Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced benchmark: Over 750 FPS results tested
It's time to start capturing ships and assassinating targets again: Assassin's Creed Black Flag is back—more beautiful and better than ever in Resynced. PCGH invites you to a tech test with rich loot: countless CPU & GPU benchmarks.
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With Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Ubisoft is bringing one of the most popular entries in the Assassin's Creed series back to life. The remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, originally released in 2013, was developed primarily by Ubisoft Singapore (Skull & Bones) and features new content as well as the modern technology of the company's in-house Anvil engine. The branch used is based on the engine version developed for Assassin's Creed Shadows. Black Flag Resynced thus incorporates the technical advancements that Ubisoft integrated into the Anvil engine for Shadows, including ray tracing, fluid-based wind simulation, and virtualized geometry. The latter provides fine geometric details as well as a subtle, dynamic Auto-LoD and is loosely comparable to the Nanite technology of Unreal Engine 5. Also back on board is an ocean simulation, which already provided an atmospheric pirate vibe in the original game.
In Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, you once again take on the role of the rough-and-tumble Welshman Edward Kenway, who sets sail for the Caribbean as a buccaneer during the Golden Age of Piracy, searching for adventure, freedom, fame, and fortune. Like the original, Black Flag Remastered emphasizes the character's journey—his initially reluctant transformation from adventurer and pirate into an Assassin. Black Flag Remastered is not simply a 1:1 port of the original with updated technology, but rather was
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Its protagonist, the former buccaneer and pirate Edward Kenway, isn't one for loyalty or servitude. He craves freedom, wealth, and adventure. Not enough reward for his efforts? Then he switches sides without a second thought, stabs his former employers in the back, and takes off—but not before making off with a few treasures.
Some of the environments have been significantly restructured, featuring new paths, parkour elements, and objects. In addition, the gameplay has been expanded with new options for players, and the game world and mission design have been adapted to these new approaches. Black Flag Resynced focuses on classic action-adventure and single-player gameplay. In contrast, the emphasis on role-playing elements—which some earlier Assassin's Creed adventures and Ubisoft open-world titles had prioritized—has been toned down. Black Flag Resynced also omits the somewhat jarring and contrived modern-day scenes from the original.
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The environments have been redesigned for Black Flag Resynced, featuring new parkour elements and additional paths to improve gameplay flow and, on top of that, offer more freedom of play. This is already very noticeable in the tutorial mission.
As you progress through the game, you'll explore the West Indies with your own upgradeable ship, crew, and followers, visiting bustling cities and pirate settlements, including Havana, Nassau, and Kingston. On your journey through the detailed, atmospherically designed open world, you'll encounter—as is customary in the series—a whole host of historical figures, including the pirates Edward Thatch (known as "Blackbeard"), Jack Rackham ("Calico Jack"), Anne Bonne, Mary Read, and the "gentleman pirate" Stede Bonnet. You'll encounter the latter even before his pirate career begins, in the game's intro, during his previous career as a seafaring merchant—and, playing as Edward, you'll be the catalyst for his change of heart.
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Stede Bonnet, known as "The Gentleman Pirate," is one of the historical figures you'll encounter in Black Flag. In fact, as the player, you are the one who sets in motion his career shift from merchant sailor to pirate.
In addition, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced naturally places a strong emphasis on naval combat. This aspect has also been revamped and modernized for the remake. The Jackdaw, the player's ship, can be upgraded and customized more extensively than in the original Black Flag. The boarding maneuvers and combat system have also been enhanced with additional mechanics and expanded upon compared to the original. Furthermore, the environment can be integrated more fully into the bloody battles.
The expanded gameplay and modernized design suit Black Flag Resynced perfectly. The same goes for the graphics, by the way. It's clear that Ubisoft hasn't merely recycled and repurposed old assets and game environments but has invested a great deal of work and dedication into this reimagining of the popular pirate adventure. Let's take a look at the graphics and technology.
