The Most UNDERRATED Assassin's Creed Game of All Time
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Assassin's Creed is a very different series compared to its humble beginnings. Let's talk about one of the last games in the classic AC gameplay style.
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I actually did voice work for this game years ago, I’m quite a few of those little boys you can encounter playing football, selling newspapers etc… besides me holding a certain bias towards it, I truly think this game has one of the most beautiful worlds to explore of all time. So rich and full of life with great accuracy too.
Oi bruv
Really wow you’re actually very talented
That's pretty badass my man and I'm gonna be going back to this game as I got so far through then lost the game. Soo long passed but 100% was my favourite of the series just for all the stories in this 1 and references to all the old English tails 👌🤜🤛
That's what these games do best, their worlds are always incredible. Odyssey might be the best example of this
@@mmcmullen7411 Origins is beautiful, Odyssey is full, and Valhalla is both origins and Odyssey
When Syndicate came out, I felt like I was the only person hyped for this game. Nice to see more people appreciating it.
My biggest problem was the antialiasing. With AC games, AA always costs a ton of resources and if it’s not enabled, the jaggies are obnoxious. Once I was able to enable the AA, this game was a work of art.
Me too bro i was so hyped for it.
Same played them all
My main gripe with syndicate, Unity as well. Is that they introduced these tasks to pull off during assassination missions.
• Light this pile of fireworks to distract the guards.
• Turn off the power to disable the alarms.
• etc.
But the problem is these were almost impossible to achieve without breaking stealth and getting swarmed. I can’t even count how many times I had to restart that bank of London mission because I wanted to do it stealthily. In the end I just gave up and fought through them all.
I was hyped, then I played it, then I got bored.
One of my favorite missions, was going to Edward Kenway's house and seeing all his antiques and artifacts. Which was a very nice callback to Black Flag
I loved that mission too!
Besides the bugs, I really think Unity hit the nail perfect. Co-op and loot was fun and so was the fresh revolution era/map
I played that on the series x this past summer for the first time and I think it’s one of my favorites for sure.
Yeah it’s among my favorites as well. Loved the options for combat, fluidity of combat and the liveliness of the city were all great.
@@KaMeKaZiKaI and the outfit/weapon customization was awesome!
@@benjaminkelln8597 I play it on the xbox series S and it feels really polished and smooth compared to the first time playing through on the xbox one
Lions like they’re giving us that with mirage
I always love the Victorian Era, so seeing Assassin's Creed Syndicate being praised really makes me happy.
I also love the fast paced combat. Especially the multikills. It really feels badass!
I always wondered how The AC Series would look like if it gets closer to the Modern Time. And I'm happy that they gave it a chance.
I only wish there would be an AC Game set in the 1920's or perhaps in the World Wars (Despite the small tease of gameplay from Syndicate & Unity)!
I think The Order 1886 did the 19th century setting better in my opinion, albeit it was an alternate reality steampunk fantasy version of London.
Watchdogs is an AC game
@@unicorntomboy9736
The order 1886 world is fictional
@@youamazing41 So is Assassin's Creed
@@unicorntomboy9736
Nop, assassin's Creed syndicate is more realistic than the order 1886
I loved syndicate so so so much man. It’s true to the original format and feels new and tries so many things. Feels like this one got done dirty only coz of unity before it. I enjoyed this game throughout my time and I played it this year March. It holds up and if you can please check it out. After all the modern ac games, this will feel even better.
Exactly dude!!
Unity was so bad
@@ZinoAmare I think Unity is a masterpiece
Same
Jack the Ripper story was good too. They took the opportunity well.
My favorite thing about AC: Syndicate was that there was something for everyone. The stealth was fun and satisfying, the combat was Arkham like and the boxing arena made it stand out even more. The side missions weren’t so copy and paste. The grapple made getting around the map quicker and more fun instead of slowing down the pace. The detective side missions were my personal favorite and I couldn’t get enough. On top of all the the voice acting was really well done. Although I wasn’t attached to the main story and present day stuff at all, the things I listed made me want to keep playing and see where it went. Also Jake you’re the reason I played it, you replied to me on twitter suggesting I play it so thanks to you and Gameranx!
The detective missions were impressive. They are the main reason I started to buy Sherlock Holmes Consulting detective board games. The mission where a crate fell on a guy's head was unforgettable. It is one of the parts of classic ACs that we probably never see again in any modern AC games. (Like hunting and base building from AC3, ship gameplay from Black Flag. and in general, social stealth, dense cities, modern world parkour and templars)
Totally agree.
