COG writes: The latest iteration in the series, Assassin's Creed Syndicate delivers a satisfying story while sticking firmly to it's classic, but flawed, gameplay roots.
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.
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?"
I thought it was great back in the day. Evie was a master at stealth, while Jacob was the fighter. Good 💩!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I just wish they'd patch Black Flag on consoles to enable 60 fps. Of all the earlier AC titles that was my favourite.
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.
It's cool. It's just a bummer they didn't take the opportunity to also unlock the framerate.
Too bad, this wasn't the homerun Ubi was looking for after last years fiasco.
curious to see sales numbers, haven't heard or seen much of a buzz about this game, assassins creed used to be huge.
Have the game and the gameplay is FAR from lackluster. It has some of the best fighting choreography I've seen since AC:Brotherhood.
Japan at the time of Edo Period could work at the time when the European Traders reached Japan with new technology and Christianity in a small part of the country with Nobunaga time which you could build a Templar story from that. Or the Boshin War would've been a great period with the European already being involved in Japan namely The French and British by supporting the Imperial Faction loyal to the Emperor and those loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate as the Europeans were involved in during that period that led to the Meiji Restoration.
I must admit that I find myself strangely curious to see if this game truly makes up for last year's fiasco.