Assassin's Creed Syndicate (PS4)

This game is an absolute joy. In my humble opinion this is the best Assassin's Creed since ACII. The series seems to follow a distinct pattern; when it's charming, it's successful. Perhaps that's why ACIII and Unity fell slightly flat in a lot of people's opinions; their protagonists did after all have to follow the resounding success of Ezio and Kenway respectively. Two characters that are much loved by the community that were followed up by somewhat disenchanting characters in Connor and Arno that lacked the pizazz of their predecessors. With this in mind I would like to observe our two central characters; twins Jacob and Evie Frye. Put simply; they ooze awesomeness. Jacob has that superb cheeky chappy Englishman vibe that goes magically with the role of an Assassin and gangleader, whilst also exhibiting streaks of a Chaotic Good anti-hero. His charismatic bull-in-a-chinashop approach is reminiscent of early Altair, early Ezio, and most notably Edward Kenway (who gets honourable mentions in this game). Then we have the other side of the same coin; Evie. Aside from being a total English Rose and absolute fox, she has a more characteristically Assassin-like approach to things which brings a nice ebb and flow to the game whilst switching between the two siblings. Her catfight-esc back and forth with Lucy Thorne is brilliant to watch, as is her will they or won’t they relationship with our Assassin companion Henry Green. (Minor Spoilers Ahead) Moving on from the protagonists we have the wealth of other Characters that make the time and place come to life. Most notably we have Charles Darwin and Alexander Graham Bell who are brilliant from start to end in their roles. We also come across Dickens, Conan-Doyle, Marx and dear old Queen Vic as our heroes help to shape both the heritage and the future of London. There is also a delicious little side mission which may or may not involve a certain Englishman that goes by the name of Winston. But I won’t divulge anything further about our Historical friends; they’re a feature that is best enjoyed from playing the game. The world itself is something to behold. If scaling the side of Big Ben and jumping off of it doesn’t tickle your pickle, then ziplining across the Thames surely will. It’s just breath-taking. I’m so glad that Ubisoft focused on what made this franchise so successful in the first place; Single player, story rich, environmentally beautiful, immersive cinematic content that intertwines the past with the present. Lastly I would like to give an honourable mention to the villain of the piece; Crawford Starrick. Whilst we don’t see a huge amount of him, what we do see is pure gold. Extremely well-acted, and chilling to the bone. The best antagonist since Rodrigo Borgia for me.

It was due to arrive on 2nd Feb. Got it before! Happily. No problems with disc. Etc. NOW FOR THE LONG PART OF THE REVIEW PREPARE YOURSELF. Now for the actual game. Well. Combat's nice, doesn't feel quite as slow as unity's combat did. Jacob and Evie are much more enjoyable than Arno from unity. I find this has very similar mechanics to Assassin's creed Revelations. In that it has zipline's (except you now place them), bombs (in this you don't make them.). Though Ubisoft did have to restrict themselves on lesser known people from real life in gangs due to living relatives possibly getting offended. At least it still has Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Florence Nightingale, Karl Marx, Frederick Abberline, Alexander Graham Bell and finally the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire Duleep Singh. The story though I haven't completed it as of writing is good. (I'm up to sequence 7 out of 9) Achievements are alright. Not too many bugs or glitches thus far. But I have had tallied 3 crashes so far. Honestly I'll be updating this when I've finished the base game and when I'll be moving onto the Jack The Ripper Dlc. (bought season pass) Finally as it is almost unavoidable for me to mention due to feminists. Representation of different groups. Yes there is a transgender person. As of yet don't care about them yet as I have not done a single mission with Him/Her. Yes there is a fat woman. Meh... At least early in her story there is a part where you can use a Gatling Gun. No there doesn't seem to be a disabled person. Don't know how that would work in Victorian London anyway. No there are not any prostitutes. But I predict they'll be back in the next game. Why you ask? Is it because of lack of sexism in the writers and gameplay? No it is the time period and country. I researched the time period before to see what might pop up. In England before the game starts its story. The gathering of prostitutes in a public place was made illegal. So no because in real life Victorian London you would be a walking target for the Police as you would appear to be a pimp. Historically the game is relatively sound. the newsboys on the street do announce actual news like how traffic lights were first installed the year the game is set. Ultimately though it is fiction. So is there a modern day story? Yeah kind of. Won’t spoil too much but it similar to Unity’s layout. No actual gameplay just cut scenes. I follow it though because of familiar characters this time. Again won’t spoil much. So is it good game? Sure. Will it make new fans play the series? No. Can it restore faith in the series a slight bit for long term fans? Maybe. But either way I like it.

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No soy de escribir reseñas, porque afortunadamente todo lo que he encargado ha llegado bien, pero esta vez me llego fatal. El estuche roto y la bolsa demasiado sencilla para lo fragil que es. Aclaro que no estoy valorando el juego, sino el servicio de entrega.

Very good game

Super Spiel, mit echt grossem Story Mode.....

Güzel oyun ama bir call of duty değil...