Assassin's Creed Syndicate

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  1. dzzzyt
    Nov 21, 2015
    8
    After 15 hours, so far:
    + Fine optimization and performance on i5-4690k, gtx 770 4gb, 8 gb ram
    + Huge, rich and detailed London
    + Very likable protagonists
    + Brilliant soundtrack
    + Very good graphic (but worse than Unity)
    + Huge world with a lot of activities to complete
    + Interesting skill- and talents-build

    - Rather average story (so far)
    - Much too easy
  2. VoodooTotem
    Nov 20, 2015
    8
    - Syndicate is well optimized
    - Talent builds are fun. Go as Evie if you enjoy stealth mode, go as Jacob if you are brawler.
    - Leading a gang is fun.
    - Good soundtrack.
    - Good story and missions.
  3. dagamer82
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    It runs smoothly on PC this year but it has poor graphics, low res textures and bland animations. AA is flawed in many occasions. The game is too demanding for what it offers graphically: it completely saturated my Gtx 980's 4GB Vram at Very High settings but the visual result is lower than the one obtained in Assassin's Creed Unity with less memory usage. The quests are repetitive, theIt runs smoothly on PC this year but it has poor graphics, low res textures and bland animations. AA is flawed in many occasions. The game is too demanding for what it offers graphically: it completely saturated my Gtx 980's 4GB Vram at Very High settings but the visual result is lower than the one obtained in Assassin's Creed Unity with less memory usage. The quests are repetitive, the game is boring, the Templar stuff does not live up anymore with the London environment. This game is pure marketing and a step below if compared with AC Unity.… Expand
  4. jeanbaptistebor
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    A great disappointment for me that I have bought this game. This is what I think after playing it for around 13 hours:

    Graphics 4/10
    Sounds 6/10
    Gameplay 2/10
    Entertainment Factor 0/10
  5. ciuchina82
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    It's always the same old mechanics, the same follow the guy and kill it, no innovation. This is a shame. Assassin's Creed Syndicate is a misstep and it shows how the series has fallen into disgrace.
  6. klausmunich
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    Are you kidding me? The graphics has been downgraded into shame. It looks like a 2007 video game, the first ever Assassin's Creed looked better than this **** And the requirements to max it out are insane! With my Geforce GTX 980ti it uses all the video memory at 1080p Ultra settings but it looks like **** This is ridiculous!
  7. roccit
    Nov 19, 2015
    10
    The game plays great on GTX 970 (Remember to turn off PCSS) enjoy stable 60fps
    Good gameplay

    Enjoying it so far looks beautiful
    Graphics 10/10
    Gameplay 10/10
    Port Quality 10/10
  8. Spajry
    Sep 25, 2020
    8
    Good story, good graphics, combat not that bad, map is big so another plus, overall pretty good game
  9. The_laggy_one
    Sep 20, 2020
    9
    I loved this game, this is the game that got me into assassin's creed. I really love the snappy cover system, no hiding in grass and plants for half of the game like ac odyssey and origins. Combat is soooo good and satisfying but it takes time to eliminate an enemy. The story was amazing for me, I know a lot of people don't like it but I love it. the parkour system is a bit eh but good,I loved this game, this is the game that got me into assassin's creed. I really love the snappy cover system, no hiding in grass and plants for half of the game like ac odyssey and origins. Combat is soooo good and satisfying but it takes time to eliminate an enemy. The story was amazing for me, I know a lot of people don't like it but I love it. the parkour system is a bit eh but good, there's no jump button, love the grapple gun tho, the horse carriages are easy to control and run great

    gameplay 9.6/10 story 10/10    … Expand
  10. YIshuishen
    Oct 24, 2020
    10
    作为刺客信条的第六部，已经有明显的RPG元素了，枭雄像是大革命与黑旗的混合（但画质没有大革命好），又加入了马车系统，是一部中规中矩的刺客信条，但是，它具有创新，再加上工业革命与机械朋克、柴油朋克风，使我对它有很高的评价。
  11. laserbeams
    Nov 5, 2020
    10
    So underrated, PC version is easily best version of this game. 1968 London is epic. Graphically stunning considering it's 2015 game, still holds up wonderfully.
  12. Syndicate66
    Nov 5, 2020
    10
    Solid Assassin's Creed game that takes place in 1968 London. Graphics hold up even in 2020. Absolutely beautiful game. Parkour is worse than Unity, but still pretty good. Overall it's extremely underrated. I personally still play it time to time. Miles better than Assassin's Creed 3.
    Side note: PC version is best version of it, console version (like with any game) run 30fps and have way    Solid Assassin's Creed game that takes place in 1968 London. Graphics hold up even in 2020. Absolutely beautiful game. Parkour is worse than Unity, but still pretty good. Overall it's extremely underrated. I personally still play it time to time. Miles better than Assassin's Creed 3.
    Side note: PC version is best version of it, console version (like with any game) run 30fps and have way worse graphics. PC version has many graphics settings to choose from, uncapped framerate and all that stuff.    … Expand
  13. Rok
    Nov 4, 2016
    10
    I really wanted to give Assassin's Creed Syndicate a score of 9, instead of 10, because it's not exactly “perfect“, but it sure as heck comes close enough to perfect. I've fallen in love with Assassin's Creed, the very first game, but some of the later games of the main series failed to capture my intrigue to finish just the same; Assassin's Creed Syndicate does just that, however. ThereI really wanted to give Assassin's Creed Syndicate a score of 9, instead of 10, because it's not exactly “perfect“, but it sure as heck comes close enough to perfect. I've fallen in love with Assassin's Creed, the very first game, but some of the later games of the main series failed to capture my intrigue to finish just the same; Assassin's Creed Syndicate does just that, however. There are interesting main-story missions, and there are also countless side missions, or things to do on the side, like capturing London neighborhoods, which may seem repetitive to some people, but I definitely had fun playing almost every minute of those side missions, too, even if I'm capturing the 10th child-labor factory, freeing its children, and capturing alive the 10th criminal after having disposed of the gangsters near him. For whatever reason for me, it just doesn't get old. It's the same “type” of mission, but the approach is different every single time; the layout of the place is different, the organization of gangsters or mobsters, and their type, is different, my mistakes are different, and so on. And it's actually the “mistakes” that sometimes make things exciting or interesting, like when my mistake alerts a gangster near the alarm bell and he's about to ring it, thus making me fail in the optional challenge of a mission. The graphics may have been “downgraded”; I wasn't really following before release; however, the way they are right now is more than good enough for me. The graphics are actually pretty darn impressive sometimes, and very realistic; like how the puddles of rain look like on the streets when it's raining. Little things like that. The voice acting is superb, especially of Jacob, the main protagonist. The siblings could've done with less quibbling and fighting with each other, though, and more little, innocent banter, coupled with good-hearted cooperation, from a story-perspective. The writers thought for some reason that making the brother and sister argue constantly, creating rivalry, would be cool for some reason, but I very much disagree. Light-hearted banter would've been more than enough really. Also a few funny bugs occur every now and then, like an NPC getting stuck or looping the walking animation, and it occasionally affects a side mission, but for me, these are such minor issues that Assassin's Creed Syndicate easily gets a score of 9. It truly is an amazing and enjoyable game. If you loved the first Assassin's Creed, and perhaps haven't gotten back to the series in a while, you'll be very, very happy playing Assassin's Creed Syndicate. I gave it a 10, instead of 9, because sitting at a user score of 6 currently is extremely underrated for this game. So blame my extra point on the grossly unfair jerks giving this game a score of 0 or 1...that's obviously a subjective score fueled by pure, blind passion, and logic, and not by logic or a fair judgment and assessment of all aspects of this game and its production.… Expand
  14. azgoodaz
    Sep 30, 2019
    8
    Assassin's Creed Syndicate is what Assassin's Creed Unity should have been.

    Controller I used to review this game: ASTRO C40 ---- Assassin's Creed Unity pushed what Assassin's Creed can do with AI and that led to horrible performance issues. While this game cuts down on the AI a tad bit and gives you an amazing game. Assassin’s Creed is a series that “I like,” I don’t love it    Assassin's Creed Syndicate is what Assassin's Creed Unity should have been.

    Controller I used to review this game: ASTRO C40

    ----

    Assassin's Creed Unity pushed what Assassin's Creed can do with AI and that led to horrible performance issues. While this game cuts down on the AI a tad bit and gives you an amazing game.

    Assassin’s Creed is a series that “I like,” I don’t love it (like a fanboy that buys each game on day one) or hate it (for how long the series is). But I like Assassin’s Creed for how in-depth the story is for both the Assassin and the character inside the Animus. One thing that I love the most about the Assassin’s Creed games is the places/city’s the game puts you in. Syndicate has a very 'Peaky Blinders' feel to the game and oh man, I loved every second of it.

    First off lets state the obvious, the performance. It's fantastic on the 3900X with 16 GB of RAM and a 1070... it runs flawlessly. Thought it did an "Ok" job on my old i5-6600. The game is very CPU heavy so you've been warned. So with that being said I have nothing bad to say about it, the game rarely dips under 58 FPS, constant 59 - 60 FPS.

    Gameplay, missions, cutscenes and in-game money. Gameplay, I love it honestly once you get introduced to the 'Grappling Hook,' the whole dynamic and mechanics of the game open up. For cut-scenes when you take over Gang Leaders territories, they're mostly the same with the same animations and dialogue, but in different locations of where the event(s) took place. Missions are widespread throughout the city, they give take advantage of using the whole map. In-game money is somewhat easy to come by, but at the same time it's hard to get if that makes any-sense. Unlike Unity, money can be earned when completing missions. If you are having a trouble time with money, you can spend real-life money (microtransactions) to get more in-game money (don't do this). You just have to experience the game in order to get the full understanding on how everything works, from upgrading your gang to upgrading your outfits/gear.

