Assassin's Creed Syndicate

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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 :
    -------------------------
    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 :
    ---------------------
    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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. FerrariF50
    Nov 21, 2015
    5
    No mě na tom nejvíc štve, že to je to samý jak Unity ... ale vypadá to hůř, ... Unity a jeho Paříž byla propracována mnohem lépe ... tady jsou jen ulice ... procházení interiéry domů vymizelo ... lidí na ulicích podstatně ubylo ... všechno tak nějak prořídlo ... tudíž bych to nenazval optimalizacemi ... spíš to je tak, že to čím bylo Unity krásný, tady ořezali a tudíž za mě velký krokNo mě na tom nejvíc štve, že to je to samý jak Unity ... ale vypadá to hůř, ... Unity a jeho Paříž byla propracována mnohem lépe ... tady jsou jen ulice ... procházení interiéry domů vymizelo ... lidí na ulicích podstatně ubylo ... všechno tak nějak prořídlo ... tudíž bych to nenazval optimalizacemi ... spíš to je tak, že to čím bylo Unity krásný, tady ořezali a tudíž za mě velký krok dozadu ... Unity ať si každý kdo chce co chce říká, byla lepší, hezčí a propracovanější hrou, kterou jsem si (hrál jsem až napatchovanou od patche 1.4) užil od začátku do konce ... tohle je jen špatná kopie :/… Expand
  16. Cinetyk
    Jan 17, 2016
    6
    In short, Syndicate is mostly a poorer version of Unity in all respects: gameplay, story, characters (historical or otherwise), quality and personality of the open-world and its side activities all feel less well done and/or memorable than in Unity. Gameplay is repetitive and not very engaging. The only advantage is that it runs better than Unity and with fewer bugs.

    Detail: You play    In short, Syndicate is mostly a poorer version of Unity in all respects: gameplay, story, characters (historical or otherwise), quality and personality of the open-world and its side activities all feel less well done and/or memorable than in Unity. Gameplay is repetitive and not very engaging. The only advantage is that it runs better than Unity and with fewer bugs.

    Detail:
    You play as Jacob and Evie Frye, twin brothers in the Assassin Order that decide to go to Victorian London in 1868 - Jacob simply wants to kill every Templar and clear the city of the Blighters while Evie is more interested in finding the Piece of Eden and prevent the Templars from having it it. Supposedly Jacob is more combat thirsty and Evie more stealth oriented, but there's actually only 3 unique perks to each of them, and only Evie's camouflage perk (go invisible while standing for about 2 secs) is really noticeable. While you can do side activities with either of them, main story missions are locked to either Jacob or Evie. Also, I found it baffling that some Jacob missions' optional objectives involved stealth, while Evie could kill everyone with no penalty - so what's the point of making a character supposedly more combat focused, and another more stealth focus?

    There's an overall feeling of "quantity over quality", superficiality, shallowness to the open-world and its characters, events and missions. There's a million collectibles lying about, London is huge, but it feels populated rather than "alive". Supposedly there's background to the Conquest Activities that involve minor characters with a description in the database, but their description is so short and doing said activities them feels so inconsequential that you don't really care. Also, you do one the Conquest Activities, you've seen them all, really, and there's dozens of them. The grapling hook looks cool, but you'll realize the real reason you use it is that you want to get about and get things done as fast as possible, since there's little story and value to be had from them, except money and XP. There's hardly any crossing between the missions and historical events and the cameo appearances of Darwin, Dickens, Marx, etc. are little more than that, their missions boil down to the same elements.

    Gameplay is the same of Unity, except for the addition of the grappling hook and the removal of the ability to distract guards with objects you can pick up. In the combat department, I feel like it's even easier, even with the fact you have weaker melee weapons (no swords, just canes, knuckles, knives) and with the addition of enemies' ability to block, which you can simply use the "stun" button to counter it. I never felt like it was actually really helpful and "cool" to go stealth or non-lethal, mostly it was less hassle just to go in, kill everyone in combat and get to my objective. I hardly get the feeling I am an assassin, rather I felt like being a murderer. There's only a few instances that you'll want to kill a few enemies stealthily, in particular when you need to kidnap one enemy alive. Unless you don't care, since that is optional... Other than that you can pretty much just wreck and murder about it London with wild abandon without consequences other than alerting police and enemies nearby, that you can promptly kill. Civilians' reaction is mostly to scatter, if even that, but don't call the police. You can go on roofs and kill dozens of enemies on the ground with throwing knives right in front of each other, but they'll just look to the dead bodies wondering what happened... Oh, and the introduction of carriages and riding them is hilarious, they take little damage, horses don't mind collisions at all, you can drift around corners and pretty much lay untold wreckage in London like it's an everyday commonplace thing. The main story missions are just a minor step-up in mechanics and settings than the optional ones. Murder mysteries are PS4 time-exclusives, and co-op and heist missions are missing from Unity, and those were some of the best actual missions in Unity.

