Assassin's Creed® Syndicate

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate takes you to 19th-century Victorian London during the height of the Industrial Revolution. The game brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the era, from smoky factories to bustling streets. The dual protagonists, Evie and Jacob Frye, bring variety to the gameplay.

Totally different from the other games. Here it's only fist fights and knives and pistol at a certain point.
The others with sword and stilletto and such were way better. Don't like the story either.

this game is good, but there isn't really a reason to play it.

the newer assassin's creed games (origins, odyessy) have much better gameplay and the older ones (ezio trilogy) have a better story.

this one is just above average in all aspects except story- the story is very low stakes. for assassin's creed games, syndicate falls in the bottom half of my favorites list, but is still worth playing and a good game.

It's another assassin's creed, but I absolutely adore the setting and the protagonists and find the gameplay quite fun. It is much like unity, but I do feel it is a little more polished and generally enjoyable.

The game does not launch because Ubisoft broke their own launcher.

I was able to fix the problem by downloading a new launcher and manually swapping the executable files, but it is entirely unreasonable for Ubisoft to have not fixed this themselves.

Love the industrial london setting even though I kept crashing at the start. FIxed it by changing it to windowed mode instead of fullscreen, worked fine after that

smashing game great atmosphere and mechanics

its fun but the zipline can take way some of the sleath that you might want at some points but fun mostly

Beautiful setting in London and stunning graphics, worth playing just for that. Get it on sale and go!

It has a amazing view of world design, they have designed it well, it's like I was a London's people it self. The parkour is really enjoyable and fluid, but the story is just mid as a Assassin Creed game

The game is unplayable on modern systems

Getting pass the starting screen is like gambling. Click it and you'll have the game froze indefinitely and you're forced to restart your PC or you get to play a decent game. And you'll have to run Ubisoft connect at the same while the game is still opening to increase your odds of getting pass the starting screen. And it has been a nuisance for overall experience. In conclusion, AC Syndicate is alright and I simply like to play in a world set in Victorian London. Gonna make the money's worth and I'm too late for a refund. but what I said in my opening statement and how a nuisance is Ubisoft connect damages any form of giving a higher score and I giving a dislike.

GOOD GAME, I enjoyed it but it kept crashing, and i couldnt figure out why. That part was super annoying

not as good as the past games but its alright, its better than odyssey and valhalla and mirage but not as good as origins

One of my favorite AC, mainly because of my love of steampunk themed games, and Syndicate really capture the world of steampunk for me. The combat feel good as well when it clicked, along with the assassination. The two main character gimmick is a nice addition, but somewhat not fleshed enough, leaving the two character having not really much character development. And the story is a bit forgotable, at least compared to previous AC games. Main gripe is the main villain feel a bit bland and two dimensional, and the overall conflict resolution is a bit rushed.

This is my favorite of the "old" AC games. And it looks and runs great on PC. Both the twins are interesting. I love London as the location. The combat can get a bit tedious (it takes many hits to bring enemies down, especially in the beginning), but the sounds and animations (like hats being flung off) are fantastic. And the soundtrack fits the world perfectly. All that being said, this is an AC game, so the world is full of collectibles and optional content. Some would say this is bloat, but it's the standard AC format (and even how the open world entries operate). I would totally recommend this game to folks wanting to try an "old" AC game that came before the "new" entries (i.e. Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla).

i'm not interested what will happen next in the story, it's kinda boring.
and the npc are ignorance.
two people try to kill each other on a fight, and the npc will just walk toward them like nothing is happening, idk maybe it was on older verions too, but here it's very noticeable

The Last Maharajah DLC mission "A Good Send-Off" is bugged and has never been fixed! It can ruin your save by constantly loading you back into a desynchronization.

EDIT: It can only be fixed by removing all DLC folders from the installation folder, loading back into the game, fast traveling to a random location, copying the DLC folders back into the installation folder, and then you will be able to continue where you left off. A ridiculous workaround for a bug that should have been fixed AGES ago.

The game is so buggy and becomes boring and repetitive very fast, it feels like a great mobile game but nothing more than this!

