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Assassin's Creed Syndicate Review Thread

SomTervo

Member
Both console versions are 900p.

PC version is coming down the line.

Wait, is it not coming out PC at release, too?

Shit. Makes me far more tempted to get it on PS4.

Make no mistake about it. They had their torches lit and axes sharpened. Nothing left to do now but scratch their heads and cry foul. Makes me glad I keep an open mind and leave the door open for games to win me back over.

Exactly same here.
 
Could you link me to your review? Because you've clearly played the game.

No need for that.

I'll link my review when I've played more of the game. Ubi didn't send us a code until yesterday and I'm not going to push a review just to get it out "on time". My early impressions are that it isn't a very good game.

As someone who liked ACIV (let's just call that a "10" on the AC scale for this sake) I would give ACS a 6-7. It's an average AC game that took the safest route to prodicing a game without many glitches. There's no MP, there's no co-op, just a bland single-player campaign in a drab environment with uninteresting characters. Anyone expecting a new product from the Ubi machine will be disappointed, but anyone who loves AC will probably enjoy this one since there isn't a whole lot that's changed.

I'm also planning on streaming the game tonight (sometime after TNF, ~9PM PST) and I'll post the link here when that goes live.
 

RowdyReverb

Member
So, I'm watching the Giant Bomb Quick Look and this game looks pretty good. I like how they've changed up the weapon system so it's not just long/medium/short blades. The game looks gorgeous of course and the gameplay looks much more streamlined than AC:U. I'm legitimately excited to play this game now. Go figure.
 
I've been checked out of AC since 3, BF got lost in the generational transition and Unity, well, we know what happened there.

In some ways it's a shame that this seems to be the best AC in a long time, because the setting isn't doing it for me at all. It's less the location and more the time period. I grow less and less interested in AC as it moves closer to modern times. Still if it's good I may pick it up eventually.
 

kiguel182

Member
Better reviews than I was expecting, cool.

The Giantbomb Quick Look made the game seem way more interesting than I was expecting. Seems like a good entry to the series.
 
The reviews have surprisingly put this game back on my radar, but there are two things keeping me from a purchase. The first is general franchise fatigue. I've played every Assassins game save for Unity. The other is general open world game fatigue. I'm finishing up MGSV before going back to Witch er 3 to finish it, and that's on the heals of 100 hours plus I put into finishing Dragon Age Inquisition. I think I need to play some smaller games to cleanse my palete before devoting another few months to another open world game, and I have zero tolerance for filler right now.

The only thing confunsing thing about the reviews are some saying the game breaks away from the franchise's moorings and conventions while others say it's still stuck in the past. Which one is it?
 

Bold One

Member
Another person who can't handle being in the minority position on a game. By the way, the "f2p nonsense" had no effect on my enjoyment of the 100 hours I played MGSV for.

The salt is going to be overflowing when MGSV ends up near or at the top of the GAF GotY voting, even more so than in this thread. It'll be great.

It doesn't matter, Destiny The Taken King will be GOTY anyways
 

rhandino

Banned
I can't stop laughing, this thread is getting more attention than almost every other thread about this game and some of the posts in here LMAO.

Some of your really expected Syndicate to really review bad when even Unity got good reviews?

yeah no way this thread is going without a wall of shame, you guys are embarrassing. you'd like to think its some top tier trolling but no one can be that skilled
OMG!

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SomTervo

Member
Now you know how I felt after playing The Phantom Pain and seeing the crazy amount of good reviews for a $60 game with f2p nonsense.

Never take scores seriously.

Best wishes.

This is true. I bought the metal gear sold 5 ps4 console too.

What a shit game

Back on topic. I will buy this game in a month or so when it is down to 30 euro

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Another person who can't handle being in the minority position on a game. By the way, the "f2p nonsense" had no effect on my enjoyment of the 100 hours I played MGSV for.

The salt is going to be overflowing when MGSV ends up near or at the top of the GAF GotY voting, even more so than in this thread. It'll be great.

This^

MGSV was goddamn incredible. As agree critics and a large majority. But I can see why it wouldn't gel with some people, and that's totally fair enough. Hyperbole is still hyperbole, though.

Known since August.

November on PC.

PC is November 19th

I've been following the game closely, but not that closely.

