Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is getting New Game Plus, and while Ubisoft isn’t ready to say exactly when it’s launching, this feature is a high priority for future updates.
YouTuber JorRaptor asked about New Game Plus in an interview with game director Richard Knight, and while the dev couldn’t say much about the option, he repeatedly emphasized that it’s currently in production.
“Well, this is the one thing I can say: Yes, we’re working on that right now,” Knight says in the interview. “For sure. It’s one of the first things. Partly because Shadows has already built their version, so it’s considered a low-risk feature for us. We’re still doing the work, so I can’t promise exactly a day or anything, but we’re definitely working on this one. It’s just such a natural thing.”
Simon Lemay-Comtois, associate game director of Shadows, “did the hard work” of introducing New Game Plus, Knight jokes, which does give the Black Flag Resynced team “something to look at” when implementing it. But “our games are not exactly the same,” Knight explains. “We have different challenges in terms of how that works. We can’t skip to the hideout, necessarily. But we’re looking into it.”
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Asked if Black Flag Resynced will have additional rewards for New Game Plus similar to Shadows, Knight says: “If it’s up to me, yes. There’s still production discussions about what we can do and how much time it takes. Every item we make needs a model. Sometimes it needs cloth sim. All sorts of things.”
In other words, it sounds like this iteration of New Game Plus is still pretty early in the design phase. Knight adds that, in his opinion, the “more exciting” part of New Game Plus is simply stomping early-game foes with late-game power, but it sounds like those sorts of details are still being ironed out.
And, again, that also goes for the release date. “I really can’t promise anything – just to say it’s at the top of the list of things,” Knight emphasizes. “There’s a lot of things. Some are harder than others, but it’s something we definitely want to get done.”
As Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced’s underwater levels draw praise, dev says those responsible are “being fired right now because Ubisoft thinks that’s what we deserve.”
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