    Where is the Animus by Abstergo? By Sequence 4, the Animus is 5% of this game whole game. No lore outside of the game, I'm kinda disappointed. The Animus is just cut-scenes, you can't wander around. Was I the only one that liked the whole in-real life thing they did where you can wander around the Abstergo company like in Assassin’s Creed 2 and Black Flag?    … Expand
  15. Tuskymon
    Oct 15, 2016
    8
    [Russian] Абсолютно не согласен с мнением остальных игроков, как такой игре вообще можно умудриться поставить 0 или 4? Выглядит она очень достойно, хоть и по геймплею ничего практически и не добавляет, за исключением нового нестандартного гаджета. Графика в игре просто отменная, играл на ультра и получал максимум удовольствия от игры, люди, которые ставят нули просто тупо не смогли[Russian] Абсолютно не согласен с мнением остальных игроков, как такой игре вообще можно умудриться поставить 0 или 4? Выглядит она очень достойно, хоть и по геймплею ничего практически и не добавляет, за исключением нового нестандартного гаджета. Графика в игре просто отменная, играл на ультра и получал максимум удовольствия от игры, люди, которые ставят нули просто тупо не смогли запустить ее и решили так глупо "отомстить", другая половина людей, ставящая комментарий "конвейер" просто не имеет денег на всю серию и также пытается глупо мстить. Я же все же склоняюсь, что Syndicate одна из лучших игр серии (сразу после второй части с аддонами, сюжета из Unity и Rogue). Эта часть очень завалилась на основной сюжетной линии, однако в остальном игра просто замечательна, в том числе и во второстепенных миссиях с Карлом Марксом, Чарльзом Диккенсом и остальными значимыми историческими личностями. Геймплей, лично меня, во всем устраивает, а учитывая, что я проходил все части подряд в течение трех месяцев и он мне так и не надоел, то значит не все так плохо и не такой уж это и "конвейер", как называют эту серию остальные. И да, Иви Фрай - это мой самый любимый ассассин из всей серии, спасибо, Ubisoft, за такое замечательное знакомство с новым персонажем!
    Мой вердикт:
    Графика: 9/10
    Музыка: 9/10
    Оптимизация: 8/10
    Сюжет: 4/10
    Мир: 10/10
    Общее мнение об игре: 8/10

    Ставить восьмерку, считаю, большим завышением, скорее всего я все-таки склоняюсь к семерке, но, чтобы хоть чуть-чуть повлиять на User Score поставлю именно 8. Очень жаль, что в этом и следующем году не будет ассассинов :( Ждем фильм!    … Expand
  16. fireyose
    Feb 7, 2018
    8
    Such a fun game. The game play is far better than any other assassins creed game. Stealth is effective and so far the combat is fair. Graphics are great on a GTX 1080 and I get almost no fps drops. It is an addicting formula and the progress feels well paced. Even this early, it might be my favorite assassins creed games.

    Going further into the game it deals the same damage to progress    Such a fun game. The game play is far better than any other assassins creed game. Stealth is effective and so far the combat is fair. Graphics are great on a GTX 1080 and I get almost no fps drops. It is an addicting formula and the progress feels well paced. Even this early, it might be my favorite assassins creed games.

    Going further into the game it deals the same damage to progress as other AC games. Repetitiveness is guilty for this dull feeling towards the ending. Still a great experience and world to get lost into while it's fresh. Lost interest in the story but the pick up and play a side mission or two helped to keep me coming back. Great overall package.

    RECOMMEND.    … Expand
  17. Meta1234
    Apr 16, 2018
    9
    I was undecided between an 8 and a 9, this game was an 8,5 so I rounded it up towards the higher score and gave it a 9 in the end.

    There were in my eyes no major emotions coming out of this game, but overall it was a well-balanced effort of main story and side quests with no major flaws. Enjoyable mechanics with no major glitches. Overall it left me with a neutral towards positive    I was undecided between an 8 and a 9, this game was an 8,5 so I rounded it up towards the higher score and gave it a 9 in the end.

    There were in my eyes no major emotions coming out of this game, but overall it was a well-balanced effort of main story and side quests with no major flaws. Enjoyable mechanics with no major glitches.

    Overall it left me with a neutral towards positive taste in the end. Not overexcited but down-to-earth joy.    … Expand
  18. ItsGosho
    Aug 3, 2018
    10
    -Graphics 10/10
    -Optimization 9/10
    --Conclusion between two of them is that they are balanced
    -World 10/10
    -Story 10/10
    -DLC 10/10
  19. Dohbear
    Jun 17, 2018
    8
    Assassins creed back on form after a poor showing with unity, gorgeous Victorian London, good gameplay backed up by a decent story - 8/10
  20. gameking
    Apr 1, 2020
    9
    I think this game very successful. It gives London atmosphere very good to us. ı played most assassin's creed game and ı think my favourite this game. Include odyssey. The mechanics good. The story very good. Graphics are enough.
  21. Larsson05
    Nov 18, 2020
    8
    Assassin's Creed Syndicate is in my opinion one of the best ACs ever and you'll get very smooth old school AC gameplay.

    Buy it!!!
  22. Alexb1096
    Jul 24, 2020
    8
    ITALIAN:
    Come già mi era successo per Black Flag ho perso i dati di salvataggio quando ero al 70/80%.
    Il gioco è stato eccessivamente criticato. Non raggiunge il fascino di Assassin's Creed 2, non raggiunge il divertimento di Black Flag, ma risulta comunque un buon gioco e perfettamente in linea con la serie. Il problema forse è proprio nella carenza di innovazioni che ha portato,    ITALIAN:
    Come già mi era successo per Black Flag ho perso i dati di salvataggio quando ero al 70/80%.

    Il gioco è stato eccessivamente criticato. Non raggiunge il fascino di Assassin's Creed 2, non raggiunge il divertimento di Black Flag, ma risulta comunque un buon gioco e perfettamente in linea con la serie.
    Il problema forse è proprio nella carenza di innovazioni che ha portato, oltre alla pessima fama del suo predecessore Unity (a cui questo titolo assomiglia parecchio).

    Piacevole l'idea tipicamente Ubisoft dei quartieri da conquistare, così come le missioni da investigatore (anche se troppo semplificate nella ricerca degli indizi).

    Interessante infine la presenza di una piccola storia parallela ambientata durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, anche se poco sviluppata.

    VOTO: 8/10    … Expand
  23. MaxAssassin
    Nov 7, 2020
    10
    Solid Assassin's Creed entry, tons of fun to climb on rooftops of 1868 London. This one might have best rain effect of any AC game.
  24. tiho
    Jan 23, 2017
    9
    Finally played it more than one year after release, and I really enjoyed going through it. It's a very classical AC game, don't expect major surprises, but it's well executed and fun to play if you like the established formula. Personally, my only real complaint with it is the large amount of optional content that just seems pointless to me -- but I'm fine ignoring it and just goingFinally played it more than one year after release, and I really enjoyed going through it. It's a very classical AC game, don't expect major surprises, but it's well executed and fun to play if you like the established formula. Personally, my only real complaint with it is the large amount of optional content that just seems pointless to me -- but I'm fine ignoring it and just going through the missions I actually care about, so it's not a big deal :)… Expand
  25. Neddy
    Aug 21, 2016
    8
    It looks incredible, and I never got bored of walking, running, climbing, and driving about. I took many screenshots. Sometimes of just a brick wall, because I was enamoured by its faithfull reproduction, and its effect on me. The city was incredible. The buildings and parks were truly stunning. It did make me think of The Witcher 3 in London. The details and architecture were staggering.It looks incredible, and I never got bored of walking, running, climbing, and driving about. I took many screenshots. Sometimes of just a brick wall, because I was enamoured by its faithfull reproduction, and its effect on me. The city was incredible. The buildings and parks were truly stunning. It did make me think of The Witcher 3 in London. The details and architecture were staggering.

    The game was 90% perfect. There was the odd difficult to do mission, where it was just tricky to work out what to do. Mostly the missions were a blast. There was an issue in the last mission where on kb+m there was no method to walk slow, where the mission required it. I did that about twenty times.

    The graphics are fine. Yet there are folk reporting their GTX 980 is not keeping up. My system is GTX 980, i5-4690, 16GB RAM. I maxed out all but AA. Occasionally there was a dip under 60fps, and I discovered my CPU was maxing out all four cores. Basically all the people in crowd scenes were using lots of CPU.

    My own personal reflection was that I wasn't even expecting to like AC:S. It was my first ever AC game. I have a terrible fear of heights in games as well as real life. Yet because I knew I could not fall, I was mostly OK in AC:S.

    Now the bad. There was a side mission where you visit World War 1, which I hated and left alone. I did one mission of it, but it was another complete borough. I hated it because the security forces you had to avoid or kill If detected, were WW1 soldiers. That left a disgusting taste on the whole game and really I wanted to rate it lower. How could they even think about including killing WW1 Tommies. To make matters worse you were working for Churchill, but were not allowed free access to London.

    That bad point really smashed the game in for me. Otherwise I would have been tempted to mark AC:S 10/10. It really was an incredible surprise. I am also tempted to mark it lower because of that WW1 mission. However I can not decide on a mark so eight seemed about right.    … Expand
  26. AstiX
    Jan 3, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A major improvement compared to its predecessor. Gameplay is extremely fun. Combat is brutal and very satisfying, running and climbing feels very natural. This combined with the best stealth system in any AC game to this point allows for silky smooth execution of stealth tactics and makes any kill feel extremely fun. The rope launcher is a great addition which makes getting around much less tedious.

    The industrial era makes this particular Assassin's Creed feel somewhat different from previous games and it sort of "refreshes" the franchise. The atmosphere of a XIX century London looks well-executed and fun to explore.

    BUT, story-wise the game is shallow and empty. It's got some pretty interesting and likeable characters, but the entire game is riddled with boring, tedious and repetitive missions. There's way too much insignificant content. The main missions had some good moments, but the side-missions... oh my god, they felt like a huge chore!

    Concerning the main story, you go through the entire game just killing major Templars one by one, and there's literally nothing there to stop you. No plot twists, no betrayal, no big reveals, no mystery, nothing. This makes the Templar look like an insignificant threat.

    Surprisingly, the best thing about this game story-wise is its detective missions which include solving mysterious murders Sherlock style, which is strange because it's not something the Assassin's Creed games are known for. While far from perfect, they are pretty decently made and I had quite a lot of fun racking my brain trying to accuse the right suspect.

