{"id":2034124,"date":"2026-07-08T15:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034124"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:37:27","slug":"assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review-a-treasure-chest-of-sea-faring-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2034124","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced\u2019 review: a treasure chest of sea-faring adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Assassins-Creed-Black-Flag-Resynced-Remake2.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Assassins-Creed-Black-Flag-Resynced-Remake2-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"&apos;Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced&apos;\" title=\"Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced Remake2\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">&#8216;Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced&#8217;. CREDIT: Ubisoft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>Game Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced\u2019 review: a treasure chest of sea-faring adventures<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>This swashbuckling remake cements the game&#8217;s place as the quintessential story-driven pirating epic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_review_overall tdi_79 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<table class=\"td-review td-fix-index\">\n<tr class=\"td-review-footer rate_stars\">\n<td class=\"td-review-score\">\n<div class=\"td-review-overall\">\n<div class=\"td-review-final-score\">4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Tom Regan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-08T16:37:27+01:00\">8th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong class=\"dropcap big-read-dropcap\">W<\/strong>hen <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag<\/em> first launched in October 2013, the world was a very different place. A fun new social media platform called Instagram \u2013 where friends innocently shared photos of pets and food \u2013 had just been snapped up by Facebook. The UK sat happily inside the European Union and Daft Punk were still with us, mercilessly invading eardrums with their inescapable single \u2018Get Lucky\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward 13 years, and it\u2019s fair to say that quite a bit has changed, though you wouldn\u2019t know it if you measured progress by the paltry number of pirates in video games. While players have donned countless suits of virtual armour, fired billions of bullets and embarked on swathes of interstellar adventures, the intervening decade has given us shockingly few single-player swashbuckling sims. It\u2019s why re-playing <em>Black Flag<\/em> all these years later <i>still<\/i> feels like a breath of freshly-salted air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Where <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> typically delights in having you sneak and slaughter your way across different historical settings, draped in a dressing gown, <em>Black Flag Resynced<\/em> succeeds by being a snarling pirate adventure first and an <em>AC<\/em> game second. Slipping into the tattered boots of aspiring Welsh buccaneer Edward Kenway, you\u2019ll procure a ship full of rogues as you set sail for the Caribbean, learn the ways of the assassins and cement Kenway\u2019s place in outlaw legend. He\u2019s a rogue through and through, more concerned with acquiring coin than obeying a creed.<\/p>\n<p>After you get the dull introduction out of the way, yo ho, it\u2019s a pirate\u2019s life for thee. As the glistening ocean laps against your ship and your ragtag crew bellow out an impassioned sea shanty, it\u2019s impossible not to feel immersed in Ubisoft\u2019s sea-faring fantasy. Eschewing sprawling cities for the open ocean, Kenway\u2019s journey takes you from the beaches of the Bahamas to the treacherous temples of Tulum, fighting off Portuguese frigates and double-crossing brigands along the way.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: World Premiere Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WjsTLe7bBUA?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>It\u2019s a fittingly tropical adventure to be playing during the stickiest July on record \u2013 and it\u2019s even easier to be immersed when <em>Resynced<\/em> looks this gorgeous. Ray-traced lighting reflects beams of sunlight across glistening sand. Waves ebb and flow with an authentic meld of majesty and menace. And best of all, characters\u2019 faces no longer look like Madame Tussauds models who\u2019ve been left to wither in the midday sun.<\/p>\n<p>Yet while a pretty scowl will get you places, it\u2019s the inner scoundrel that truly counts. Back in 2013, a bevy of rage-inducing, insta-fail stealth missions led this writer to jettison Kenway\u2019s original adventure midway through. Mercifully, those scowl-inducing frustrations are now a thing of the past. While many of these missions have been cut entirely, in stealth sections, players are now free to take a more authentically piratey approach to missions, improvising with your pistol and cutlass whenever sneaking inevitably goes awry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>To match this scrappy swashbuckling spirit, combat has also had a dynamic overhaul. Instead of the original\u2019s one-button moves, a combination of timed parries, additional guardbreaking kicks and immensely satisfying sleeper darts add much-needed depth to the once bare-bones brawls.<\/p>\n<p>The parry window is generous, equippable trinkets add some nice move variety, and there\u2019s a sense of showmanship and flair that lends itself to being a scoundrel show-off. Later in the game, however, bigger brawls are let down by a poor enemy lock-on camera that panics when you\u2019re surrounded, regularly sending you sidestepping directly into gunfire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3942026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3942026\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3942026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Assassins-Creed-Resynced-Remake1.jpg\" alt=\"&apos;Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced&apos;.