The Review

Redemption, and the definitive Black Flag

We asked if they'd ruin the best Assassin's Creed ever made. They didn't. Black Flag Resynced lands at 84 on Metacritic — the fourth best-reviewed game in the series' history — and it earns it, blending the soul of the 2013 classic with the polish of modern AC into the definitive version of Edward Kenway's pirate saga.

Everything that made Black Flag special is intact: the open Caribbean, the thrill of captaining the Jackdaw, the naval shanties, the swing between assassin and swashbuckler. What's changed is the presentation. Rebuilt on a modern engine, it's genuinely gorgeous — 60fps, ray-traced seas, storms that toss your ship like a toy. Combat has been reworked to feel faster and more fluid with proper parries, the voices are re-recorded, and there's new content built around fan-favourites like Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet.

The catches

It's not flawless. The original's multiplayer is gone, and — more painfully — the excellent Freedom Cry DLC (Adéwalé's story) hasn't been carried over. And if you replayed Black Flag recently, this is still fundamentally the same adventure; how much you want to sail it again comes down to your love for Kenway. But as a remake, it's a triumph: reviewers are calling it "redemption for Ubisoft," and for good reason.

If you've never played Black Flag, this is the best possible way to experience one of the finest games Ubisoft has ever made. If you have — it's the same great adventure, now at its absolute best.

The Verdict — Pros

The best pirate game ever, now gorgeous at 60fps
Reworked, faster combat with real parries
New Blackbeard & Stede Bonnet content
Re-recorded voices & modern QoL
A relaxed, missable-free platinum

The Verdict — Cons

No multiplayer
Freedom Cry DLC not included
Same adventure if you replayed it recently

Platinum Trophy Guide

Black Flag Resynced — Platinum Roadmap

1Platinum

1Gold

11Silver

37Bronze

3.5/10

Difficulty

40–50h

To platinum

Playthrough

Trophies

None

Missable

★ An easy, relaxing platinum — just a long one. No difficulty trophies, nothing is missable, everything is offline, and the multiplayer trophies are gone. It's a 100% completion plat: finish the 12-sequence story, then clean up the Caribbean — every fort, underwater shipwreck, legendary ship, collectible and activity, plus a fully-upgraded Jackdaw. The time comes from the sheer size of the map, not the challenge.

Step-by-Step Roadmap

Step 1

Play the story (12 sequences)

Work through the campaign, unlocking the full map, the Jackdaw and Great Inagua. Completing Sequence 12 pops the gold Ever A Splinter. Grab collectibles and activities as you naturally pass them.

Step 2

Take the seas — forts, ships & the Jackdaw

Capture every Fort (King of the Castle), sink all Legendary Ships (Devil of the Caribbean), fully upgrade the Jackdaw (Ship This) and build up Kenway's Fleet (Collective Madness).

Step 3

100% the map — collectibles & Great Inagua

Sweep the Caribbean for treasure chests, underwater shipwrecks (Seven Deadly Seas), shanties, portraits, animals and more, restore Great Inagua (Governor · Dilettante), and hit Cartographer by visiting every location.

Step 4

Mop up the challenges → platinum

Knock out the fun combat & naval challenges (rope-dart hangs, pistol chains, perfect parries, tavern games) and any leftovers. The last trophy flips into Prizes, Plunder, and Adventure! — the platinum.

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Hunting collectibles? Use the video maps.

Black Flag's Caribbean has hundreds of chests, fragments, shipwrecks and map icons. For pinpoint, on-screen locations we recommend PowerPyx's video collectible guide — it's the definitive resource, and pairs perfectly with our roadmap above.

