"When you do something, you never know quite what it's going to become." For Matt Ryan, the performer behind Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced anti-hero Edward Kenway, that rings particularly true. Much has changed since he first started working on the role 15 years ago; Ubisoft's fortunes, the role of the mocap performer, and the Assassin's Creed series itself have all been transformed. But, in spite of that change, Ryan is clearly thrilled to be returning to the Caribbean.
Ryan's own journey to Resynced hasn't exactly been smooth sailing. The long-rumored Black Flag remake was, by Ubisoft's own admission, its "worst-kept secret" - a secret that Ryan himself had inadvertently helped to spread when he was caught on a mic at a convention hinting at some kind of return for Edward on the horizon. When I ask him how pleased he is to finally have Resynced out in the open, he can do little more than laugh: "It's great to have it out."
