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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake is such a badly kept secret it's been leaked by a statue maker who just assumed we all knew it was coming (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why remake it though? It's not THAT old. And it's not like Ubisoft games look substantially better now than they did back then. Black Flag is probably the AC game from the older AC games that holds up the best. The water specifically from that game is still impressive today and the pirate ship battles have still never gotten better than that.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

To insert additional monetisation

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip -3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Why remake it though?

~~I know it doesn't run (trivially) on SteamDeck.~~ (Sorry, poor wording. I recall it wasn't SteamDeck verified, last time I had my finger on the "buy" button.)

I know I'll be buying a copy when any version releases with a SteamDeck verified badge.

So I imagine the conversation:

"Boss, getting this verified is going to be as much work at a full remaster!"

"Okay. So what?"

"So what?"

"Does anyone here not want to spend months updating this fantastic title that will probably sell like hot cakes?"

"..."

"So let's do this."

Edit: Or it could be the micro-transaction thing others mentioned. I hate that it's more probable. I guess I could wait and emulate the original later, if so.

[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Interesting, what issue are you having on steam deck? I didn't have any problems on my deck when I played it a handful of months ago. There was just a stupid issue where Ubisoft made me sign into the launcher every time I wanted to play. There was an offline workaround though that worked fine I found on protondb. After that I was able to lock it to 40 with some settings tweaks. Played great.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Interesting, what issue are you having on steam deck?

I didn't have any issue, I just hesitated to buy it without the "verified" badge. Thanks for the info! That's exciting. I've been wanting to play Black Flag.

Edit: I see my wording above was misleading. I will update.

[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Ah, that makes sense. I can understand being hesitant to pay money for something when valve says they're not sure about a game. But honestly, the verified system is practically worthless at this point. Checking ProtonDB instead usually gives me more accurate info on a game's compatibility and people will often provide fixes for games that don't work perfectly out of the box.

Regardless, happy sailing my man. 🏴‍☠️