Syndicate play style?

[angardia]

I got over 240 hours in Odyssey and more in Valhalla - i could take my female character and connect to her right away. Had a blast and still do from time to time...
When i tried playing Syndicate, i was annoyed and bored after 5 hours and quit...
I hated the dual protagonist play style.

So my question and wondering about this title - am i forced playing this "samurai" thing or can i play the whole game with just female protagonist?

[HorzaEdeo]

you will need yasuke for some quests/side activities, but in the open world you can just go to your inventory and swap characters as you please.
plus you have to finish a couple of story mission chains to even get to yasuke, apart from a tiny bit of the prologue

[Caduryn]

Originally posted by angardia:

I got over 240 hours in Odyssey and more in Valhalla - i could take my female character and connect to her right away. Had a blast and still do from time to time...
When i tried playing Syndicate, i was annoyed and bored after 5 hours and quit...
I hated the dual protagonist play style.

So my question and wondering about this title - am i forced playing this "samurai" thing or can i play the whole game with just female protagonist?

There are a few moments where you need Yasuke, but its really not much.

[angardia]

Originally posted by HorzaEdeo:

you will need yasuke for some quests/side activities, but in the open world you can just go to your inventory and swap characters as you please.
plus you have to finish a couple of story mission chains to even get to yasuke, apart from a tiny bit of the prologue

Do i need to invest in him - gear, skills, stats to be able to finish this parts?

[HorzaEdeo]

they both level up together.
gear is separate for each of them, but you'll end up with a blacksmith in your hideout that can level gear up, plus quests/clearing out castles come with gear rewards which can be for naoe or him

[Picco]

I'm 27 hours in and there was only a short Yasuke part that I needed to play until now. That's not 27 hours into the story though - i like to take it very slow. Mostly I've been doing sidequests and stuff. And I really like the female lead <3

[angardia]

Originally posted by HorzaEdeo:

they both level up together.
gear is separate for each of them, but you'll end up with a blacksmith in your hideout that can level gear up, plus quests/clearing out castles come with gear rewards which can be for naoe or him

Both use same gear?
Or if i finish a quest with gear reward, i get one for him and one for her?
Cause in Syndicate i had to invest in both characters skill and equipment.
Also it was annoying i had to build 2 characters simultaneously

[HorzaEdeo]

no, different gear for each. some quests reward you with gear for naoe, some with gear for yasuke
i'm in the mid twenties, level-wise, and i've not had a problem finding gear for him. can't really remember syndicate so i can't tell you how it compares to that, i'm afraid