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3942026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced\u2019. CREDIT: Ubisoft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Naval battles, a highlight of the original, remain a consistent joy. Steering your vessel just feels good, with a newly-added auto-steer and pathway function guiding you to your objective if you get lost. Here, though, it\u2019s all about the journey. As Kenway grows his fleet and gains his sea legs, your ship is your path to new lands, as well as a place to fend off the British Navy. As Kenway frantically pivots the steering wheel to swerve you away from enemy fire, lining up your shots to bombard schooners and frigates with cannon fire feels endlessly satisfying. In time, you\u2019ll find yourself leaping aboard a flaming vessel and putting its captain to the sword.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s upgrading your ship to give it more firepower, adding more merchants to your lawless island hideout, or getting a new pet to sit devotedly by your side at the steering wheel, there\u2019s a welcome sense of progression to keep your scoundrel occupied outside of the main quest.<\/p>\n<p>While <em>Black Flag<\/em>\u2018s plot\u00a0is still unlikely to win any awards, this clich\u00e9d tale of ambition and betrayal is kept compelling enough thanks to some strong performances from an impressive bevy of British talent, including <em>The Office<\/em> alum Ralph Ineson, TV veteran Mark Bonnar and the return of original Kenway actor Matt Ryan. While its predictable parable of \u2018creed versus greed\u2019 undoubtedly begins to wear thin by hour 28, it\u2019s still refreshing to play an <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> game that demands 30 hours of your time rather than a gruelling hundred.<\/p>\n<p><em>Black Flag<\/em> also betrays its 2012 origins by being a Ubisoft game that isn\u2019t afraid to broach difficult subjects. Amid all the plunder and piracy, eerie trips to Caribbean plantations ensure that the 18th century\u2019s rampant slave-trading remains a notable part of the story. It\u2019s an oddly sombre reminder of a less divisive time, when AAA video games dared to address heavier themes without fear of online backlash.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced\u2019 is out July 9 on PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X\/S <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"game-review-verdict\">\n<p><strong>VERDICT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where 2020\u2019s <em>Sea Of Thieves<\/em> sets you and your mates up for multiplayer, grog-chugging hijinks, <em>Resynced<\/em> cements <em>Black Flag<\/em>\u2019s place as the quintessential story-driven pirating epic. By being a plunder-led adventure first and an <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> game second, it remains a treasure-nabbing triumph, even with a few flaws. Put simply: this rum-soaked remake is a swashbuckling good time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A gorgeous and utterly immersive swashbuckling adventure<\/li>\n<li>Removing insta-fail missions and other quality of life tweaks greatly improve upon the original<\/li>\n<li>Blasting ships to smithereens and singing sea shanties never gets old<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The story is serviceable, but fairly clich\u00e9d<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps the least exciting parkour in the series<\/li>\n<li>A problematic lock-on camera can make combat frustrating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_88\" 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class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong class=\"dropcap big-read-dropcap\">W<\/strong>hen <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag<\/em> first launched in October 2013, the world was a very different place. A fun new social media platform called Instagram \u2013 where friends innocently shared photos of pets and food \u2013 had just been snapped up by Facebook. The UK sat happily inside the European Union and Daft Punk were still with us, mercilessly invading eardrums with their inescapable single \u2018Get Lucky\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward 13 years, and it\u2019s fair to say that quite a bit has changed, though you wouldn\u2019t know it if you measured progress by the paltry number of pirates in video games. While players have donned countless suits of virtual armour, fired billions of bullets and embarked on swathes of interstellar adventures, the intervening decade has given us shockingly few single-player swashbuckling sims. It\u2019s why re-playing <em>Black Flag<\/em> all these years later <i>still<\/i> feels like a breath of freshly-salted air.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Where <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> typically delights in having you sneak and slaughter your way across different historical settings, draped in a dressing gown, <em>Black Flag Resynced<\/em> succeeds by being a snarling pirate adventure first and an <em>AC<\/em> game second. Slipping into the tattered boots of aspiring Welsh buccaneer Edward Kenway, you\u2019ll procure a ship full of rogues as you set sail for the Caribbean, learn the ways of the assassins and cement Kenway\u2019s place in outlaw legend. He\u2019s a rogue through and through, more concerned with acquiring coin than obeying a creed.<\/p>\n<p>After you get the dull introduction out of the way, yo ho, it\u2019s a pirate\u2019s life for thee. As the glistening ocean laps against your ship and your ragtag crew bellow out an impassioned sea shanty, it\u2019s impossible not to feel immersed in Ubisoft\u2019s sea-faring fantasy. Eschewing sprawling cities for the open ocean, Kenway\u2019s journey takes you from the beaches of the Bahamas to the treacherous temples of Tulum, fighting off Portuguese frigates and double-crossing brigands along the way.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: World Premiere Trailer\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WjsTLe7bBUA?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>It\u2019s a fittingly tropical adventure to be playing during the stickiest July on record \u2013 and it\u2019s even easier to be immersed when <em>Resynced<\/em> looks this gorgeous. Ray-traced lighting reflects beams of sunlight across glistening sand. Waves ebb and flow with an authentic meld of majesty and menace. And best of all, characters\u2019 faces no longer look like Madame Tussauds models who\u2019ve been left to wither in the midday sun.