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Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is Single Player Only, 30% Larger Than Unity's Map and More

OnlySP: Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate has been officially announced and will be set in Victorian London as Kotaku originally reported a while ago.

SCW19823902d ago

30% more useless bloated padding.

FunkMacNasty3902d ago

And probably only 10% less broken than Unity.

pyramidshead3902d ago

Long live single player more like.

May just support this game purely on that fake. No more cheap gimmickery shoe horned in drop in drop out co-op.

Get gaming back into making solid experiences before trying any fancy stuff.

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Wingsfan243902d ago

Glad it's single player only again. I actually really enjoyed Unity's story for what it was. Hoping for even better with Syndicate.

vongruetz3902d ago

Agreed. I don't see why every game insists on shoe-horning a multiplayer mode into it just to check off a box. AC4 was a great game for me and would have been perfect if it didn't have the MP stuff required if I wanted to get the platinum trophy. I want more single player only games.

-Foxtrot3902d ago

Finally, they've learnt their lesson. These games are single player experiences, doing online will just waste resources.

I mean whats the point in online when you'll have a new AC out the next year.

MasterCornholio3902d ago

Well Black Flag had multiplayer but it was still a great game.

The way I see it if there is multiplayer in an AC game it should be a separate part of the game and not integrated into the single player. Also the game should only have multiplayer if they are able to deliver a great quality lengthy single player experience

bixxel3902d ago

Syndicte is Black Flag to Unity what Black Flag was to AC3. Minus some awesome innovative mechanic.

BecauseImBatman3902d ago

I concur, let's get back to the good old AC2 days. If AC Unity was our AC1 of this generation, perhaps Syndicate could be the AC2 of this generation. Here's hoping.

Baka-akaB3902d ago (Edited 3902d ago )

Not really , AC had a great mp in a few of its titles . But it's just better to drop it , when they clearly are having a rough time making a good game with either sp or mp .

TekKing3902d ago

"Finally, they've learnt their lesson."

lol, you certainly haven't.

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zsquaresoff3902d ago (Edited 3902d ago )

Great, more annoying loot chests to open and much longer stalking mission.

Visualift3902d ago

Like a dog returns to it's own vomit... stop playing these games if you hate it so much.

Conzul3902d ago

Yes, because progress is made not by criticizing things we don't like, but by ignoring them.

Someone give this man a medal -_-

bixxel3902d ago

Worse is that it's basically Unity with the addition of:
-A whistle option
-Fluid-er combat
-Carriages
-A better excuse for British accent
-Batman-like grappling hook
-GTA V-like 2 protagonists
-A downgraded london (compare to screenshots of January before throwing me a dislike)

GreetingsfromCanada3902d ago

Those "screenshots" were from a pre-rendered video from most likely 2013.

krazykombatant3902d ago

The British is also pretty shit, for some guy that was from the dirty ghetto he sounds pretty damn posh.

Christopher3902d ago

I feel like this means they'll just be announcing a multiplayer only AC game to be released alongside this game soon.

Wingsfan243902d ago

Seems a bit right for a F2P microtransaction ripe game.

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AC Syndicate Update Reveals Xbox Series X’s Edge in Backward Compatibility Over PS5 Pro

Assassin's Creed Syndicate recently got a 60 FPS update, allowing the game to run at 4K and 60 FPS on PS5, PS5 Pro, and Xbox Series S|X.

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ZeekQuattro416d ago

It is amazing what's available. Blue Dragon. Binary Domain. AVP. Chaos Theory. Lots of gems to be had.

glennhkboy415d ago

There is no re-start option (that I can find). Since I've already finished the story years ago, I can't re-start it to check the new update.

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Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Play Now at 60 FPS on Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PS5 Pro

Revisit the Assassin fantasy and take down your enemies more smoothly than ever on Assassin's Creed Syndicate’s free 60 FPS patch.

M3talDiamond424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

AC Unity next Please! despite the technical issues it was a good game even though it was too ambitious for PS4 and Xbox One the graphics hold up well. I would love to see it on PS5 and Xbox Series Consoles

Chocoburger424d ago

YES, update Unity to 4K 60! I loved the French revolution setting, I even enjoyed playing CO-OP online, its too bad that they removed it from Syndicate, but the incredibly negative reaction from Unity (mostly because it was rushed out 4 - 6 months too soon), made Ubisoft think we didn't want the mode to come back.

dantesparda423d ago

Another vote for AC Unity!

jznrpg424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

Is Syndicate any good? I own them all since they end up in the bargain bin but I haven’t played one through since Black Flag

Rebel_Scum423d ago

Its one of the better one’s. Would make anyone’s top 7 AC game easily.

Ninver423d ago

That's not saying much. Most of the AC games after 2 are sub par in my opinion.

glennhkboy423d ago

Personally, this is a "Not Bad" grade. The gang warfare part is fun. You should give it a go since you already own it.

Gamingsince1981423d ago

The combat is fun, the setting is great and the characters are pretty good, I'd put it up just below black flag.

jznrpg423d ago (Edited 423d ago )

Thanks to those who replied, I’ll give it a go sometime

andy85424d ago

Give me a new trophy set 😂

Chocoburger424d ago (Edited 424d ago )

If you've read my comments here before, you know damn well that I'm always quick to mock Ubisoft, but in this case, its good news. Glad to see that Syndicate went from being almost broken on PS5 BC, to receiving a free 60 FPS update patch.

While this game did have grind elements, and skill trees, it wasn't exhaustively grindy like the later games would end up being. The London setting was amazing, too, and the soundtrack by Austin Wintory was fantastic. I really liked playing as a brother and sister duo as well.

It was a good game, and the last one in the series I truly enjoyed.

Why are the patch sizes so different between Xbox Series and PlayStation 5? Its a 35 GBs difference.

Patch notes:

Xbox (~31.8 GB)

Xbox Series X
4K resolution at 60 fps
Xbox Series S
1080p resolution at 60 fps

PlayStation (~0.75 GB)

PS5 and PS5 Pro
1080p resolution at 60 fps
4K resolution at 60 fps

Deeeeznuuuts423d ago

31GB more that is pretty substantial isn't it, strange

Chocoburger423d ago

The PS5 Pro patch was only 171 MBs, so its even smaller than Ubisoft's claim of 0.75 GB.

Some people hypothesized that the PlayStation exclusive content (Darwin and Dickens missions) would be coming to Xbox for the first time with the new patch, but it wasn't added. A patch this large is clearly redownloading the entire game all over again, the dev team made that choice for a reason, we just don't know what that reason is.

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Ubisoft is Giving Away Its Most Underrated Assassin's Creed Game Right Now

Assassin's Creed Syndicate is free on PC when you have a Ubisoft Connect account until December 6th, 2023.

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Profchaos780d ago

Underrated that's debatable.

chicken_in_the_corn780d ago

One of the most overrated imo. A big step backwards from Unity.

Relientk77780d ago

I loved Syndicate! I played this game mostly as Evie because of her stealth abilities and loved using a cane sword.

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