    On another note, the graphics are a big downgrade compared to Unity. They're not bad, but considering how pretty Unity looked, Syndicate's graphics are just meh. Also, the horrible Anti-Aliasing options make it even worse.    … Expand
  27. Krzych
    Dec 21, 2018
    8
    Very good game in the series, much more than I expected. Story and general atmosphere takes a much lighter and less serious approach, which at first may seem like a bad thing, but it isn't. Game has a very strong and defined idea for itself and remains true and consistent over the course of it's entire length. The opposite to many other games in the series, which are trying to be epic butVery good game in the series, much more than I expected. Story and general atmosphere takes a much lighter and less serious approach, which at first may seem like a bad thing, but it isn't. Game has a very strong and defined idea for itself and remains true and consistent over the course of it's entire length. The opposite to many other games in the series, which are trying to be epic but ultimately fail to be and eventually get lost in chaos, inconsistency and underdevelopment. Not the case with Syndicate and it is one of the few games in the series that avoided drastic flaws, at least in animus story and gameplay, because modern day story is like none, again, and apparently never coming back, as developers clearly don't have any idea what to do about it and are placing some poor quailty placeholders ever since Desmond story ended in AC3. Another issue is with graphics and performance, game received a hefty visual downgrade compared to Unity and is not any easier to run. Maxing it out at 3440x1440 requires 2080ti or 1080 SLI to barely maintain 60 FPS, and even then there are major issues with aliasing that is not effectively removed even by MSAA or TXAA and overall quailty/density is notably downgraded compared to Unity.… Expand
  28. MrElazug
    Sep 15, 2018
    8
    this game is good.i pirated the to try it out and its works well on my pc.i may buy it in the future
  29. Lerder5
    Jul 2, 2019
    10
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  30. ByJuanvi
    Apr 11, 2020
    10
    This game is a really good experience of the immersive London in the first industrial revolution and the WW1. And not forgot the remembers of london with the Queen, Karl Marx, Graham Bell and more.
    It´s a highly recommended game.
  31. Moto270
    Jun 25, 2022
    10
    My favorite game. It's the last assassin's Creed game. The last scripted assassinations. The upgrades to the gangs change things in the street.
  32. surciol
    Nov 15, 2020
    8
    Lots of activities throughout London, nice music and graphics. Parkour seem a little bit rigid, and the story was not the best. Overall nice experience, had good fun playing it.
  33. DontBlameMe101
    Dec 1, 2020
    10
    Thankfully it has so much better review score on steam with over 10 000 reviews, metacritic user score for this game is not accurate at all. It's actually pretty fun game and maxed out it looks very good!
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    Apr 15, 2023
    1
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  35. emir2334
    Dec 16, 2021
    8
    Especially the final part was so exiting for me. I wanted do more missions that we can control Evie and Jacob together but this was just in final part. Nevertheless the game absolutely grate and i played after Unity and so so good than Unity. Congratulations Ubisoft good game i like it.
  36. thebestgamess
    Jan 15, 2022
    10
    Not as good as Unity, but still very enjoyable game, wish they would do more games with two characters. instead of choosing your character to be male or female, why not both, if you can't do one? Syndicate did it perfectly.
  37. streets
    Feb 8, 2022
    10
    Not as good as Unity, but still very fun and way better game than Origins or Odyssey. Hopefully with next game they go back to Unity/Syndicate style. Valhalla was kind of right step into that direction with brining back hidden blade, more serious "down to earth" tone, removing mythological monsters and making them only visions that you can experience, if you want (but they are not real)Not as good as Unity, but still very fun and way better game than Origins or Odyssey. Hopefully with next game they go back to Unity/Syndicate style. Valhalla was kind of right step into that direction with brining back hidden blade, more serious "down to earth" tone, removing mythological monsters and making them only visions that you can experience, if you want (but they are not real) and so on. Of course they had to keep huge map with Valhalla, but i'm pretty sure they will go back to smaller maps as Unity and Syndicate were (while these were still huge maps). Overall i enjoyed Syndicate a lot, one of the better games in whole series indeed.… Expand
  38. little_ewok51
    Mar 13, 2022
    10
    Let me be clear this ten vote actually means something to me. I really did adore this game. I recently decided to play through the whole AC franchise in order (shelved the franchise after Revelations due to getting busy with college.) And I was honestly expecting this game to be weak after years of hearing a lot of hate focused at it. I wasn’t sure I was going to like some of the changesLet me be clear this ten vote actually means something to me. I really did adore this game. I recently decided to play through the whole AC franchise in order (shelved the franchise after Revelations due to getting busy with college.) And I was honestly expecting this game to be weak after years of hearing a lot of hate focused at it. I wasn’t sure I was going to like some of the changes like the skill tree introduction at first, but it all worked well. I loved it being the most “modern” AC game. Loved the setting. The dual protagonist format worked well playing characters with different strengths and abilities. I liked seeing the real world events with Shaun and Rebecca. The story and characters were strong. The DLC was amazing. Stealth, fight and parkour mechanics were great. I really can’t say enough good things about this game. I really feel it’s the last true AC game. Everything afterwards did the ridiculous left turn into RPG and left narrative and established lore behind. This was the last game to follow the rules of the Animus reliving memories versus the chose your own adventure format of later games. Syndicate was overall a very strong game that suffered badly from following the disastrous buggy launch of Unity. I really wish Ubisoft got back to games like Syndicate that made the franchise great and followed the established rules of the universe that were laid out as a strong foundation from the beginning.… Expand
  39. justgaming00
    Oct 6, 2022
    10
    Syndicate is not bad AC game at all, it's just not as good as Black Flag or Unity. It also seems to be hated mostly by UK gamers, literally every UK youtuber who likes AC, always hates on Syndicate. Why you might ask? Well i have no idea, maybe they don't like their own country or something, but to me, it was very interesting climbing around in 1800s London. Like i said it's not the best,Syndicate is not bad AC game at all, it's just not as good as Black Flag or Unity. It also seems to be hated mostly by UK gamers, literally every UK youtuber who likes AC, always hates on Syndicate. Why you might ask? Well i have no idea, maybe they don't like their own country or something, but to me, it was very interesting climbing around in 1800s London. Like i said it's not the best, but it's still fun game and also only AC game that has two protagonists.… Expand
  40. ACValhallabest
    Oct 10, 2022
    10
    Solid AC game, BUT, not perfect at all. City looks amazing, graphics by 2015 standard are very good. Parkour is not as good as Unity's, but still decent. Overall i think, this one is worth playing, if you are interested in that time period and it has enough "assassin" fun. Not Unity level tho.
  41. DecadeReviews
    Jan 23, 2021
    9
    Graphics - 9/10
    Story - 8/10
    Variety of enemies - 7/10
    Game's length - 8/10
    Gameplay - 9/10
    Variety of weapons - 9/10
    General world design - 9/10
    Fun factor - 8.7/10
    Main/Pause menu music - 9/10
    Sound/Music - 9/10
    How many times i have finished it - 3
    Where does it stand in my top "1000 video games of all time" list - 17
  42. Jesburger
    May 2, 2016
    8
    Just finished the game at around 70% completion. Overall a good quality game in the AC series with amazing enviroment, good graphics, likable characters and solid gameplay. Some of the classic down-sides of AC series are still there, but overall the game left a really positive impression.

    + Graphics and animations are top quality (on GTX 970 never dropped below 60fps on very high/FXAA)    Just finished the game at around 70% completion. Overall a good quality game in the AC series with amazing enviroment, good graphics, likable characters and solid gameplay. Some of the classic down-sides of AC series are still there, but overall the game left a really positive impression.

    + Graphics and animations are top quality (on GTX 970 never dropped below 60fps on very high/FXAA)
    + Enviroment detail, London looks beatiful and feels alive
    + Characters are well-written and feel more alive than ever (I especially liked the characters based on their real-life counterparts)
    + New mission types and especially racing with the horse carriages is surprisingly fun

    - Overall lack of polish in many areas. Dead NPCs twitching on the floor or floating around, animations or movement bugging or out of place and once HUD disappearead and I ended up having to reboot the game. These kind of break immersion, but nothing game-breaking
    - System requirements are high because of the new game engine, and there is still some texture-popping and some silly things such as cloth physics being locked to 30fps, witch you can fix by editing the .ini file)
    - There are some improvements to the parkour-system, but you still sometimes get frustrated when trying to simply get through a window and you end out launching yourself on top of a tower with the grappling hook

    If you are a fan of Assassin's Creed games you wont be disappointed, the gameplay is still the same (wether you think it's good or bad) and the story and characters are well-written. London is tons of fun to explore and the main characters are one ofthe best in the series. If only they had polished it properly and got rid of the few bugs, it would be a great game.    … Expand
  43. KyngCasey
    Jan 4, 2016
    5
    The game looks beautiful and runs great on pc but the game play had me bored before getting 15% through the game. The quests are too repetitive and slow, its cool that you can be both boy or girl but who cares when you're doing the exact same thing over and over again
  44. mrzero676
    Mar 9, 2016
    10
    Game looks amazing on gtx970 cranked up....best game play and characters since AC2. London is extremely well done with lots of water effects and it currently runs buttery smooth on my PC. I am really enjoying actually running around in the world not just powering through the story mode.
  45. doktorbees
    Apr 24, 2016
    9
    Assassin's Creed is back to what it does best - beautiful environments and plenty of historical background. A solid 9/10. No technical issues whatsoever throughout 40+ hours spent playing the game. In addition to the mentioned upsides, one gets two beautifully crafted protagonist characters with slightly different skillsets to use and an ability to extensively customize their looks andAssassin's Creed is back to what it does best - beautiful environments and plenty of historical background. A solid 9/10. No technical issues whatsoever throughout 40+ hours spent playing the game. In addition to the mentioned upsides, one gets two beautifully crafted protagonist characters with slightly different skillsets to use and an ability to extensively customize their looks and weapons of choice (besides the standard hidden blade). The only downside was a few cheesy side quest characters. Other than that, warm up your hands for some freeruning and enjoy every aspect of Industrial London!… Expand
  46. Mahdiar
    Apr 1, 2016
    8
    Gameplay : 8
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 7
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 8
  47. LifeHistory
    Apr 20, 2017
    10
    This is the best AC game to date and they did finally improve the combat in a really fun and solid way that you don't get bored from easily.
    Graphically amazing and well voice acted. Nice story and cool interesting characters and it has even better side quests than the ones before. I Totally recommend this and you have to give it a chance because they did well.
  48. Unslanderable
    Jan 15, 2016
    9
    After 41 hours of delightfulness with this game including beating the main story, all the side missions and collecting all the collectables, I think it’s time to share my spoiler free opinion of this game
    DISCLAIMER: This is my first AC game ever. Keep that in mind while reading this review
    Story: AC: Syndicate throws you right in the middle of the industrial revolution. It covers the    After 41 hours of delightfulness with this game including beating the main story, all the side missions and collecting all the collectables, I think it’s time to share my spoiler free opinion of this game
    DISCLAIMER: This is my first AC game ever. Keep that in mind while reading this review

    Story:
    AC: Syndicate throws you right in the middle of the industrial revolution. It covers the story of Jacob and Evie Frye, two sibling assassins that work together yet they have different methods, ideologies and goals. The both have interesting personalities (especially Jacob) making it the average story more enjoyable. Evie leans towards stealth and planning every move while Jacob is more of an anarchist that relies on brutal force to get his way. The story isn’t the highlight of this game, it’s not bad at all, but it’s also nothing to brag about so I won’t dwell on it at all.

