Assassin’s Creed director Black Flag Resynced said the team abandoned the original hidden-blade combat because it “prioritized basic combat” but “listened to the community” and was “interested in what people want most.”

• Richard Knight, director of Assassin’s Creed Resynchronized Black Flagexplained why the hidden blade fight was removed from the remake
• He says the team “prioritized basic combat.”
• Knight adds that the team also monitors player feedback but “can’t make any promises.”

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag resynced Director Richard Knight has explained why the recently released remake of the 2013 game doesn’t feature the hidden-blade combat of the original.

Resynchronized Black Flag is built from the ground up and contains very little of the original code, but offers a faithful recreation that honors the original story, characters, and world. Many aspects have been changed to modernize the more than decade-old game, including an overhaul of the combat system, which notably dispenses with Edward Kenway’s hidden blade combat, which allowed the assassin to take down multiple enemies in a rapid sequence.