Images from the recent creator preview of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced have surfaced and they suggest a time setting that’s far later than the ‘Modern Day’ in the original version of the game.
In an extensive 2-hour video uploaded by YouTube creator Skatha, we get a glimpse of the in-game Vault that holds the documents and texts the player finds during gameplay. One such document labeled ‘Encrypted Blog Post’ has a timestamp of ‘2096-08-018T19:45’, indicating the post was created in the year 2096.
A time setting of 2096 would place Resynced’s modern day 83 years after the modern day of its original and roughly 75 years after that of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Desmond Miles, who starred in 2013’s Black Flag modern-day segments, would be well over 100 years old. It’s worth remembering that this is only a single file in the archive and may not be indicative of the whole modern day setting in Resynced. Still, this will only fuel fan speculation that Resynced will not be a direct remake of Black Flag, but rather a new exploration of Edward Kenway’s story, perhaps from the perspective of a new modern-day protagonist.
Interestingly, the timestamp appears to contain a typo. At first glance, it appears to be in standard ISO 8601 date-time format but has an invalid day 3-digit ‘day’ value of 018.
Earlier this month, Ubisoft confirmed that the modern-day segments from Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag would not be returning for its upcoming remake. In their place, Ubisoft has implemented short cutscenes and missions that focus on Black Flag’s historical hero, Edward Kenway. Fans are split on the decision, though most agree that the obligatory modern-day scenes in the 2013 original significantly dampened the pacing and tone of the game.
You can watch Skatha’s full gameplay video down below. Be warned, though, it contains spoilers for the first two hours of the game.