Syndicate was the game that made AC fun for me again
The combat was not arkham like, not even close
Don't compare this combat to Arkham
I've been waiting for Syndicate to get the appreciation it deserves. Probably, rightly overlooked by gamers at the time from the big AC burnout days but luckily for me, I gave it a go at the time it released. I hadn't been huge on AC up until then but Syndicate to me was close to perfect. It's characters, it's writing, setting, story, atmosphere were & still are so enjoyable & engaging. I really wish they'd give this one next-gen update or something. Higher-res textures, better lighting, better particles etc. but more importantly, add some more combat animations. One of my only complaints of Syndicate is the extremely repetitive combat animations. Minus that, i really do think Syndicate is & was the peak of AC. Everything before & after that (whilst still enjoyable) hasn't left me with the lasting impression that Syndicate did.
This is the truest opinion on the subject
Yeah I really liked syndicate I thought it was really underrated that I never saw people talk about it's my second favorite out of the AC games I've played
I've been repeating of so many times and I hate it, but the mission, the story and the script. It's so good that I can't find the strongest reason to not stop playing it
Syndicate did not deserve the hate it got just because it came after a broken AC Unity. Little did we know that we'd get Odyssey and Valhalla.
After Black Flag, origins was the only good AC game with good story
I love Syndicate. Everywhere in the game had character. Since then the games have got bigger and emptier. I really loved the interpretation of quasi-Victorian London and its boroughs, and nowhere felt barren or lifeless. It's the game I go back to again and again just for the enjoyment of walking around and looking at the environments.
Perfectly described the majore gamechanger was the changing of time. The gradual switch to day and night made it very beautiful and also the rain best AC environment created till now for me .
Hit the nail on the head with this. Whilst I love ancient Egypt and Greece, they lack that certain charm places like Victorian London and renaissance Italy had.
Syndicate is my favorite assassins creed game and I’m glad to see it getting some recognition. It’s not the best game in the series, but it holds a special place in my heart making it my favorite. I just really like the character of Evie Fry and the City of London. I also think the story in the Jack The Ripper dlc is pretty incredible and is far better than the base game story.
I think Syndicate, as well as Rogue, should be retconned out of the canon
@@unicorntomboy9736 why?
@@ArmLegLegArmHead47 Tell me why they should not then
@@unicorntomboy9736 They should be retconned because you don't like them? :)
Omg I need that dlc
I really do miss the old AC games , focusing on being stealthy and manipulative while still having combat as an option. I understand why the moved to a more action oriented direction, it's where the money is but the whole assassinating enemies was what pulled me towards the series, we'll probably never see AC games doing that again
Same bro. I used to love using Altair and Ezio. The stealth started going to shit from Conor onwards. Lmao.
Im replaying the Ezio colection now. I straight Away remembered how it all used to make sense. Climbing And colecting and the gameplay ooooooo So much nostalgia
Atleast we can look forward to Basim's game and hope that it focuses on stealth like they say.
Never say never
You said what I been saying since origins that’s when the series changed then Unity tried to capture some of that old magic but nothing like the old games
Syndicate felt like the AC game where they finally somewhat perfected the movement they’d been trying to capture for years and you truly felt like a stalker of the city, an ASSASSIN! And as much as I did enjoy Origins and somewhat Odyssey and Valhalla, I felt very jarred and almost disappointed that Ubisoft basically finally got the penultimate build for what it is to be an assassin, and then just completely gutted the concept for “hack n’ slash” type gameplay. I honestly felt like the heart of AC was torn out, set to the side, and replaced with….. well I don’t quite know actually. However what I do know, is that since Syndicate, Assassin’s Creed just doesn’t feel like Assassin’s Creed.
ye definitely not hack n slash but ok
@@godzillazfriction you don't know ball
exactly why I don't plan on playing them
I really think they should have a game that is more like Syndicate and other older games in between their massive open world games.
What? Better movement? It literally downgrades the system from unity. Then it just says fuck it and gives you a tool that completely removes any reason to use the parkour system.
Syndicate is not underrated. Sure it can be fun, but there’s a reason why it didn’t do very well. Unity is leagues better, If you read reviews from the time the only major criticism of unity was the bugs and general unplayableness that came with them the core game and it’s systems were actually pretty good, while syndicate had a lot of problems with gameplay and repetitive map design that felt more like the modern ac games then the old ones.
