Syndicate (2012)

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  1. whitespider999
    Feb 21, 2012
    6
    This game emulates the setting of an emotional, deep science fiction world. It sets up story threads that can evolve. However that's all anything is in this game amounts to, suggestions at a better game. The moment you step back, and take the game at what it is, a mindless shooter - the more you will get out of it - at least in singleplayer. Furthermore, if that's what you want out of thisThis game emulates the setting of an emotional, deep science fiction world. It sets up story threads that can evolve. However that's all anything is in this game amounts to, suggestions at a better game. The moment you step back, and take the game at what it is, a mindless shooter - the more you will get out of it - at least in singleplayer. Furthermore, if that's what you want out of this experience. You found deus ex slow and ponderous, and you are more of an action junkie. Then this game's singleplayer, is solid enough. It has inventive mechanics and satisfying gameplay. Unfortunately that gameplay never really evolves. It introduces 'breaching' however it never really expands on that concept. It just gives you waves of enemies that require the same useage of an inventive core mechanic. That's the main gameplay separator between this game and say, half life 2, deus ex, bioshock, or other beloved first person games. Those games constantly change things up, either by providing a toolset, or changing the environmental useage of an inventive ability (half life 2 gravity gun, options and tools in deus ex and bioshock). And that's a shame, because based on the first few levels of co-op. it seems like those scenarios are better designed and require significantly more management and thought. (Although still not remotely on the same level as other games). Co-op is a far deeper, and better experience for someone like me who prefers first-person-thinkers. And that's the conflict right there. I could reccomend this game to action junkies who don't want to think, however that is simply the singleplayer portion of the game. The other 50% of the money you are paying is a co-op mode that requires a different thought process. So in the end, both first person thinker players, and action junkie players only get half a game. And a not-fantastic half a game for either side. I have made the game sound terrible, yet - it actually holds a lot of promise. It keeps flirting with the idea of it being deeper than it is - and you can see it reaching out... However a valiant failure is not a 10/10 game nomatter what angle you come in from.… Expand
  2. nikmaster
    Feb 21, 2012
    10
    Game fully packed with action. Definitely worth playing. Graphics are nice and game is great optimized. Runs fine even on old computers. I strongly recommend it.
  3. TheGrid72
    Feb 21, 2012
    10
    I have to agree with nikmaster. The game play is excellent and the co-op is really really fun with friends. Overall the game challenge your brain even more then other FPS's out there. In few seconds you can change the whole battlefield.
  4. cane
    Feb 24, 2012
    0
    The game is just terrible and while the game itself is an awful dumbed down generic FPS it doesn't get any better that it is a straight console port. Be prepared for super low FoV, tons and tons of bloom and bad options for the PC.
    Although I doubt the game would be any better if played on a console, it is as I said early a totally generic FPS relying on an over hyped gimmick called the    The game is just terrible and while the game itself is an awful dumbed down generic FPS it doesn't get any better that it is a straight console port. Be prepared for super low FoV, tons and tons of bloom and bad options for the PC.
    Although I doubt the game would be any better if played on a console, it is as I said early a totally generic FPS relying on an over hyped gimmick called the dart system. This game brings nothing new to the table and to be honest as much as I hate the recent CoD games you are better off playing any of them because at least they don't true to act all smug about how awesome their games are.

    STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME UNLESS YOU LIKE THROWING AWAY MONEY

    PS it totally butchers the syndicate IP, need to be said even though the game wouldn't be able to stand on it's own legs anyway    … Expand
  5. JaydenPickens
    Feb 20, 2019
    9
    What a great game. The atmosphere and the gameplay is amazing. The idea of hacking enemies makes the game stand out from other fps games. I wish there was a sequel... Starbreeze never disappoints! Pickens approves
  6. Jay_Pickens
    Jul 25, 2018
    9
    What a great game. The atmosphere and the gameplay is amazing. The idea of hacking enemies makes the game stand out from other fps games. I wish there was a sequel... Starbreeze never disappoints! Pickens approves.
  7. LighterThings
    Mar 29, 2012
    5
    Syndicate for PC is what the term "Console Port" was coined for. The developers did not even bother trying to add a feature that would show the player the actual keys needed to be used for the keyboard/mouse combo. Even if you changed your settings from the default 360 controller, all the instruction shown were for the 360 controller. Any popups or tutorials were stuck on that, so the onlySyndicate for PC is what the term "Console Port" was coined for. The developers did not even bother trying to add a feature that would show the player the actual keys needed to be used for the keyboard/mouse combo. Even if you changed your settings from the default 360 controller, all the instruction shown were for the 360 controller. Any popups or tutorials were stuck on that, so the only way to know which keyboard key to use was to pause the game, find the corresponding 360 button to find out its control, then look under the keyboard mapping to find out what key you would actually need to hit, and even then that did not work.

