Assassin's Creed Syndicate announced


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Developed by Ubisoft Quebec in collaboration with nine other Ubisoft studios, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is an epic single player experience set in London during the height of the Industrial Revolution, an incredible age of invention that transforms the lives of millions. During this time, the gap between the poor and the rich expands exponentially, making workers’ lives little more than legalized slavery. The lower classes fight for survival by forming a new kind of family – gangs — and adapting to a life in the underworld. Players will embody both Jacob Frye and Evie Frye, twin Assassins raised to follow the Creed. Jacob, a determined, hot-headed and rebellious leader of an underground gang, is vastly different than his sister Evie, a master of stealth and control. Together, Jacob and Evie team up to challenge rivals, plutocrats and Templars alike to free the masses from poverty and corruption, and ultimately wrestle back control of London.

In Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, players explore the largest, most modern open-world city yet in an Assassin’s Creed game. The fighting is more brutal than ever, as players combat rival gangs and grow their sphere of influence throughout London using new weapons, including brass knuckles, a kukri knife, a revolver and the Assassin’s gauntlet. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate also includes innovative navigation and transportation throughout the open world, including a rope launcher for scaling tall Victorian buildings, zip-lining from rooftop to rooftop or performing aerial assassinations, and horse-drawn carriages and high-speed trains for free-running, tracking down enemies or escaping after daring raids.

The setting and game world look more appealing than Unity’s setting was. It looks pretty cool. I think the next game after this one should be the final installment, and it should take place in the far future. They’ve long exhausted this series’s premise. I know that won’t happen, though. It’s Ubisoft.


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Keeping up with this franchise must be a nightmare.


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Looks like utter shit.


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I just haven’t played Rogue. Otherwise I’m caught up.

I like that you can ride a horse carriage. You haven’t been able to ride on a horse since AC1. The grappling hook looks awesome, and the fighting system seems to be quicker. Everything else hasn’t really changed, and that’s a letdown.