Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Jack the Ripper

 PlayStation 4
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 75 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 22 out of 75
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  1. GrumpyReviewer
    Dec 21, 2015
    5
    I LOVED AC Syndicate, from the first to the last minute. So I was expecting the same fun with the DLC/expansion "Jack the Ripper". It did not happen... although the story is interesting and does bring a few more elements to the ever growing canon of the series. when it comes to the mechanics, the game falls flat.

    All that made ACS so much fun appears to have been removed, or tweaked (in    I LOVED AC Syndicate, from the first to the last minute. So I was expecting the same fun with the DLC/expansion "Jack the Ripper". It did not happen... although the story is interesting and does bring a few more elements to the ever growing canon of the series. when it comes to the mechanics, the game falls flat.

    All that made ACS so much fun appears to have been removed, or tweaked (in a bad way). The missions are uninspired, repetitive and punitive. I lost count of how many times I had to restart a mission due to the fact that the objective was missed, no because of my lack of skill, but because of the way the elements were built around the missions. Additionally, this DLC feels rushed, unpolished. And it is buggy as well; the carriage is a nightmare, constantly stuttering or freezing completely for a few seconds. And this is extremely distracting.

    It has some nice moments but, overall, I would not recommend this DLC. If you played ACS to completion and had your fun with that game, you are not missing anything.    … Expand
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Dec 19, 2015
    7
    Assassins Creed Syndicate Jack The Ripper
    Some cool new features and some not so cool features.
    Jack the ripper is a DLC with 10 main missions and a bunch of side activities. Much like the main game, in Jack the ripper you play as 2 characters, This time as a much older Evie fry and jack the ripper himself The introduction to this dlc is great and sets up a great tone for a letdown of    Assassins Creed Syndicate Jack The Ripper
    Some cool new features and some not so cool features.
    Jack the ripper is a DLC with 10 main missions and a bunch of side activities.
    Much like the main game, in Jack the ripper you play as 2 characters,
    This time as a much older Evie fry and jack the ripper himself
    The introduction to this dlc is great and sets up a great tone for a letdown of an experience.
    You start out the DLC as jack the ripper just destroying everything in your path
    This honestly should have been the the dlc.. playing the whole way through as jack the ripper
    Put a primary focus on a fun and epic brute campaign… but this sadly isn’t what we got.
    This dlc introduces a fear system, both Evie and jack have spikes and fear bombs that can scare enemies to make them nervous to not bother you or to occasionally kill each other…
    Jack the ripper has a scream... this fear system comes in handy many times thanks to the boring don’t kill anyone or get detected optional objectives.
    At first they are cool, but this gimmick gets old quick.
    You play back and forth between jack and Evie,
    No one knows who this jack the ripper guy is, but everyone is pointing at Jacob and Evie, so she sets out to solve this mystery and clear her names…
    This dlc is more of the same you get in the main campaign, just not as fleshed out.
    You get a couple assassination missions and everything else is look at clues, or do this without being detected.
    You’ll go to a couple new locations not in the main game, but by locations I mean buildings, not towns or cities.
    This game only takes place in 2 sections of the original gam, which brings me to the not so cool added feature... lag
    IF you’re on foot the whole time you have nothing to worry about, but do any of the side missions involving a cart and you’ll notice an insane lag that makes ps2 era games look like they run like ps4 games, and texture pop in problems.
    Not quite sure how a smaller standalone has issues keeping up compared to the much larger main game.
    Also added are new quests such as lieutenant hunts that are essentially Templar hunts with more targets, fight clubs and cargo based missions again, jack the ripper letters where you have to drive a carriage stealfully.,. And the game still can’t keep up... as well as brothel aka liberation missions with half naked women instead of children, and walk of shame missions where you have to shame a man that gets his jollies out of being abusive to prostitutes
    That’s basically it, you get a story with no pay off, and slow paced boring side activities.
    There’s just nothing worth seeing in this Jack the Ripper DLC…
    For what it is
    Action Adventure Stealth Games
    7/10
    overall:
    6.5/10    … Expand
  3. Crackfarmer
    Jan 3, 2016
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kind of a letdown. The timeskip of the "Story" doesn't really statisfy me. Evie comes together with Henry what bothers me alot since he was useless at its finest. Also Evie look ugly compared to the look before, the clothes she wears also.

    Apart from that it contains alot of bugs and glitches, Missions are lame.    … Expand

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72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 11
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  1. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Jan 14, 2016
    71
    Jack the Ripper offers interesting storyline and gameplay mechanics (Fear), but this time the AI is a total disaster.
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  2. Everyeye.it
    Jan 8, 2016
    69
    It's indeed pricey, but if you enjoyed Syndicate, this will offer you some good gameplay sessions, crafted with a good deal of charm.
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  3. SpazioGames
    Jan 4, 2016
    70
    A decent DLC, with a passable storyline and good content. It doesn’t really add that much to the formula, but it’s still a good buy if you liked the base game. Separating it from the main story also gave the developers some freedom when it comes to story twist, and this is a good thing.
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