Locations →

Full Trophy List (50)

	Trophy	Grade	How to Unlock
The Platinum & Story
🏆	Prizes, Plunder, and Adventure!	Platinum	Win every other trophy.
🥇	Ever A Splinter	Gold	Stop a Templar plot — complete Sequence 12, Memory 5 (the story).
🥉	Lively Havana	Bronze	Get a tour of Havana (Sequence 2, Memory 1).
🥉	A Poxy Bird	Bronze	Captain your own ship (Sequence 2, Memory 6).
🥉	Walls That Hold Back The Wind	Bronze	Settle in a new home (Sequence 4, Memory 1).
🥉	In A World Without Gold	Bronze	Witness the end of a legend (Sequence 8, Memory 1).
🥉	Help A Brother Out	Bronze	Complete a Templar Hunt sequence.
Collectibles & 100% Completion
🥈	Cartographer	Silver	Visit every location in the game.
🥈	King of the Castle	Silver	Capture all forts.
🥈	Devil of the Caribbean	Silver	Defeat all legendary ships.
🥈	Ship This	Silver	Fully upgrade the Jackdaw.
🥈	Collective Madness	Silver	Add one of each ship class to Kenway's Fleet.
🥈	Dilettante	Silver	Fill all Art Collection & Equipment slots in the Great Inagua manor.
🥈	Grandmaster	Silver	Win at each of the different tavern games.
🥉	Seven Deadly Seas	Bronze	Find all treasure chests in underwater shipwrecks.
🥉	The Memory of My Enemy	Bronze	Display all character portraits in the Great Inagua manor.
🥉	Governor	Bronze	Restore all buildings in the Great Inagua village.
🥉	All Hands On Deck	Bronze	Recruit all Officers.
🥉	Owned	Bronze	Complete every activity in a single location.
🥉	Zero Waste	Bronze	Restore a map from map pieces.
🥉	Yo Ho...	Bronze	Learn a new shanty.
🥉	Friend To All	Bronze	Interact with all seven friendly animals.
🥉	Among Thieves	Bronze	Unlock a smuggler's chest.
🥉	Smooth Operator	Bronze	Craft an item.
🥉	Dressing Overall	Bronze	Equip new cosmetics in each of the Jackdaw's vanity slots.
🥉	Not So Little Friend	Bronze	Unlock the secondary firing mode on a Jackdaw weapon.
🥉	Business And Pleasure	Bronze	Spend 50,000 Reales.
🥉	Glutton for Nourishment	Bronze	Consume 20 food items.
Combat & Naval Challenges
🥈	Last To Leave	Silver	Take a seat on a burning ship.
🥈	Return The Favor	Silver	Dash-ram a ramming Brig.
🥈	Blow The Man Down	Silver	Shoot down all the hanging bodies in Long Bay.
🥈	Overdesign IV	Silver	Kick a berserk enemy caught in smoke off a ship.
🥉	The Hangman	Bronze	Kill 10 enemies by hanging them with the rope dart.
🥉	Caught 'Em All	Bronze	Catch at least five enemies within a single smoke bomb.
🥉	Gun-kata	Bronze	Use pistols to kill four enemies in a row within five seconds.
🥉	Backs To The Wall	Bronze	Kill an enemy with a wall takedown.
🥉	Let Me Explain	Bronze	After a perfect parry, perform a total of four takedowns.
🥉	Double Tap	Bronze	Parry two Ocelot attacks in rapid succession.
🥉	Silence, Fool!	Bronze	Kill a guard ringing a bell.
🥉	Articles Of Agreement	Bronze	Ensure the survival of all pirates in a street fight.
🥉	Old Ironsides	Bronze	Perform 3 perfect braces.
🥉	Strike The Colors	Bronze	Board a Lead Convoy ship.
🥉	Unsinkable	Bronze	Survive a rogue wave taken from the side.
🥉	Hunter Hunted	Bronze	Defeat a Pirate Hunter while at maximum Wanted Level.
Hunting & Exploration
🥉	Perfect Predator	Bronze	Get a perfect harpoon shot on a Great White Shark.
🥉	Matador	Bronze	Dodge three charge attacks by a Wild Pig.
🥉	Davy Jones' Locker	Bronze	Swim to the lowest point on the map.
🥉	Ed the Diver	Bronze	Swim 1000m underwater total (excluding shipwrecks).
🥉	Edward Catway	Bronze	Break 50 potted plants.
🥉	Hungover	Bronze	Wake up in a haystack.

All 50 trophies (1 · 1 · 11 · 37). For exact on-screen collectible locations, pair this list with the PowerPyx video guide.