I remember seeing Assassin's Creed Syndicate being advertised when I was roughly 17/18 years old and I was so hyped to play it. Two Assassin's, London, a HUGE open world to explore and a new Templar Conspiracy to uncover!! I played it to 100% back in my early days and I tried playing it again on PC in 2019, for some reason I abandoned it. I couldn't remember why I stopped playing it on PC.... but now I remember why I quit on sequence 5.

Yes I know, I have 120 hours on record. I played this once on my 1080TI computer but for some reason I had so many issues... I thought it was my old PC... I was so wrong. Below I will explain but first a quick disclaimer!!

This review is MY opinion, MY own personal experience and MY thoughts. I am brutally honest when it comes to reviewing games. If you do not like my opinion, my time or respect my personal experience, please move on.

⚫Evie and Jacob share the exact same skills except 3 each. They play the exact same. Albeit Evie is better at stealth and Jacob at fighting... but you can do EVERYTHING with just Jacob or Evie but the campaign missions.
⚫There are so many bugs in this game. I mean it. I encountered over 500 issues since I came back to the game. I'll post a few screenshots: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3387879638
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3389080414
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3389079174
⚫There is a game breaking bug that has not been patched or fixed and UBISOFT knows about this. In sequence 5 - research and development there is a bug/issue that stops you progressing. This has not been patched at all. I'll provide a steam discussion post of a Ubisoft developer replying to a post in 2015 that has still not been fixed: https://steamcommunity.com/app/368500/discussions/0/4631484289351956443/
⚫There is no way to get the secrets of London to show on the map other than to buy the map from the e-store for 1000 helix credits which is now no longer available. This is the exact same as the Helix Glitch's. Ubisoft did not add in anything after the store went down for us to buy to find these collectables.
⚫The Jack the Ripper DLC is plagued with bugs, crashing, freezing.... just... shameful. Absolutely shameful. Some of the issues reported for years have still not been fixed. For example - the "missing woman" quest desynchs you over and over again unless you get her stuck and talk to her. Transporting the "informant" to Scotland Yard, when you stop the carriage it pings it to the sky and fails the mission over and over.
⚫Evie is the only Assassin to get a "SPECIAL OUTFIT". Jacob get's nothing... not even a weapon. I personally think that the UNIQUE outfit is probably one of the worst looking outfits in the entire series.
⚫The ending of the game is just... not enjoyable? not... good? not satisfying? Ah, for lack of better words... the ending is terrible. It felt rushed.

⚫I enjoyed the concept of playing 2 completely different Assassin's. Jacob and Evie Frye. Jacob is a "brawler", a pragmatist if you will whereas Evie is a proper "assassin".
⚫The Sibling rivalry between Jacob and Evie is really well put together. It makes them likeable in so many ways and builds on the world based on their views of how they would handle the situations given to them.
⚫You can freely swap between Evie and Jacob at any given time, so if you need stealth go Evie and if you want pure combat go Jacob!
⚫The streets of Victorian London are greatly designed. Very atmospheric. From the rich area of Westminister to the poor slumbs of Lambeth.
⚫The WW1 sequence is absolutely amazing. I would kill for a WW1 or WW2 AC game... think of all the possibilities.
⚫Achievements got added on 12th December 2024... only took them 9 years: https://steamcommunity.com/app/368500/eventcomments/651430120157898422
⚫The combat is really fun. The double finishers, triple finishers and Quad finishers are such a nice touch. Especially when you swap your weapons up to get different kill scenes.
⚫You get a grapple gun to go with the really fluent movement/climbing system the game has. Think Unity but now you have a grapple gun to just zip from rooftop to rooftop.

All in all, I would love to do nothing but recommend Assassin's Creed® Syndicate to everyone and anyone because I love my AC games so much but... sadly... It breaks my heart... because I have to say, I can't recommend this in this state, not at full price anyway. It is worth it on sale though - £10 max.

100's of issues that have been reported for years have not been fixed. The DLC is plagued from top to bottom with issues and a couple of Ubisoft developers have ACTUALLY replied to people about many issues reported... but they did not fix these issues.