<\/p>\n<p>Yet while a pretty scowl will get you places, it\u2019s the inner scoundrel that truly counts. Back in 2013, a bevy of rage-inducing, insta-fail stealth missions led this writer to jettison Kenway\u2019s original adventure midway through. Mercifully, those scowl-inducing frustrations are now a thing of the past. While many of these missions have been cut entirely, in stealth sections, players are now free to take a more authentically piratey approach to missions, improvising with your pistol and cutlass whenever sneaking inevitably goes awry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>To match this scrappy swashbuckling spirit, combat has also had a dynamic overhaul. Instead of the original\u2019s one-button moves, a combination of timed parries, additional guardbreaking kicks and immensely satisfying sleeper darts add much-needed depth to the once bare-bones brawls.<\/p>\n<p>The parry window is generous, equippable trinkets add some nice move variety, and there\u2019s a sense of showmanship and flair that lends itself to being a scoundrel show-off. Later in the game, however, bigger brawls are let down by a poor enemy lock-on camera that panics when you\u2019re surrounded, regularly sending you sidestepping directly into gunfire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3942026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3942026\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3942026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Assassins-Creed-Resynced-Remake1.jpg\" alt=\"&apos;Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced&apos;.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3942026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced\u2019. CREDIT: Ubisoft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Naval battles, a highlight of the original, remain a consistent joy. Steering your vessel just feels good, with a newly-added auto-steer and pathway function guiding you to your objective if you get lost. Here, though, it\u2019s all about the journey. As Kenway grows his fleet and gains his sea legs, your ship is your path to new lands, as well as a place to fend off the British Navy. As Kenway frantically pivots the steering wheel to swerve you away from enemy fire, lining up your shots to bombard schooners and frigates with cannon fire feels endlessly satisfying. In time, you\u2019ll find yourself leaping aboard a flaming vessel and putting its captain to the sword.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s upgrading your ship to give it more firepower, adding more merchants to your lawless island hideout, or getting a new pet to sit devotedly by your side at the steering wheel, there\u2019s a welcome sense of progression to keep your scoundrel occupied outside of the main quest.<\/p>\n<p>While <em>Black Flag<\/em>\u2018s plot\u00a0is still unlikely to win any awards, this clich\u00e9d tale of ambition and betrayal is kept compelling enough thanks to some strong performances from an impressive bevy of British talent, including <em>The Office<\/em> alum Ralph Ineson, TV veteran Mark Bonnar and the return of original Kenway actor Matt Ryan. While its predictable parable of \u2018creed versus greed\u2019 undoubtedly begins to wear thin by hour 28, it\u2019s still refreshing to play an <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> game that demands 30 hours of your time rather than a gruelling hundred.<\/p>\n<p><em>Black Flag<\/em> also betrays its 2012 origins by being a Ubisoft game that isn\u2019t afraid to broach difficult subjects. Amid all the plunder and piracy, eerie trips to Caribbean plantations ensure that the 18th century\u2019s rampant slave-trading remains a notable part of the story. It\u2019s an oddly sombre reminder of a less divisive time, when AAA video games dared to address heavier themes without fear of online backlash.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced\u2019 is out July 9 on PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X\/S <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"game-review-verdict\">\n<p><strong>VERDICT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where 2020\u2019s <em>Sea Of Thieves<\/em> sets you and your mates up for multiplayer, grog-chugging hijinks, <em>Resynced<\/em> cements <em>Black Flag<\/em>\u2019s place as the quintessential story-driven pirating epic. By being a plunder-led adventure first and an <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> game second, it remains a treasure-nabbing triumph, even with a few flaws. Put simply: this rum-soaked remake is a swashbuckling good time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A gorgeous and utterly immersive swashbuckling adventure<\/li>\n<li>Removing insta-fail missions and other quality of life tweaks greatly improve upon the original<\/li>\n<li>Blasting ships to smithereens and singing sea shanties never gets old<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The story is serviceable, but fairly clich\u00e9d<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps the least exciting parkour in the series<\/li>\n<li>A problematic lock-on camera can make combat frustrating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/game-reviews\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review-3955757&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Assassins-Creed-Black-Flag-Resynced-Remake2.jpg&#8221;] &#8216;Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced&#8217;. CREDIT: Ubisoft ReviewsGame Reviews \u2018Assassin\u2019s Creed Black Flag Resynced\u2019 review: a treasure chest of sea-faring adventures This swashbuckling remake cements the game&#8217;s place as the quintessential story-driven pirating epic 4 By Tom Regan 8th July 2026 When Assassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag first launched in October 2013, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2034124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2034124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2034124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2034124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2034124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}