    The game looked great, and it seemed compelling enough to play, but without a 360 controller (or another PC-enabled controller configured to work like a 360's), the game was impossible to play past five minutes.    … Expand
  8. Roberty
    Jul 4, 2019
    10
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  9. Ottomic
    Feb 17, 2014
    7
    It's a fun romp of a game, about the same quality as a FEAR installment. Top notch graphics, very good voice and motion capture. Although it is another generic shooter at its core, it has some nifty quality details that will make you keep smiling and say "cute!", and that sets it apart from the rest: the sci-fi setting, the atmosphere, the alternate firing modes, some seriously kickassIt's a fun romp of a game, about the same quality as a FEAR installment. Top notch graphics, very good voice and motion capture. Although it is another generic shooter at its core, it has some nifty quality details that will make you keep smiling and say "cute!", and that sets it apart from the rest: the sci-fi setting, the atmosphere, the alternate firing modes, some seriously kickass weapons, lots and lots of Codex-like info pages, the breach system, skills you unlock across the game; it all works very well, and it brings a frantic and fun gunplay that allows for a variety of ways to solve the situations the game throws at you. The UI feels "realistic" while remaining useful for the most part, the weapons feel meaty and useful, the enemies will usually put up a fight (if the AI gets around to it), and once you get used to the controls, they are actually pretty responsive, with the exception of maybe the slides, which are kinda spotty. On the downside though, it feels like a straight Xbox port, with a very narrow FOV that together with the flashes and postprocessing effects made me feel a bit unconfortable a couple of times. You can breeze through the game on Hard without dying too many times, the plot is neither very clear nor really interesting, and the player never does any choice, so the game more of takes you by the hand across a variety of rooms and tells you "alright, now kill these guys. Now these ones. Now these." until you reach the end.

    There's also the cheese value of this game, which cannot go unnoticed. Everything will be labeled, from "hobo" to "bench", which I found kinda funny as it seems like the protagonist has severe memory issues. There will be nonsensical cutscenes presenting enemies on a circle and a camera panning around "hacking" indows on the side, and most of the chip extracting scenes are so over the top violent that you can't help but to chuckle a bit.

    All in all I say this is a good game if you get it for about ~10-15€. It's fun for kiling an afternoon or two with, I've heard very good things about the coop missions (haven't tried them myself) and the gameplay is nice enough to at least make me consider a second playthrough in a future. And although it doesn't really fit in the 'Syndicate' series of games, as a standalone FPS I say it's a good choice if you wanna pewpew some baddies but you're tired of military, CoD-like games.    … Expand
  10. NegativeNine
    Mar 2, 2014
    7
    [German / Deutsch]
    Das Spiel gibt einem schöne Schlauchlevel, eine 6/10 Story mit 4/10 Hauptcharakteren, viele Gegner, viele Waffen, viel Geballer und damit, was man von einem Shooter erwartet.
    Die Waffen im Spiel machen zum größten Teil Sinn, allerdings gibt es einige Waffen, die zu schwach, zu stark oder schlicht dasselbe sind, wie andere Waffen. Da hätte man einiges streichen können    [German / Deutsch]
    Das Spiel gibt einem schöne Schlauchlevel, eine 6/10 Story mit 4/10 Hauptcharakteren, viele Gegner, viele Waffen, viel Geballer und damit, was man von einem Shooter erwartet.

    Die Waffen im Spiel machen zum größten Teil Sinn, allerdings gibt es einige Waffen, die zu schwach, zu stark oder schlicht dasselbe sind, wie andere Waffen. Da hätte man einiges streichen können oder besser anpassen sollen.

    Die Steuerung des Charakters ist Standard und hat sich leider nicht sonderlich weiterentwickelt: Kaum geländegängig, was im urbanen Szenario aber kaum weiter auffällt. Über kleine Hindernisse wird gesprungen, geöffnet oder geklettert werden kann nur da, wo es vorgesehen ist.

