Assassin's Creed Syndicate

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6.9

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  1. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    6
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees! acsyndicate
  2. FrankCreeper
    Jul 28, 2023
    7
    A good title with less bug from his predecessor the combact system is the good thing about this gam..the story is fine but the parkour is totally absent for the mechanic grapple system.Good character and beatiful city to explore with a fine activity to complete
  3. gaset04
    Jul 18, 2023
    7
    I'ts clear to AC Syndicate is far better than Unity. Graphics and sounds are still the same. However, at the exit there were less bugs than the previous. I like the personality except Jacob. I feel he says sentences without sense. They need to improve the controls and put more objects to do parkour. Without parkour it's not a AC game. Putting activities is pretty nice but when you spendI'ts clear to AC Syndicate is far better than Unity. Graphics and sounds are still the same. However, at the exit there were less bugs than the previous. I like the personality except Jacob. I feel he says sentences without sense. They need to improve the controls and put more objects to do parkour. Without parkour it's not a AC game. Putting activities is pretty nice but when you spend hours doing the same activities maybe it could be a little bit boring. In conclusion, it's a good game but there is another AC game set in in other country.… Expand
  4. Potet69
    Jun 6, 2023
    7
    Tried some new mechanics and it worked. Fun to play.‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ Good missions. But when taking over the districts it's very repetitive
  5. res0nancer
    Jun 5, 2023
    7
    Проходя в момент выхода игра казалось отличным развлечением. В ней было все отлично - красивый город, неплохая музыка, более чистый визуал (по сравнению с юнити) и, конечно же, крюк (на который сейчас я бы по другому взглянул, но...). Было приятно играть, проходить на 100% и сделать это ещё раз на PS4 уже выбив платину. Неплохой филлер, который не заходит на территорию серъезности и не наПроходя в момент выхода игра казалось отличным развлечением. В ней было все отлично - красивый город, неплохая музыка, более чистый визуал (по сравнению с юнити) и, конечно же, крюк (на который сейчас я бы по другому взглянул, но...). Было приятно играть, проходить на 100% и сделать это ещё раз на PS4 уже выбив платину. Неплохой филлер, который не заходит на территорию серъезности и не на что не претендует в серии.… Expand
  6. HeitorCampos
    Mar 13, 2023
    5
    There is nothing good about this except the setting, at least for me. When walking around gets boring, it´s very unfun to do just about everything. The setting is my favorite in any AC game, I loved to get to be there, a shame it was wasted by this game... and this franchise.
  7. drak12317
    Jan 11, 2023
    7
    Recenzja powstała w celu zapisu oceny z gry na moim profilu, ku potomności.
  8. Cryteknologi
    Nov 1, 2015
    6
    A good and fun game. It has its flaws, but that doesn't ruin the game. The story was a little dry, but i still think it was good, and Jacob and Evie are great characters. The game has a lot of side missions and you can play it for many hours.
  9. Jackthegamer
    Sep 13, 2022
    6
    It's ok. There is literally nothing special about his videogame. Not the worst but also not the best AC game
  10. MaxieZeus
    Sep 2, 2022
    6
    Unity with minor improvements, cheap knockoff of Arkham combat and a predictable bland story. still worth a try.
  11. DarthJ
    Aug 28, 2022
    6
    I felt very disapointed after the final level. The main villain was so typical. Main characters, twin assassins, are really cant be considered as assassins!!1 They joke all the time!! How does it suppose to help the gamer to believe that that their story matters
  12. Andrei20
    Jul 13, 2022
    7
    This game is very based im not gonna lie to you my friend very based game indeed
  13. alionl
    Jul 4, 2022
    7
    Not a bad game but a little boring when you compare it to the others. But I still like it.
  14. Kai82
    Apr 5, 2022
    7
    This was my first game in the Assassins Creed franchise as I was curious. In short is is an amazing game but the gameplay will get repetitive earlier than I finished the game. I had to force myself to finish it in the end but say it was an overall still pleasant experience. The Assassins Creed games share an overall story arc but you do not need to know the previous games. Basically beforeThis was my first game in the Assassins Creed franchise as I was curious. In short is is an amazing game but the gameplay will get repetitive earlier than I finished the game. I had to force myself to finish it in the end but say it was an overall still pleasant experience. The Assassins Creed games share an overall story arc but you do not need to know the previous games. Basically before mankind a much more advanced civilization existed. Their technological abilities were so advances that some look like magic. Mankind was created as servant race but rebelled before the ancient society crumbled. There are however many relics existing which would grant imaginable powers to those who find them. Those pulled the attention of groups on them and there is a hidden conflict between the Assassins and Templars since centuries. Both sides have their merits in my opinion and while I lean more towards the Assassins it is more than simply black and white. The main focus is a technology that lets you relive ancestors experience like you were actually there. Here you use that to follow the adventures of the Assassin twins Jacob and Elvie Frye in 1868 on their journey to break the Templar's control of London and to stop their master plan. It is an uphill battle as you start as small group against overwhelming numbers and resources. I actually truly enjoyed the story and different layers of it. Sadly the side actives have weaker stories and become stale in the end. The gameplay is solid stealth action. You infiltrate, eliminate and gain influence to overpower your rivals. This is done via many missions. Those were good and challenging. You can unlock new items and other helpful things as you progress. There are a lot of side activities and exploration but like I said those become repetitive sooner or later. To give you a bit perspective: I am more the “Do all available side quest before advancing the main story” guy so it could be a better experience if you stick more to the main story. Also I like the characters. You can choose between Jacob and Elvie and both won me over as I was invested in them. The antagonist Crawford Starrick is a magnificent villain I love to hate. As per series standard you also encounter many famous people. Like Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin or Florence Nightingale to name a few. The characters and voice actors are a strength a get my praise. Graphically the game was really good too. I like the London as setting and it feels authentic for a non historian like me. I enjoyed the exploration of the interesting city. Overall it is a bit mixed. The game is enjoyable but gets repetitive faster than I expected. Other open world game to more in this regard. I think a 7/10 is fair and if you don't agree with my negatives it could be an 8-9/10 for you.… Expand