    The Positives:
    AC: Syndicate is great stealth game, but it’s also a great action/adventure game as well. Mechanics like the zip line and kidnapping impressed me the most. The skill tree was also very diverse and useful. The game has a great sense of freedom making you able to do whatever you feel like. The open world is simply astonishing; it’s as if the developers used to live in that era. The building look wonderful and so does the scenery. It’s just splendid.
    The stealth aspect revolves around the use of Eagle Vision to spot enemies through walls and mark them on the map before picking them off one by one. Basic stealth mechanics (i.e. whistling to attract enemies) are present in the game. You can hide in haystacks and cloakrooms to prevent detection and best of all kidnap enemies to access to restricted areas without drawing attention. You can perform hanging ledge, death from above, zip line, double and regular assassinations on enemies. You can also use the wide array of gadgets at your disposal like throwing knives smoke bombs and best of all the hallucinogenic darts to be as efficient as possible.
    The action sections are just as fun in the game. The hand to hand combat is very robust and well done, stringing different combos, using gadgets and performing multi takedowns is a blast. The carriage battles with the opposing gang/Templars are a ton of fun. You can recruit some of your own gang members to follow you and provide protection which is extremely enjoyable.

    The Negatives:
    The parkour in this game was a definite let down; I was expecting more from a game that requires so much of it. There is no sense of freedom in it and I my character was constantly jumping to the wrong platform, it was a very tedious issue.
    The AI of the enemies is average at best, often laughable. I expected more of a challenge from the game and was disappointed to find none. I wish there was an option to adjust the difficulty.
    The fact that both Jacob and Evie have the same skill tree with just 3 perks changed is a huge let down. But that’s the penalty of having a one year development cycle for your game.
    The game suffers from some bugs and glitches that affect it negatively but don’t break it, though I did experience the occasional crash it wasn’t a menace. The optimization could have been a lot better. I see no reason why 4Gbs of Vram, 8Gbs of ram, and 3.4 Hz of processing power was quite a ways away from maxing this game out at 1080p 60FPS, but I digress.

    Final Verdict:
    This game is an absolute blast. Despite the technical issues and the subpar story, I had so much fun with it and I can confidently recommend it to anyone who’s interested in this kind of game. If I had to give it a score it would get a nice 9/10. It’s absolutely worth a buy.    … Expand
  49. AlexBoss21
    Jan 15, 2016
    10
    The game is much better then its predecessors ...but what i like at all is to kill some templars !
    There are little problems with the controls until you get used to them bu it is awesome!
  50. pmorales50
    Jan 16, 2016
    8
    First I have to say that I love this game. I dont usually play my games as soon as I get them because there are always updates coming etc etc. I have dont this with all the newest AC games. Well after I heard there was a big update for Syn I went in to check it out and I have to say the game is beautiful looking and it pulled me right in before I knew it I was at level 3 ready to playFirst I have to say that I love this game. I dont usually play my games as soon as I get them because there are always updates coming etc etc. I have dont this with all the newest AC games. Well after I heard there was a big update for Syn I went in to check it out and I have to say the game is beautiful looking and it pulled me right in before I knew it I was at level 3 ready to play memory 4 so I had to stop myself. I came here to leave my 2cents and after reading these reviews about how ugly the game is and how it looks bad all i have to say is if you have a cheap PC you will have a cheap looking game. I have gtx 980ti, 32gb memory, Sandisk 980gb SSD drive, on a Asrock Z98 MB with i7-4790k, with Benq 120hz monitor and this runs beautifully. I will admit it is demanding I can not max out the graphics and keep good game play but its almost there. It is at a point where it looks beautiful and plays well. Everyone is so stuck on FPS? during my game my FPS is around 50FPS and I play with no stuttering or anything bad graphically. Stop watching the FPS and look at the game and how it is playing folks. Lower FPS does not necessarily mean bad gaming. In the end the game is working and playing beautifully. Like everything else in life you get what you pay for.… Expand
  51. bestreviews2020
    Nov 13, 2020
    10
    Just came here to say, here's my positive review for this amazing game.........
  52. fallouts
    Feb 27, 2016
    8
    Updated review: My last review was rather overly negative because I made the mistake of submitting my opinion too early in the game. Now that I've completed the game, I can honestly say that this is the best AC so far in my opinion for number of reasons. Firstly, devs now finally realize that sandbox levels are the way to go with AC, and they have made the stealth mechanics fast paced andUpdated review: My last review was rather overly negative because I made the mistake of submitting my opinion too early in the game. Now that I've completed the game, I can honestly say that this is the best AC so far in my opinion for number of reasons. Firstly, devs now finally realize that sandbox levels are the way to go with AC, and they have made the stealth mechanics fast paced and less frustrating from the previous games. You have number of methods to dispatch your enemy and all of the mechanics are cool. The setting is very immersive and possibly my favorite one in the series. The characters are all memorable and show wide range of emotions from the emotionally disturbed past protagonists. Finally, the game is just a blast - there are plenty of side missions and all are fun, and the story missions are all varied and offer player freedom. I think this game is the biggest surprise of 2015 for me.… Expand
  53. sirgamer44
    Aug 2, 2022
    10
    Pc version is best version of AC Syndicate, so if anyone wants to play it, play it on PC. Graphically this game still looks amazing, even better than many 2022 games. Sadly it's parkour isn't as good as in Unity, also story missions can be hit or miss. Some are fun, some boring, but that goes for any game i guess. Overall solid game.
  54. Orangeknockout
    Dec 30, 2015
    6
    the game is "worth playing" at best if youre an assassin's creed fan; graphics are incredible, combat is fun, butttttt....that's about it. the story is, "ok", at best. I don't know what is it with western videogames, but western videogames seem to have terrible character development. I didn't really give a **** about any of the characters in the game; Jacob and evie frye were the only onesthe game is "worth playing" at best if youre an assassin's creed fan; graphics are incredible, combat is fun, butttttt....that's about it. the story is, "ok", at best. I don't know what is it with western videogames, but western videogames seem to have terrible character development. I didn't really give a **** about any of the characters in the game; Jacob and evie frye were the only ones I cared about in the game, but the rest goes to **** the main villain in this game didn't seem that really...evil.. he did a couple **** up things in the game, but then again... so was everyone else... the main villain didn't really stand out from the rest and I didn't feel much a of reason to "stop" him when the whole city was pretty much jacked up. you don't really see your actions impact the game. by the end of the game, there are still people starving and dying in the streets, gang fights, child workers, etc. the children I liberated from a factory were still working there a couple missions later! wtf! overall, a fair game at best, with fun combat. I really did wish they gave me the option to use fists as a weapon again...combat styles are limited in this game compared to other assassin's creed games.

    what killed the game for me was...the missions... the missions are simply just...not fun. tailing people was not fun. kidnapping gang members was not fun. taxi driving people to destinations was not fun. I had to force myself to play through some missions because they were so un-fun. there are a couple varied missions here and there which are fun. most missions are boring, dull, repetitive, unadventurous, unsurprising, missions.

    I had to force myself through the game, just to see the ending. the game's only saving grace is the fun combat, the somewhat decent story, and upgrading your character's gear.    … Expand
  55. Dethica
    Dec 2, 2015
    6
    After the Unity fiasco I had given up hope for the Assassin's Creed series. But somehow I ended up playing Unity for ~30 hrs once it had been 'fixed.' I told myself I was done with the series but here I am with just shy of 16 hours on record. My experience thus far as been mixed.

    Assassin's Creed Syndicate has the best ambient feel of the franchise yet. London is full of people and the    After the Unity fiasco I had given up hope for the Assassin's Creed series. But somehow I ended up playing Unity for ~30 hrs once it had been 'fixed.' I told myself I was done with the series but here I am with just shy of 16 hours on record. My experience thus far as been mixed.

    Assassin's Creed Syndicate has the best ambient feel of the franchise yet. London is full of people and the city feels alive with the hustle and bustle of the time. However, this seems to be the second year straight for poor PC ports. While I do not have the "recommended" hardware specs (have you seen them? Jesus) I easily meet the minimum requirements and come close to hitting the recommended specs as well. I'm not on a super computer; I have a decent machine with a GeForce GTX 760, Intel i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz, with 16 GB RAM, and I struggle to run this.

    While the story has been decent so far I do find myself really loving the Frye twins, in fact I haven't liked the character this much since Ezio. I want to say the gameplay (ie. how you traverse the map, and interact with walls during free-running, etc.) has improved but only marginally. The "hook shot" (because Zelda) is a huge improvement for getting around London and hope to see more of this in future games.

    What constantly baffles me is the terrible ports for PC games. And you would think after Unity they would learn their lesson. Back to the graphics, where do I begin? Forgive my less than technical jargon here as I was not a C.S. major at university. Nothing is smooth, the lines are so jagged. Textures lag on buildings and the ground even as you approach. My graphics card (2gb of dedicated ram) is completely used when I'm running this, which is fine, I get that it's demanding, but come on! Using the recommended settings provided by the NVIDIA GeForce Experience still yields a less than optimal gameplay experience.