    The story is not very rich, there's not a lot of characters or character development. Who are the Assassins, 3 guys in London? The main antagonist mostly sits about the whole game, philosophizing, until you fight him in the last mission. The story dances around conflict between Evie's and Jacob's different methods on how to accomplish Assassins' goals, but there's little actual development of that, you just keep on playing. There's hardly any memorable moments, like in Unity's Versailles Ball, Notre Dame assassination, hot air balloon... Historical themes introduced like child labor, votes for women, working class vs high society are just superficially addressed, with little more than mentioning them here and there while you play the same mission types over and over.

    I suppose I should mention that the game looks and sounds impressive, but that's it.    … Expand
  17. DeadSec
    Mar 4, 2016
    6
    Better than Unity But not as good as origins
    the worst thing about the game is that doesn't encourage me to continue the game or play it again
    it makes no sense
  18. Demon2017
    Jun 18, 2022
    6
    Не самая плохая часть серии, но далеко не выдающаяся. Ужасный сюжет, убитые механики Unity, ну и так далее. Но разок пройти можно
  19. Voldem0rt
    Sep 1, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Grafikleri iyi , dövüşmesi eh işte , kullandığımız karakter ile tamplerler arasındaki seviye farki beni oyundan soğuttu… Expand
  20. RealMonster2
    Nov 22, 2020
    6
    Act 1 and 2 is good but the act 7 and last act is so bad.It makes this franchise bad.
    Worst in AC series after unity and rogue.
  21. memehardt
    Feb 9, 2021
    7
    It's not as bad as people are saying, though a lot of aspects could be improved, especially combat.
  22. simkarq
    May 14, 2022
    7
    This was the first I played an assassin's creed game, and I can say I had a good time, however, it got really boring with the time, the gameplay was too long and had to skip some of the missions.

    Graphics - 7/10 Story - 7/10 Variety of enemies - 5/10 Game's length - 3/10 Gameplay - 8/10 Variety of weapons - 7/10 General world design - 9/10 Fun factor - 8/10 Main/Pause menu music    This was the first I played an assassin's creed game, and I can say I had a good time, however, it got really boring with the time, the gameplay was too long and had to skip some of the missions.

    Graphics - 7/10
    Story - 7/10
    Variety of enemies - 5/10
    Game's length - 3/10
    Gameplay - 8/10
    Variety of weapons - 7/10
    General world design - 9/10
    Fun factor - 8/10
    Main/Pause menu music - 8/10
    Sound/Music - 8/10    … Expand
  23. kurteSUS
    May 6, 2021
    7
    Great game! It had a mediocre start, but later on got better. The parkour is definitely one of the best in the series but the combat is just inadequate. The setting was delightful even though London was not busy enough. Also it felt like the graphics dropped if we compare it to Unity, Rogue and even Black Flag. The game has its positives and negatives. I think it deserves a 7/10
  24. zyllus
    Mar 3, 2022
    6
    The protagonist are twin assassin's named Jacob & Evie Frye. You can change between them at any point of the game but most of the missions in the campaign are reserved for Jacob. The characters are well written and the interaction between the two is filled with sibling rivalry. There a ton of side missions and most of them are repetitive which becomes boring very soon. You get to meet theThe protagonist are twin assassin's named Jacob & Evie Frye. You can change between them at any point of the game but most of the missions in the campaign are reserved for Jacob. The characters are well written and the interaction between the two is filled with sibling rivalry. There a ton of side missions and most of them are repetitive which becomes boring very soon. You get to meet the queen and do some missions for her which are fun. The combat is almost identical to Unity. The campaign is good as it shows how deep the corruption is that the Templars have a stronghold in every part of London from science, politics, finance to transportation. You kill the high profile templars but leave the position unfilled which just creates a vacuum of power. The new addition is the grapple gun which you can use to glide across the city or climb the towers quickly. Horses are removed and carriages have taken their place in the game. The build-up was pumping the game until the ending which is disappointing.… Expand
  25. ZzTopNemesis
    Mar 1, 2022
    7
    Score: 7.6