I remember seeing Assassin's Creed Syndicate being advertised when I was roughly 17/18 years old and I was so hyped to play it. Two Assassin's, London, a HUGE open world to explore and a new Templar Conspiracy to uncover!! I played it to 100% back in my early days and I tried playing it again on PC in 2019, for some reason I abandoned it. I couldn't remember why I stopped playing it on PC.... but now I remember why I quit on sequence 5. Yes I know, I have 120 hours on record. I played this once on my 1080TI computer but for some reason I had so many issues... I thought it was my old PC... I was so wrong. Below I will explain but first a quick disclaimer!! [b] This review is MY opinion, MY own personal experience and MY thoughts. I am brutally honest when it comes to reviewing games. If you do not like my opinion, my time or respect my personal experience, please move on. [/b] [h1][b] Cons [/b][/h1] ⚫Evie and Jacob share the exact same skills except 3 each. They play the exact same. Albeit Evie is better at stealth and Jacob at fighting... but you can do EVERYTHING with just Jacob or Evie but the campaign missions. ⚫There are so many bugs in this game. I mean it. I encountered over 500 issues since I came back to the game. I'll post a few screenshots: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3387879638 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3389080414 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3389079174 ⚫There is a game breaking bug that has not been patched or fixed and UBISOFT knows about this. In sequence 5 - research and development there is a bug/issue that stops you progressing. This has not been patched at all. I'll provide a steam discussion post of a Ubisoft developer replying to a post in 2015 that has still not been fixed: https://steamcommunity.com/app/368500/discussions/0/4631484289351956443/ ⚫There is no way to get the secrets of London to show on the map other than to buy the map from the e-store for 1000 helix credits which is now no longer available. This is the exact same as the Helix Glitch's. Ubisoft did not add in anything after the store went down for us to buy to find these collectables. ⚫The Jack the Ripper DLC is plagued with bugs, crashing, freezing.... just... shameful. Absolutely shameful. Some of the issues reported for years have still not been fixed. For example - the "missing woman" quest desynchs you over and over again unless you get her stuck and talk to her. Transporting the "informant" to Scotland Yard, when you stop the carriage it pings it to the sky and fails the mission over and over. ⚫Evie is the only Assassin to get a "SPECIAL OUTFIT". Jacob get's nothing... not even a weapon. I personally think that the UNIQUE outfit is probably one of the worst looking outfits in the entire series. ⚫The ending of the game is just... not enjoyable? not... good? not satisfying? Ah, for lack of better words... the ending is terrible. It felt rushed. [h1][b] Pros [/b][/h1] ⚫I enjoyed the concept of playing 2 completely different Assassin's. Jacob and Evie Frye. Jacob is a "brawler", a pragmatist if you will whereas Evie is a proper "assassin". ⚫The Sibling rivalry between Jacob and Evie is really well put together. It makes them likeable in so many ways and builds on the world based on their views of how they would handle the situations given to them. ⚫You can freely swap between Evie and Jacob at any given time, so if you need stealth go Evie and if you want pure combat go Jacob! ⚫The streets of Victorian London are greatly designed. Very atmospheric. From the rich area of Westminister to the poor slumbs of Lambeth. ⚫The WW1 sequence is absolutely amazing. I would kill for a WW1 or WW2 AC game... think of all the possibilities. ⚫Achievements got added on 12th December 2024... only took them 9 years: https://steamcommunity.com/app/368500/eventcomments/651430120157898422 ⚫The combat is really fun. The double finishers, triple finishers and Quad finishers are such a nice touch. Especially when you swap your weapons up to get different kill scenes. ⚫You get a grapple gun to go with the really fluent movement/climbing system the game has. Think Unity but now you have a grapple gun to just zip from rooftop to rooftop. [h1][b] My Verdict [/b][/h1] All in all, I would love to do nothing but recommend Assassin's Creed® Syndicate to everyone and anyone because I love my AC games so much but... sadly... It breaks my heart... because I have to say, I can't recommend this in this state, not at full price anyway. It is worth it on sale though - £10 max. 100's of issues that have been reported for years have not been fixed. The DLC is plagued from top to bottom with issues and a couple of Ubisoft developers have ACTUALLY replied to people about many issues reported... but they did not fix these issues. [h1][b] 4/10 - An Assassin's Creed game that is plagued with issues from head to toe makes for a tedious experience at best [/b][/h1]