    Unless you're a huge fan of the series, or have a serious gaming PC, I cannot recommend this game in the current state nor at the current price. (Why can't PC get a decent port this year?)    … Expand
  56. Iowntheworld
    Feb 15, 2022
    10
    Is it as good as Unity or Black Flag? Hell no, but it still feels more modern, in a sense that cutscenes and overall video game feel feels more modern and professional than amateurish work of Origins and Odyssey and overall it's solid game. London was great location choice, so was the time period, 1868 is very interesting time period, not every AC needs to be in middle ages or basicallyIs it as good as Unity or Black Flag? Hell no, but it still feels more modern, in a sense that cutscenes and overall video game feel feels more modern and professional than amateurish work of Origins and Odyssey and overall it's solid game. London was great location choice, so was the time period, 1868 is very interesting time period, not every AC needs to be in middle ages or basically anything before year 1700. Two characters is fun, even tho i play as Jacob 99% of time, unless i need to do Evie missions. There's many really cool missions and overall graphics are really nice, especially night time and rain, that atmosphere is amazing. + really solid soundtrack.… Expand
  57. Chielsan
    Nov 23, 2015
    8
    I think overall the game is a good game and it is exactly what you expect from an assassins creed game.
    A lot to do but also very repetitive.
    I really do not know why people are so much complaining about the graphics. Indeed, the graphics of Unity looked better but they still look quite nice. I think the industrial settings makes it look a little bit less bright than the previous    I think overall the game is a good game and it is exactly what you expect from an assassins creed game.
    A lot to do but also very repetitive.

    I really do not know why people are so much complaining about the graphics.
    Indeed, the graphics of Unity looked better but they still look quite nice. I think the industrial settings makes it look a little bit less bright than the previous episodes. Frame rates are very good with a I5-6400 and GTX970 card on 1080p. In my opinion, UbiSoft did a good job by downgrading the graphics a bit so the game can run smoothly. And you only have to take a look at Fallout 4 to see that graphics do not make a great game....

    The story so far (after about 10 hours) is ok but not a great one. It is nice to play with two characters.
    I liked Evy a bit more because of the stealthy play type..

    Gameplay is good. Free running is better than in Unity. Fighting is a little bit too much of button bashing. The finish moves are very nice! The side missions are nice with fun and recognizable characters. Looking for chests etc. is still repetitive however...

    If you enjoyed the previous Assassins Creed games, I think you will enjoy this one too if you can look beyond the "dirty look" of the industrial age.    … Expand
  58. ViDeOGaMeZ
    Nov 26, 2015
    6
    Pretty much another victim of yearly releases. I like the story better here however since it includes a male and female protagonist, but it still falls short of AC3 by a country mile. As for the game on a whole i'd give this a 7, however the poor port forces me to give it a 6. Clearly people have not learnt from most games ported poorly to PC this year.
  59. steve714
    Nov 22, 2015
    6
    I'm struggling to understand why Ubisoft thought it was a good idea to give you like 100 customization items, when 75% of them are **** and get replaced really fast.
    There is no immersion, no story, no feeling.
    It's trying way too hard to copy Batman's combat and mechanics, and fails miserably. The whole game is way too flashy and doesn't really impress any true gamer. It gets boring    I'm struggling to understand why Ubisoft thought it was a good idea to give you like 100 customization items, when 75% of them are **** and get replaced really fast.
    There is no immersion, no story, no feeling.
    It's trying way too hard to copy Batman's combat and mechanics, and fails miserably.
    The whole game is way too flashy and doesn't really impress any true gamer. It gets boring right from the start.
    It feels like it was purposely made for casuals and kids who are easily impressed by CGI trailers.
    There is a trend nowadays and it goes like this: the bigger the marketing campaign and the more hype it creates, the more the game is gonna suck.
    It has literally become the "Call of Duty" of Ubisoft. I wonder how long are they planning to keep it alive.    … Expand
  60. sukho204
    Nov 20, 2015
    8
    I don't understand why people complain about the graphics. I know that ubi downgraded the graphics, but it still one of the best looking games. and the optimization is not bad. It's quite good if you just forget about nvidia gameworks. with pcss and hbao+ ultra off I managed to run this game with a gtx 980 on average of 70~80fps. now let's talk about the gameplay. now I don't really digI don't understand why people complain about the graphics. I know that ubi downgraded the graphics, but it still one of the best looking games. and the optimization is not bad. It's quite good if you just forget about nvidia gameworks. with pcss and hbao+ ultra off I managed to run this game with a gtx 980 on average of 70~80fps. now let's talk about the gameplay. now I don't really dig deep in to stories in game so I'll pass
    that.
    the mechanics of the game has changed a bit. the combat is much for faster and rhythmical and feels good. bugs that happens during combat has been decreased to.
    the side missions which is about taking back London from the blighters, might feel repetitive but still fun to play. the main assassination missions are pretty big, and also very fun.
    oh yeah and the rope launcher. it's great.
    overall. not a masterpiece. but decent.    … Expand
  61. 99sh0ts
    Nov 19, 2015
    6
    Pros :
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    1. Beautiful visuals - Victorian London is really really well made. the lighting effects are superb -Yesterday , while playing - I remember I was in an ally - sunny weather , suddenly it started raining - the sun rays and rain dropping looked so beautiful in that ally - I just stood there for minutes . 2. Rope launcher attachment is nice. 3. You can cross Thames    Pros :
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    1. Beautiful visuals - Victorian London is really really well made. the lighting effects are superb -Yesterday , while playing - I remember I was in an ally - sunny weather , suddenly it started raining - the sun rays and rain dropping looked so beautiful in that ally - I just stood there for minutes .
    2. Rope launcher attachment is nice.
    3. You can cross Thames without getting your foot wet . :P

    Now Cons :
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    1. Though well made -Victorian London is (was) an utterly ugly ugly ugly city.
    2. Combat is really really unsatisfying . It's becoming more and more like batman style button mash combat (Which I absolutely hate) . For a couple of weeks I was playing old assassins creed games - And combat is so so so much better there - lot's of option to choose from . And since Combat is such a big part is assassins creed - the whole game feels boring and repetitive after a while.
    3. Lack of choice of weapons.
    4. Story : Not interesting at all.
    5. Gameplay : Beautiful visuals doesn't makes a great game - gameplay does - and Syndicate failed miserably is this aspect .
    6. System requirement and performance : Though better performing than unity - this games V-RAM Requirements are ridiculous.
    ----------------TLDR--------------------------
    Good graphics wasted creating an ugly city. Combat and gameplay boring and repetitive. Uninteresting story.
    Verdict : FLOP - Biggest disappointment of the year.    … Expand
  62. gyu3437
    Nov 25, 2015
    6
    I'm just looking forward to saying about this game, but it has much problems, such as lots of bugs. I disappoint about the attitude of AMD. I thought you had better idea
  63. Aenok
    Dec 4, 2015
    5
    I'm not going to start bashing on the graphics as I see a lot of reviews here doing - I don't think that games should be based on graphics alone, and for the most part I have had no issues with the graphics.

    I started playing this game feeling like Ubisoft was moving in the right direction in the aftermath of Unity. That was until I reached England. While the story is interesting    I'm not going to start bashing on the graphics as I see a lot of reviews here doing - I don't think that games should be based on graphics alone, and for the most part I have had no issues with the graphics.

    I started playing this game feeling like Ubisoft was moving in the right direction in the aftermath of Unity. That was until I reached England.

    While the story is interesting enough for me to play through it, Ubisoft has made it so that you will spend maybe about 20% of your time on the game playing the story, 30% on some arbitrary side missions, and 50% collecting the sheer amount of random collectible scattered about England. But what makes it incredibly annoying is that these collectibles are pointless to the story. Just busy work to ensure that you don't realize the game is incredibly short.

    And while they offer maps to ensure you don't miss the collectibles (which if you're a completionist like myself, you will want those), they made sure that 2 collectibles - i.e the secrets of London and random "helix glitches" - do not have maps, so you need to come across them by chance or spend a torturous amount of time on game guides looking at maps. And the helixes are rather pointless - just in game money or Intel to give you hints as to what the Templars are doing in the present, but I'm sure these hints that will go completely forgotten about after this game. Its kind of like a "don't forget! these 2 factions are still fighting it out in the present - here's info on it!" but then you'll never hear about it again and I know this because they did the same bloody thing in Unity

    The completionist in me is raging and tearing for me to finish every. single. collectible. But I'm so done with it. I just don't want to and its annoying because there's a part of me that DOES want to but I'm sitting here thinking "for me to enjoy doing this i need to put on something to watch". Imagine that. For me to enjoy an aspect of the game, I need a show playing in the background so as to not kill myself from the absolute tediousness of collecting.

    As someone who's played the AC series since the first game, it's actually kind of sad that I've come to this point. I really REALLY wanted to like Syndicate but Ubisoft, it seems, is just offering methods of distraction before they can bleed me of another 80$-90$ next year.    … Expand
  64. Foxcool
    Nov 28, 2015
    4
    Gameplay: 0/2 because it's the worst in the series
    Story: 0/2 very disjointed and hard to connect with.
    Graphics: 2/2 looks and works great even on somewhat dated machines. Sound: 2/2 everything sound as they should How it runs: 2/2 runs great with minimal bugs and hassles. Total: 6/10. -2 for having the worst gameplay design in the entire assassin's creed    Gameplay: 0/2 because it's the worst in the series
    Story: 0/2 very disjointed and hard to connect with.
    Graphics: 2/2 looks and works great even on somewhat dated machines.
    Sound: 2/2 everything sound as they should
    How it runs: 2/2 runs great with minimal bugs and hassles.

    Total: 6/10. -2 for having the worst gameplay design in the entire assassin's creed series.

    Gameplay problems: it has one of the most restrictive mechanic in an AC game, you can't jump when you want. You can only jump when there is somewhere to land. What this does is: you can't jump to your death. You can't make a dangerous jump to trade in your health for some distance or save time. You can't jump off most roofs. A game that doesn't allow you to fail is just a bad game.

    It has one of the worst parkor in the series. Running is very slow and flows poorly. In addition, the controls are very unintuitive, alot of time you have to make several attempts to perform a simple maneuver like drop down the ledge or climb up that waist high ledge.

    It has one of the worst combat in the series, you repeatedly press one button and occasionally press the counter button when you see an enemy hp bar flash yellow. The counter window is HUGE, as long as the counter button is pressed once during the yellow flash, no matter what other buttons you press after or anything else you do, you'll still counter.

    And that is one of the biggest problem in the game: the game play, AC 3 had one of the worst story in the series but it was still fun because of the gameplay. Syndicate takes all the progress and lessons learn from previous series and unlearn them all.

