Should you play Assassin’s Creed Syndicate in 2024?

Should you play Assassin’s Creed Syndicate in 2024?
Assassin's Creed Syndicate is now almost ten years old, and there has always been a lot of controversy surrounding the game. Thats why I wanted to create this AC Syndicate Review in 2024, to give Syndicate a second chance and play it again and see how well it holds up.
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[@IronsideGeorge]

If someone has never played Syndicate before, what’s the one thing they need to know?

[@nathanbarnes3969]

Drive on the left side of the road - you will crash into everybody if you don’t. It’s not GTA, it’s set in a British city

[@IronsideGeorge]

😂

[@PotjeZout2506]

parkour isnt loaded in.

[@Blue-Moldy_Cheese]

Here is some, Don't expect long free-running sections. The gap between roads stops that Take advantage of the skills and perks USE YOUR EQUIPMENT, I see so many people use a gun/throwing knife and that's it.

[@chrismoore5333]

​​@IronsideGeorge I want to warn you about the guy with the raven name and valhalla profile image. He replied on another comment. Anyway, he is an online stalker of mine and a few others, I just want to be able to share info with you all and chat, without him telling lies or bullying me again. He will try, he already has done today on another channel. He insulted me for having a boyfriend of black heritage for no reason. I can't seem to reply to him, and I've reported him many times for literally years now. He won't give up until I just remove myself from online social spaces. It's frustrating that I have to warn anyone about this, but I don't know what else to do.

[@nathanbarnes3969]

Am I the only person that thought this game was incredible the first time I played it? I literally preordered it picked it up on the day of release and spent 2 straight weeks 100% - ing this game

[@IronsideGeorge]

Honestly, playing it when it came out I wasn’t impressed, but replaying it, I have a lot of respect for it. The world and stealth are fantastic.

[@inawinchester]

Not the only one but we're a minority apparently 🥲

[@nedargiordano7018]

I finished this game recently, I enjoyed it. The gameplay and weapon seleccion was fantastic

[@l_pha_]

I got it from epic games for free a while back and played it for a bit. It really liked it. I only deleted it cuz I needed space on my laptop. Thinking of redownloading and playing it.

[@nedargiordano7018]

In my opinion, your right, the open world of late 1800s industrial revolution, London

[@breaking180podcast]

The entire WW1 sequence was wild, and one of the most gorgeous areas in the game.

[@user-fl6np3ps4j]

I finished the game, but haven't seen the WW1 sequence...how to enter it?

[@allhail_don]

At the Thames towards the far end of the area on the right there's an​ icon go to it@@user-fl6np3ps4j

[@TheDennys21]

​@@user-fl6np3ps4jon the right side of the map, where the Thames starts is a portal, go into the portal.

[@Sher05789]

@@user-fl6np3ps4jthey might be referring to a sequence in ac unity. Both Syndicate and unity share the same engine so they might be confusing the games.

[@DeFrancisPlays]

I liked this game when it released, and I still like it now. Although it can be a very repetitive game, but I love hooning around London doing the things I can’t do in real life like climbing Big Ben or meeting Queen Victoria 😋

[@B-A-L]

Seeing all the details in iconic buildings like on the roof of St Paul's Cathedral that you didn't even know were there! I also love that, despite it not being an entirely accurate map of London, I know exactly how to get from St Paul's Cathedral to Big Ben without even having to look at the map!

[@SirJacobFrye68]

Honestly, Syndicate is a personal favourite of mine. It may have terrible combat system, but when it comes to stealth it remains unmatched, plus (HOT TAKE) I think Jacob is actually a pretty good protagonist.

[@IronsideGeorge]

Love to hear the positivity - Jacob is definitely a one of a kind protagonist

[@SirJacobFrye68]

@@IronsideGeorge he could be even better if it wasn't for Evie. Like they literally had to split OG Jacob into 2 characters, because...well, we both know the reason behind that decision.

[@chrismoore5333]

Jacob is a great protagonist and most hardcore syndicate fans favour him over his sister. It's journalists who don't like Jacob, and that's just because he is a he, and evie is a she. Of course, evie wasn't part of the game for much of it's development, hence she isn't in as much as Jacob. Jacob is the "AC Victory protagonist" tho he may have had a different name, there are many things leaked about syndicate, including the fact that Jacob was not only the soul protagonist originally, (he used to use the same outfit as George) but instead of evie, we had a co-op mode that went across the UK. In reality, evie was an entirely new creation late into development. The character of Jacob wasn't split into two, but he was made slightly more comical at times, tho he is still perfectly serious when needed, such as the pearl betrayal levels, the Roth levels, the ending, or the asylum level. The character that was the female older woman who was Jacob's mentor in AC Victory, was actually replaced by pearl and roth, so she was split into two characters, even tho a Roth did exist in AC Victory, but was fairly different to what he is in AC Syndicate. Hope this info helps, and good to see another syndicate fan! I do agree evie held the game and Jacob back as well.