  15. Rockmatador21
    Mar 28, 2022
    7
    Jogo medíocre em todos os seus aspectos, todavia, me divertiu e é um bom jogo.
  16. martinho_99
    Mar 11, 2022
    5
    For me the worst Assassins Creed part. The story is horrible and the modern setting doesn't fit to the AC world.
  17. Zespedes
    Feb 27, 2022
    6
    Este Assassin's Creed junto a Unity, son los que he platinado en PS4 y que puedo dar una opinión completa sobre estos, el AC Syndicate tiene un sistema de combates machacabotones que se vuelve repetitivo luego de unas horas de juego, tiene una historia y protagonistas poco memorables y que dejan mucho que llevar, lo realmente bueno del juego es su bella ambientación en Londres, laEste Assassin's Creed junto a Unity, son los que he platinado en PS4 y que puedo dar una opinión completa sobre estos, el AC Syndicate tiene un sistema de combates machacabotones que se vuelve repetitivo luego de unas horas de juego, tiene una historia y protagonistas poco memorables y que dejan mucho que llevar, lo realmente bueno del juego es su bella ambientación en Londres, la innovación sobre el gancho, la conducción con carruajes y las bandas aliadas que podemos formar nosotros mismos. Un juego con claras luces y con oscuras sombras.… Expand
  18. Davidnotavailab
    Feb 3, 2022
    6
    At this point its been like 4 or 5 years since i finished it, it s just pretty generic ac game, repetitive side missions with no depht to them. The combat feels like a cheap replica of the arkham games. But the parkour can still be really cool, and some missions as well
    6,5/10
  19. DeadJotaPe
    Nov 29, 2021
    6
    Syndicate is another game made in haste, by the famous ubisoft. The Game has two playable characters and none of them captivated me enough for me to feel empathy. both are shallow and only do what they are told to do. The season and the city were the best decision made within the game, but it wasn't used very well to its potential. Syndicate could be a rich and great ubisoft game, but it'sSyndicate is another game made in haste, by the famous ubisoft. The Game has two playable characters and none of them captivated me enough for me to feel empathy. both are shallow and only do what they are told to do. The season and the city were the best decision made within the game, but it wasn't used very well to its potential. Syndicate could be a rich and great ubisoft game, but it's just another one, and not that good. The soundtrack is good and even made me search for it to listen to again. Finally, the game is fun and can be entertaining, but it's definitely not memorable.… Expand
  20. eva3si0n
    Aug 22, 2021
    5
    Assassin's Creed Syndicate is one of the most invisible in the franchise. After the failure of Unity from Syndicate, I did not expect much. Good optimization at the start, apparently due to the fact that the drawing of London is not more than 10 meters due to fog. Gameplay can be called sterile, if in Unity many simplifications said goodbye to the transition to a new stage in theAssassin's Creed Syndicate is one of the most invisible in the franchise. After the failure of Unity from Syndicate, I did not expect much. Good optimization at the start, apparently due to the fact that the drawing of London is not more than 10 meters due to fog. Gameplay can be called sterile, if in Unity many simplifications said goodbye to the transition to a new stage in the development of the series, then in Syndicate there is nothing new. Sound is also not the best, these compositions with a violin are fed up with 5 hour of play. Assassin's Creed Syndicate is a completely passing game on which you should not waste time. Can only be recommended if you are a Victorian fan.… Expand
  21. adam_carl
    May 2, 2021
    7
    I loved this underground london idea with a male and a female character on the line,story was kinda a crap and I think I saw this game once before so...it's playable but not very good AC game!
  22. Maksim97
    Mar 21, 2021
    7
    Игра красивая, работает на PS4 стабильно. Сюжет слабенький, боёвка очень казуальная, старался играть по стелсу, он реально хорош, если не считать читерские способности главной героини.
    Доп задания есть хорошие, а есть унылые захваты районов. Донат присутствует, хоть и не мешает особо играть.
    В целом игра понравилась, однако после юнити ожидал немного большего, чувствуется некоторые    Игра красивая, работает на PS4 стабильно. Сюжет слабенький, боёвка очень казуальная, старался играть по стелсу, он реально хорош, если не считать читерские способности главной героини.
    Доп задания есть хорошие, а есть унылые захваты районов. Донат присутствует, хоть и не мешает особо играть.
    В целом игра понравилась, однако после юнити ожидал немного большего, чувствуется некоторые моменты сделаны проще, поэтому только 7 из 10, игру прошёл почти на 100%.    … Expand
  23. nascent
    Jan 30, 2021
    5
    Assassins Creed Syndicate is the weirdest AC game so far, in that it doesn't feel like an AC game at all. You play twins this time around, idea of twin assassins is interesting but not explored in this game. Whichever character you choose it really make zero difference to anything. It'll force you to the specific character needed, but aside from a few missions, I didn't really noticeAssassins Creed Syndicate is the weirdest AC game so far, in that it doesn't feel like an AC game at all. You play twins this time around, idea of twin assassins is interesting but not explored in this game. Whichever character you choose it really make zero difference to anything. It'll force you to the specific character needed, but aside from a few missions, I didn't really notice much difference. It only really means you have to level up yourself, skills and weapons twice.
    The idea is Jacob has slightly better for combat, hereas Evie has better stealth skills. However these are some of the last skills you get, so until that point there's no difference. Additionally from about level 7 combat is far easier for both due to the execute and mutilate skills for both, as well as more powerful weapons and better player health. So again aside from evie's invisibility I didn't notice a difference.

