{"id":2036504,"date":"2026-07-10T09:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2036504"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T06:26:46","slug":"no-thanks-assassins-creed-black-flag-remake-resynced-being-review-bombed-on-steam-for-single-player-microtransactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2036504","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No thanks!&#8221; &#8211; Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag remake Resynced being review bombed on Steam for single-player microtransactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">&#8220;No thanks!&#8221; &#8211; Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag remake Resynced being review bombed on Steam for single-player microtransactions<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Das booty.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Black-Flag-store.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Big red thumbs down over a page of a microtransaction in Black Flag Resynced.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Black-Flag-store.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-10T09:26:46+00:00\">July 10, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-steam-review-bomb-dlc?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          16 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"7bfe1fe9-86cc-4aad-81c5-82a6f2cbce07\" data-name=\"Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0027s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\" title=\"Follow Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced\"><br \/>\n  Follow Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The remake of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag, Resynced, is off to a flying start. Before it even launched, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-early-sales-shadows\">the game was already on track to out-perform,Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows,<\/a> pulling in &#8220;roughly $14m in gross revenue&#8221; for publisher Ubisoft. Not bad!<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not been such smooth sailing for the game since  launch on 9th July. Over the past 24 hours, we&#8217;ve seen something of a back-and-forth over on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3751950\/Assassins_Creed_Black_Flag_Resynced\/#app_reviews_hash\">the game&#8217;s Steam page<\/a>. Whilst many praise the game for its updated graphics, wide open-world, and interpretation of the 2013 classic adventure that came before, others are miffed about a long-standing issue they feel Ubisoft has become synonymous with: cosmetic microtransactions in single-player games.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced - Official Horizon Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5MMjrUlKwM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/D5MMjrUlKwM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official Horizon Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Sea what they did there?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D5MMjrUlKwM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to something of a mutiny against this tactic, the game&#8217;s multi-language reviews have dropped to Mixed after a short period of  &#8216;Mostly Negative.  &#8220;What&#8217;s the point of getting the Deluxe Version when, immediately in game, there&#8217;s $84.91 worth [of] &#8216;DLC&#8217; that you don&#8217;t own,&#8221; says one highly-rated comment. It&#8217;s worth noting here that<a href=\"https:\/\/store.ubisoft.com\/uk\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-deluxe-edition\/699e950e2f25b911ef69de9a.html\"> the Deluxe Edition is \u00a359.99<\/a> and comes with an additional Edward costume, sword, pistol, and trinket with unique perks, as well as &#8216;the Master Assassin Naval Pack&#8217; that includes cosmetics for a ship sail set, ship&#8217;s pet, crew attire, wheel, figurehead, and hull trim. These represent just a few of the many available skins for both Kenway and his ship, however.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Releasing a \u20ac70 game and on the day of the release you slap us with \u20ac85 worth of DLC packs that are not just cosmetic but give you a gameplay advantage. This is why piracy exists and I will be refunding!&#8221; said another user.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bought the Deluxe Edition for \u00a359.99 to have \u00a376 of extra DLC advertised to me at launch. No thanks,&#8221; says another. &#8220;Refund requested. Play the original instead until this goes on sale.&#8221; Other complaints refer to the fact that some items in the game&#8217;s store prompt you to open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-red\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/working-in-the-shadows-how-an-assassins-creed-researcher-braved-the-backlash\">itself a controversial game<\/a>) in order to see exactly what it is you&#8217;re buying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1000094075.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"bounds_lossy\" data-uri=\"1000094075.jpeg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"loading 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small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.\" data-uri=\"1000094075.jpeg\" title=\"A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1000094075.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1000094075.jpeg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-caption=\"A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.\" data-uri=\"1000094076.jpeg\" title=\"A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1000094076.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1000094076.jpeg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-caption=\"A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.\" data-uri=\"1000094077.jpeg\" title=\"A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1000094077.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1000094077.jpeg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-caption=\"A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.\" data-uri=\"1000094078.jpeg\" title=\"A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1000094078.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1000094078.jpeg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fullscreen_info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nCaption          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nAttribution          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery-caption\">A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.<\/div>\n<div class=\"advert_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Further grievances are levelled at the &#8216;paid gameplay advantage&#8217; items on offer: there&#8217;s a resource pack that gives you gold and upgrade\/crafting materials (for \u00a34.29) and a map pack that adds various exploration markers to your map (also \u00a34.29). It is worth noting that these are effectively &#8216;short cuts&#8217; or &#8216;time-savers&#8217;, giving you resources and waypoints that you can find yourself in-game. They do not represent a boost for someone that buys them compared to someone who doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>These microtransactions have become synonymous with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-games-order\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed games<\/a> over the past few years; you&#8217;ll find them in everything from 2017&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-origins\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Origins<\/a> and onward. Whilst I understand why they get players&#8217; backs up, I think they&#8217;re essentially harmless: if you want an obnoxious &#8216;sea serpent&#8217; variation of Edward to ruin your immersion, by all means pay \u00a39 for one &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t impact the quality of the game or anyone else&#8217; s experience with it. I do understand and empathise with the face-slap of buying a deluxe edition of a game, logging in, and then being asked to spend more cash almost immediately, however.