This may be the weakest AC of this style but its still a fun time. Grappling hook is fun to use but i would rather the in depth parkour and architecture of unity in its place. Story is meh just kind of standard. DLC saves this game, Jack the ripper is an amazing DLC and what AC needs to do more in my opinion. 100% grind is standard at this point, not the worst or best. Shame this is the note classic AC went out in but i will always hope for a return to the classic style. .

The fact that Jack The Ripper wasn’t made into an outfit choice post-DLC, was such a stupid decision. First time playing this game. Enjoyed the game overall. Loved the symphonic score. Combat was decent. Story was decent. Gameplay was decent. But that one little detail at the end about not being able to play Jack The Ripper in free roam really grinded my gears.

The controls can be a little buggy, like sometimes you have to make sure you aren't pressing any other buttons when you want to press one, but overall it works well enough. The story is very engaging, and it allows a lot of freedom to control your experience. Lots of time to just run around London doing whatever.

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In a totally subjective way or almost, I think this is the best gameplay of the saga: the power-ups of the two protagonists are ordered (unlike Unity), but then there are also the power-ups of the gang that can change the rules of the game, increasing its replayability. All this great gameplay is to the detriment of the not so charismatic characters, with the exception of the historical ones that manage to spice up the main plot very well. The two protagonists offer two different styles of gameplay that however seem to have as much value as stealth in general in the saga: if you exploit it, the game is easier, but it is doable in the same way, as long as it respects the level of the required areas. For the outside of the animus, we are at the levels of Unity: only cutscenes and nothing else, even if very beautiful to see
IT: In maniera totalmente soggettiva o quasi, ritengo che questo sia il miglior gameplay della saga: i potenziamenti dei due protagonisti sono ordinati (a differenza di Unity), ma poi ci sono anche i potenziamenti della banda che possono cambiare le regole del gioco, aumentandone la rigiocabilità. Tutto questo grande gameplay va a discapito dei personaggi non tanto carismatici, ad eccezione di quelli storici che riescono a condire molto bene la trama principale. I due protagonisti offrono due stili di gameplay diverso che però sembra abbia valore quanto lo stealth in generale nella saga: se lo sfrutti, il gioco è più facile, ma è fattibile allo stesso modo, fermo restando che rispetti il livello delle aree richiesto. Per l'esterno dell'animus, siamo ai livelli di Unity: solo filmati e nient'altro, seppur molto belli da vedere

Yeah it's good London's beautiful and the gameplay is good as well. Modern Assassin Vibes.

This game is just amazing. The story is brilliant and the feeling i get from playing is great. Sometimes there are some minor bugs but overall it is great.

Fun game. But Windows made it a pain in the ass to load. You have to start it in windowed mode then go into task manager and set the affinity to all processors. If you don't, the game freezes 99% of the time while trying to get past the title screen

It's a great game. There are some bugs, so you might lose 5-10 minutes because you have to redo some missions/side missions (especially in the dlc).

Some of the achievements are really tedious to do, but yeah, overall, it's a coll game.

I’d give it a solid 3.5/5

amazing gameplay and parkour great assassination animations.

one the best assassins ever , with an amazing blend of action and story.

Still my favourite AC game from combat to traversal. Getting around by grapple, parkouring or with a carriage is just awesome. Plus with the equipment you have like smoke bombs or hallucinating darts just adds to the fun factor.

dont buy, game is very good but you will have permanent issues with starting the game, ubisoft has downs and didnt care how it got ported to pc so it doesnt work 80% of the times and you have to tweak settings until it magically works. every ''fix'' out there worked for me for about 3 days and then the game would crash everytime i ''press any button to continue''. i love older assassins creed games and this one is great, but holy shit ubi fucked it up so bad that i cant recommend it.

great game, the most recent historical setting other than the one set during the russian revolution
great story and better dlc i recomment

First off, I'm loving it. I just got back in to playing Assassin's Creed after a long time since PlayStation 3, I've only played the 1st, 2nd (Main, Brotherhood & Revelations) and 3rd. I've watched a lot of previews of the new ones that have came out, Unity, Mirage, Origins, Valhalla, Odyssey etc. Will get to those in time.