[@rohitkashyap501]

@@chrismoore5333thats interesting, i actually like playing with evie more. that upgrade where you can carry 20 throwing knives is so dope

[@chrismoore5333]

@@rohitkashyap501 that's fair enough, and I'm glad you read all I had to say. Personally I feel that evie's extra damage and extra amount of throwing knives was just a bit to over powered, kinda ruined most fights, and I feel similar abkut her invisible skill ruining stealth. To that end, I much prefer Jacob's gameplay, as his gameplay feels more like how assassin's creed should play. Lydia was also much more fun to me. Regardless, I'm glad your enjoying yourself, as that is the main objective of any game!

[@nurri]

it's the only AC game i ever 100%ed ... somehow the best mixture of quest number and map size and relevance - plus: the optional cinematic kills really surprised me and i've missed them ever since

[@nileshdale9209]

Looking at the comments shows how the opinions of the ac fan base varies so much

[@IronsideGeorge]

100%

[@Tlioger]

If you see this comment, ignore anything anyone has ever said. It’s amazing, one of the best, buy it, trust me

[@IronsideGeorge]

Haha love it mate

[@MasterOfDarkness42069]

Oh man this game is pretty sweet. I love the grappling hook. I highly recommend playing with the mini map off and minimal HUD elements. It makes it a little bit more tense, and forces you to rely on your senses a bit more.

[@IronsideGeorge]

Yes!!! 100%! As long as you know where you’re going minimal HUD is the way to goooooo

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Bloody absolutely love this game. Marvellous indeed. The Grappling Hook makes things easier as you cross the beautiful city of London. Prefer this one than Unity when it comes camaderie and aid.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Bloody absolutely love this game. Marvellous indeed. The Grappling Hook makes things easier as you cross the beautiful city of London. Prefer this one than Unity when it comes camaderie and aid.

[@B-A-L]

If you are actually familiar with London the way I am, as a former London motorcycle courier, you don't even need the mini map!

[@egontokessy1610]

Syndicate's my favourite so far.

[@IronsideGeorge]

A rare take, but I respect it! 🫡

[@alyaasultan2172]

Same

[@AdamDawson3]

I am planning to play Assassin's Creed Syndicate for the very first time this year been told its the best Assassin's Creed game in the franchise.

[@AlexP0602]

Please don’t. Play Unity instead, trust!

[@noahpeek7230]

I think it’s quite good to be honest as someone who has played mainly every ac game

[@DJVideso]

It's a very good game. Don't abandon it for Unity. People will tell you to either play Unity because it's "underrated", or they'll tell you to play the Ezio Trilogy because "it's amazing".

[@AdamDawson3]

@@DJVideso I got Syndicate and got the Platinum trophy for it absolutely loved the game and the DLC of Jack The Ripper trying to decide whether to play Odyssey next

[@DJVideso]

@@AdamDawson3 Odyssey is alright, but the combat has a more "RPG" change to it

[@B-A-L]

I only played Syndicate about 4 months ago and absolutely loved it! It was just about the right length and the right amount of things to do and I played it completely on its own without any other games going on! I'm now playing Unity and while it looks and plays well it kind of feels like it's dragging on and I keep going to other games when I keep getting bored of it!

[@basicz223]

This is one of the most fun assassins creed games at one point when I was younger I didn’t like it now that I’m a lil older I love tf out this game it’s fun as hell wish they made more like this

[@DJVideso]

I loved it the first time I ever played the game. The people complaining about the games are either liars or people who never got past the tutorial.

[@Ivy_Rabbitgirl]

I really love Syndicate including Evie and Jacob as a duo as well as the humor. I wouldn`t want every Ac to be this lighthearted but I really enjoyed it here. Overall one of my favourite games

[@hippiasminor6264]

Setting is top notch. But one criminally underestimated feature: the Dreadful Crimes DLC. Far and away my favorite element of the game, very cleverly done, and deserving of a *lot* more love.

[@IronsideGeorge]

Do you know I never played them, what made them so great? (I did play the Jack the Ripper one, which was brilliant)

[@hippiasminor6264]

@@IronsideGeorge Take the murder mysteries of Unity, streamline them significantly (including very clever use of visual text in the world when using the Eagle Vision), throw in some truly hair-raising yarns (some of which take their inspiration from Victorian literature...although I won't say more than that), and then even include a little bit of interweaving between the various mysteries (although I'll have to play coy there, as well)--and you've got the soul of this very finely crafted DLC. In my view the murder mysteries from Unity were really pretty good. The murder mysteries in Dreadful Crimes were even (and, I think, unambiguously) better. I don't know if AC reprised this feature in any later titles (I haven't played anything past Syndicate) or if they intend to, but so far as I can tell, Dreadful Crimes is the creme de la creme when it comes to this feature of these games. (I'm not much of a gusher when it comes to video games, but I thought this DLC could use a bit of love!) Thanks much for your content!

[@connorwiederich]

Syndicate, Odyssey, and Valhalla are probably the most controversial games in the series. Personally, Syndicate is probably in my top 7 for favorite AC games alongside the Ezio Trilogy, Black Flag, Unity, and Origins.

[@IronsideGeorge]

I’d agree with that, maybe add Rogue and Mirage on that controversial list too

[@connorwiederich]

@@IronsideGeorge I haven't considered Rogue controversial. It's a game that's considered as underrated yet is not really one of the more popular games in the series. I feel the controversial aspect with Rogue is whether it should be called underrated or not. Mirage I can see being controversial. I have yet to play it but I hope I end up liking it. I was debating whether to mention 3 and Unity as controversial but they both have made a comeback in the community especially compared to how they were on their launches and how hyped they were before their release dates.

