The horizon explains the remake

Black Flag already sold the illusion of a vast Caribbean in 2013. Resynced finally has the rendering budget and hardware targets to show much more of that ambition without hiding the seams as aggressively.

Ubisoft describes a seamless open world built on the latest Anvil technology, with dynamic weather, ray tracing and micropolygons. This is considerably more than a texture replacement project.

Weather is useful technology here

Storms affect light, water and visibility while the ship continues through the same connected space. The feature strengthens the naval fantasy rather than simply decorating it.

Even PC Gamer's critical review is extremely positive about the environment, calling the Caribbean one of the remake's most obvious achievements.

PC is treated as a modern platform

PC Gamer also considers Resynced a substantially better PC release than the 2013 version. Graphical options are broader and several awkward behaviours associated with the original PC port are gone.

Steam Deck verification is available at launch. PC Gamer expects the handheld experience to revolve around a comparatively unstable 30fps-style target rather than high-frame-rate play.

Console hardware gets meaningful differentiation

TechRadar reviewed Resynced on PS5 Pro and praises its presentation extensively. Vegetation, water, lighting and long-distance scenery give the remake a level of environmental density that the original could only approximate.

The PS5 release is officially PS5 Pro enhanced and supports DualSense vibration and trigger effects.

Rendering complexity and gameplay complexity move in opposite directions

The new Anvil technology can present a much richer world, yet some encounters are deliberately simpler. Reduced guard pressure in certain spaces, noted by PC Gamer, is a design decision rather than a technical limitation.

That distinction matters. Resynced is unquestionably the more advanced piece of software. It is not automatically the more sophisticated game in every system.

Technically, this is the easy recommendation

The 2013 PC version still carries behaviours associated with early-2010s ports, including awkward fullscreen handling and legacy Ubisoft integration. Resynced replaces that friction with a modern options suite and current-platform support.

For image quality, convenience and environmental technology, the remake wins comfortably. The more interesting argument begins after those metrics.