# Halo: Campaign Evolved, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, and The Incident at Galley House review roundup **July 28, 2026 ยท Perthro** The last week of July brought three remakes, each asking for a different kind of attention. Halo: Campaign Evolved is the headline, because Halo coming back in any form takes over the conversation. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is a couple of weeks older, but still drawing attention because Ubisoft turned one of the series' safest remake picks into one of its better-reviewed modern releases. The Incident at Galley House is smaller, and critics are treating it as the kind of game people quietly recommend for the rest of the year. ## Halo: Campaign Evolved review scores: 83 on OpenCritic OpenCritic lists Halo: Campaign Evolved at an 83 Top Critic Average, with 89% recommending it across 76 reviews. Metacritic's PS5 listing shows 82 from 44 critics. Scores run from GamingBolt's 90 and several 80s down to DualShockers at 6.5/10, IGN and Shacknews at 7/10, and PC Gamer at 70/100. Critics agree the foundation still works. They're unsure how much credit a remake deserves for proving Halo was already good. Michael Higham at IGN gave 7/10, writing that it "speaks to the series' timelessness and adds a decent set of new missions," but is "mostly a lean retread" and "more of a test run" for Halo Studios' Unreal Engine future. PC Gamer, at 70, called it "a novel trip around a familiar ring," while warning its biggest changes point to "an unremarkable future for Halo." Eurogamer was warmer at 4/5, calling it "more successful at being a reinvention of an FPS classic than it is a reproduction." Reviewers still like the combat maths: plasma weapons stripping shields, human guns finishing the job, grenades turning small mistakes into funny disasters, and enemy mixes that keep old encounters readable. IGN says Halo's "combat calculus remains solid all these years later." Eurogamer noted the remake's willingness to change things, adding sprint, aim-down-sights, more vehicles and weapons, and reworked later levels. The split is about personality. IGN liked the technical polish but argued fidelity isn't what made Halo last. Shacknews called the visuals "surface-level impressive," saying they can muddy readability and clutter the HUD. NME, via Metacritic, went the other way: the visual update adds drama and atmosphere, and only the old-school vehicle sections drag it back to 2001. It's a good remake for players who want to revisit the campaign with modern comforts and a few new missions. Critics respect it more than they're surprised by it. ![Halo: Campaign Evolved screenshot: the ring rebuilt in Unreal Engine](https://perthro.io/assets/blog/d6abe9894eee7794.jpg) ## Black Flag Resynced review scores: 84 on Metacritic Metacritic lists the PS5 version at 84 from 90 critics, 93% positive, with an 8.5 user score from 950 ratings. TheGamer's launch roundup cited 88 on OpenCritic and 86 on Metacritic. (Our [Black Flag Resynced review deep dive](/blog/2026-07-08-assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-review-deep-dive) covers the split in more detail.) The range is steadier than Halo's: IGN 9/10, PlayStation LifeStyle 90, Push Square 8/10, TheGamer 4/5, GameCritics 80, and Vandal 80 with technical and combat complaints. IGN says it's "more than just a shinier version" of Black Flag, bringing one of the best Assassin's Creed games "up to today's standards." TheGamer quotes Jade King: if you enjoyed the original, "chances are you will love" Resynced, since it keeps what made the game special and adds enough to justify another voyage. Eurogamer is conflicted, which makes it useful. There's "an ebb and flow" to Resynced, with a negative near every positive. The Jackdaw still works, the Caribbean still pulls you in, some new quest writing lands, and the ship stays a highlight across 50 to 60 hours. But the remake exposes the age of the mission design, especially long sailing stretches and "go here, do this" quests, and the lock-on is awkward enough to make fights frustrating for the wrong reasons. It isn't praised for boldness. The original's pirate fantasy is unusually durable, and Ubisoft Singapore chose its updates carefully enough that most critics forgive the old bones. If you missed Black Flag, this is the version to play. If you loved it, decide whether you want the memory sharpened or left where it was. ## The Incident at Galley House review scores: 83 on Metacritic The Incident at Galley House has the warmest reviews of the three. Metacritic lists the PC version at 83 from seven critics, all positive, with an 8.4 user score from nine ratings: KonsoliFIN 90, Game Informer 88, [Multiplayer.it](http://multiplayer.it/) 85, Eurogamer 80. It's from Evil Trout, the studio behind The Roottrees are Dead, and remakes William Rous' lo-fi deduction thriller Type Help as something more visual and tactile. Eurogamer calls it "a smart, rewarding, and hauntingly effective mystery," noting it trades some text-only intimacy for accessibility. Polygon says it turns a simple whodunnit into "a captivating ghost story" about forgetting. Rock Paper Shotgun says to play it blind, comparing its notebook-scribbling energy to Her Story and TR-49. Critics love the deduction loop. You build a mental map of people, places, times and relationships, then feed your guesses into a machine that recovers scenes from the night of the deaths. Eurogamer praised the machine's dials, buttons, switches and big lever. Polygon liked that the new presentation makes the mystery easier to follow without flattening it. Game Informer says it kept forcing the reviewer to rethink theories through late-night sessions. The criticism is consistent too. Some reviewers miss Type Help's eerie minimalism. Polygon says showing the scenes leaves less room for imagination and loses some psychological horror. Game Informer wanted a more concrete answer at the end after hours of theorizing. KonsoliFIN notes a few late puzzles are too hard and the conclusion drags. That's the normal friction of a mystery that trusts you enough to let you get lost. It asks for notes, patience and time sitting with uncertainty. ## What the three reviews have in common All three are remakes or reinterpretations, and critics responded to confidence more than faithfulness. Halo is respected because the original is sturdy, but risks feeling like a technology rehearsal for Halo Studios. Black Flag scores higher because its upgrades match what people already wanted: better movement and presentation, a cleaner map and more reasons to sail. Galley House is smallest but has the clearest reason to exist, turning a hard-to-approach text mystery into something more playable without sanding off all its strangeness. If you're adding them to a [Perthro](https://apps.apple.com/app/perthro/id6764673686) wishlist: - **Halo: Campaign Evolved:** play when nostalgia hits. - **Black Flag Resynced:** save for a long break; 50 to 60 hours of pirate business isn't casual. - **The Incident at Galley House:** put it in Next Up for two quiet evenings when you want to feel clever without being rushed.