[@gamerzsocietyarena8269]

Whats your opinion on ac 3

[@connorwiederich]

@@gamerzsocietyarena8269 Love the side content, Haytham, the modern day, and new features such as parkouring through the trees and whistling and reattempting optional objectives from checkpoints, and I prefer the combat over Black Flag and Rogue. The game has the worst optional objectives in the series, I'm not a big fan of the American Colonies compared to other settings in the series, and Connor isn't a favorite character of mine. The game is probably mid to low tier in my series ranking.

[@jesuspernia8031]

@@gamerzsocietyarena8269 Overhated. One of the best gameplay in the series and I love the time period. 9/10 and might be in top 5 for me. 1. AC2 2. Brotherhood 3. AC1 (yes this one is still up there) 4. Unity 5. Either Origins, AC3, or Rogue

[@ResetXPDR]

I just completed this game yesterday and, apart from the characters' movements being difficult to control which afflicted all AC variants of that era, I was surprised how good it was. It was on of the last AC variants for me to complete but turned out to be one of the best.

[@IronsideGeorge]

Pleased to hear the positivity dude, it's a fun game. Great world and stealth for sure!

[@B-A-L]

Totally agree with the character movement! It was also the last AC game that didn't allow you to choose an alternative control scheme like Origins and Odyssey did which vastly improved the gameplay!

[@celticann]

I actually love Syndicate from the first second and it's one of my favorite parts. I had fun throughout, enjoyed every second and actually reinstalled it a few days ago.

[@Kneegalee]

i am annoyed with the constant run on the same side quests that are available throughout the map, other than that i am quite attached to the Frye twins and love the stories.

[@astephens3600]

I still love this game

[@lollylili8178]

Honestly Syndicate is my fav and love that they included a woman in the story

[@Mathandj-2000]

Syndicate is really fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@robloxian7154]

AC syndicae was my second AC and it's honestly a great game people just don't know how to experience a game , to test it's limit

[@IronsideGeorge]

It never really got its chance, but I’m so glad I replayed it again 😊

[@Pirate_Knight27]

Syndicate is my favorite game in the series. I love Jacob and Evie's brother and sister dynamic. I love 1860s London. And I love the inventive missions with going through Edward Kenway's old mansion being a highlight of mine. Never understood the hate for it.

[@weaselbun]

Ionly played this game last year, found myself pleasantly surprised by it, it's a fun time on its own. Now groundbreaking but not much of a slog, I've kept a few of its songs in my playlists too Great review

[@IronsideGeorge]

Pleased to hear! And thanks for the support bud - I used the soundtrack throughout, it’s fantastic!

[@StevesgamingWorld]

Syndicate is one of my favourite AC games. If you haven’t already, give it a try and make your own mind up. Fantastic game.

[@user-ou7rw2gn1u]

Us gamers are spoiled.. this looks good

[@elpenguinos]

It seems to be the case that people who played unity and syndicate after all the bugs were fixed have a better opinion of them. This is why I never really had problems with these games, they were fixed (mostly) by the time I got round to them, so there wasn't much to leave a sour taste. Except one of the collectibles for me has bugged and didn't spawn, so I couldn't 100% the game, and I never felt like restarting a new game due to how grindy it is. Did you find that you could navigate without the map as you knew where places were? Growing up in and around London has that benefit haha. I agree that the villain was a little too comical, and that the combat was basically a button masher like the previous few games had become. The blackbox missions were really the star of this game, and I replayed all of them just so I could do the different routes. I also enjoyed the range of characters you meet in the side missions, it added a lot of flavour to the story. I also think your right on the money with your thoughts on the parkour. The restriction of jumping off ledges and the addition of the grappling hook meant that despite you being able to have really nice running lines on occasion, most of the time you'd skip all of that as it was faster to just zipline or carriage everywhere. I WANT to leap off this ledge so I can grab onto that rope half way down to the ground!

[@IronsideGeorge]

Haha also a fellow Londoner eh? I honestly don't think it helped me, but hearing especially in the beginning how missions were in Croydon or Crawley really made me laugh. Appreciate the support as ever dude!

[@B-A-L]

As a former London motorcycle courier I love the fact that, despite a few inaccuracies, I totally recognise this as London and can find my way to all the major landmarks without needing the mini map! I live in Croydon now and used to visit Crawley regularly so it makes the game even more personal to me!

[@markgarroway7597]

Just played this for the first time. Got really immersed in the first few sequences, and overall the main story missions are generally pretty fun, if perhaps a bit easy. The main let down was if you spend much time exploring at all, once you get past the main landmarks, it's a very cookie cutter world. I also understood it, but the grappling hook made everything so simple it took away the charm a little bit

[@IronsideGeorge]

I think that’s a very fair assessment mate; just like London itself really, no big landmarks outside of central. The world of syndicate just isn’t built for parkour.

