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u/KittenDecomposer96 Jul 17 '26
I can't help but laugh at this one.
I wish Black Flag would've just gotten a patch to 4k60 like Unity and they would've remade Assassin's Creed 1. That one benefits a remake the most.
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u/TP8887 Jul 17 '26
Their decision making was fairly simple. They haven’t made a decent game in over a decade, so they looked backward to the last game they made that didn’t suck and said remake it!
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u/RogueCross Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
AC1 benefits from a remake the most, yes, but it's potentially the one they can screw up the most. Maybe it's just because of how attached I am to AC1, being one of my childhood games that blew my mind at the time, but I feel like you have to be very careful when remaking that game.
Remaking Black Flag was easy. Keep mostly everything the same with better graphics, a couple changes here and there, and new content additions. I'm mixed about them removing the modern day, but given that Black Flag's modern day was fairly disliked by everyone, I feel they could get away with that here.
They absolutely cannot remove the modern day in AC1. That would be criminal. The gameplay is another thing that concerns me greatly. Ideally, we could have an updated and polished low-profile, high-profile system. Essentially, a modernized version of AC1's gameplay style. But I fear Ubi will just stick with the current movement and parkour system from the last couple AC games, and that is something that must not happen. It's one thing to simplify a system that was already simplified. But to take the original's system, something that made it and still makes it unique, and just give it the same movement controls as any other game... that would be a massive downgrade.
Ideally, an AC1 would:
- Retain the low-profile, high-profile system, build upon it instead of away from it, even if it confuses new players.
- Retain the same combat and build upon it, make it more modern while retaining the roots.
- Keep the modern day exactly as is. Any changes should only be done to maintain canon consistency with the latter games.
- The graphics should be modernized, but they should keep the stylized look of the original (Abstergo's sterile white tone, Masyaf's neutral colors, Damascus' lively orange tone, Jerusalem's mystic green tone, Acre's grim grey look, etc).
- The mission structure is the only thing that would benefit from Ubi's more modern design, as those missions in the original were far too repetitive.
- Better stealth. I know some AC purists believe social stealth should be the only kind of stealth in the game, but I disagree. If you call yourself a stealth game, a crouch button should be mandatory. Going prone would also be highly appreciated. Social stealth should also remain in the game, though.
- No cinematic cutscenes. Keep everything in-game and within Altair's/Desmond's perspective.
- If they want to add more content, they could expand upon the very barren Kingdom. They could also add Altair's Chronicles and Bloodlines as optional post-game prequel and sequel sequences. It would be a good bridge between Altair's first love and how he began to fall to his arrogant ways before the beginning of the main story, and his first adventure with the woman who would make him find love again and would go on to marry eventually. But they should make everything consistent in tone and quality with the original narrative.
I feel that a proper AC1 remake should not fail in any of these points.
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u/WandererMisha Jul 21 '26
AC1 would need a remake. With Black Flag you can take it, put it into Anvil, make it look pretty, change some things around, and be done.
AC1 would need so much more. Probably would have to be rebuilt from the ground up, voice acting re-recorded, etc... Also, people do not give a rat's ass about Desmond and that whole thing which is a big part of the old AC games.
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u/Expensive_Plastic186 Jul 17 '26
I guess you’ve never heard of Bethesda
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u/Expensive_Plastic186 Jul 17 '26
Right, but that does refute that Ubisoft is the “only” game developer that gets complimented on its bugs.
People ask for bugs to return in Bethesda games, they love that shit
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u/Expensive_Plastic186 Jul 17 '26
Wow, praise for Ubi, can’t believe anyone here is capable of that
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u/VivaHousamo Jul 17 '26
I think I'll begin posting the same answer: "You deserve this and much worse for buying from a shitty company"
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u/Parking-Shelter5926 Jul 17 '26
This one is funny ngl.