This is pretty gutting.
 
I can't stop laughing, this thread is getting more attention than almost every other thread about this game and some of the posts in here LMAO.

Some of your really expected Syndicate to really review bad when even Unity got good reviews?


A lot of people were (and still are) expecting the main sites to become bored with the series and reflect that in scores .

The gameplay videos and previews for this gave no indication it was significantly different
 

Karak

Member
The reviews have surprisingly put this game back on my radar, but there are two things keeping me from a purchase. The first is general franchise fatigue. I've played every Assassins game save for Unity. The other is general open world game fatigue. I'm finishing up MGSV before going back to Witch er 3 to finish it, and that's on the heals of 100 hours plus I put into finishing Dragon Age Inquisition. I think I need to play some smaller games to cleanse my palete before devoting another few months to another open world game, and I have zero tolerance for filler right now.

The only thing confunsing thing about the reviews are some saying the game breaks away from the franchise's moorings and conventions while others say it's still stuck in the past. Which one is it?

It does a great job pulling in most of the side content to feel thematically like the main story and connected to it. But you still go about it in some of the same ways. Additionally the rope launcher changes your ability to act within the game world a tremendous amount but your still using it to assassinate and kill enemies.

Its both.
A lot of people were (and still are) expecting the main sites to become bored with the series and reflect that in scores .

The gameplay videos and previews for this gave no indication it was significantly different
Agreed. The fact that they review the game they got and if it is in fact enjoyable and not all the outside stuff is refreshing.
 

SomTervo

Member
Wow, I didn't even realize.

They've really mastered removing features. I don't know why I didn't notice that.

Yeah, the absence of sound about the multiplayer modes is... Silence!

It's easy to miss because they haven't mentioned it once.

Eurogamer cited this as a significant positive. No tacked on modes or gunk like the last few games in the series had an Unity epitomised.
 

antitrop

Member
Gamespot's praise of the story has me interested/cautious. If they're not bullshitting, that really would be a reason for me to pick this game up, but that's something I need to wait for GAF impressions on.

If I could put 60 hours into Mad Max with that game's story being as terrible as it is, I could do Syndicate if there's actually some narrative payoff.
 
A lot of people were (and still are) expecting the main sites to become bored with the series and reflect that in scores .

The gameplay videos and previews for this gave no indication it was significantly different

CoD's been doing the same thing for even longer.

A lot of people here don't get what makes most of us fans of AC. I don't play the games hoping they reinvented the wheel. If anything, I enjoy playing them because they're the same year after year. The new setting and new mechanics are enough to keep me engaged. I wish people would stop telling me that they're not worth enjoying.
 

Karak

Member
Am I the only one who played this that named the main base lol?
"Heavy Edna"

Gamespot's praise of the story has me interested/cautious. If they're not bullshitting, that really would be a reason for me to pick this game up, but that's something I need to wait for GAF impressions on.
IMHO they are not. Its highly enjoyable and the interplay of the protagonists WITHOUT resorting to the 90210 antics you would or could expect is refreshing as hell. Its a cool interplay that reminds me a bit of Rogue without the world ending shenanigans.(I loved Rogue though). Its cool to have the larger narrative and the smaller one both be interesting.
 

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
how can you put something like this

and still scores with a 8,5
lol

to polygon, sure it is

polygon's scores:
Assassin's creed III - 8
Assassin's creed Black Flag - 7,5
Assassin's creed Unity - 6,5
Assassin's creed Syndicate - 8,5

As a note to everyone, while we've been mulling it for a while, we're now banning for complaining that different reviewers at the same site have different opinions.
 
Really bummed we have to wait an entire month for the PC version, despite the weird popular misconception it was by far the best version of Unity at launch and ran relatively well so they can obviously get a PC version out at launch.
 
I'm a little surprised it has as many positive reviews as it does. I wasn't even considering getting it for a while, but maybe I'll see if there are any Black Friday deals. Granted, I want to see how the game performs in the wild first.
 
I can't stop laughing, this thread is getting more attention than almost every other thread about this game and some of the posts in here LMAO.

Some of your really expected Syndicate to really review bad when even Unity got good reviews?

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Exactly! Unity reviewed decently but considered a bit low for the AC franchise.

No way this would score lower and be a critical bomba.
 