    Da man sich nicht um Nebenelemente in der Spielwelt geschweige denn Handlungsfreiheit bemüht hat ist die Spielwelt zwar nett anzusehen aber klinisch tot. Der Shooter ist damit relativ schnell durchgespielt und dank absolut linearer Handlung sowie fester Skriptsequenzen ohne großen Wiederspielwert. Wer Abwechslung sucht kann maximal einen anderen Schwierigkeitsgrad auswählen oder Chipaufwertungen unterlassen / anders setzen.

    Syndicate macht trotzdem Spaß, solange man sich noch an der imposanten Spielwelt sattsehen kann, Interesse an dem Zukunftsszenario hat, welches das Spiel darstellt, gern mit den Waffen im Spiel hantiert gegen die Gegner im Spiel oder die Herausforderungen mag, vor die einen das Spiel bei den Bossgegnern stellt.

    Ich persönlich würde Syndicate als eigenständigen Titel ohne Beachtung der originalen Syndicate Serie eine 7/10 geben, weil es im Großen und Ganzen bugfrei ist, Shooter verspricht und Shooter liefert, die Spielwelt wirklich gut aussieht und die Kämpfe größtenteils funktionieren.

    Meine größten Kritikpunkte am Spiel sind die Art der Gegnergenerierung[1] und die Regenerationsmechanik[2], die einfach nicht zu Syndicate passt.

    [1] Die Art, wie Gegner in die Spielwelt gebracht werden wirkt arg gekünstelt: Sobald man einen Punkt überschreitet oder ein Objekt bedient öffnen sich irgendwelche Türen, aus denen Gegner strömen, teils Welle um Welle statt einmal alle zusammen. Für die Gegner öffnen sich dazu mit einem Mal irgendwelche Räume, Türen etc., die vorher verschlossen waren und es nachher teilweise auch wieder sind. Statt sich also den Weg freizuballern läuft man irgendwo lang, wo irgendwo um einen herum irgendwelche Türen aufgehen und Gegner rauskommen. Nachher sind diese Türen und Räume entweder wieder verschlossen oder vollkommen leer.

    [2] Die Regnerationsmechanik ist aus Call of Duty: In Deckung warten, bis die Regeneration startet, die relativ schnell 100% der Gesundheit wiederherstellt. Für Syndicate ist das aber unpassend, da man meist solo gegen mehrere Gegner antritt, die einen zu umzingeln versuchen, teils Granaten werfen und abgesehen davon gibt es im Spiel Flugdrohnen und gelenkte Projektile. Da passt so eine Regenerationsmechanik Marke 'In-der-Ecke-hocken' einfach nicht.