    It will give you one of the most restrictive feeling you ever had in a sandbox game, do NOT buy this game.    … Expand
  65. seagaljoseph
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    AC Syndicate is optimized but is has low graphics, it's a cheap Pc port and it looks awful with washed out colours, cartoonish style and blurred anti-alias. The combat style is annoying and the missions are all the same stuff. After 10 hours of gameplay I am already bored.
  66. hein
    Nov 20, 2015
    5
    Its not unity...is about all the praise I can give this game. It should be understood that Ubisoft have made this game their yearly cashcow, like BF is for EA and COD is for Activision. Ubisoft took an extra bit of time to release the PC port but it was all for nought as the port is sub-par and does not stand up to games like the Witcher 3. After re-dedicating itself to the PC platform oneIts not unity...is about all the praise I can give this game. It should be understood that Ubisoft have made this game their yearly cashcow, like BF is for EA and COD is for Activision. Ubisoft took an extra bit of time to release the PC port but it was all for nought as the port is sub-par and does not stand up to games like the Witcher 3. After re-dedicating itself to the PC platform one again this year, Ubisoft has not lived up to its promise. Assassins's Creed Syndicate is just another forgettable entry into a series and it certainly is not worth the price tag. I recommend you pick it up a little later when its had a price cut.… Expand
  67. AndyZ88
    Nov 21, 2015
    6
    As a fan of the Assassin's Creed series, up to and including Black Flag, I must say that for me, Syndicate is yet another disappointment after Unity. Now, I have played Unity on PS4, and the choppy framerate and huge pop-ins issue, along with very imprecise controls, made the game almost unplayable to me.

    I can't judge exactly how much Syndicate improves on that, because I am playing    As a fan of the Assassin's Creed series, up to and including Black Flag, I must say that for me, Syndicate is yet another disappointment after Unity. Now, I have played Unity on PS4, and the choppy framerate and huge pop-ins issue, along with very imprecise controls, made the game almost unplayable to me.

    I can't judge exactly how much Syndicate improves on that, because I am playing this on the PC, not PS4. The game runs well on a GTX 980 Ti with max settings, but then again, it's the top of the line video card. The graphics look pretty good, although they are sometimes dull and still not free of pop-ins issues. London feels alive and I think they have captured the vibe of those times well enough. I have to admit this is the only reason I still play AC games, the possibility of seeing various cities at various important periods in history (well, as long as the producers do their historical research well enough).

    The controls continue to be a hassle to work with.. I appreciate that they've implemented the "free run up" and "free run down" mechanics, to maybe help a little with navigating the world, but the control is still imprecise and more often than not, you are fighting against it.

    I don't have much to say about the story & characters. I don't feel very connected to the siblings and I often feel like this has been done just because it worked really well in GTA V... The implementation is far from the beautiful way this is being handled in GTA.. Anyway, I realise that out of the whole AC series, I only cared for Ezio's story, especially the way it was done in AC2.

    My main gripe is actually with the gameplay. Due to bad controls, and the way your character seems to have less ways to actually be a GHOST ASSASSIN, I feel like the whole game is mainly played as a fighting game. Not that AC ever excelled at stealth assassinations, but I just can't play this game in a stealthy manner. The missions seem to always turn into a "f.. this, I'm killing everybody" situation.

    Combat is clunky and boring, the only thing I find satisfying about it are the multi-kill animations, where you can execute several "near death" enemies instantly, in a spectacular fashion. Animations are kinda stiff though.

    All in all, this is probably the last AC game I'll play. Thankfully, I got it for free in the "Bullets or Blades" promotion with GTX cards... Overall, I think the game deserves a 6/10.    … Expand
  68. N3V3R
    Nov 20, 2015
    5
    The good :
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    Great engine, Anvil Improved a lot - great lighting ,reflection ,weather and day night circles - rope/hook launcher is fun and useful - jumping between moving vehicles ,carts and boats seems fun. Victorian London is Pictured well - the historical research team done a tremendous job - as usual... The Bad : ----------------------- Though well    The good :
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    Great engine, Anvil Improved a lot - great lighting ,reflection ,weather and day night circles - rope/hook launcher is fun and useful - jumping between moving vehicles ,carts and boats seems fun. Victorian London is Pictured well - the historical research team done a tremendous job - as usual...

    The Bad :
    -----------------------
    Though well portrayed , London city is ugly, grimy and disgusting . You may argue that it's pictured as it was, , but we players come to play for some good times - the sad dull looking London only fells depressive - Lack of color and low res /dull textures everywhere. Devs should have chosen some different city on a different timeline .
    The new style of Key mapping which is introduced in Unity is going in a totally wrong direction. I think the black flag had "last good likable control system".
    The story - intro feels plain flat -- too flat .

    The Ugly :
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    Gameplay is boring and repetitive - Weapons and Character customization reduced to oblivion . Batman type button mashing combat -- like it's designed for two year olds. Sometimes you need to hit an enemy ( read "hit the attack button" ) 20 times before they goes down. Combat system took a major step backwards . Everything feels scripted. Stealth system is nerfed . Stealth_mode_switching_animation (Hat --> Hood ) is laughable . And this games System Requirements are ridiculous at best - though it runs somewhat better than unity.

    Last Words:
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    It's a disappointment seeing such good engine capabilities went to vain. Devs need to break the yearly release cycle and take time to address all gameplay issues - A new combat system (PoP:WW ? anyone?) and improved button mapping should be their topmost priority.    … Expand
  69. JollyGoose
    Nov 20, 2015
    10
    Sorry, guys... I don't know English language :(

    Честно говоря, у меня нет настроения, потому что сейчас происходит одна из самых больших несправедливостей в мире. Великолепную серию Assassin’s creed упорно втаптывают в говнище разного рода мудаки. Но есть ли хоть одна игра, чей открытый мир был бы так же красив и разнообразен, как в Синдикат? НЕТ. Я собираюсь позволить себе такую    Sorry, guys... I don't know English language :(

    Честно говоря, у меня нет настроения, потому что сейчас происходит одна из самых больших несправедливостей в мире. Великолепную серию Assassin’s creed упорно втаптывают в говнище разного рода мудаки. Но есть ли хоть одна игра, чей открытый мир был бы так же красив и разнообразен, как в Синдикат? НЕТ. Я собираюсь позволить себе такую смелость, но Юнити был прорывов во всей игровой индустрии. Ещё ни в одной игре не было таких красот. Не впечатляться ими может только бескультурное быдло, которому срать на историю, культуру и всё вот это "говно ненужное". И вот выходит Синдикат, чей открытый мир стал ещё больше, насыщенней и интереснее. Неужели люди настолько тупы, что не понимают, какой титанический труд был вложен в каждый, сука, камушек… Каждое здание нарисовано вручную... ЭТО НЕ КОПИПАСТ. Графон хорош… прорисовано всё до мельчайших подробностей, а особенно персонажи. Оптимизация же в игре сделана не плохо. AMD Radeon R9 200 series и 60 фпс на средне высоких. Мне этого достаточно, чтобы насладиться красотой Викторианского Лондона. Синдикат в плане сюжета стал лучше по сравнению с прошлой частью. И всё равно, это тот же ассассин… ничем не супер ординарный, ничем не примечательный, но хуже от этого он не становиться! И разумеется нельзя не напомнить о присутствии знаменитых личностей, живших во времена этой эпохи. Геймплей претерпел не сильные изменения, но они заметны. Дерево навыков, кареты, крюк кошка и прочее-прочее… В особенности доставляют банды… Боёвка устарела, да, она унылая, НО в какой игре боёвка лучше, чем в Ассассине? И что бы это не была японская рпг или японский слэшер… вот именно, что нигде! Вдуматься только… всё это было сделано менее чем за 2 года… А что если бы Ubisoft исповедовала тот же принцип, что и Rockstar? Игра раз в 5 лет… Что если бы они ещё 3 года потратили на развитее мира, который ну просто огромный?...    … Expand
  70. IE-33
    Nov 19, 2015
    3
    Ubisoft words; "Syndicate will shine on PC"

    When I look at Unity now and Syndicate.. I can tell only one thing about this game: HUGE step backwards. Everything was (Literally) downgraded and optimization is still bad. Graphics - Downgraded, Despite running this game on High settings (No Gameworks which slaughter FPS even on GTX Titan) it looks far worse than Unity or any other AAA    Ubisoft words; "Syndicate will shine on PC"

    When I look at Unity now and Syndicate.. I can tell only one thing about this game: HUGE step backwards.
    Everything was (Literally) downgraded and optimization is still bad.

    Graphics - Downgraded, Despite running this game on High settings (No Gameworks which slaughter FPS even on GTX Titan) it looks far worse than Unity or any other AAA game that came out in previous years, hell even dated Crysis 1 which is 8+ years old looks far better than Syndicate maxed out on PC.

    I see this only this way; Ubisoft desperately tried to pump as much performance as possible at a cost of the graphics which resulted in; Terrible distant textures, terrible render distance, terrible NPC models.

    Here are example how bad this game looks on High settings with FXAA:

    Example 1: http://i.imgur.com/rpmcsL1.jpg
    Example 2: http://i.imgur.com/IKSlPof.jpg
    Example 3: http://i.imgur.com/KJDNkDM.jpg (Notice: NPC's in front on the left side, closest carriage textures, street textures right in front of the carriage)

    The best part of this? Those "High" textures require 4GB Vram according to Ubisoft.

    NPC Density - Downgraded.

    Open World Enviroment - Downgraded, One thing I loved in Unity was the freedom to move between one buildings interior to another, in Syndicate almost all of this is gone.

    Character customization - This part of the game was also heavily downgraded, it doesn't even have 50% of customization content that Unity had.

    OPTIMIZATION - It's way better than Unity and a lot less buggy than Unity (In around 10 hours in-game time I only had 2 minor bugs that fixed themselves almost instantly) but this game still leaves a lot to desire.
    Despite being heavily downgraded prior to Unity in order to run better, IT DOES NOT.
    FPS drops are still present here and there (Especially in cutscenes where they tend to drop to 22-29 FPS for no particular reason) riding a carriage at very high speed is the worst idea you could possibly get; game tends to do not load another part of map fast enough which results in 1-2s freezes, FPS drops when sitting on top of moving train.

