. The article adds that the remake had already faced criticism over cosmetic microtransactions costing more in total than the base game, although its Steam reception has since improved and the release is otherwise described as broadly stable.