Rating this game is easy, everything fits as it should, The team at UbiSoft are still making well refined games, keep up the amazing work! I definitely feel the environment, the music, the ambiance, the mystery, the color tones; Its not bright in colors instead it has beautiful vintage colors (red, orange, brown, black etc), and I love vintage. Remember the developers are making these games to fit their agenda and applying historical events in each title they release.

Game-play feels the same as I played the previous games, I like it how they haven't changed the movements, this makes it feel like real life, and the battles are amazing! Those cane attacks and finishes... just makes me want to buy one for myself haha; the missions are great as well, the idea of saving the kids in this game is great, feels uplifting in way, because those times there's been a lot of trafficking to put kids to work, possible from abandoned/negligence by their parents or killed or kidnapped or even ran away cause of personal issues etc. the list can go on, those times were hard, even now its still ongoing in some parts of the world. Other mission are on spot as well, I enjoyed it very much.

Not sure what else to say, I don't write reviews lately, all I can say is I can't wait to beat the game and play the DLC Jack The Ripper hehe, but aside from that I truly recommend this game, don't miss out on it!

This game isn't bad, but the story made it somewhat dreadful for me. In the modern world segments, it is recommended to play Unity to understand who some people are and why you get to see so much. The story was definitely worth it in the end, but I didn't know until I reached it.
The Jack the Ripper DLC was kind of the opposite for me with it feeling great at the beginning and bad at the end. It was probably because of some crashes and somehow locked out of controls once (had to ALT F4 as pausing didn't work either).

Combat was quite interesting as it was more faster, but somehow harder to play as well. Sometimes the combat wouldn't attack or have myself fight when enemies were lining up for theirs. It was rare, but it still happened.

The best part to me was the Murder Mysteries from the Dreadful Crimes DLC (not included in the Gold Edition) as the interactions and exploration was quite fun to do. Suspects have more than one line of dialogue!

Set in England in the 18th century. The combat is quite easy, there are new tools, and it has two protagonists.

I really enjoy the game play mechanics and the story. It's built out well and there is SOOO much to do! Literally could spend hours just doing side content.

This game is one of the best AC game by far. The atmosphere is great, the main characters are likeable. The voice actors and the antagonist characters are on point, especially the final antagonist.
The Jack the ripper DLC is great. The story has 10-memory sequences, the sides quests are fun. Everything is re-playable like the main game. [/spoiler] You even get to play Jack the ripper sometimes. [/spoiler]

What are the negatives about this game?
If you want to replay a memory there is a bug where you continuously desync and you need to wait until the world fully loads.
The horse-drawn carriage sometimes randomly gets yeeted to valhalla for no reason.
In the Jack the ripper DLC (which is amazing), for some reason when I started playing this game through steam it didn't save my progress. But when I played it directly through the Ubisoft connect client I didn't have this problem for some reason. I was once clipped into a horse carriage (it was flipped sideways because i was fighting - had to restart the mission), sadly i don't have the footage.

Conclusion: I believe this game is worth the purchase, this game has the old school ac's vibe to it (for me). Wait for a steam sale tho.

two fun protags and a lot of really well oiled game mechanics, mostly old era AC gameplay but with bleeding edges of the new-era RPG mechanics and systems that create a neat little entry, the main story is a pretty cool Gangs of London style punching up the ladder but the story around all the edges are batshit insane and go off the rails in goofy ways

The Frye twins are cool

Probably the most underrated game in the AC franchise. Fun gameplay, an amazing setting, and likable dual protagonists.

the graphics are great, and the London setting is one of my favourite locations in the assassins creed games.

One of the best AC games ever made.

Played it on console before going to PC.

Just a brilliant game in every possible aspect.

10/10

Buy it with all of the DLC. Absolutely worth checking it out if you haven't yet.

I was avoiding this game for many years because of my own predjudice of thinking the game was too modern to be fun to play, but i have to admit that i was wrong. My friend was indeed correct all these years and it is an perfectly fun assassin's creed game.

Definetely enjoyable main story and a good map with fun bonus missions. Especially the historical figures you meet along the way. Would recommend to anyone who likes story driven games and especially fans of the series.

