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I have now played several hours of the new Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynched. The good: - It's gorgeous. - I love pirates. - Captaining a ship is as good as it's always been. The bad: - It contains the worst of both the original games' vestigial jank, and the new game series' vestigial jank.

I'm told the parkour is a vast improvement over the more recent titles, which is nice to hear, but the great thing about the original Black Flag was that it was the sixth mainline title in the series, and its' parkour reflected that highly successful history.

Resynched has removed a lot of the puzzle aspects of the parkour. Making climbing more smooth has made it easier, but making it easier has made it unengaging. Climbing towers is no longer a maze to find the right path; now you just point up, and the character will find something to grab.