Funny, Syndicate was the last Assassins Creed I bought. Loved the setting, the Victorian Age is perfect for schemes, assassinations and secret societies. And, as you said, it was the last AC that felt like AC.
So true bro these last 3 games i did not even touched.i really hope AC gets back to it's base form but i assume it will never happen.
@@erfangho8361 they cant sell mtx with the old formula
@@erfangho8361 never say never. Ubisoft is going to reveal upcoming titles in September
me too I Only played AC1-AC syndicate
@@maxmaxmaxmax-p7m sadly you are 100% right bro.i really miss the good old times when story driven AAA titles were main focus of almost all of the developers and studios.
Syndicate was genuinely one of my favourites. This is why you don’t wait for the community to come around to a game, buy whatever you think looks interesting and give it a shot while ignoring everyone else because your opinion is truly the only one that matters when it comes to playing a game.
Even though Syndicate is not my favorite game in the series because it didn’t have the best story it was the most fun game to come back to. The setting is amazing, the engine is amazing, the stealth is literally perfect… and besides, I feel like it’s a game that contains fun for everyone, like street races, mysteries, parkour (although it’s not too great in this game), sorta GTA style carriages, and so on, really made it seem like Ubisoft tried to do their best on making a great game. Other than that, Jacob and Evie were realistic characters and their dynamic was spot on. It was the first I platinumed, too. Really a bummer hardly anybody liked this game.
@Stingwray it’s in my top 5 still :)
Syndicate is underrated for no reason. It's not the best, sure, but it's definitely good enough to attract attention. Weapons suit the era and so do the behaviours of the main characters. The steampunk aesthetic is also beautiful.
Issue is the fact that it's just another generic open world game. Ac or hell ubisoft had already been plagued with that same shit years before it came out and they're still plagued with it today.
The release was VERY buggy. Characters disappearing or shifting forms/faces, the vehicles were a freaking mess (and that's being polite), the missions could soft-block for no apparent reason, the secondary characters had a mind of themselves once you interacted with them, and the list could go on for a long time.
To add insult to injury, the story was so detached from previous AC titles, and with a TERRIBLE twist that I'm not going to spoil at the end (a complete wtf moment that really ruined the experience), that the game was barely salvageable even narratively.
Guns were good though, when they worked, that wasn't often enough.
I loved the Victoria London vibe. It felt like the city really transformed at night with fog, gas lamps, and the NPC foot traffic markedly decreased. People complain about the bugs, but it was no where as horrendous as Unity. Syndicate was a godsend after the shit show that was unity.
AC Syndicate is not a steampunk setting. The Order 1886 was a steampunk fantasy setting
This game was clearly meant to be historical fiction that is more realistic and historically accurate
@@unicorntomboy9736 now that you mention it The Order 1886 wasn't a bad game either. Of only we got more lycans and vampires. But yeah, I guess I meant an industrial setting.
Love to see Syndicate getting love. It definitely suffered from the poor response to Unity (which is great if you're running it on a PC with current specs), and sure the zipline was gimmicky but Syndicate was honestly wild and it's low key my favorite AC game. The atmosphere is unmatched, the gang gameplay is fun, and the different playstyles between Jacob and Evie has kept me invested over the last few years. Also who doesn't want to wreak havoc in horse carriages GTA style?
So true! Nothing like yanking someone off of a carriage, stealing it & driving like a bat out of hell with it!!
the AC game that I remember the most is AC Rogue, the forgotten child of the series, I think it kept the mecanics and a lot from AC 3 and got so much hate, but I think the story was very cool and unlocked a lot of lore surrounding the AC 3 game
Its average but had more charisma than all the new AC together
It kept most of the mechanics of AC4, not 3, and that may be one of the reasons it didn't garnish that much of attention, because people treated it like a poor AC4 with not that much improvement, where they swapted out the charismatic pirate and replaced it with a serious traitor.
Assassins creed rogue is one of my favourite one it’s so fun just to play going around North America as an Irish lad that you feel genuinely connected to but also because it shows the flipside of the coin Templar‘s perspective And I definitely think it deserves way more love
AC rogue is actually the first AC i played and it was so good that it made me a fan and i ended up playing every AC game since then.
Rouge is a branch of AC4
I’ve played ALL AC games and I gotta say Syndicate is the most polished AC game I’ve ever played, also out of all AC games Syndicate is the most modern on year 1860s with trains, cars, steel boats, it looks amazingly real on graphics, making me feel like I’m in London 1865.