[@Broken_Orbital]

Syndicate was a weird step at the time but if you start with the newer RPG games first Then go back to Syndicate, it goes down quite a bit smoother and actually feels very similar to Mirage in industrial London. I highly recommend anyone who wasn't a fan the first time around, give it another go now that you've experienced the newer games.

[@anton_smallz99_30]

Syndicate gets unnecessary hate. If anything it’s got the greatest setting and most sensible reason for Templars vs Assassins narrative of the next gen games. Also one of the best DLCs of all of them.

[@chrismoore5333]

Please read the entire comment as I really care about this game and want to share info and some of my views. Much info in this video is not correct, but i can see why you feel it is, with an example being that syndicate wasnt actually made by those who made odyssey. It was developed via Quebec, yes, but created by people normally on Montreal team. Similar thing went on with AC 3. The lead writer being a notable example, as he not only wrote syndicate (only jacobs part of syndicate and the general concept was written by him) but he also worked on AC1 and 2 amd brotherhood and more. Now, I love AC Syndicate and Jacob is the perfect main protagonist for the game and it's setting, despite what some will say, evie is lacking in character depth and development, and she didn't suit the game. I'd add that Jacob is actually in most of the stealth levels, and evie is mostly combat levels, because the twins are supposed to naturally be the opposite to what they want to be. Jacob is a good assassin but he doesn't want to be. Evie is a poor assassin but she wants to be a great one. I would love for anyone who sees this, to read what I've got to say. I always try to share the development info for this game, as it is a very important game to me. Originally, Jacob was indeed the only playable protagonist in the game, and evie didn't even exist as she is today. The game looked much darker and Jacob had the same outfit as George. This bit is important context. A woman called Kim belair and her friends got involved in the games development, fairly late, and they are somewhat famous for changing games to be more "inclusive" but that really just translates to more female and less white. Jacob was actually always supposed to be bisexual, and the games lead writer is in fact a gay man himself. The deep hypocrisy of Kim belair is that she doesn't care about that being inclusive, because she only values inclusion for people like her. And so she essentially blackmailed the syndicate team into creating evie as a playable twin protagonist. During an interview she can be heard complaining that her fellow devs told her Jacob is the main character, and she responded by saying she could manipulate people into thinking evie was the protagonist, by misrepresenting the twins online. You see, Kim belair was originally hired because she is a marketing expert, and so she knows how to manipulate what people think of a product. You can find this interview on a AC sisterhood KZbin video, titled after the woman who I am referring to here. Anyway, the games development ended up going through hell, and the team had to work backwards and cut a lot out, in order to add evie on time for launch. Kim belair went on to be the founder of the company called "sweet baby inc" who are currently in a lot of controversial conversation for similar reasons as we are discussing now. Kim belair since said "if they (they meaning the development team she is working with) don't see the value in what I want for a game, then I'll scare them with what might happen if they don't do as I ask." She actually said that. You can find her saying this in a variety of articles and videos about her. Just look her up and see for yourself, however take note, many journalists are her allies and lie for her. Jacob is the character shown in every single bit of leaked gameplay, screenshots, videos, development notes, artworks showing story moments are almost always shown with Jacob, and Jacob has 3 times as many concept arts that are all dated sometimes years older than the artworks for evie. Jacob also has artworks of the exact character shown in thr AC victory leaks, and this character is described as "Jacob frye." We can see on a website (if I use its name the comment will he removed for some reason) that is used for game devs to share their work together, and network, and this website has a variety of AC victory stuff. From menus screens to gameplay render screenshots, and even a display of the room people would sit in, when the team would reveal the game. It all shows Jacob frye as the protagonist, both in description, and visibly the "victory protagonist" has Jacob's face, exactly the same as it is in syndicate. The only reason the victory outfit isn't used for Jacob now, is because the art team wanted something that reflects Jacob's gang underworld story better, for his main look. Hence the victory outfit was given to George instead. If your interested, you can also find some cool black flag development stuff on that website as well. Originally, Pearl wasn't a character in syndicate/victory. Roth was, but he had a very different look and narrative role. The character that eventually got split to creat Roth as he is now, nd pearl, was Jacob's mentor. An older lady with grey hair, a black and red version of Lydia's outfit, and a silver mask to hide a badly injured face. She was the late games plot twist main villain. And the idea behind her character was later recycled into watch dogs legion's Sabine. Legion launched on the first big anniversary for Syndicate, and so many of it's ideas were actually restorations of cut syndicate narrative ideas. Evie eventually replaced thus mysterious mentor/villain to Jacob, but the narrative role of this mentor character was given to Roth and pearl, while evie would be instead, a good guy in the story. You can even spot the necklace thus mysterious mentor character had, on both Lydia, and evie but only on the box art, as evie didn't have it in the actual game. I hope you see for yourself, as I have put a lot of effort into trying to share this, but it isn't easy, as journalists rarely talk about it honestly, and those who support belair, tell lies about reduced female characters, despite the reality being opposite. Note also that the "AC victory project" mod, is a mod to restore that original version of the game. The mod team have seen all the files in game, and researched the games development extensively. They also say Jacob was the only protagonist in AC Victory, and it was indeed Jacob. Evie wasn't a playable character at all. You can check on their nexus page. I feel that if you look at the side activities, story missions, and side missions, you can clearly see the game was designed with only Jacob in mind as a soul protagonist. Evie isn't even canon in side levels, as Roth stated Jacob was seen taking down the gang leaders and conquering the city. This and so much more, add to my point. If you read all of this, then thank you for your time!