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review\">my three-star Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced review<\/a>, I noted that the 2026 version of the game is a &#8220;perfectly fine way of experiencing this tale&#8221;, even if some of the new additions and changes &#8220;are not universally positive&#8221;. I think this whole microtransaction furore is a good case in point.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The remake of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag, Resynced, is off to a flying start. Before it even launched, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-early-sales-shadows\">the game was already on track to out-perform,Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows,<\/a> pulling in &#8220;roughly $14m in gross revenue&#8221; for publisher Ubisoft. Not bad!<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s not been such smooth sailing for the game since  launch on 9th July. Over the past 24 hours, we&#8217;ve seen something of a back-and-forth over on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3751950\/Assassins_Creed_Black_Flag_Resynced\/#app_reviews_hash\">the game&#8217;s Steam page<\/a>. Whilst many praise the game for its updated graphics, wide open-world, and interpretation of the 2013 classic adventure that came before, others are miffed about a long-standing issue they feel Ubisoft has become synonymous with: cosmetic microtransactions in single-player games.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Assassin&apos;s Creed Black Flag Resynced - Official Horizon Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5MMjrUlKwM?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/D5MMjrUlKwM\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8211; Official Horizon Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Sea what they did there?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D5MMjrUlKwM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to something of a mutiny against this tactic, the game&#8217;s multi-language reviews have dropped to Mixed after a short period of  &#8216;Mostly Negative.  &#8220;What&#8217;s the point of getting the Deluxe Version when, immediately in game, there&#8217;s $84.91 worth [of] &#8216;DLC&#8217; that you don&#8217;t own,&#8221; says one highly-rated comment. It&#8217;s worth noting here that<a href=\"https:\/\/store.ubisoft.com\/uk\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-deluxe-edition\/699e950e2f25b911ef69de9a.html\"> the Deluxe Edition is \u00a359.99<\/a> and comes with an additional Edward costume, sword, pistol, and trinket with unique perks, as well as &#8216;the Master Assassin Naval Pack&#8217; that includes cosmetics for a ship sail set, ship&#8217;s pet, crew attire, wheel, figurehead, and hull trim. These represent just a few of the many available skins for both Kenway and his ship, however.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Releasing a \u20ac70 game and on the day of the release you slap us with \u20ac85 worth of DLC packs that are not just cosmetic but give you a gameplay advantage. This is why piracy exists and I will be refunding!&#8221; said another user.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bought the Deluxe Edition for \u00a359.99 to have \u00a376 of extra DLC advertised to me at launch. No thanks,&#8221; says another. &#8220;Refund requested. Play the original instead until this goes on sale.&#8221; Other complaints refer to the fact that some items in the game&#8217;s store prompt you to open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-red\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/working-in-the-shadows-how-an-assassins-creed-researcher-braved-the-backlash\">itself a controversial game<\/a>) in order to see exactly what it is you&#8217;re buying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1000094075.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"bounds_lossy\" data-uri=\"1000094075.jpeg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"loading 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of the microtransactions drawing ire.\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1000094078.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1000094078.jpeg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1600\"><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fullscreen_info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nCaption          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nAttribution          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery-caption\">A small selection of the microtransactions drawing ire.<\/div>\n<div class=\"advert_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Further grievances are levelled at the &#8216;paid gameplay advantage&#8217; items on offer: there&#8217;s a resource pack that gives you gold and upgrade\/crafting materials (for \u00a34.29) and a map pack that adds various exploration markers to your map (also \u00a34.29). It is worth noting that these are effectively &#8216;short cuts&#8217; or &#8216;time-savers&#8217;, giving you resources and waypoints that you can find yourself in-game. They do not represent a boost for someone that buys them compared to someone who doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>These microtransactions have become synonymous with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-games-order\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed games<\/a> over the past few years; you&#8217;ll find them in everything from 2017&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-origins\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Origins<\/a> and onward. Whilst I understand why they get players&#8217; backs up, I think they&#8217;re essentially harmless: if you want an obnoxious &#8216;sea serpent&#8217; variation of Edward to ruin your immersion, by all means pay \u00a39 for one &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t impact the quality of the game or anyone else&#8217; s experience with it. I do understand and empathise with the face-slap of buying a deluxe edition of a game, logging in, and then being asked to spend more cash almost immediately, however.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review\">my three-star Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced review<\/a>, I noted that the 2026 version of the game is a &#8220;perfectly fine way of experiencing this tale&#8221;, even if some of the new additions and changes &#8220;are not universally positive&#8221;. I think this whole microtransaction furore is a good case in point.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced &#8220;No thanks!&#8221; &#8211; Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag remake Resynced being review bombed on Steam for single-player microtransactions Das booty. 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