Assassins Creed Syndicate is an action adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It was released on October 23, 2015, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on November 19, 2015, for Microsoft Windows. It is the ninth major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series, and the successor to 2014’s Assassin’s Creed Unity. The plot is set in a fictional history of real-world events and follows the centuries-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight for peace with liberty, and the Templars, who desire peace through order. The story is set in Victorian era London and follows twin assassins Jacob and Evie Frye as they navigate the corridors of organised crime, and take back the city from Templar control. Its open world design lets players freely roam London.
The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot or by carriage. The game introduces new travelling systems and refined combat and stealth mechanics. Players control the two lead protagonists throughout the game’s story, switching between them both during and outside of missions.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate received positive reviews. Critics praised the visuals, the likeability of the major characters, especially the Frye twins and the antagonists, the interwoven structure of the side-quests and main objectives, creative mission design, as well as the lightheartedness of the game and the entertaining story. Criticism was directed at the lackluster ending as well as the ageing and repetitive game-play, yet overall critics agreed that it was a major improvement over Unity.[1][2][3] Assassin’s Creed Syndicate was nominated for multiple awards, including Best Action/Adventure at The Game Awards 2015. It was followed by Assassin’s Creed Origins, which was released worldwide in October 2017.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is an action-adventure, stealth game played from a third-person perspective, that features similar gameplay elements to the previous games in the series. Players complete quests—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story. Outside of quests, the player can freely roam the open world. Composed of the greater area of Victorian London, consisting of seven boroughs,[a] the world of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is much larger than previous entries in the series.[b] The player can also perform side missions, which were designed to reflect the fight for power in London, and are cohesive to the game’s main story.[6] In keeping with a historical context that more closely resembles the modern-day, the city guard of previous iterations is replaced by a Victorian-era police force, who will rarely attack the player unless a crime is committed in their presence; the player’s main enemy is instead a Templar-controlled street gang called the “Blighters.”
The game lets the player control two characters: twins Jacob and Evie Frye.[7] Jacob is a hot-headed brawler, specialising in close-ranged combat,[8] while Evie is strong in stealth and relies on her intelligence and wit.[8][9] Additionally, Evie is the first playable female protagonist of the main series.[9][c] The main weapons of Syndicate include brass knuckles, a compact revolver, a cane-sword, and the traditional Nepalese curved kukri knife.[10] The game also introduces new systems to navigate the world: a rope launcher, which allows the player to rappel up structures, or create a zip-line between buildings;[11] carriages, which can be piloted or simply occupied by the player, and can be the setting of fights and parkour chases;[8][12] and a train, which serves as the main base for the player throughout the game.[13] Unlike its predecessor, the game has no multiplayer mode,[14] and does not feature a companion app, which was introduced in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.