    The game would've been more coherent with Evie oly, and honestly her abilities outweigh Jacob's.
    Speaking of which, it's clear that Evie is modeled after and a reference to Eva Green. Looking at Victoria Atkin (Evie's model) it's clear there's little resemblance, but strong resemblance of Eva, also plot advancements further solidify the link to Evie Green.
    I'm unsure why Eva. Perhaps they thought Eva was English (she's French). So it seems an odd actress to choose.

    Unlike other assassins creed games, the present-day/Asbergo is mostly ignored and tacked-on. Aside from a very brief mention of it at the start, a single moment where you're pulled out for about 60 seconds, and a very awkward ending, you forget it even exists. The only dna/timeline-related plot going on is separate from Evie and Jacob, which I think is bad design.

    One big change this time around is that enemies now have levels - signified by the floating numbers on them. This means you need to level up your weapons and character to have a hope in hell of surviving combat. This feels like the only reason to bother roaming the city. If you don't level up you will die because they are very difficult to beat, especially in groups.

    AC: Syndicate has much more of a focus on "leveling up" and the arbritrary reason to "level up" is enemies all have levels, despite all the characters looking identical.
    It's very difficult to defeat (or survive) enemies due to how hard combat is now.
    This is much more tedious, not only is it a lot harder and much faster paced. But as enemies have levels, you must level up fast to have any chance of taking on a group.
    You can no longer just attack and counter with the traditionally large counter windows, but now combat has combos, you must also execute finishers with triangle, and also counter gunfire with triangle all whilst breaking defenses with x in a much more frequent basis than previous games. Timing windows for counters are incredibly low, by default almost non-existent, so upgrading the perk for a larger windows is a must. Plus health is very low in AC, it takes a lot of leveling up to get health to a bearable level.

    This makes the game very grindy, you have to grind up the level to have any chance of winning fights in crowds, and without the darts and a de-emphasis on stealth, it means brawling is very important in this game (hence the changes in mechanics).

    Speaking of grindy, Syndicate has an E-store to buy game currency or resources with helix credits, which are found with a lot of grinding, or bought with real currency. the in-game menus even equate credits to how many hours of grinding you'll save. This made me want to quit playing more than any Assassins Creed game I've played.