    Beim Original "Syndicate" hätte sich EA aber nicht bedienen müssen für dieses Spiel, denn bis auf einige Begriffe oder Namen aus dem Original hat das Spiel so ziemlich gar nichts mit ihm zu tun.    … Expand
  11. jelikey
    Jul 1, 2016
    7
    This game emulates the setting of an emotional, deep science fiction world. It sets up story threads that can evolve. However that's all anything is in this game amounts to, suggestions at a better game. The moment you step back, and take the game at what it is, a mindless shooter - the more you will get out of it - at least in singleplayer. Furthermore, if that's what you want out of this
  12. EarthboyZH
    Aug 23, 2021
    10
    Even though this game is mediocre on some details, like FOV, over use of bloom effect. and the gun' weight feels weird. but it have some many innovations at that time and the time has proved these innovations are good and ahead of time. moreover, great level design, interesting bosses. this is definitely the most underrated game in my opinion. the devs behind it are truly talent. theyEven though this game is mediocre on some details, like FOV, over use of bloom effect. and the gun' weight feels weird. but it have some many innovations at that time and the time has proved these innovations are good and ahead of time. moreover, great level design, interesting bosses. this is definitely the most underrated game in my opinion. the devs behind it are truly talent. they founded machinegames and released wolfenstein new order after 2 year later… Expand
  13. fryzee
    Mar 3, 2012
    6
    It's OK, Simple as that, It runs fine on my i7, nvidia 240gtx. I read that many people had problems with it running poorly, which i'm yet to experience. I will never understand why it's banned in Australia. Stupid. But anyway, it's not worth anything above $50 and I would recommend it only to true FPS lovers and when you can find it on a cheap sale.
  14. Apis
    May 28, 2012
    3
    Unengaging shooter that has nothing to do with the game from which it takes its name (stupid and dishonest to call it Syndicate). The combat powers are mostly useless except for DART overlay (time dilation and enemy highlighting). The ability to raise and lower covers in some areas are somewhat interesting but rarely used and in itself not enough to get excited about. Levels are theUnengaging shooter that has nothing to do with the game from which it takes its name (stupid and dishonest to call it Syndicate). The combat powers are mostly useless except for DART overlay (time dilation and enemy highlighting). The ability to raise and lower covers in some areas are somewhat interesting but rarely used and in itself not enough to get excited about. Levels are the linear, repetitive stuff we have come to expect these days: enter room, kill five waves of enemies, repeat ten times with some seemingly pointless transport zones in between. During the single player campaign you pick up character profiles and data fragments. I assume they give more background to the story and characters, I do not know because I did never feel motivated to read them. As far as I can tell it had zero impact on the gameplay. The monochromatic visuals and monotone music theme seems strangely appropriate for the game. As others have pointed out, this is a console port. Having to press "F" repeatedly to open doors is extremely annoying. This effect reeks of console port and only makes sense in certain very dramatic scenes, not every time you open a bloody door! All in all, no aspect is a complete failure, the game is somewhat playable but not worth spending hard earned money on.… Expand
  15. GeorgeA
    May 12, 2012
    5
    Another COD inspired shooter in futuristic setting, probably one of the most forgettable ones in recent years. The story maybe isn't that horrible, but it's so terribly told, you just don't care about anything, be it the main silent protagonist, the world or the characters. The same, by the way, happened in Crysis 2, who had the same writer (Richard Morgan's style, I take it?). The levelAnother COD inspired shooter in futuristic setting, probably one of the most forgettable ones in recent years. The story maybe isn't that horrible, but it's so terribly told, you just don't care about anything, be it the main silent protagonist, the world or the characters. The same, by the way, happened in Crysis 2, who had the same writer (Richard Morgan's style, I take it?). The level design is as generic as it can be (corridors, hallways and again corridors), missions are utterly boring and completely uninspired(kill that, take that, retrieve that and etc). The so called three "Dart Powers" are fun to use in the beginning, but after two-three hours the novelty wears off. They are not anything special either- just "Knock down, blow up or befriend the enemy SWAT soldier". Even the shooting parts aren't the best-enemies take half the clip to be killed, AI, while trying it's best, just doesn't offer much of a real challenge, even guns scream generic.The graphics, like everything else, are average at best: low details, bad textures and the infamous bloom coupled with great effects here and there. The sound,on the other hand, is a positive side : weapons sound OK most of the time, the voice acting is hammy sometimes (who voiced Merit?!), but nothing really bad and music fits the game's stupid, soulless shootouts pretty well.The co-op is all right, but nothing really special. The only real bright spot is probably "InfoBank", an in-game codex, which contains huge amount of interesting (and unfortunately, completely useless) data. In all, it's so sad to think, that such an interesting universe, with so much potential, is wasted on a generic shooter. With that kind of setting even a twelve-year old can write a better story and characters. I was expecting so much more from the creators of Escape from Butcher Bay.… Expand
  16. oliver1h
    Feb 7, 2013
    4
    Another wasted potential...The story is really weak. The game world feels dated, empty and not futuristic as it supposed to look. The game is basically a generic shooter with bad AI. and boring fights. I wish they would not use the "Syndicate" name because the original isometric game was great and revolutionary, not like this one.
  17. CMASC
    Mar 7, 2012
    7
    This game is not bad but not that good either, the co-op is indeed more like the original game but the single player story line is just bland and tasteless, I only wish they would have gave more freedom or sandbox style gameplay, otherwise the game is a great shooter, love the mechanics and the futuristic atmosphere of Syndicate, I can recommend getting this game when the price drops.
  18. czerro
    Mar 29, 2012
    8
    This is actually a really good game. It's essentially a shoot'em up, with an upgrade system and some beautifully crafted environments and cinematic set-pieces. To address the major discrepancy in all these reviews. These same people gave 10's to Deus EX: Human Revolution! HR is alright, but the engine is inferior, the combat is no where near as streamlined, the story is mangledThis is actually a really good game. It's essentially a shoot'em up, with an upgrade system and some beautifully crafted environments and cinematic set-pieces. To address the major discrepancy in all these reviews. These same people gave 10's to Deus EX: Human Revolution! HR is alright, but the engine is inferior, the combat is no where near as streamlined, the story is mangled nonsense, and the icing on the cake: NONE of the choices you make in HR really effect anything! Isn't that why people are railing against ME3's ending? I don't get why HR gets handled with kiddy gloves and deserves GOTY status..end rant. Essentially, Syndicate strips away all the broken and pointless mechanics of HR and makes for a more cohesive game. Is it a GOTY game? No. Is it awesome? Yes. Is it worth 60 bucks? No, but definitely a must rent, or discount purchase once the price drops.