[@DarkoRavens]

How about you just piss off?

[@anndra8687]

I think Syndicate is... Ok. The gang war stuff is fun, the assassinations are great Evie is perfect and must be protected at all costs, but the story suffers from being far too timid. The assassins, who murder for freedom and liberty, are at the heart of the British Empire and finally come face to face with Queen Victoria. What do they do to the living embodiment of all they stand against? They ask her politely to stop and meekly take no for an answer.

[@IronsideGeorge]

Pretty much agree with all of that, though overall I think the game is better than ok, it’s good and still worth playing if you haven’t before. Stealth is great, it looks great, the world is awesome and some of the missions are amazing.

[@chrismoore5333]

I actually think evie needs to be criticised because it's due to her that AC victory was scrapped for AC Syndicate, and most fans didn't like that change. Evie has no depth of character when compared to Jacob, or really any protagonist before them. Evie didn't suit the games gang setting and narrative, and some levels like an artful plan, simply don't work for evie. Many activities in the open world are the same. I feel evie is used to bully and somewhat suppress the fans of Jacob and that means most fans of Syndicate. For this reason she certainly has gotten less and less popular.

[@alyaasultan2172]

Agreed, Evie made the game feel lively to me. She is lethal. Sometimes I forget that Jacob is part of the game bcz of how rarely I switch to him😭

[@chrismoore5333]

@@alyaasultan2172 you play as Jacob twice as often than evie, and evie is painfully dul and boring. Now I know your just virtue signalling.

[@alyaasultan2172]

@@chrismoore5333 with the main missions? Then yes, unfortunately Jacob had more. But after I'm done with his parts/finished the story and I'm not forced to switch to him again, I completely forgot about him. Evie is the one who felt and acted like a true Assassin. And Everything is better while playing with her (combat, stealth, and clothes) Also why so rude? Virtue signalling you say? I've been practically a huge fan of Miss Evie Frye since 2017, I remember my brother back then being like "damn u really like Evie"😭 I think it was obvious, spent all the money on Evie's accessories and mostly focused on upgrading her skills💛

[@JoeyD82288]

I loved Syndicate I pre ordered it and picked it up at midnight release

[@user-vi5gr3kb7d]

No mean to make a fuss with you, but you sound sorta like Sam Smith, and I love it lol. Well, you sound like him, but your voice sounds a lot better to me :) thanks for all the good vids mate

[@atagamedev]

I just platinumed Syndicate, yes you should definitely play, its the AC that I had in my mind, movement is smooth, its still an AC game but I loved even more than Black Flag, PS4 performance is not good though, PC is the way

[@beingawesomeisawesome9803]

For anyone actually thinking about buying it,i was so against syndicate until it was on sale for 10 euros,i bought it,launched it and bro,i was HOOKED, probably the best game of the series,the only thing missing from it was the manual jump button, anything else is just PERFECT

[@IronsideGeorge]

Love to hear the positivity dude!

[@kartarbhogal]

Honestly, Syndicate is my favourite AC game. Sure there's minor nitpicks but what AC game doesn't have those?

[@EpyttnelisYT]

I just finished my first play through. Before it, Black Flag was the last AC I played and enjoyed. Everything afterwards for a while just didn’t feel right. However, after now playing Syndicate I’ve grown to really enjoy it. Gameplay setting, and characters (aside from Ned) were all pretty great. It definitely has me going back to select titles like possibly Unity and Odyssey

[@gabrieltheangel9150]

Orgins and odyssey is a must play games💯

[@noahpeek7230]

@@gabrieltheangel9150 facts 2 goated ac games

[@DJVideso]

@@gabrieltheangel9150 Origins sucks. The combat is atrocious.

[@Dalerino_]

i gave it a go since AC Unity is a hated game by alot but its my favourite so i decided on playing it not based on peoples review and more on how it looks and it didnt dissapoint

[@Juryfates]

I actually enjoyed the game when it first came out I mostly like the gang idea and just having pure fun in London

[@AdamDawson3]

I played Syndicate for the very first time two weeks finished it yesterday just about to get the Platinum trophy its the very first Assassin's Creed game I have ever played

[@nedargiordano7018]

I finished this game recently, the game was good. The open world, the weapon seleccion and combat was great

[@didyoubot]

Not a fan of AC lore but I find valhalla quite good. I just treat it as a viking game.

[@IronsideGeorge]

It's a great game, just gets a lot of hate because it has AC in the title, which I can understand from a gameplay perspective

[@Bladesofkaos]

Idgaf what people say about Syndicate. This fukin' rule!

