I really liked last year’s Assassin’s Creed Unity. In fact I liked it so much I gave it 8/10 despite – as I pointed out at the time – some of its glaring technical issues on current-gen consoles. Those technical issues, and worse ones that came to light following the PC release that were so face-missingly comical that they become an overnight meme, would prove to be Unity’s enduring legacy.
The follow up, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, must put these issues to rest if it is going to avoid the same fate. Unfortunately, from the preview build I played last week, there’s little evidence to suggest it has eradicated all of its major problems. In fact, if I were Ubisoft, I’d be seriously considering a delay.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate recently got a 60 FPS update, allowing the game to run at 4K and 60 FPS on PS5, PS5 Pro, and Xbox Series S|X.
It is amazing what's available. Blue Dragon. Binary Domain. AVP. Chaos Theory. Lots of gems to be had.
There is no re-start option (that I can find). Since I've already finished the story years ago, I can't re-start it to check the new update.
Revisit the Assassin fantasy and take down your enemies more smoothly than ever on Assassin's Creed Syndicate’s free 60 FPS patch.
AC Unity next Please! despite the technical issues it was a good game even though it was too ambitious for PS4 and Xbox One the graphics hold up well. I would love to see it on PS5 and Xbox Series Consoles
YES, update Unity to 4K 60! I loved the French revolution setting, I even enjoyed playing CO-OP online, its too bad that they removed it from Syndicate, but the incredibly negative reaction from Unity (mostly because it was rushed out 4 - 6 months too soon), made Ubisoft think we didn't want the mode to come back.
Is Syndicate any good? I own them all since they end up in the bargain bin but I haven’t played one through since Black Flag
Personally, this is a "Not Bad" grade. The gang warfare part is fun. You should give it a go since you already own it.
The combat is fun, the setting is great and the characters are pretty good, I'd put it up just below black flag.
If you've read my comments here before, you know damn well that I'm always quick to mock Ubisoft, but in this case, its good news. Glad to see that Syndicate went from being almost broken on PS5 BC, to receiving a free 60 FPS update patch.
While this game did have grind elements, and skill trees, it wasn't exhaustively grindy like the later games would end up being. The London setting was amazing, too, and the soundtrack by Austin Wintory was fantastic. I really liked playing as a brother and sister duo as well.
It was a good game, and the last one in the series I truly enjoyed.
Why are the patch sizes so different between Xbox Series and PlayStation 5? Its a 35 GBs difference.
Patch notes:
Xbox (~31.8 GB)
Xbox Series X
4K resolution at 60 fps
Xbox Series S
1080p resolution at 60 fps
PlayStation (~0.75 GB)
PS5 and PS5 Pro
1080p resolution at 60 fps
4K resolution at 60 fps
The PS5 Pro patch was only 171 MBs, so its even smaller than Ubisoft's claim of 0.75 GB.
Some people hypothesized that the PlayStation exclusive content (Darwin and Dickens missions) would be coming to Xbox for the first time with the new patch, but it wasn't added. A patch this large is clearly redownloading the entire game all over again, the dev team made that choice for a reason, we just don't know what that reason is.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate is free on PC when you have a Ubisoft Connect account until December 6th, 2023.
I loved Syndicate! I played this game mostly as Evie because of her stealth abilities and loved using a cane sword.
Lol I hope not for ubisoft sake ha, but I'm not buying this day one I was already fooled once into buying a broken game with unity,
It's still quite buggy from what I've seen on the PS4 but it seems to run better... There are tons of bugs thou.. Maybe not game breaking but still not good.
Never buy an AC at launch anymore.
i will rent this from my library. They have ps4 games to rent for free 1 week for a game. So i will rent this shit and then return it and never touch it again.
If it's broke like Unity then I don't know what Ubi is doing. They need to go back to the drawing board and take a year or two off the series.
I mean look at Witcher 3/Fallout 4. Maybe don't take 4-5 years, but at least put some investment in the series. Repair the story back to AC II.
Whatever, $$$$$$ rules all.