Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Ubisoft's Redemption


My first impression of Assassins Creed Syndicate was it seems like a Gangs of New York but sat in 1868 London at the height of the Industrial revolution.  This time around the story will have two protagonist, the twins Jacob and Evie Frye.


The dialogue in  Assassins Creed Syndicate seemed comical in a dark way.  The protagonist Jacob Frye is a brute that likes to fight, but he was rich in character.  London is under the control of the corrupt Templars who use street gangs to bully the working class.  Jacob leads his Rooks gang  and vows to take power from the underground up.  His twin sister Evie is a more grounded and quiet determined leader that gets things done.

Graphically, London looks great.  There will be vehicles like trains and horse drawn characters. There will not be a multiplayer this time around.  There will be a complete focus on single player.  For the first time ever in an Assassin's Creed game, there are systemic vehicles that will impact each of the core pillars: navigation, stealth and fight. 


Players will be able to ram their pursuers, but be aware that enemies will be able to use this against you, ramming you off the road or hijacking your vehicle.  Also to allow combat on top of vehicles, developers enabled carriages to independently follow targets on the road. With vehicle damage, changing to another carriage is critical.


There was an emphasis put into design for locations in the historical London such as Victoria train station. 


Another new innovation is the gadget "rope launcher". It's traversal tool, which helps you quickly go up and across buildings.  The rope launcher can also be used as a horizontal fast travel tool, making navigation faster and easier.

The new combat system will focus on short hand weapons and close combat.  There will be weapons like a hidden blade in the cane, and under sleeve knife that will make taking on large groups of powerful targets easier.


Ubisoft had a 30 minute package to address the problems of Assassin's Creed Unity.  Ubisoft said they wanted this to be the best game possible, but things went wrong. They were honest about what went wrong like faces melting off and glitches, and they promises to get it right this time around. They even addressed negative reviews by critics and gaming analyst.

Assassin Creed franchise has been an up and down valley of success and disappointment. AC1 was great.  AC2 was good.  AC Revelations and Blackflag were bad.  AC3 was okay.  AC Unity was a good attempt, but it was too ambitious and failed to deliver a solid performing game. I was so excited about each AC games, but I'm afraid that I will waste my time and money again on a game that disappoints.  I will honestly, wait to see how this game develops and what others say about it before I make the investment in buying it.

Assassins Creed Syndicate release date is October 23, 2015 right before the release of Halo 5.

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