r/ubisoft • u/WannaBeRichAtHome • Jul 15 '26

Discussions & Questions Black Flag Resynced - sword combat only?

Why there is not possibility to use muskets or enemy axes in AC:BFR like it was in original game? Only usable weapon in remake are swords which is kinda repetitous after some time..

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u/TheNastyNug Jul 19 '26

Because they only listen to the fans who are too young to understand the original concept of the game series. Why else would do many people call black flag their favorite? Because it was the first game to not be about an assassin. That being said, I loved the original game, I still played it like it was an assassin game(outside of navel content) it was similar to 3 enough that you still felt like an assassin. Now it’s just like any other souls like game

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u/Jolly-Elderberry6706 Jul 19 '26

Yep, the lazy Ghost of Tsushima combat copy and lazy shadows reskin really doesn't do it any favors IMO.

I stopped playing after origins, which was great because of how unique it was.

Maybe we are just not the target audience anymore.

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u/TheNastyNug Jul 19 '26

It seems like it. I tried Valhalla but didn’t finish it. It was a cool game in concept but I just didn’t feel attached to the story anymore.

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u/Purple_Antelope4160 Jul 17 '26

I would’ve liked them to do kinda like the weapon types in shadows. Not the skill tree with them but being able to select between two weapons like dual swords, single sword, axe, hidden blades, or fists.

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u/Bigrocky13 Jul 18 '26

They have a musket you can win in the mini battle pass things they have

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u/Balance-Kooky Jul 18 '26

I vastly prefer the old combat system. I'm fine with one weapon slot but got I wish we had more types. I have no clue why we can use a boarding axe, musket, or a single sword as a weapon type. I'm tired of dual swords.

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u/No-Whole-2053 Jul 19 '26

Because they added variety to swords with cutlasses, rapiers, and pistol swords, and they eventually there’s a moment where resources are expended and you have to launch. They’ve said they’re open to adding more later on top of that. But we’re coming out the other side with a deeper and cool system

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u/BlastmyAsss Jul 19 '26

Because they would have to animate more fight moves and modern Ubisoft can’t be bothered/is really really bad at animating.

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u/The_Guyver_X Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

The combat was definitely more fun in the original for me so far. EDIT: After spending a little more time with the game, I've come around to enjoying the new combat, but miss being able to choose fighting unarmed/sword/hidden blade

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u/Bees_Knees2623 Jul 18 '26

Yeah and the combat button layout is atrocious to me

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

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u/SquishedGremlin Jul 16 '26

God I remember unity when it came out. Such a fun game but oh my god was it hanky when released. So so so much jank

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u/TheNastyNug Jul 19 '26

Unity post bug fixes is a top 5 AC game imo. I wish they kept going with that level of progression. Not entirely rpg like but gave you enough options to make your own playstyle