Way better reviews than I was expecting. Really happy about that. Bring on London!

Unity was a big disappointment so it's nice to see that Syndicate is a big step up, especially with the narrative which was my biggest sticking point with Unity.
 
My copies arriving tomorrow and I'll be playing this weekend, cautiously optimistic.

My favorite part of AC is learning all the little historic details and finding something that is truly interesting to me, like after AC4 I went on a windjammer cruise with the family in the caribbean and we explored all the islands and just loved that entire historical period. I went to Italy 4-5 times after the AC2 series including my honeymoon and we spent 3 weeks at a cooking/language immersion class in Firenze/Florence, memories I'll cherish forever.

Not as much a fan of Victorian England but hopefully something new and interesting pops up.
 

Papacheeks

Banned
AC:Unity is 19.99 at walmart is it worth picking up? Or should I wait for this to be 29.99 on black friday?

I was a fan of the contained story in Black Flag. But I hear Unity's story is kind of shit. SHould I pick that up, or wait for black friday and pick up Syndicate?

I'm a sucker for London, and gangs of New York vibe I'm getting from this game.
 

Naedtrax

Banned
My copies arriving tomorrow and I'll be playing this weekend, cautiously optimistic.

My favorite part of AC is learning all the little historic details and finding something that is truly interesting to me, like after AC4 I went on a windjammer cruise with the family in the caribbean and we explored all the islands and just loved that entire historical period. I went to Italy 4-5 times after the AC2 series including my honeymoon and we spent 3 weeks at a cooking/language immersion class in Firenze/Florence, memories I'll cherish forever.

Not as much a fan of Victorian England but hopefully something new and interesting pops up.

That is so cool, I wish i could do that. The time periods of these games have a place in my heart as well, i just like how it's all tied together and you actually learn quite a lot about history from playing them.
 
N

Noray

Unconfirmed Member
As a note to everyone, while we've been mulling it for a while, we're now banning for complaining that different reviewers at the same site have different opinions.

Good. "I don't know how opinions work and I'm mad as hell about it" is pretty tired. It's always about the score, too. Like 1 in a million posts will actually look at the text, the arguments of a review, and work from there. Just scores and moneyhats. Tale as old as time.

At this point I'd probably buy the PC version if it was out right now but it's gonna be a lot busier, games-wise, in November. I'll have to see.
 
AC:Unity is 19.99 at walmart is it worth picking up?

I was a fan of the contained story in Black Flag. But I hear Unity's story is kind of shit. SHould I pick that up, or wait for black friday and pick up Syndicate?

I'm a sucker for London, and gangs of New York vibe I'm getting from this game.

gameplay issues aside and stuff, unity's story is real bad.

starts interesting but kinda farts its way along until the end and just rips a big one.
 

antitrop

Member
AC:Unity is 19.99 at walmart is it worth picking up?

I was a fan of the contained story in Black Flag. But I hear Unity's story is kind of shit. SHould I pick that up, or wait for black friday and pick up Syndicate?

I'm a sucker for London, and gangs of New York vibe I'm getting from this game.
As down as I am on AC and open-world checklist collectathons in general, I still picked up Unity and Black Flag super cheap on a sale a few weeks ago and found some minor entertainment in them.

If you want to play Unity for the story, though, nah.
 

ogbg

Member
They day/night cycle can produce some gorgeous skies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtFohGglUAY

I always appreciate when that gets nailed.

I went back to play Unity again last month and honestly the lack of a day/night cycle was the thing that bugged me the most. When you're free roaming and you know that time will never change it just takes away one of the joys of exploration. I even found myself making up rules to shift time forward after a certain amount of missions.
 

rhandino

Banned
A lot of people were (and still are) expecting the main sites to become bored with the series and reflect that in scores .
That would only happen if the games visuals start getting worse enough to get overshadowed by the, sometimes, bland mechanics and glitches.

And... i hope the story is improved, still salty that they gutted the Modern Day segments after
Desmond dead
in III =/
 
I haven't played an AC game since revelations but I'm a sucker for games set in Victorian london and this wide range of reviews isn't super helpful. I also wonder how much MGSV has affected open world game expectations. If this game has the same boring static open world that every other AC game has I'm kinda not interested.
 
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