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Assassin's Creed Syndicate on PC only £20 / $30

Dealspwn: This is the cheapest price we've seen for this one, falling below the £20 mark for the first time. There's a $30 option for US buyers too.

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superchiller3085d ago (Edited 3085d ago )

Another shady cdkeys "deal" from dealspwn. It's better not to deal with these shady key websites, stick with the legitimate ones like Steam, GMG, and GOG. At least that way, the developers/publishers of these games actually get some money for their products; buying from cdkeys pretty much assures that they won't. And remember the old adage: if it sounds "too good to be true", it probably is.

Story quality? WTF
Like this website? No

sephiroth4203085d ago

what do you mean shady cdkeys deal? i thought they were shady at first, but i got fifa off then for 25 quid so i cant complain. Plus i wanted to give EA a good old "fuck you" :) wasnt even worth buying totally regret it, shit game.

superchiller3085d ago (Edited 3085d ago )

"Websites reselling low-cost Russian/Asian keys from mass-bought $10 retail copies, mainly to be activated on Steam (but also for BF3 et al), are a recent trend, since gamers can in many cases get new release titles for half the normal price.

However, we've had some serious concerns about folks blindly recommending them to people forum-wide without any explanation about the risks, since there are potential serious drawbacks when they're used: needing to activate through a VPN spoofing your region, UI being in Russian, needing to download an external language pack, DLC being region-locked by publishers, Valve contacting people asking for photographic evidence of the game box, and in some cases publishers removing the game from your library later on.

On top of this, BlimBlim reports that these sites also deal in stolen keys."

http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

You may get keys that work, but you're dealing with a shady business that exploits region-pricing and actually sells stolen keys or keys bought with stolen credit cards. If anyone has any concerns about dealing with this kind of business, they should stay far away from cdkeys, and other shady key websites like it.

Here's another article (from Polygon) about these kinds of websites:

http://www.polygon.com/2015...

Seafort3085d ago

If it wasn't for these cdkey sellers I wouldn't buy any game at £40-50 each.

These cdkeys have to come from an official in the first place or people wouldn't be able to activate them on steam, origin or gog.

Why are you on a crusade to close them down? What do you gain from these places disappearing?

You seem to have an ulterior motive and I'm not sure what that is atm.

superchiller3085d ago

I am not "on a crusade to close them down", I simply don't believe people should be patronizing websites that deal with stolen or region exploited keys. Did you bother to read any of the websites I posted above? Don't you care about supporting this kind of shady activity?

bixxel3085d ago

This game is horrible. Don't buy it. I regret buying it now.

traumadisaster3085d ago (Edited 3085d ago )

I finally broke down and tried it a few months ago and no problems, got like 75% off a new game. I'm sure there are bad deals but it worked for me. Probably will try it again sometime.

I wouldn't have bought anyway until it was cheap anyhow, next year.

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Ubisoft is Giving Away Its Most Underrated Assassin's Creed Game Right Now

Assassin's Creed Syndicate is free on PC when you have a Ubisoft Connect account until December 6th, 2023.

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Profchaos148d ago

Underrated that's debatable.

chicken_in_the_corn148d ago

One of the most overrated imo. A big step backwards from Unity.

Relientk77147d ago

I loved Syndicate! I played this game mostly as Evie because of her stealth abilities and loved using a cane sword.

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Is Assassin's Creed Syndicate worth playing in 2023?

GF365: "Is Assassin's Creed Syndicate worth playing in 2023? Many veteran fans consider this game the last “real” Assassin's Creed game. Did that opinion age well? How does Syndicate compare against the previous game, Unity?"

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shinoff2183418d ago

I would say more maybe when you burned through your backlog.

cbuc1125418d ago

I thought it was great back in the day. Evie was a master at stealth, while Jacob was the fighter. Good 💩!

glennhkboy417d ago

I didn't find them that different in terms of stealth vs power.

cbuc1125416d ago

Well they were. She could go full invisible and blend into the environment at the highest level. Jacob could shoot a gun mid punch while fighting. You needed to build out the skill tree.

Chocoburger417d ago (Edited 417d ago )

It was the last in the series I actually liked, before they went full-blown grindfest. This game had grindy features too, but at least it had some limits.

My biggest issue was that it didn't move the modern story forward which was a let down. Still a fun game, though.

robtion417d ago

Definitely, it is a great game with a really detailed setting.

Unfortunately, you can't play it on PS5 though as it has a major flickering glitch with the lighting/shadows which makes it unplayable.

robtion417d ago

Really? Great, thanks for letting me know. It must have been relatively recent because when I downloaded it to play again on PS5 sometime in the last 12 months it was still really bad.

Good news though, now I can give it another play through. Never did the Jack the Ripper quests previously so want to give them a try.

P_Bomb417d ago

Yeah the patch was most appreciated. That graphic breakup/flicker was awful.

MadLad417d ago

Still consider it the best since Brotherhood.

DarXyde417d ago

Brotherhood was the last one I liked, but in fairness, I checked out after Revelations (which I really struggled to maintain interest in long enough to finish it. I eventually did but I couldn't tell you a thing about it though because I really did it out of necessity to finish something I started).

By that time, fatigue really set in and I simply don't care about it anymore.

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Assassin's Creed Syndicate Patch Will Finally Fix PS5 Flickering Issue Tomorrow

Wow, it's actually happening: Ubisoft will deploy a patch for Assassin's Creed Syndicate on PS4 tomorrow (that's the 23rd February) which will finally fix the game's flickering visuals when being played on PS5 via backwards compatibility.

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banger88426d ago

I just wish they'd patch Black Flag on consoles to enable 60 fps. Of all the earlier AC titles that was my favourite.

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Relientk77425d ago

That's really cool that Ubisoft is finally patching this even though its too late for me. I never thought they were going to patch it, so I beat AC Syndicate on PS4 end of last year. That's one game off my backlog.

anast425d ago

Sweet. This is one of my favorite ACs. I'll fire it up when I get the chance.

Pedrof425d ago

It's cool. It's just a bummer they didn't take the opportunity to also unlock the framerate.

chicken_in_the_corn425d ago

Awesome news. This is the main reason for pushing back my replay.