[@guitaoist]

Its $9 today so obviously im sold

[@IronsideGeorge]

Was meant to be

[@gudan-gudan1891]

This is my fave AC game just cuz im a sucker to steampunk themes lol

[@nightowl2749]

This is why I love Assassins Creed. Its identity crisis allows me to play different titles with different experiences. I love Syndicate. I love that the characters don't take themselves too seriously. I find them fun. Having access to tools, weapons, stealth, fun enough combat (multikills are sick), stylish parkour, and being able to feel like a Victorian Batman/Batgirl with the graplling gauntlet is fantastic. The gang system is grand too. Sometimes you just want to make like an autobot and roll out for a bit. My one wish is it had a photo mode like later titles, because man can i find some vistas. I wish more Assassin's creed "fans" would take a moment to quit bitching, pissing, moaning, whining, crying, and throwing tantrums and rather load in a title, take it for what it is, and when it starts to feel repetitive, stale, and boring, to just load up another title and enjoy that for a while.

[@Rockport1911]

I never played any AC games because " Ubisoft" until the Skull&Bones desaster made me finally start Black Flag. There are alot of AC titles, the older ones seem better and the " Syndicate" skin is quite appealing as its the newest time period depicted in any AC game and all the trains, carriages and boats make the world feel alive. It will alwys need to stand up to Unity which has a beautiful recreation of paris but in the end its a preference of taste.

[@ragingsilver]

I thought Syndicate was a great swansong at the time for the classic style game play. I can't believe it's been 9 years...

[@GingerBeardedGaming]

Definitely a good game! But i agree when it came out i was a little disappointed! Great review ❤

[@CatalystOfFire]

After Black Flag, I didn't particularly care about anything this series did because I felt like the modern day storyline driving the games was absolutely awful. The Desmond storyline was already pretty bad, and then he was gone and it just kept going nowhere. Anyways I got this game on xbox live gold and played it for a few hours. The weapons suck, the climbing sucks, and I don't blame the team for giving up on action games after Batman.

[@SnzLogistic]

beatiful game now my download Assassin’s Creed Syndicate

[@mattredfield7072]

Replaying it right now to 100% it while I wait for games that dont disappoint me

[@JonJon-co3zj]

I prefer this than valhalla tbh it felt more assassin's creedish

[@keithprice1950]

When these games come out people hate them but when the next game in the series comes out suddenly the previous game is loved.

[@pratyushchandra867]

I finished it today. It was fun. Grappling hook was best.

[@WS_Farming]

I love syndicate

[@JonJon-co3zj]

I love this game and the fact u get 2 protagonists and they blend well tho I love evie think about it didn't they take this soundtrack for odyssey lol very similar but damn evie is wifey

[@handel1111]

This is and still my favourite AC ever

[@KRAZZYWARMACHIENGaming]

Is it just me who loved syndicate 😢

[@myguy542]

I have played every AC except mirage and syndicate is my favorite.

[@chrismoore5333]

I love Syndicate but between the false narrative against Jacob, and the bullying and frankly toxicity from evie "fans" online, I'm unable to fully enjoy the game, when it's community is so nasty to anyone who likes Jacob best. It's like the thought police want you to play as evie, but she is simply dull, 2 dimensional ans boring to me. She didn't fit the games gang war ideas either. For saying this, I get attacked online.

[@BANGKOKM3]

Yes. It's recommend it. Valhalla and mirage may still play for a timed challenge.

[@chasesmith4409]

Syndicate is like a beefed up more advanced version of the classic ezio games in a sense of the controls I like the counter attack moves and kills a lot better than how it is in origins and oddysee them are great games to but wish the franchise would of stuck with the original controls

[@ayemraps]

The original concept would have been impeccable

[@anish91000]

its among the best 3 for me: Black flag, AC 2 & Syndicate.this game got a lot of hate for what unity did.

[@prla5400]

I really like this game

[@kluneberg8952]

i didnt hate it. just wish they kept the stealth and outfit customization from Unity.

[@TrueBlade-1889]

Badly optimised. Even today, on a 4080, you can't max out the graphics at 4K. And no native HDR. But the nVidia App HDR massively improves it.

[@qum3325]

The night time in this game is beautiful

[@dorkbrandon4422]

Shame that night time was shorter than daylight

[@yuvalperetz6869]

Form one that played all of the assassin’s Creed I love this game. The syndicate was one of the best assassin that came out, but this is my opinion.

[@sarav17]

AC Syndicate is still amazing

[@instinct7393]

currently playing and it's pretty fun

[@iamergoproxy3476]

Same here

[@PaizRashidi]

I want try this game..should i?

[@TheCephalon]

I only had 2 issues with the game. 1. The Indian assassin is cringy and Jacob is too immature. 2. Feels like I’m doing the same generic group of missions in each map section. Which I understand that’s how most games are, but when I’m playing the Witcher 3, I don’t feel like I’m doing the same thing continuously even if I am

[@space.pirate481]

what you mean combat was ok in unity? was very good

[@IronsideGeorge]

It’s all opinion bud - Unity combat was floaty, a little unresponsive and I found myself constantly backwards rolling. It’s mid for me. Now AC 3 though… 🤤

[@CygnusOrb]

I started playing it last night as part of the "Legendary Collection" and I absolutely hated the controls. Put on Origins and felt much better to play. Though I'll go back and have to get used to them. One thing I hate is having to hold R2 to parkour, where the newer games I can just hold X. I don't like that I can't seem to jump down as easy like the newer games. I have to hold R2 and circle while I'm parkouring. Makes it feel clunky and less streamlined. I do think the world is pretty amazing though.

