Black Flag was my favourite game of the pre-Origins games. I've always been on the side that actually preferred the series after the shift to a more open-world RPG style; looking back now, I kinda see why, as this game introduces things that would later become staples of the newer direction. That’s not to say that I don’t like the original stuff - Assassins Creed 2 is great - but for some reason I never shared the love that I have seen other people have for it, I played the first game and enjoyed it but controlling Altair is like controlling a shopping cart that’s being pushed down a steep hill on an icy day when a truck full of jam has just crashed and leaked onto the hill...it’s difficult is what I’m getting at.
That did hinder some of my enjoyment; I continued to play the series, and there were games I enjoyed, but then Black Flag came out, and it was really the first game I loved. The setting, the characters, and the ship combat all came together and blew me away. Resynced keeps all that I loved and enhances most of it; to this day I still think that this game is the most I’ve ever felt like a pirate whilst playing a game, sorry Guybrush.