Another reason why Syndicate is the most polished AC because it came out between after Unity and before new AC trilogy, so it has both older AC style gameplay and new AC style of skills leveling system. This game is really unique and rare.
Unity is a masterpiece game but Syndicate is more fluent than Unity imo. Faster pace and fast combat, smooth stealth, easy to play.
Although I love Arno more than Jacob, but Jacob is a really badass and his twin Evie is cute.
Syndicate it's a Masterpiece too.
Unity was better. Syndicate was garbage.
@@wserthmar8908 okay keyboard warrior
Playing this again in 2023 and this game was ahead of its time, it is so full of life and graphic design is awesome! They did a beautiful job recreating victorian London. 8.9/10
Syndicate is my FAVORITE! It may not be the “best” but i love the characters and stories and is super underrated!
Syndicate was so much fun. I love to jump in from time to time and play around. In my opinion it's really easy to just jump in and do some of the activities in the game. The Jack the Ripper DLC was so great. It was the last AC game that was with the original formula. I love the more recent ones (hot take I know) but origins was still so great. I loved the Steampunk and London setting, the story, and it had great graphics. Jacob and Evie were great protagonists. Jacobs my favourite. This game is so underrated. Hats off to the Ubisoft teams who worked on this.
Unity and Syndicate are one of the games I randomly reinstall just to have fun and freerun. I know people talk about how they love Brotherhood and II. I love all the AC games. But there's something special about the early gen 8 games. The perfect mix of old and new. Control with assistance to ensure fluidity. People have this false assumption that the first 4 games were the best because you had "more control" over your character.
They don't define "more control" and make an assumption that clunkiness is better. It isn't. The freerunning is so smooth and still has some control. More than the recent 3 titles. And I know you can crouch in the older games but it's clunky. And combat in Syndicate reflects the time period: a brawler style.
I also like how Syndicate experimented with RPG elements. More elements than Unity. It's sad how people pretended to hate Syndicate and then Ubisoft misunderstood why and changed the franchise for the worse.
And I started with the first AC. I still love Syndicate.
EDIT: I also agree with this video: the atmosphere of the people and city is unmatched. People play instruments in parks. People are hustling and bustling to their jobs. There's so much detail more than the first 4.
Jack the ripper did feel like a let down for me to be honest. But it had it's moments.
And yes, jacob is one of my favourite protagonists aswell. Really miss playing as him.
"I love to jump in from time to time'
Ironic, considering you can't actually jump in the game. 😂🤣
I just platinumed this and all im gonna say is that this game and rogue are my favourites of the series. After rogue i was looking out to play this game and After first minutes i was instantly hooked. Loved every minute of it.
Lol same I just platinumed syndicate yesterday
Tried to 100% on Xbox but alot of the achievements are glitched, still I’m my best op 5 AC games
I loved the story, the combat, the characters and that it's based on the most recent point of history so far which is Victorian London. And I know they were only brief cutscenes but I loved the modern day story. I hope they one day make an assassin's creed game fully based on the modern day.
The combat is ass
I agree, but I hope it's nothing like Watch Dogs Legion.
The multiplayer mode in AC: Brotherhood just may be my favorite gaming experience of all time.
ACR and AC3 multiplayer were awesome too, so many years on it
I loved Brotherhood so much. My favorite AC
I really miss the times back then sometimes. Might be the only mp game (or mode) I played just by myself and with no friends and had a lot of fun with it.
@@cookie-knight3885 The gamemodes, the maps, the game mechanics, habilities, characters, they were all so great
I loved the victorian London setting as well as the brother sister dynamic. This one definitely didn't get enough credit
Agree completely! I loved this game. Like most of my games, I haven’t finished it but this is one of the few I’d love to return to, continue, and maybe even finish.
I highly suggest you to finish it bro if it is possible to you ,because it has a really good story and setting is awesome
@@erfangho8361 I played it while convolescing several years ago and got so far as to do the time travel before I had to return to work and haven’t been able to get back to it. I will definitely return to it. It’s recently been reinstalled on my Xbox One via Gamepass Ultimate so I don’t even have to dig out the disc. :)
@@JackPinesBlacksmithing great...wish you good time and good health bro.
I'm so happy this video exists, a few months back I completed this game for the second time since release and I myself had forgotten how well crafted it was, ever since then I now class it as one of the most underrated games of all time, certainly THE most in the AC series.