    ------------------------>TL;DR    … Expand
  71. leanzboy
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    What can I say about this game? I was very excited of this game for PC after the failure of Assassin's Creed Unity last year but now after trying it I am very disappointed. It has very bad graphics, they reduced all the beautiful stuff which Unity had, objects and characters look dull, even if you push the graphics options to the max. The game is archaic, old mechanic and you'll findWhat can I say about this game? I was very excited of this game for PC after the failure of Assassin's Creed Unity last year but now after trying it I am very disappointed. It has very bad graphics, they reduced all the beautiful stuff which Unity had, objects and characters look dull, even if you push the graphics options to the max. The game is archaic, old mechanic and you'll find nothing new in it.… Expand
  72. mindsweeper
    Nov 28, 2015
    2
    Gameplay = 3 / Graphics = 7 / Wowability = 0 / Overall = 2

    I have all the assassins creed series and the only really epic games were ACII / Brotherhood and Black Flag. Ubisoft need to step back and learn from them games. Turning AC into and online shopping type game has really made it stale. We had a great layered approach to the games in the past now its just bash and dash with in game    Gameplay = 3 / Graphics = 7 / Wowability = 0 / Overall = 2

    I have all the assassins creed series and the only really epic games were ACII / Brotherhood and Black Flag. Ubisoft need to step back and learn from them games. Turning AC into and online shopping type game has really made it stale. We had a great layered approach to the games in the past now its just bash and dash with in game purchasing to boost the bash..

    We have gone from multi faceted beautiful games from Ubisoft to a bland cheese sandwich. My guess is they just cant create those games anymore, when you employ monkeys you get peanuts.

    Really unhappy but we as consumers can do NOTHING except not buy the games, cant see that happening as Ubisoft tempt us with a promise of the past but deliver dust.    … Expand
  73. RangerMiG
    Nov 24, 2015
    10
    The game is much better than I expected, it renewed my faith in the AC franchise after being shattered by Unity. Although, I still believe Ubisoft should give the series a couple of years off! The games is demanding you need a very decent hardware to unlock its potential. Runs great on my R9 290x few nods down from maxed out!
  74. Luka0101998
    Nov 5, 2016
    0
    This is not Assassins Creed anymore.This is just a pile of junk to keep the series running.
    After Revelations,all the games lost sense.
    The only solid game was Rogue in my opinion because of the story. I hope that the next game goes back to Ezio`s time and what happened after the events in Rome and Istanbul because the new games are just a waste of money and time.And for the love of    This is not Assassins Creed anymore.This is just a pile of junk to keep the series running.
    After Revelations,all the games lost sense.
    The only solid game was Rogue in my opinion because of the story.
    I hope that the next game goes back to Ezio`s time and what happened after the events in Rome and Istanbul because the new games are just a waste of money and time.And for the love of god,NO MORE SHIPS AND PIRATE S*IT!    … Expand
  75. TeddNii
    Dec 10, 2015
    5
    The game in general is kinda good actually, but you will not get all out of the game if you bought a season pass or are using the powerful gear you get from **** Ubiplay thing, i think **** actually want's you not to experience the whole game, thats why they are trying to ruin it by giving you free OP items and have **** MICROTRANSACTIONS! THIS GAME IS FULL PRICE! And still it has bothThe game in general is kinda good actually, but you will not get all out of the game if you bought a season pass or are using the powerful gear you get from **** Ubiplay thing, i think **** actually want's you not to experience the whole game, thats why they are trying to ruin it by giving you free OP items and have **** MICROTRANSACTIONS! THIS GAME IS FULL PRICE! And still it has both season pass and **** piece of **** microtransactions. With real money you can buy resource and IN-GAME money. I think i know why it is this way, it's because ubisoft has a good game development team, but when the game is done they look at it and think ''Wow we just made a descent game, what should we do now?, Oh right put microtransactions in it and a season pass'' The season pass gives you OVERPOWERED gear too, way too overpowered. You need to be lvl 7 to equip and it's quality is the best ones in the game if you upgrade it.
    THE ACTUAL GAME: 7/10 It is a good game.
    THE BULL**** **** PUT IN THE GAME: 0/10, **** you all!
    The only reason i buy these games is because i love the assassin's creed franchise, so please ubisoft, just please don't kill it with your greedy **** minds!    … Expand
  76. stumancuk
    Dec 29, 2015
    10
    played most of assassins creed games and this one is one of my favorites theres loads to do and loads different missions. too all the people that slating the game saying its boring i really dont know what you been playing but what do you really want creed series always has loads to do do you really want a game thta you can complete in one hour. i will agree on the controls are bit messyplayed most of assassins creed games and this one is one of my favorites theres loads to do and loads different missions. too all the people that slating the game saying its boring i really dont know what you been playing but what do you really want creed series always has loads to do do you really want a game thta you can complete in one hour. i will agree on the controls are bit messy sometimes with jumping up and down but apart from that the games great love the fight clubs and loving the new map system well done to developers cant wait for next game… Expand
  77. Mandala
    Feb 24, 2020
    3
    This game feels dead. There's no significant story happening. The player characters are psychopaths who are as evil as anybody they kill in the game. There is no journey, no personal searching and meaningful objective. And so, I've found Syndicate extremely difficult to play through. There's little to nothing that's engaging about it. How did the AC series fall from its high of Black FlagThis game feels dead. There's no significant story happening. The player characters are psychopaths who are as evil as anybody they kill in the game. There is no journey, no personal searching and meaningful objective. And so, I've found Syndicate extremely difficult to play through. There's little to nothing that's engaging about it. How did the AC series fall from its high of Black Flag to Unity and then Syndicate? And now to Origins and Odyssey. The series is dead. Whoever has been writing AC scripts and dialog for Ubisoft since after Black Flag is a talentless hack. And these games clearly have not had good direction, either. They've become soulless and moronic husks, undeservedly bearing the AC name.… Expand
  78. joem282
    Jan 31, 2016
    7
    While technically refined and superior compared to AC Unity, this game does little to innovate over previous AC titles. You've played all the missions before and the story is still a convoluted mess. Imagine AC IV with an even less interesting story and no naval combat and you have AC Syndicate. Despite the repetitive and often times bland gameplay, the game world is probably the best thatWhile technically refined and superior compared to AC Unity, this game does little to innovate over previous AC titles. You've played all the missions before and the story is still a convoluted mess. Imagine AC IV with an even less interesting story and no naval combat and you have AC Syndicate. Despite the repetitive and often times bland gameplay, the game world is probably the best that Ubi has designed and it performed well maxed out on my GTX 970. Overall, I would consider purchasing this game if it's deeply discounted.… Expand
  79. jeroengasmart
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    It is not acceptable that my Geforce GTX 970 can barely run this game at High settins all maxed out 1920x1080. When you put all the settings at the max it sucks you over 4Gb of video memory and the results is way worse than in Assassin's Creed Unity. The developers in Ubisoft downgraded the graphics of the game in a dishonorable way. Was it really necessary to satisfy the players whoIt is not acceptable that my Geforce GTX 970 can barely run this game at High settins all maxed out 1920x1080. When you put all the settings at the max it sucks you over 4Gb of video memory and the results is way worse than in Assassin's Creed Unity. The developers in Ubisoft downgraded the graphics of the game in a dishonorable way. Was it really necessary to satisfy the players who complained about Unity issued one year ago? I don't think it was necessary.… Expand
  80. robertoisidoro
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    Oh yes it runs well and with fewer bugs but the graphics is bare and very downgraded that it seems you are playing a Pc game of 5-6 years ago rather than a new game. It's a modest Pc port that offers mediocre graphics, repetitive missions, awkward controls which waste your gaming experience.
  81. appyman
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    Ubisoft sacrificed graphics quality in the name of non-sense framerate. I have never seen such ugly textures in an Assassin's Creed game before. Even AC Brotherhood looked better with my Geforce GTX 260 four years ago! AC Syndicate also requires you lot of graphics card memory to run at high settings and what you get is lower than any other game that you can play this year.
  82. Razor66
    Nov 29, 2015
    10
    On these platform there is a bunch of people that are simple LYING about this game. I heard people talking about bad graphics, dated engine, bad performances, low res texture and impossible requirements for very high settings. Those ARE PLAIN LIES: This the most optimized AC ever. Graphics are shining, textures as high res as a texture can be. On my 780ti runs at Very High with just 3 GbOn these platform there is a bunch of people that are simple LYING about this game. I heard people talking about bad graphics, dated engine, bad performances, low res texture and impossible requirements for very high settings. Those ARE PLAIN LIES: This the most optimized AC ever. Graphics are shining, textures as high res as a texture can be. On my 780ti runs at Very High with just 3 Gb of Vram, and it's always smooth as butter. The game is incredibly varied, setting is fascinating, two main characters adds even more diversity to the game.
    So, if you just want to bash a famous game for the sake of it (and I fully understand that Metacritic User Score has been inventend with that specific aim in mind) just choose a more suitable victim.
    This game is great, and it's the best AC ever published.    … Expand
  83. renatogandullia
    Nov 19, 2015
    2
    Ubisoft this game is not what we wanted. In order to make it run with older graphics cards you ruined its graphics, you eliminated lots and lots of details. I think it's not a good thing. As for the gameplay the game is uninspired and flat. No emotional feelings in playing it at all.
  84. giancy
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    8.5GB of Vram to make run at high quality a game that would have required less than 3GB is ridiculous. This PC port is a joke. If you want to play it at low settings it runs well and smoothly but graphics is ugly. If you want to play it at high settings prepare to buy a Titan X with 12GB Vram because your GTX 980ti won't be enough. Thanks Ubisoft for having cheated pc gamers again!
  85. desvues
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    I bought the game and played all the day with bad feelings about it. I really can't understand why Ubisoft decided to lower the graphics of the PC version. There is no explanation for it, this is just ridiculous. And what is worse, it oversatures my Geforce GTX 980 SLI 4GB RAM at 1080p settings!! Ubisoft are you serious? You're only interested in money and making profits. The companyI bought the game and played all the day with bad feelings about it. I really can't understand why Ubisoft decided to lower the graphics of the PC version. There is no explanation for it, this is just ridiculous. And what is worse, it oversatures my Geforce GTX 980 SLI 4GB RAM at 1080p settings!! Ubisoft are you serious? You're only interested in money and making profits. The company doesn't care PC gamers at all.… Expand
  86. petercoed
    Nov 19, 2015
    1
    This is the worst AC ever made. It has no plot, boring characters, it lacks variety. The graphics is obsolete and outdated for a modern PC game. I can only run it at medium settings with my GTX 780 which has 3GB of memory. This is unacceptable for a game that has worse visuals than AC Unity.
  87. mistower
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    The game for PC looks blurry, rough and flat. AA filter works bad. Shadows are poor quality. Textures are console version and not PC version. World detail is very low. This port is pathetic and unmeaning. Plus the game is boring boring boring again and again.
  88. syldoc
    Dec 7, 2015
    3
    Very disappointed, exactly the same like Unity, but in London
    The bugs are still here and the characters are so poor. The control are very bad and very imprecise, when you run, some time you go down but you just like stop . And the "b" button near a border, it's horrible to do what you want to do. And the "grapnel" is very horrible, you can't use it in running mode, it's so imprecise you    Very disappointed, exactly the same like Unity, but in London
    The bugs are still here and the characters are so poor. The control are very bad and very imprecise, when you run, some time you go down but you just like stop . And the "b" button near a border, it's horrible to do what you want to do. And the "grapnel" is very horrible, you can't use it in running mode, it's so imprecise you have a very little chance to arrive where you want (if you can do, but a lottery ticket)
    I don't speak to the "organisation", we don't know why it's here, why you, how did you arrive in this act
    I received it via a gift, hopefully, I don't spend my money on this version.
    Don't waste your money and return to the unity, it's just a "London DLC", beautiful DLC, but nothing new
    I make 3 for the graphic work, not for the story and for the "innovations"    … Expand
  89. RainXH11
    Nov 20, 2015
    0
    this game is empty, there's nothing worth playing for, no story
    you start the game doing mindless stuff & quests go kill that one & kidnap that, goddamn it it's no longer an assassin's creed game cuz there's nothing about the assassins and templar story there's just a total of 10minutes cutscenes in the entire game about the modern day u kidding me
    the pc port is way better than unity in    this game is empty, there's nothing worth playing for, no story
    you start the game doing mindless stuff & quests go kill that one & kidnap that, goddamn it it's no longer an assassin's creed game cuz there's nothing about the assassins and templar story there's just a total of 10minutes cutscenes in the entire game about the modern day u kidding me
    the pc port is way better than unity in term of perfomance i didnt have any stuttering or fps dropped below the 20s it played very smoothly but the physics seems to be capped at 30fps which makes the gameplay seem slow no matter what fps u r running on.
    the graphics are meh inferior to unity but when i add SweetFx with increased LumaSharpen it looks way better, but seriously this game will take up to 8gb of VRAM if you want to run it at High what the hell i dont know if it's the engine & game design fault or AMD & Nvidia Fault for making us stuck on the same VRAM sizes for years now, im no expert im certainly going to search in how games use vram.
    the combat & the ai are terrible, & there's only 3 types of weapons which none of them are swords or axes or any **** useful weapons you'd expect to find in ac game
    the point is this franchise is getting worse every sequel
    by the way i downloaded the pirated copy, i will keep doing so to bad games like this i hope this game sell poorly, if the next ac game is still bad i will not even bother downloading the pirated copy in the 1st place
    i still didnt complete the game & i wont complete it cuz i lost interest    … Expand
  90. vash47
    Dec 11, 2015
    1
    if you like awful game design and having your hand held through the entire game, this is the game for you. No way to turn off annoying "Go Here" indicators, no thought at all demanded from the player, just press X to AWESOME! Whoever designed the user interface should be put to death.