[@fawadghaffar1712]

I like all assassin's Creed games

[@AlexP0602]

I played it recently, and beat it and found it such a chore to get through. The combat was laughingly ass, not fun at all and took me out of the experience with how quick and cartoony the animations and gameplay were. I also found the garbage character design on NPC and Enemies that are recycled throughout the entire game so annoying and hard to look at. Some of the missions were just not enjoyable, and I was only playing the game to the end to say I beat it. I would chose AC Unity over this game any day.

[@airblazerfoodgamingandrevi2952]

Mfer hope they actually do it proper for AC Hexe Witch Trial game

[@MandyyHxH]

i really enjoyed syndicate pretty much, i dont understand the hate but yeah.

[@WideOldDan]

Started replaying it last week and managed 6 hours before giving up. I really liked it before, i don't know what changed. My opinions on Syndicate and Unity have flipped after replaying them both after many years.

[@palisairuta613]

Syndicate is genius. Fantastic AC

[@rooster836]

Game is awesome period

[@IronsideGeorge]

🫡

[@DJ-mf6ft]

I always thought that Evie and Jacob were each half a personality that, when put together, made a poorly developed character

[@chrismoore5333]

The two weren't a split of one previous protagonist, but evie was indeed holding Jacob back. Originally, Jacob was indeed the only playable protagonist in the game, and evie didn't even exist as she is today. The game looked much darker and Jacob had the same outfit as George. This bit is important context. A woman called Kim belair and her friends got involved in the games development, fairly late, and they are somewhat famous for changing games to be more "inclusive" but that really just translates to more female and less white. Jacob was actually always supposed to be bisexual, and the games lead writer is in fact a gay man himself. The deep hypocrisy of Kim belair is that she doesn't care about that being inclusive, because she only values inclusion for people like her. And so she essentially blackmailed the syndicate team into creating evie as a playable twin protagonist. During an interview she can be heard complaining that her fellow devs told her Jacob is the main character, and she responded by saying she could manipulate people into thinking evie was the protagonist, by misrepresenting the twins online. You see, Kim belair was originally hired because she is a marketing expert, and so she knows how to manipulate what people think of a product. You can find this interview on a AC sisterhood KZbin video, titled after the woman who I am referring to here. Anyway, the games development ended up going through hell, and the team had to work backwards and cut a lot out, in order to add evie on time for launch. Kim belair went on to be the founder of the company called "sweet baby inc" who are currently in a lot of controversial conversation for similar reasons as we are discussing now. Kim belair since said "if they (they meaning the development team she is working with) don't see the value in what I want for a game, then I'll scare them with what might happen if they don't do as I ask." She actually said that. You can find her saying this in a variety of articles and videos about her. Just look her up and see for yourself, however take note, many journalists are her allies and lie for her. Jacob is the character shown in every single bit of leaked gameplay, screenshots, videos, development notes, artworks showing story moments are almost always shown with Jacob, and Jacob has 3 times as many concept arts that are all dated sometimes years older than the artworks for evie. Jacob also has artworks of the exact character shown in thr AC victory leaks, and this character is described as "Jacob frye." We can see on a website (if I use its name the comment will he removed for some reason) that is used for game devs to share their work together, and network, and this website has a variety of AC victory stuff. From menus screens to gameplay render screenshots, and even a display of the room people would sit in, when the team would reveal the game. It all shows Jacob frye as the protagonist, both in description, and visibly the "victory protagonist" has Jacob's face, exactly the same as it is in syndicate. The only reason the victory outfit isn't used for Jacob now, is because the art team wanted something that reflects Jacob's gang underworld story better, for his main look. Hence the victory outfit was given to George instead. If your interested, you can also find some cool black flag development stuff on that website as well. Originally, Pearl wasn't a character in syndicate/victory. Roth was, but he had a very different look and narrative role. The character that eventually got split to create Roth as he is now, and pearl, was Jacob's mentor. An older lady with grey hair, a black and red version of Lydia's outfit, and a silver mask to hide a badly injured face. She was the late games plot twist main villain. And the idea behind her character was later recycled into watch dogs legion's Sabine. Legion launched on the first big anniversary for Syndicate, and so many of it's ideas were actually restorations of cut syndicate narrative ideas. Evie eventually replaced thus mysterious mentor/villain to Jacob, but the narrative role of this mentor character was given to Roth and pearl, while evie would be instead, a good guy in the story. You can even spot the necklace thus mysterious mentor character had, on both Lydia, and evie but only on the box art, as evie didn't have it in the actual game. I hope you see for yourself, as I have put a lot of effort into trying to share this, but it isn't easy, as journalists rarely talk about it honestly, and those who support belair, tell lies about reduced female characters, despite the reality being opposite. Note also that the "AC victory project" mod, is a mod to restore that original version of the game. The mod team have seen all the files in game, and researched the games development extensively. They also say Jacob was the only protagonist in AC Victory, and it was indeed Jacob. Evie wasn't a playable character at all. You can check on their nexus page.