Thank you gameranx
I absolutely LOVED Syndicate!!! I totally agree that it is one of the most underrated AC games out there. After the crowded to the point of frustration streets of Paris (which was one of my least favorite) I was thrilled to be in London! I still have this game & throw it in once in a while to replay. The worst part is having to delete your old game to start a new one but that doesn't take away from an AWESOME game. One of my favorite things about AC (any AC) is the history & stories. I don't really want cars or anything "modern" since video games are my escape from reality. I like the horses, carriages, swords & knives. I've never been a gun fan & only used them to accomplish requirements & played mostly as Evie - unless I was forced to play as Jacob. But seriously one of my all time favorites.
This was the first AC that I felt delivered an immersive city simulation. I played it a lot and loved it so much. Was really magical to walk around and just find a smoky pub with a singer and piano player or a little square or garden with people performing.
I really enjoyed Syndicate, it's tied with Black Flag for being my favorite. Syndicate had the best gameplay, as far as general AC mechanics go. The combat also felt fantastic. I also loved the atmospheric setting and really nice touches the game had, like the moving train base, carriages, and the gang mechanics. It was an all around great AC game.
I honestly love AC Syndicate. The ability to shift between the characters ON YOUR OWN was nice. You could CHOOSE the character you wanted.
I agree, it's a very under-rated entry.
This video was very much needed. Thank you for helping acknowledge Assassins Creed Syndicate
I loved Syndicate. The character switching, the dynamic between the siblings, the story telling and the atmosphere of the world is done so well that the slightly off combat didn't even bother me. Also, the brawls you could get into in the ring was so much fun
Syndicate is one of my favorites of the series. A FANTASTIC open world, great story and great characters, along with combat that was just a blast.
Syndicate was the first game my parents bought me for my PS4. I remember thinking it was some of the most badass gameage out there. Watching this video it seems like it holds up so well. Glad you’re able to highlight how impressive it was and bring it to the attention of those who never got to play it.
I was absolutely fascinated by syndicate. I spent way too much time playing that game and I loved it. The satisfaction of leveling up your hand to hand combat and clearing the brawl arenas faster and faster was nothing short of incredible. I also thought it was badass to see Evie beat up guys twice her size in those arenas as well. I might just reinstall it.
Always makes me laugh when ubisoft say Jacobs a fighter and Evie is stealthy. Because Jacobs got all the stealth missions and black box assassinations, implying he is far more stealthy. And Evie had more boss fights, and beats people up all the time, twice her size.🤣
Still my favourite, loved the Frye twins, the setting, the different assassination goals and ways they can be achieved, the story is good enough.
Just spot on for me, great fun and still felt like AC.
Syndicate is my favorite in the series. Because it isn't just super serious all the time, it knows to have FUN with it. Fun characters, fun combat, fun traversal, fun world, everything about it just was focused on making it as fun as possible.
Couldn't be more true
Personally, this is one of my favorite AC games of all time. I remember playing this alongside my brother, the two of us swapping off between Evie and Jacob.
"Henry Green your assassin mentor who's really sweet looking." Real ones who've read the novels know how absolutely brutal and badass he is , being one of the most skilled assassins of his generation. His only drawback is he can't kill. The templars should thank their stars for that.
Really? In the game he is just so boring and dumb.....
This was my first AC game (didn’t play at launch) and it’s still my favorite AC game. It’s definitely going to hold a special place in my heart and it’s the only AC game I ever bothered to put the effort into 100% completing it.
I used to download gameplays to watch this game back in 2017. I loved this game but I didn't had a gaming pc or console. I only had a core2duo pc. Now I bought the game and Played the game three time in my gaming pc. Amazing, Hella Underrated. This game had one of the best attention to detail in any games.
100% agree. My favourite. Best characters. Love building the gang up and claiming territory.
(But my favourite Star Wars film is The Last Jedi, so I’m not usually with the consensus)
Personally I feel like AC3 is the most underrated Connor Kenway was a great protagonist and seeing the adventures of him and his father separately and then together was awesome
Connor is my favorite protagonist of the series. Love AC3.
the haytham boss fight was a little but of a let down but everything else was so fun
My major complaint was just how long it took the story to really get going. Otherwise I did enjoy it. Not as much as Black Flag, but it was good.