Very fun, and very enjoyable to play for long periods of time.
The story may be a little hit or miss, but the game as a whole is worth it.

Although Assassin’s Creed Syndicate stands in the shadow of Unity, it has its own strengths. The improved stealth mechanics make sneaking around more satisfying, and the game is far more polished, avoiding the technical issues that plagued its predecessor. With fun dual protagonists and a lively Victorian London setting, it’s a solid and enjoyable entry in the series if you don’t mind the rather light-hearted tone.

To me, it feels like this is the direction modern AC games should have taken. Not to say the next entry in the series is bad, Origins is far from that in fact, but Syndicate, while slightly rough around the edges, establishes a good balance between combat, parkour and stealth. Not one of the 3 systems is left behind, which is what modern AC games tend to do by favoring combat over both parkour and stealth, and what older games used to do by focusing more on stealth and parkour rather than combat. It's not like Syndicate executes all 3 systems perfectly though, combat is way too flashy and some enemies have too much hp, there is no jump button for parkour for whatever reason and stealth while a MASSIVE improvement over Unity, doesn't hold a candle to the older games. Every system here is decent, which works out just fine for Syndicate. The story is nothing spectacular, its somewhat bland and boring but its serviceable enough. London is... a map for sure. It is one of the weaker maps of the franchise, especially coming from Unity's Paris. Crossing the Thames river is fun though and WW1 era simulation London looks very cool not gonna lie. But overall, Syndicate is a very decent package. Some crashes and bugs here and there but nothing out of the ordinary for a Ubisoft game.

Streets of London, The Last Maharajah, The Dreadful Crimes and Jack The Ripper DLCs all add singleplayer content to the game. Buying the season pass gets you a bonus mission. Jack The Ripper is incredible, its like they hired a completely different writing team strictly for the DLC and playing as Jack is way too fun. Shame we cant use him in freeroam. IF you enjoyed Unity's murder mysteries then check out The Dreadful Crimes DLC, which adds 10 new murder mysteries for you to solve. If like me you didn't enjoy it, then skip it, you wont be missing out on anything special. I cant lie all singleplayer content added by the other DLCs is just not good. The Last Maharajah especially is buggy as hell for some reason.

7/10

Firstly, the fact that steam doesn't have a neutral option is a shame. Disregard that I recommend against this game, but continue reading knowing that I do not recommend it either. It's a coin toss.

With that out of the way, Assassin's Creed Syndicate is certainly an improvement on Unity in many ways, however it also takes steps backward in others. It is certainly one of the games that marked how badly Ubisoft has been trying to push micro-transactions, because the RPG style leveling system (with perks) has returned. This restricts you to specific areas of the map. Fortunately, unlike Unity that only grants you skill points after completing missions, this game offers you experience points for kills as well as missions. Theoretically, you can max your level without progressing through the story, purely by exploration and slowly assassinating enemies close to your level as you go.

Another thing to return from Unity are bugs and glitches, and no, some of the bugs haven't been ironed out nor ever will at this rate. Of course, the game is far more polished than Unity, and the bugs and glitches are few and far between, but when you come across them, they're no less infuriating. For instance, a bug that causes Frye (either of them) to fling up into the air when trying to climb atop your carriage and hop onto another. I noticed this consistently during one of the Charles Darwin ghost hunts, and considering one of the secondary objectives was to hijack another carriage in a limited time span, it was very frustrating to keep running into.

When this game runs well, it is a beautiful experience, with realistic visuals and immersive tracks that play in the background. I don't know if this was intentional, but occasionally you'll even hear an entire song (sung and strummed and all) while you're exploring. A pleasant contrast to Unity, where you can only find folk songs being sung in taverns (although that is more realistic). The soundtrack certainly fits you into the setting, so that's a pro to this game.

