The first big release of July 2026 has set sail, and so far, it looks like Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is hitting a critical high note that the series hasn't seen since Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. The remake of the 2013 game currently has a metascore of 84, a number that previous games have not reached for a very long time.

In comparison, the original Black Flag has a metascore of 88, and the highest review score aggregate between that game and its remake was Assassin's Creed Odyssey at 83. One thing that is worth pointing out is that Assassin's Creed Black Flag's metascore was gathered from 36 reviews on GameSpot's sister site Metacritic, while Black Flag Resynced's data stems from 83 critic reviews.

2013'S Black Flag may be a critical high point for the franchise, but it's not the highest-rated game across the mainline series. That honor belongs to Assassin's Creed 2, which has a metascore of 90, while Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood clocks in at 89. Here's a closer look at how Assassin's Creed games have scored over the years:

• Assassin's Creed -- 81 
• Assassin's Creed 2 -- 90
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood -- 89
• Assassin's Creed: Revelations -- 80
• Assassin's Creed 3 -- 84
• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag -- 88
• Assassin's Creed Rogue -- 72
• Assassin's Creed Unity -- 72
• Assassin's Creed Syndicate -- 76
• Assassin's Creed Origins -- 81
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey -- 83
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla -- 80
• Assassin's Creed Mirage -- 76
• Assassin's Creed Shadows -- 81
• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced -- 84

While most of the reviews have been positive, our own one wasn't as jazzed with the changes made to what some consider to be the peak of Assassin's Creed games. "You will see why the original game was the de facto pirate video game for years. But you will also find a remake that doesn't manage to take the crown from the very game that it's remaking," Jordan Ramée wrote in GameSpot's Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced review.

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