    This was the first AC game i played, and the one that made me play the entire franchise. Graphically is just pure perfection for me, walking around the sitty with the background music and sounds and poeple.... just amazing. The story and protagonists were ok, i didn't have any problems with them but they also didn't make me loveee them. Gameplay wise, very repetitive    Score: 7.6

    This was the first AC game i played, and the one that made me play the entire franchise.
    Graphically is just pure perfection for me, walking around the sitty with the background music and sounds and poeple.... just amazing.

    The story and protagonists were ok, i didn't have any problems with them but they also didn't make me loveee them.

    Gameplay wise, very repetitive yes.

    DLCs included in the review btw. The Jack The Ripper one was cool, dark.
    The crime solving ones were AMAZING!
    And the indian ones were also cool

    Recomend it easily    … Expand
  26. PenetratorGod
    Sep 1, 2023
    6
    This has always been the most uninteresting game in the series. I haven't played it yet. I'll update the review after I play it.
  27. Tomle1202
    Nov 5, 2017
    7
    The addition of a new combat system, grappling hooks and enjoyable assassination missions prevents repetitiveness from making Assassin's Creed Syndicate a total disaster.
  28. Bloodish
    May 18, 2020
    5
    London is a beatiful and interesting setting for this game, but that's sort of everything that this game has going for it.

    Characters aren't that interesting, and their motivation for doing stuff seems forced, which results in a weak story. Combat is boring and feels janky and weird. The grappling hook is a fun addition at first, but is so effective that doing parkour around the city    London is a beatiful and interesting setting for this game, but that's sort of everything that this game has going for it.

    Characters aren't that interesting, and their motivation for doing stuff seems forced, which results in a weak story.
    Combat is boring and feels janky and weird.
    The grappling hook is a fun addition at first, but is so effective that doing parkour around the city is comparatively ineffective, so you just end up grappling again and again to get around.
    Audio seemed weird a lot of the time. Background sounds were very lacking, and would make bustling crowds of NPC's seem sort of dead. Cutscenes would also have a lot of awkward quiet parts, where I couldn't help but thinking that background sounds or some music could have been a nice addition.

    First half of the game is sort of okay, but second half is a boring chore with little reward in terms of story.    … Expand
  29. Criogen22
    Dec 13, 2016
    7
    Assassins Creed Syndicate suffers from similar conditions like the rest of the recent AC games. It lacks ambition. The game is decent, and has some fun in it, but at the end of the day it is just better AC: Unity. Its not a disaster from the optimization and bug part, but still when it comes to story and gameplay, it is all very similar, with the exception of likable protagonists twins EveAssassins Creed Syndicate suffers from similar conditions like the rest of the recent AC games. It lacks ambition. The game is decent, and has some fun in it, but at the end of the day it is just better AC: Unity. Its not a disaster from the optimization and bug part, but still when it comes to story and gameplay, it is all very similar, with the exception of likable protagonists twins Eve and Jacob. The only new noticeable additions are : grappling hook, coach driving, and leading a gang. None of those features are unique. We saw them in lots of other games already. But I have to admit, London is beautiful and very fun to explore. The main downside of the game is so much unused potential. You can see that the creators of this game were in a hurry. The story of twins Eve and Jacob starts promising, but it falls flat couple of missions in. For me the story was nearly identical wth the AC: Unity, with some twists. I think they should fire whoever drafts the main quest designs. You won't find anything revolutionary here, but still it has some level of fun in it.… Expand
  30. muzmuz
    Jan 28, 2019
    6
    Assassin's Creed Syndicate fails to amuse with its poor optimization, disappointing graphics, stupid AI, vague and unexciting writing, extremely hollow side activities, and horrible controls. While the general stealth and combat gameplay is fun despite being very unimmersive, I can't say this game is up for speed by 2015's standards, considering there are way better open world games out there.
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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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