The combat feels much more fine tuned, in my own personal opinion, however it punishes button mashing by having some enemies react quickly despite being stabbed or punched repeatedly. They seem to be able to lock you into a combo, yet just as easily break out of yours. This can be a combo-breaker anytime they suddenly decide to block in what I'll describe as a counter-block--that is, punching them in this specific state can cause them to counter attack you out of their block before quickly retreating to blocking. It can be very confusing trying to determine when this is going to happen, because it's purely random, and furthermore, block-breaks don't seem to stun them nearly long enough before they return to blocking--thus increasing your chance of rolling that dice again that they may counter. For a game that relies on combos, it seems as though they're trying to be a Batman Arkham game, but they didn't implement the indicators nearly as efficiently. At times combat can feel more rewarding than the older titles, but at other times it becomes a chore. This is further worsened by the poor assassination system. The game seems to decide at random if your rush assassination is an assassination, or an open-engagement strike. This can ruin a stealth run, because you'll enter open combat as a result of the game's own incompetence.

The story has its charm, but more often than not, it's goofy and doesn't feel like an Assassin's Creed narrative. This is the fault of the lead, who wanted a lighthearted, buddy cop story. Apparently the game was initially going to be much grittier, which would have better fit the time period. Really, the Jack the Ripper DLC is the only part that feels fitting. Mind you, in the story, you encounter some horrific scenarios or moments in history, and even go on actual ghost hunts, yet it never ceases trying to be a sitcom. This leaves the game feeling like another let down, considering what we could have had instead.

Finally, I'll touch on the Frye Twins. I, personally, enjoy the idea of playing as two separate assassins, each with their own unique personality. It's too bad that this is mostly irrelevant, save for the cutscenes involving the two, because they are otherwise the exact same character, and due to Ubisoft forcing the game out too soon, content involving Evie Frye had to be nixed. This resulted in a game that is mostly about Jacob Frye, which wouldn't be so bad if they still at least made the twins uniquely different, however the only differences they have--aside from buffs provided by specific attire that are unique to them--are a very few skills that are late-level skills. So for most of their levels, they're otherwise the same. Sure, you can assigns them different skills, but at the end of it all, they otherwise mostly play the exact same. If they offered more character specific skills, this wouldn't have been an issue, but you really don't notice much of a difference between brawling as Evie (who is Stealth focused) or doing a stealth run as Jacob (who is combat focused). Well... at least they can whistle.

With all of that said, I mostly enjoy the game for what it is. Certainly more often than I do Unity, but that's not saying much. Both games are a disappointment, each in their own way. If you want to explore Victorian London, this is a certainly pretty game for it, but that's assuming you avoid engaging in combat with enemies that are higher levels than you. As far as an Assassin's Creed game goes, it's passable, but its Templars do not hold a candle to the Orders of all of the games prior. I can't necessarily recommend it in good faith, however I wouldn't advise against it either. It's entirely up to you to try, just don't blame me if it's not to your liking. It's something of an... acquired taste.

I had no hopes left for the AC gameplay coming from unity and it's garbage parkour and Syndicate has restored my faith. The Story is barely passable, but the gameplay is very fun.
The characters are fast and very responsive to the sudden movement direction changes, much better than all AC games before and the combat is fast paced and has more depth than prior games where it was just attack attack parry attack. And the finishers are some of the best they've ever been and the game allows you to set them up quite easily as well.

The Zipline is a godsend, I hated spending 30 seconds climbing towers in previous games.

The graphics are beautiful, game runs super smooth maxed out on my 10 year old PC.

Not many bad things to say except for the story. I also didn't like collecting the music boxes, it's too much work for too little reward. And by the time you collect them all the game has already ended, so what's even the point of a special new armor when there are no more missions to do.

This is my first time playing an Assassin's Creed game. I love history & London so playing this game I just love everything about it. I love the DLC that adds Jack Ripper to the game. That's amazing. I have nothing bad to say about the game at all.

I played this for a couple of hours this morning and had a blast. I tried to play just now and I got to the "Press any Key" window. It just froze. I read all the suggestions on how to get it to work but none worked. I then logged into Ubisoft and clicked on the game there. I was transported back to Steam and the game ran. I believe it is a login issue. I exited the game three times and I was able to get back in and keep playing.

A buggy mess of an Assassin's Creed game and the story isn't much to write home about either. If it weren't for the bugs that frequently launch carts 50 meters into the sky, send inside of buildings and some more, it would be an ok game. Only play if you like Assassin's Creed