    Pro's: Solid gameplay, fun ride, absolutely beautiful, fairly optimized for pc (I get 40-70 fps everything maxed with a 5770, Athlon Kuma 7750, 4 gb DDR2). Pretty modest to low rig.

    Con's: Overly 'bloomy' renderer detracts from the beautiful environments at times depending on the light sources. Very short campaign.    … Expand
  19. Pudenfuhrer
    Apr 6, 2012
    9
    NOTE - the controls and instructions show as PC instructions ("press 'E' to open" or 'Return' or whatever) - it only gets confused if you have a joystick plugged in. There's a tiny fix (single file) available on internet for this also. It threw me for 10 minutes - then I GOT OVER IT and sorted the problem. Search for it people COME ON please!
    Now - onto things proper.
    I read that the    NOTE - the controls and instructions show as PC instructions ("press 'E' to open" or 'Return' or whatever) - it only gets confused if you have a joystick plugged in. There's a tiny fix (single file) available on internet for this also. It threw me for 10 minutes - then I GOT OVER IT and sorted the problem. Search for it people COME ON please!
    Now - onto things proper.
    I read that the gameplay is great, the guns feel amazing to shoot, the enemies are engaging, the graphics are good, the sound is thumping - and then "but it's not worth getting". And I hate that this is the tone of a lot of reviews. I loved the original game, and this is a completely different game, so that comparison stops there. I bought it when it came out because Starbreeze make very visceral, over bloomed, over thumping combat - I knew what I was getting. They make a game where dark is black and light is blinding. I love this style. Since we got it me and mates have played it non stop as our go-to co-operative multiplayer. In the Co-op part of the game, the RPG development elements, the relatively minimal signin nonsense, the solid feeling presentation and mechanics add another dimension to an already solid gameplay experience. You play this game for the feel of the guns, the feeling of managing a firefight, keeping your mates alive, ripping the armoured enemies, unleashing viruses. And MINIGUN - oh yes - MINIGUN.. Having the spoils to take home and invest in your weapon upgrades - that's just the icing. Although after a month or so of play you'll have most things fully upgraded, it's fun doing it. We found that there's a lot of replay potential too as the enemies seem to come in different patterns and spawns each time we play. They are smart too - and the close quarters stuff is nice, with them jinking and ducking out of fire, blind firing when the are suppressed, throwing grenades and storming locations.
    I enjoyed the single player too, but not without reservation. This game has some Deus Ex feel because the "world" it inhabits is Syndicate. My friend described it as "Deus Ex" - without all the rubbish - and in a way it is. It's a set piece shooter with no pretense. The acting is pretty good in the single player, the Eurocorp CEO in particular, and certainly the extra flavour of the single player makes a nice bonus to the co-op, but is "good not great" overall without the co-op taken into account (co-op can be played on your own - no bots tho). Only thing that annoys me is the low likelihood now that there'll be extra missions after the community response. While currently there are something like 10-15 missions (You travel to different countries -a la the first syndicate - and do reimaged missions from the first one in coop multiplayer game) How cool would it have been (via updates/dlc) if every country got to have a mission?    … Expand
  20. JudgeHolden
    Mar 31, 2012
    4
    After playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, I looked forward a lot to Syndicate. Unfortunately, I received a dull, linear FPS. It offered me no true insights into the world it is set in, no real sensation of freedom. Instead, I had to deal with a lot of graphic bugs, dismal control system, some strange matrix-ish training grounds... I played it for around 2 hours, then left it by. I regretAfter playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, I looked forward a lot to Syndicate. Unfortunately, I received a dull, linear FPS. It offered me no true insights into the world it is set in, no real sensation of freedom. Instead, I had to deal with a lot of graphic bugs, dismal control system, some strange matrix-ish training grounds... I played it for around 2 hours, then left it by. I regret giving this game 4 given the high hopes I had for it, but frankly I cannot give it more.… Expand