I dont remember AC3 being underrated, it was actually quite liked and many (including me) consider it one of the best AC games and had one of the best protagonists of all the games
I loved AC3. Love the combat so much
In 2015 I started to watch a full walkthrough of this great underrated assassin's creed in the Franchise, In that time I never had a chance to play it until last year since I figured it out in Nvidia geforce now service and I already have the game on my epic games account and yeah I'm still playing it till this day even I already finished it in 2015 but trust me this game you will never get bored with ❤️🥂
Personally stealth in this game comes right after Unity for me, it has everything: from throwable smoke bombs to berserk darts, sleep darts, guns, last known location and even the new voltaic bomb, if only they'd let you equip 2 items at once like in Unity, though it didn't bother me that much tbh. Unity did have more tools that allowed you to change the environment to your advantage, like the money pouch and cherry bomb, which made it more complete, but Syndicate is definetily ahead of some other games in the series
Psn has this on sale currently, and I never got to play it yet. Doing some homework first. Really appreciate you guys here!!
Syndicate was actually the last one I played. I really loved the characters and the world. I watched a little gameplay for Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla and was really close to getting Origins when it came out but ultimately never got around to it. The gameplay of the latest entries in the series became too radically different from what I loved about the original games so I just sort of… stopped? Which is a shame too because normally I’m all over open world rpg’s just not on AC.
This. Same for me
Syndicate was my intro to the series, and I definitely enjoy that style of gameplay way more than the newer stuff, but I absolutely recommend playing origins and Valhalla. The story of origins is truly amazing, and while I’m not as into the open world rpg style, the gameplay of Valhalla FEELS really really good. It’s super satisfying
Origins is a good ac game, I should give it a chance, but odyssey and valhalla are not even good games
@@Yuri-xx2gi Valhalla is a great viking game. just lost the AC style
Just wanted to say you should give Origins a shot. If for nothing more than an amazing story. Seriously think it is one of the best stories yet. And I've played every single game. Odyssey was great too but a bit big w/ a lot of filler. I enjoyed the ship & wildlife. The story was decent but not Origins good. Rent them & see for yourself if you like them then buy them if you do or return them if you don't. But don't take other people's opinions on it. Especially if you like RPGs & open worlds. You may miss something you will REALLY enjoy based on someone else's opinion.
OH MY GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH, I've played the game for the first time early in this year and i was shocked to see how underrated syndicate was in compairaison to the other ac games!
I love these retrospective style videos. A look back through a fond lens. Games are supposed to be fun and thought provoking and I appreciate you guys taking a positive angle. Great video!
Brooo, I'm currently replaying this chapter in AC history, and since the game released after the disaster that Unity was this game gave me hope for better day! I loved Ezio story and all 3 games with him as the main character so when I saw Jacob and heard his cheeky lines I was in heaven! Yes yes more of that funny yet determined hero story lines ubisoft! Arno or Ano or whatever his name was he was just saaaaaaad and glitchy yes, I must say this is my 2nd favourite AC game after AC 2/Brotherhood/Revelations combo and it always will be. I also enjoyed Odyssey very much playing as male character, Ubisoft did a great job on his humour and approach. (I'm about to decide whether I should or should not buy Valhalla, your video from 2y ago is not very encouraging to be fair).
Peace out!
One of the few games I 100% completed. I loved it. So fun.
👍🏼
Absolutely loved this game one of my favourite games (all together) of all time. Completed it numerous times. AC Valhalla is brilliant as are all the AC games. Visiting London and standing on horse guards parade telling my partner how I infiltrated it and got rid of the guards was well received!
I haven’t enjoyed Assassin’s Creed after the “change” in origins. That game I found so unbelievably boring, that I just couldn’t bring myself of beating it. And before that, I had finished each and every one of the main iterations, including Rogue. Syndicate was one I loved, as it was certainly a jump from Unity in terms of quality. Plus, I have a soft spot for Victorian era England, because of all the great books written during that era, with many being among my absolute favorites. That said, I think none of the games have true replayability value other than the Ezio trilogy. That was AC at it’s apex.
SAME! *I loved the first game or two but really don't know how they lost the focus on one day giving us the Greatest possible free running parkour assassin game with amazing location and story. Idk .. I wish some Game would attempt to do something like it. 3rd person parkour free running ninja stuff. Dismemberment, Gorey, crazy combat and maybe awesome detective forensic true crime solving focused game.... Idk..
Origins is my favorite 😂😂😂😂 and I’ve played them all but brotherhood and unity
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy Origins. I loved it. But more for the story which was amazing & DEVASTATING.