    Awful game and the paid (or just idiotic) reviewers are the worst. Last AC game I will play, nothing    if you like awful game design and having your hand held through the entire game, this is the game for you. No way to turn off annoying "Go Here" indicators, no thought at all demanded from the player, just press X to AWESOME! Whoever designed the user interface should be put to death.

    Awful game and the paid (or just idiotic) reviewers are the worst. Last AC game I will play, nothing will come close the marvel that was AC2 and the rough diamond of AC1.    … Expand
  91. kimhughes
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    London looks disgusting and flat in this cheap PC port. I bought the game today and after spending 8 hours on it I'm absolutely let down. How could Ubisoft downgrade its graphics to such a rubbish? This is intolerable for a game published in 2015. Moreover, the game is boring and uninspired. The quests are not involving, you do always the same things.
  92. therocketeer
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    This assassin's creed is a big shame. I wish I never bought it for PC but I did and my impressions are very negative because it has unsatisfying graphics, poor textures and poor world. The port has been made with no concern for PC gamers. They have pleased users who last year complained about the framerate and bugs in AC Unity but they have made a disaster with AC Syindicate graphicThis assassin's creed is a big shame. I wish I never bought it for PC but I did and my impressions are very negative because it has unsatisfying graphics, poor textures and poor world. The port has been made with no concern for PC gamers. They have pleased users who last year complained about the framerate and bugs in AC Unity but they have made a disaster with AC Syindicate graphic quality, it's under the average of a 2015 PC game.… Expand
  93. samuel31
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    The game plays well on Pc when you set medium or low visual settings. But if you push it at High or Very High it will suck you 6 GB and over of video card memory and the graphics appearance still remains mediocre. Unity and Black Flag looked a lot better. London is badly portrayed.
  94. JayJeckel
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    The graphics requirements for this game are absolutely ridiculous and what did it get them? Absolutely nothing. The same people who constantly complain about a game's graphics not being good enough are still complaining that the graphics aren't good enough. Meanwhile, those that play the game for the actual gameplay and story are left out in the cold or facing the need to spend a thousandThe graphics requirements for this game are absolutely ridiculous and what did it get them? Absolutely nothing. The same people who constantly complain about a game's graphics not being good enough are still complaining that the graphics aren't good enough. Meanwhile, those that play the game for the actual gameplay and story are left out in the cold or facing the need to spend a thousand dollars on a new computer or, at best, half a grand on a new graphics card.

    My advice to Ubisoft, stop chasing the approval of players that care more about graphics than actually playing the game and, perhaps more importantly, stop incorporating NVIDIA's new technologies if you aren't going to provide an ability to disable them. There is no reason a person should have to drop 600+ dollars on a new graphics card when the graphics of the previous Assassin's Creed games were completely sufficient to tell the story and provide the game's standard gameplay elements.

    In short, graphics are the least important part of making a good game. Stop focusing so much on them.    … Expand
  95. hasanoghlu
    Nov 21, 2015
    0
    ASUS K52 ; Corei5 M480 , nVidia GT540M and 8GB RAM ; I am playing Fallout4 in High and its Masterpiece
    But Assassin's Creed Syndicate for PC its Awful and Bloody Bad. FPS = 10
    Ubisoft F*** up.
  96. Beka94
    Dec 7, 2015
    10
    I dont think that this review will be helpful to you, but this is one of the best AC games since AC 2 and Brotherhood. It is so charming and warm, that I never skipped any cinematics. Optimized well.
  97. zereshk
    Nov 22, 2015
    0
    it runs better than unity but its really a downgraded game, its a mixed version of revelation and brotherhood, which has none of their charm, its boring the dialogues are so so corny, don't talk about the gameplay, the music is so rubbish that will thrown u out of the moment every time something about to happen, it doesn't match the moment at all...
    I've played this game from the 1st one,    it runs better than unity but its really a downgraded game, its a mixed version of revelation and brotherhood, which has none of their charm, its boring the dialogues are so so corny, don't talk about the gameplay, the music is so rubbish that will thrown u out of the moment every time something about to happen, it doesn't match the moment at all...
    I've played this game from the 1st one, but this is the worst one by far...    … Expand
  98. KendrickTupac
    Jan 9, 2016
    7
    Everyone is talking about graphics and how it runs. Talk about the gameplay and repetitive series. This game improves from ACU, but it still does not change so much in gameplay. Graphics are better and story is obviously decent/good like all AC games are.
  99. Pat
    Nov 20, 2015
    4
    This is one of the most frustrating to control games I have ever played. Somehow player movement gets worse with every iteration of the series. It is a rare occurrence now when my character actually does what I want them to do. The missions are an absolute borefest. Same thing over and over. They should have just ended the series with Black Flag. That game had everything. It wasThis is one of the most frustrating to control games I have ever played. Somehow player movement gets worse with every iteration of the series. It is a rare occurrence now when my character actually does what I want them to do. The missions are an absolute borefest. Same thing over and over. They should have just ended the series with Black Flag. That game had everything. It was enjoyable all the way through and it had a fantastic story along with it. I am not going to finish this game. Made it about 6 hours and it feels like a job rather than a good time.… Expand
  100. medeleev
    Nov 19, 2015
    0
    AC Syndicate proves that Ubisoft doesn't care PC gamers because they simply reduced the graphics quality of the game to make it run smoothly. They did not optimize the game. "Optimizing" means that you make it run good with quality graphics. Instead of that, they obtained to make it run good with poor graphics and awful textures. The antialias filter is broken in many parts of the game andAC Syndicate proves that Ubisoft doesn't care PC gamers because they simply reduced the graphics quality of the game to make it run smoothly. They did not optimize the game. "Optimizing" means that you make it run good with quality graphics. Instead of that, they obtained to make it run good with poor graphics and awful textures. The antialias filter is broken in many parts of the game and colors look faded and lifeless.… Expand
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#30 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PCWorld
    Jan 19, 2016
    60
    For all that I'm down on Assassin's Creed as a whole, Syndicate is at least one of the better entries in the series. And there is admittedly a certain charm to familiarity—a ritualistic quality, as every year I load up the latest entry and proceed through its bevy of re-skinned content. “Hello, old friend. Nice to see you again. My, you haven't changed a bit."...But Assassin's Creed has long since been surpassed by its imitators, from Mad Max to Arkham City to Shadow of Mordor to Sunset Overdrive to Tomb Raider. What they lack in recreating a period of history, they make up for by offering something a modicum different.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Dec 23, 2015
    70
    The aging Assassin’s Creed franchise begs to be retooled and refreshed, and the paint-by-the-numbers Syndicate is yet more proof of that.
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  3. DarkZero
    Dec 8, 2015
    60
    In the end, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is a far more competent entry than the much maligned Unity, but it does not entirely restore faith in the aging franchise.
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