  21. Cserb
    Dec 7, 2012
    4
    Although there are some interesting concepts, this game doesn't stand out in any way... the story is easily ignorable, and once you get past that it's just room after room of mobs and some puzzles. The visuals are boring and often times I was confused by the environment
  22. fuwaneko
    Feb 27, 2012
    3
    I can praise only visual style (however there's too much of a bloom and lighting is bad) and main music theme by Skryllex. Everything else is horrible. Interesting thing is it's actually mediocre on "easy" difficulty and absolutely horrible on "normal" and "hard". Outrageously repetitive non-challenging stupid gameplay (go to next same-looking-room, kill 5-6 waves of enemies, repeat; II can praise only visual style (however there's too much of a bloom and lighting is bad) and main music theme by Skryllex. Everything else is horrible. Interesting thing is it's actually mediocre on "easy" difficulty and absolutely horrible on "normal" and "hard". Outrageously repetitive non-challenging stupid gameplay (go to next same-looking-room, kill 5-6 waves of enemies, repeat; I know, it's shooter, but "action" is then _something_ happens, not just waves of enemies swarming you). The only good thing in the whole game is second boss (jumps around and shoots rockets). He was fun and interesting. Everything else is just awful. I thought I was playing oh-another-fps-from-CITY-Interactive: no story, tons of cannon fodder. Oh, and "upgrades" and "DART overlay" are absolutely useless, you don't need them at all. Actually, this game had a great potential, but it was wasted. If they'd spend another year or so, it would be a good game probably.… Expand
  23. Daze
    Feb 29, 2012
    8
    A very solid FPS. Sure it's a port. Sure it's got bloomy light effects. But purely getting the essence of a FPS, adding some interesting tactics with the breach applications and some challenging boss fights (old skool ftw) it delivers what you'd expect from a shooter. My only concern was that there weren't any more breach applications and that the story ended on a whim.
  24. MBGeek
    Feb 22, 2012
    5
    Cool atmosphere and well optimized for any pc brought down by a REALLY bad case of console convertion-itis...LOL. Typical port with no way of turning off the gamepad and every action you need to do shows the GAMEPAD button you need to press...so if your using a keyboard/mouse your SOL and end up hitting every key as there seems to be no consistency to what key does what. Full disclosureCool atmosphere and well optimized for any pc brought down by a REALLY bad case of console convertion-itis...LOL. Typical port with no way of turning off the gamepad and every action you need to do shows the GAMEPAD button you need to press...so if your using a keyboard/mouse your SOL and end up hitting every key as there seems to be no consistency to what key does what. Full disclosure in that I haven't played more then 2 hours but that is because of the bad port making it difficult to play on the PC… Expand
  25. holodoc
    Feb 24, 2012
    5
    As generic as an FPS can be. The only thing that this game has in common with its famous predecessor is violence. If you have nothing against repetitive point blank execution scenes where innocent civilians are treated as pure target practice than by all means go for it. I mean the original Syndicate was bloody that's for sure but here its presented in such a distasteful way that it heartsAs generic as an FPS can be. The only thing that this game has in common with its famous predecessor is violence. If you have nothing against repetitive point blank execution scenes where innocent civilians are treated as pure target practice than by all means go for it. I mean the original Syndicate was bloody that's for sure but here its presented in such a distasteful way that it hearts the stomach.