I've played all AC games and I'm a huge fan of Ezio's trilogy, I've played it countless times. And just like you I didn't like Origins...it was really boring to me. But I have to say I love Odyssey. I felt like I was playing AC again. A feeling I didn't have in a looong time. And Kassandra might be my favorite AC character of all time. Honestly, that game was flawless to me. From game design to story...a masterpiece.
Probably rogue it’s an interesting take on the assassins creed series and it feels just like a black flag dlc. Could have been expanded on better
Plus it gave you a look at the other side in the templars. Up until that point we've only seen the Templars bad Assassins good point of view but it was nice that we got to see the other side and see that some of the assassins are bad people too
Playing this right now and having the time of my life. Fantastic setting and fun structure that combines freedom with strong plot rails. I love the whole production design.
Syndicate definitely deserves the love it's getting in this video and it deeply needs it's update for the flickering on Ps5!
YES, Syndicate was amazing! I was craving for some classic AC experience, and I didn't play any of them since AC 2 came out. Syndicate blew me away with it's London, it's mechanics, it's graphics. Like your said, the grappling hook was a GENIUS idea, hands down best QoL feature in the game. It was so awesome to zip around the city, changing altitude with a press of the button, going across the busy full street... One of the best games I've ever played, period. DLC campaigns were amazing too, both WW1 and Jack the Ripper's.
Syndicate was one of the games that brought me back to AC. I loved how just the area is just beautiful to look at especially at night to me.
I have to finish this game off just to get on the DLC Jack the Ripper ...
Assassin's Creed Syndicate was the AC game which came into my life at the right time in 2015 and I'll always hold it close to my soul. I had just broken up with my ex and she pretty much kicked me while I was down; breaking my heart and spirit into pieces.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Just Cause 3 and Life Is Strange are the games I owe my life too for bringing me back from the edge before I fell off it. ☺️💜
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Sorry to hear that but it’s good that a game helped. Non games just don’t get what a good game can do for you
@@gameranxTV i fucking hate getting a thumbs up reply 🤣 🤣
Nicely said. Witcher 2, Skyrim, and BF3 are similar for me.
I feel like the most underrated one is Unity but this is definitely a close second
Just beat the game a second time yesterday, including the Jack the Ripper DLC. For years I have listened to people complain about this one, so I felt like I needed to go back to live this experience again and I am pleased I did so. This game is definitely one of the best AC games ever made. To me, it's even better than Unity by a large margin and I think many people don't see that. It has some of the most memorable villains like Crawford Starrick, Pearl, and Maxwell Roth. My only complaint is that Ubisoft should have invested more time in the story and added more layers to those three villains instead of making 8 targets to keep the 9-sequence tradition. Jacob's interactions with Pearl and Maxwell could have yielded some of the best moments in the franchise and Evie's rivalry with Thorne could have been executed in a better manner. Despite my complaints, I still enjoyed my time in this one better than I did in Unity, which I have replayed recently as well.
I still feel like Unity is the most underrated but Syndicate is a pretty good pick too.
AC bugity is good. It has potential but the bugs are 😬
@@Billy_the-cat but the bugs are nonexistent now
One of the buggiest games ever developed. And all the frenchies have brit accents. Unity is badly received deservingly.
@@Billy_the-cat not true with the latest patch I put 50hours in unity and encounterd maybe 2 or 3 bugs which didn't bother me one bit...
@@emenesu you should try it now it's mostly bug free
Pretty sure I convinced quite a bit of people to buy Assassin's Creed Syndicate back when I used to work at a video game store. The combat looked so brutal with all the hits you can do to enemies, also the fact that they actually reacted to the environment (for example, fight near a wall and Jacob or Evie will actually use the wall like bash the opponent against the wall and continue the combo). Was definitely an underrated Assassin's Creed game
Loved the old ezio games, one of my first video games. I lost a little during origins and quit after odyssey. Wish it could go back to its roots but oh well
Victorian London in fall.
It is the most nostalgic timeline for me, like I experienced it before. I always have comfortable vibes for this era.
I don't know why...
Unity and syndicate are peak assassin's creed, they need to go back to this style
I can only trust gameranx about things like game reviews. Keep up the good work
One and only Assasin's Creed game I actually loved and finished. This game had so much personality and charm to it. The world was so beautifully crafted and huge. And the game was highly polished compared to what came before it which was Unity. Unity was the reason why this game didn't do that great. I remember seeing the first trailer on this game and I knew it was going to be different but people were still very pissed.
This is kind of the first Assassin's Creed game I owned and I have always loved it, I honestly have nothing bad to say to most AC games, the gameplay may be very different but it's still entertaining no matter if I play AC Unity one day and downgrade to AC 1. It's just still all fun.