    Missions aren't fun: in AD:S I found no missions actually fun, there's a ton of investigation type missions and they're far less enjoyable than before. it seems ubisoft decided to make investigations a big part of syndicate due ad they're worse than in Unity. Another common mission type is "kidnapping" enemies. Which is very dull. Find an enemy in a stronghold, then grab them and run back to a point with them. You can throw them in a carriage to transport them faster. Either way you'll be fighting enemies or crashing enemy carriages. It gets old quick.

    I'm glad Syndicate brought back the rope launcher/zipline tool, which is the first time since Revelations. Initially I thought this was a cheap idea copy but as London rooftops vary in height so much, I ended up using a lot, so appreciated its inclusion.

    Death sequences are more jarring now.
    Subtitles are tiny! With no option to change size. Music bland.

    Game completely froze and locked up many times. Also due to an unfixed bug I cannnot complete the vault. There's many reports of it online.

    I had low hopes due to how poorly the story was told throughout but the ending is just shockingly terrible. Story-wise and execution-wise.    … Expand
  24. T_leaf
    Jan 2, 2021
    7
    Game played fun but lacked anything exceptional. Story was fairly boring and the open world features were fatiguing. Not a bad game if you skip all the repetitive extras and rush right to the end, but otherwise you will note yourself. Still a step up from Unity!!
  25. SpiiRiT_zRuby
    Dec 11, 2020
    6
    Mundo muy bonito, divertido y misiones clan da bastante juego pero... Personajes mehh y narrativa muy floja
  26. bergcamp101
    Dec 2, 2020
    7
    The only good thing here are Detective quests and music box quests. Apart from that - this game is a complete **** It has one of the ****tiest controls in the history of everything. Your character NEVER goes, where you want. He/She is slow as **** and stupid as **** But since even my 4 year old son can complete quests here by tapping one button - you can manage to kill everyone on yourThe only good thing here are Detective quests and music box quests. Apart from that - this game is a complete **** It has one of the ****tiest controls in the history of everything. Your character NEVER goes, where you want. He/She is slow as **** and stupid as **** But since even my 4 year old son can complete quests here by tapping one button - you can manage to kill everyone on your way. I sincere desire those people who tested it and said "well, it feels good, we can pass it to real human beings" would burn in hell till the end of the world. No... It's too short period. Till the time, Ubi****soft creates a normal game mechanics!!! Oh, and grinding... Yeah. just beat it.… Expand
  27. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    5
    I'm just writing at least 150 characters because I wanted to save this review in a more convenient way to look back at scores that I had given stuff as a user
  28. jon_king
    Nov 5, 2020
    7
    Eu gosto muito da história da Revolução Industrial e o jogo conseguiu transmitir a época de forma excepcional eu joguei me sentindo na Londres do século 19, poder ir trocando de personagem entre os irmãos Fry funcionou muito bem mas a história não é tão memorável.
  29. Wwilliams23
    Nov 4, 2020
    7
    I believe Syndicate was the last great AC title in the series. Once Ubisoft went full-RPG with Origins and Odyssey, I checked out. I liked the brother-sister leads and the London setting is beautiful. There are plenty of fun side missions to do along with the great main story line. It doesn't have any "levels" or customization like future AC games which I actually prefer. Overall, it's aI believe Syndicate was the last great AC title in the series. Once Ubisoft went full-RPG with Origins and Odyssey, I checked out. I liked the brother-sister leads and the London setting is beautiful. There are plenty of fun side missions to do along with the great main story line. It doesn't have any "levels" or customization like future AC games which I actually prefer. Overall, it's a worthy entry in the series and a must-play for AC fans.… Expand
  30. Dustfoxx
    Oct 8, 2020
    5
    Play this if you enjoy the rest of the Assassin's Creed series. Graphically the game is very nice but the story is forgettable and the only gameplay difference from previous games is the grappling hook and some gang related functions.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 86 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 86
  3. Negative: 2 out of 86
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2016
    70
    Another Assassin’s Creed game that you can either buy or ignore sight unseen depending on whether you grew tired of the old formula. Some innovations (e.g. the grappling hook) are a welcome addition, some (like two playable characters and their development system) feel forced and not really thought through. The brightest aspect of Syndicate is London, which might be the most spectacular city in the series. [13/2015, p.42]
  2. Pelit (Finland)
    Jan 4, 2016
    85
    Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is the best Assassin’s Creed since Black Flag. Ubisoft returns to form. [Nov 2015]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jan 3, 2016
    77
    Beautiful Victorian London restores faith in the series - but the stealth is in serious need of an overhaul. [Christmas 2015, p.64]
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