[@TheCephalon]

Anyone who hates syndicate has either never played mirage and Valhalla or is brain dead. Those 2 games are objectively poorly made, from the story, to progression, to design

[@djolepro9340]

4:55 why is she tall when she like 4,7

[@SamiM-zs3jk]

🤓 i just download the game i realized old games dont have story mode 😂 in difficulty settings sorry for my bad English ❤️

[@IronsideGeorge]

Hiya Sami - the old games don't have story mode? They do - try and use google translator and let me know what you mean 😊

[@chrischupp9760]

Great city in this game

[@prequel503]

And still it is the worst assassin's Creed game. But it keeps the old formula of the series. The RPG trilogy has nothing to do with assassin's. It's just there cause RPGs where and are profitable. And with that I would say if you are going to buy ac syndicate or a game from the RPG trilogy buy syndicate. At least it tries to keep it original

[@-Agixoid-]

best game

[@raidenraiden8258]

I am only managing to play 1 mission at a time to kill time during the day when I get bored , after I finish the mission and start with the next 1 I feel there is no story to it and its just another mission. Missions seems to be all over the place and can be done in any order? I would prefer to play a game where the missions are more related to each other and I can feel I am making progress in the game.

[@KC-pz4md]

Syndicate, the ugly duckling of the franchise and I’m not really sure why, I love this game

[@alyaasultan2172]

Ngl i enjoyed the combat in syndicate very much, it was very satisfying for some reason and the cane weapon is a 10/10 for me. I only have 2 problems with this game: 1- The side missions are repetitive 2- Evie was the better Assassin and definitely more enjoyable to play with in terms of BOTH combat and stealth but the devs made her a side protagonist, giving Jacob (who didn't feel nor act like an Assassin) most of the missions. If you're going to play this amazing game, i suggest to always switch to Evie Frye when you're not forced to play with Jacob during his missions.

[@chrismoore5333]

Your entire review is "just play as evie, please, don't think for yourself, just play as the 2 dimensional bad character, that is evie, because I can't stand the possibility of people playing as a guy!" Just give it a break, hater!

[@alyaasultan2172]

@@chrismoore5333 Stop projecting your obsession with gender on me and recall who mentioned that Evie is a female 1st. Also ever heard of "suggesting"?? Or maybe an "opinion"?? I believe not if you're everywhere replying to my comments rudely over a....video game💀 The fact that I stated multiple times that I don't hate Jacob but I preferred Evie because she simple acted and behaved like an Assassin so that's the character I'd like in an "Assassin's creed game" The only one hating and getting worked up over me liking a fictional character over the other is you. And again, using gender in an argument is hilarious and shallow.

[@chrismoore5333]

@@alyaasultan2172 aveline is the first female protagonist. Evie is Jacob's side kick. Honestly you can come up with a library worth of deflections, it won't change the fact I called you out. Sorry that most syndicate fans favour Jacob, but there is a reason.

[@alyaasultan2172]

@@chrismoore5333 Your lack of arguments is boring but if you're going to ignore that most people believe that Jacob held Evie's character development back bcz of his mess ups and gaslight yourself that he's favored when he keeps getting slandered to this day, I say you do you buddy. And when you go argue with someone else, please do NOT use gender as the argument again. I physically cringed when u brought it up😭

[@chrismoore5333]

@@alyaasultan2172 your gaslighting yourself. No one else here suffers from that but you. The biggest ever mod for any AC game, out right removes evie from the entire experience! What does that tell you? It tells you that syndicate's biggest fans don't like evie. Now if you want other reasons for evie being bad, besides her being ridiculously boring, here are but a few. She simply doesn't suit the game's gang concept. Both in canon, and in he look and acting, evie feels like she belongs in a game that doesn't focus on gang underworld, or industrial history. Evie would be better suited to a far earlier setting. Another reason would be that evie doesn't grow as much as a character when compared to Jacob's journey from reckless young man who wants personal freedom, to responsible assassin, in charge of a growing and powerful gang, with the responsibility of all London on his shoulders, and he chooses to be there for the people instead of being ultimately free. Jacob has a similar character arc to Altier from the original game. Meanwhile evie simply learns not to blame Jacob for literally everything she chose not to help him with. She simply isn't a compelling protagonist option. Jacob has a full assassin's creed story, while evie is more just chasing her dates with Henry. Sure the shroud stuff is in the game, but Jacob is in most of the story levels related to the shroud, and indeed Jacob is the playable character for the majority of the final level, and Jacob places the shroud where it needs to be, while evie is once again with Henry. I could go on.

[@thomassmart4088]

better than Black Flag

[@nxthvn914]

Honestly when I saw the trailer I wanted syndicated but my parent didn’t know the difference and got me unity i always wanted syndicate and when I got it it disappointed so much going from pretty much being able to scale any wall with as much freedom in unity to the weird stale kinda robotic movement of syndicate unbiased it not a bad game as long as it ur first ac game and ur going in blind but if u start comparing it to other contemporaries title of the series it really shows just how bad of a game it is compare to the standard all other previous and to an extent subsequent games bring to the table

[@DK_9035SB]

shadows of mordor

[@oxidisedstar]

atleast its better than odyssey

[@IronsideGeorge]

It’s different for sure, difficult to say better. ✌️

[@superimmunologist3699]

The pollution is real here