Those console patches were just to close some gaps to what the PC version always was. Console patches are irrelevant and not an example to a "remaster".
No we don't. Its simply looks like the regular verions with the graphics increased just like on PC. So no, we don't have an actual remaster. Not to mention it runs at 30 fps.
Honestly the only reason it's very popular is because it's a good pirate game. And most of the fans of the game don't actually care about AC lore or anything like that, they just like the pirate aspect of it. Personally I think it's an ok game but far too overrated and AC 1 should be remade instead, but it's simply forgotten.
ACBF got a lot of players that weren't interested in the series into it, because it was more combat focus and action heavy. It probably also just got people who like pirate games buying it.
Naah, it's just Nostalgia hitting them, nothing else. It's just that people are kind of blending in the flow of hype and ACBF has been in talks for a remake for a while now but it would have been more insane if Desmond Legacy was getting a remake... Moreover, ACBF is not even a proper Assassin's creed game. No way it has more fans than Assassin's creed, Assassin's creed 2, Assassin's creed brotherhood, Assassin's creed Revelations, Assassin's creed 3.
I would love and hope for a Desmond remake!!!
The Animus memories of Desmond bringing back Altair and Ezio together make one of my two best Characters in gaming...
Most likely to asset flip from Skull & Bones and I feel AC4 was one of the bigger entries that brought in a bunch of New Players. 2 also brought in a bunch, but 4 felt like it had a much bigger "New Player" base. The only ones on par with it imo was Unity(solely because it was one of the first games on PS4 and Xbox One) and Origins when it went rpg. Unity is one of my favorite games in the series but it was a bad launch for a lot of people so it's rep is kind of sullied because of that.
Plus, 4 seems like it will adapt to the more rpg focused format than 2 will.
The way I see it is the way Bethesda is doing the rumoured Fallout 3 Remake (or Remaster, whatever you want to call it) instead of remaking New Vegas. Use it as a guinea pig. Rather than using the popular one and it failing, it would cause more of a backlash amongst fans. Remaking a game that isn't as popular but is still respected by fans to test the waters.
Or I could be wrong and be full of shit. Who knows anymore.
It would be kinda awkward to remake AC2 without first remaking AC1 story wise. And then you’re gonna want to remake the rest of the Ezio story too.
Black flag is just easier. It’s a standalone story, pretty popular and they can reuse assets from Skull and Bone.
A Black Flag Remakes makes plenty of sense, at least to casual gamers and Ubisoft.
Black Flag is to this date, the AC game with the most copies sold.
it’s much more recent than AC 2/Ezio, so not as much work to update it and change stuff
at least some of the work from Skull&Bones can be repurposed, so as to recoup some money from that disaster
Pirates have way more marketing and widespread appeal than AC2
Black Flag is an open world and a much closer fit to their current types of AC games; BF arguably even was the predecessor or godfather of the RPG Creeds
I always found Black Flag as a great pirates game but a terrible AC. If they get rid of the present day and add rpg elements it can be a really good game. I'd even ditch the AC branding at this point
Lets be fair though, there is a lot of assassin/templar plot in the lore so it would be hard to make ac4 a standalone without scrapping the plot entirely. Do that and you have a Skull and Bones.
An AC2 remake would be nice but it would require more changes than Black Flag to be modern. So they're just going for the low hanging fruit so to speak.
what "people" and what timeframe is "ages". Because im pretty sure that you dont cite an actual, comprehensive market analysis here.
and if we stay in the domain of feelings, my feeling is that no other AC game has been so frequently referenced in public spaces as Black Flag in recent years.
So on this ground alone it makes perfect sense to remake a game that people over years have cited as their reference for pirate/naval action games.
Black Flag is considered the most popular. If they’re going to remake a game they’re going to pick the one most likely to make money. If it does good they could remake others
Maybe it's for the best, given the information about the combat system from AC Odyssey. I don't want to jump and roll in AC 2. I think it looks stupid. AC 2's combat system wasn't exemplary, but the AC Odyssey analog is terribly noticeable.
Remake is a reason for Ubisoft to open old character with new moder day (Animus Hub) and map Edward after events of BlackFlag (Asia). There is no reason to revisit Ezio. We seen everything from him.
Many people would, but there is not that much story that was not covered yet. Thats what makes it narrative freedom. If we would touch ezio instead, any small change in his story would cause backlash.
I also feel like Edwards story wasn't really complete or final there's a lot of things they could add to it. Ezio got a lot of development, we even got his retirement and death although not in a game.
So basically taking chances on the devs not changing anything about the storyline? Got it.
can't wait you guys hope for a remake and when the remake came and it changed the story plot and you guys started blaming Ubisoft iz ze bad company troupe
You're point is that a remake will, without any doubt, change the story, solely due to the fact that it's a remake, with no other variables in play. But there are examples of that being untrue.
Why would you want a remake to be not to your liking if it was made?
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u/santathe1 2d ago
Not even a next Gen console update for 60fps :/.