    There are also too many scripted quick event driven sequences which simply ruin the whole experience. Breaching can be fun sometimes but its essentially completely unnecessary because in most situations all you need to do is run into a room full of enemies with your guns blazing and leave none alive. In the end I will not rate it 4 for not being a decent sequel to the original game but for being a pretty generic, repetitive and essentially boring FPS.    … Expand
  26. Rebelstar
    Feb 22, 2012
    7
    Decent graphics, nice cyberpunk story line, nice ambient music. It's a pity they included popular dubstep, all charm of some scenes immediately disappeared once I heard this music. They should take ambience feeling (music, color and light) from some Mirror's Edge stages.
    Game engine optimized well, runs very well on my 6970. Also good news for the Eyefinity users, it comes out of the box    Decent graphics, nice cyberpunk story line, nice ambient music. It's a pity they included popular dubstep, all charm of some scenes immediately disappeared once I heard this music. They should take ambience feeling (music, color and light) from some Mirror's Edge stages.
    Game engine optimized well, runs very well on my 6970. Also good news for the Eyefinity users, it comes out of the box - in the game menu you can choose "Amd Eyefinity" option. I did a little test run for those who interested in multi-monitor gaming http://youtu.be/lY9w96gQT4c    … Expand
  27. fatalmaverick
    Feb 26, 2012
    8
    A fun, gun toting, cybernetic getting, head snapping adventure that is short but sweet. Has a less than compelling story made up for by immensely fun combat. Could have improved in the graphics and story categories. Has a fun co-op mode with a lengthy repeatability value. More in my video review: http://youtu.be/PTU6bcwvnPE
  28. crogue
    Feb 25, 2012
    5
    But its got #SKRILLEX!!! Poor use of the license (and dubstep) aside, this is ALCP (Another Lazy Console Port). Overall its a generic shooter that feels 10 years old. Most of the over mentioned comments are spot on: a poor Deus Ex knock off, terrible graphics and criminal overuse of bloom lighting effects. I would also add bad AI, numerous typos, missed references to controller keys,But its got #SKRILLEX!!! Poor use of the license (and dubstep) aside, this is ALCP (Another Lazy Console Port). Overall its a generic shooter that feels 10 years old. Most of the over mentioned comments are spot on: a poor Deus Ex knock off, terrible graphics and criminal overuse of bloom lighting effects. I would also add bad AI, numerous typos, missed references to controller keys, uninspired combat & story. Movement and shooting is so awkward, i've just been running up on fools and melee'ing them to death.… Expand
  29. Ireland914
    Mar 16, 2012
    0
    Complete garbage. This obvious console port offers poor graphics and clunky controls clearly designed for a controller with limited options for keyboard input. The button prompts that pop up on the screen only show the controllers buttons you need to press and you're unable to assign keys properly to make the game even remotely enjoyable for a PC gamer.
  30. Source_007
    Feb 29, 2012
    8
    The average game is not for everyone. Let's start with the bad sides of the game. The graphics in the game, not really, its shortcomings are trying to hide behind all sorts of effects, some of these effects will start to hurt your eyes. Level design is simple, sometimes cool, but all the same little details. The plot of ****. Weirdly annoying placed throughout the game handles and doorsThe average game is not for everyone. Let's start with the bad sides of the game. The graphics in the game, not really, its shortcomings are trying to hide behind all sorts of effects, some of these effects will start to hurt your eyes. Level design is simple, sometimes cool, but all the same little details. The plot of ****. Weirdly annoying placed throughout the game handles and doors that open fast clicking at the button, well, why do they need? All the bosses made disgusting, besides the first with whom have war under a great track Skrillex. There are some minor bugs, but this is garbage. But what is good in the game? The coolest thing in this game - it shooter! Weapons feel very well, as a model of the weapon made just perfect. The interface is very original, especially like hologram illumination rounds in the cage. Interesting upgrade hero, which really start thinking about what to choose. Cool intelligence of the enemies, who never miss an opportunity send you to hell. Maybe I missed something else, but can't all remember! I will say one thing, long ago came out the game The Chronicles of Riddick, so everything was done so abruptly that I was pissed with boiling water from all parts of the game, and the Syndicate - it's just earning money on amateur of shooters, unfortunately!… Expand
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#54 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#49 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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Metascore
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Hyper Magazine
    May 14, 2012
    60
    An ok campaign with potentially great co-op marred by uninspired design, poor storytelling and glitches. [June 2012, p.76]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    Apr 27, 2012
    50
    When it's not going out of its way to be terrible, Syndicate is simply mediocre. [May 2012, p.54]
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Mar 22, 2012
    70
    Neither a disappointment nor euphoria – it's Syndicate, excellent multiplayer action game. Unfortunately, the whole single-player campaign feels like a five-hour tutorial. [March 2012]
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