Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Resynced remake is reportedly getting a serious combat makeover, ditching the breezy counter-kill loop of the 2013 original for something much more reactive.
The new system is seemingly being built as an “action-oriented experience” that sits somewhere between classic Assassin’s Creed and the RPG direction Ubisoft took with Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla, and Shadows.
Changes reportedly include perfect parries that open enemies up for instant kills, plus the ability to chain up to four takedowns once you’ve created an opening. Combat is also said to use color-coded visual cues to show attack types, threat levels, and unblockable strikes, lining the remake up with modern action-game readability standards.
Firearms and gadgets are reportedly mapped for quick access during fights, and the hidden blade is said to play a proper role in combat rather than being purely a stealth tool.
The original Black Flag‘s combat looked cinematic but was famously easy. Enemies attacked one at a time, counters landed with almost no timing, and a single kill could snowball into clearing a whole deck of guards. Capping chain takedowns at four and tying instant kills to perfect parries would force players to actually read fights instead of mashing the counter button.