My favourite AC so far. For me, Syndicate 1st, Origins 2nd and AC 2 3rd set up my podium. 1868 London is by all means astonishing and, as a big time history fan, being able to interact with historical characters like Dickens, Darwin, Graham Bell, Marx, Queen Victoria, Nightingale, young Conan Doyle, MI5 Churchill, Mr and Mrs Disraeli (and Desmond, of course :D), Gladstone, etc. simply turned the experience into something unforgettable. Walking the halls in Buckingham Palace, Infiltrating the Tower of London, taking a stroll across St James's Park or climbing up the Big Ben (to name but a few iconic spots) really made my day. Also, the DLC about Jack the Ripper was hands down the best in the AC saga. And last but not least, the Frye brothers, whose voice acting was spot on and whose costumes and outfits a delight for the senses. What else can I say? SImply, my favourite (though not perfect) AC up to date.
I remember going back to this game after playing Valhalla because I wanted some classic AC. Still a real solid game that holds up nicely. The different weapon styles really kept combat varied as each felt unique, from brass knuckles to cane swords to kukri.
I loved this game. After finishing AC 4 Black flag I wasn't able to get new gen for a while and when I was I missed rogue and unity then saw origins was coming out and I saw syndicate and everything about it seemed amazing, asthetic, gameplay, story, and the tie backs to previous games. Came out of AC 4 and having played 3 and before then getting to go to the kenway manner in a story mission and listen to characters talk about the prior protagonists and their impact on the world was dope. Everything in this game was great even the side activities. It really captured what I loved about AC 4. You have a side to it that is more assassins themed and centered with evie then you have one more focused on the bottom line and end result while being a gang leader in jacob. It's a great story and It was a lovely send off to the original AC game play. I actually miss it a lot compared to the new games. A++ with this one Ubi.
Outside of Ezio trilogy Syndicate is my favorite AC game. It had the best stealth system imo, decent fighting system (I think Unity has the best and most complex fighting system), a great setting which is like the secondary "character" in these games and the Frye twins are pretty fun (I preferred Evie for better stealth and not being goofy like her brother). Plus we got to meet great characters, the grappling hook was fun and I always enjoyed having a bad organization with a central bad guy and us having to solve who he and his members are(like in AC2 and Origins). Only think I didn't care for was the Jack the Ripper DLC. It had so much potential but they went weird with it and just didn't make sense.
I REALLY enjoyed Syndicate. The MCs were interesting, the environment was great and it felt like the game added to and optimized the systems of the AC series pretty well.
I am literally playing the game right now, and I've said it back then, I'm saying it now....this is my favorite Assassins Creed game. Love everything about it. It truly made me miss this era of AC games and I guess I was in the minority that loved the original style of AC games. This was the final game before they switched it over, but I loved it. I would absolutley love a remaster of this, but I know we'll never see it. Fantastic game, I hope Ubisoft comes back here with a next-gen title
Couldn't agree more......
People sleep on this game... The thing that surprised me the most is that even assassins creed fans never gave it a chance..... But it was a very good game and one thing you missed is how well they catch the sibling dynamic between Jacob age evie....
My favorite is Assassin's Creed Unity.
Same
Concept: 100% glitches: 100%
@@ShimonVaza Frenchmen talking with British accent: 100%
Unity is underrated too. Been playing it recently and Arno has pretty much the same wit and attitude comparatively to Ezio. Not entirely, no one can beat Ezio in my opinion. ☺️
Requescat in pace...
To me AC unity is the most underrated one, everyone hates on it soooo much and it's actually amazing, such a great atmosphere and the mechanics are so streamlined and at the top of their game. It actually bothers me that so many people hate on it, when its one of the best ones, I don't like syndicate because of the grey dark muddy colors didn't really love the setting but maybe I gotta give it another try
Why does it bother you that people hate on it? Do you not understand the concept that people don't have to like the same things as you? Cause I played through unity and I had to force myself to finish it. The setting was boring, the combat is not great and Arno is the cure to insomnia. Oh I'm sorry I guess I'm just another one of those people that just "hates on it"
@@darknesswave100 doesn't bother me buddy, have a nice day 🤣
Syndicate was/is a great game! It is worth playing and I wish it got more recognition like this. Thanks Gameranx for making this video to share what a gem this game is!
This and Rouge have always been the Blacksheep of the franchise, even Unity is recognized today as a good game, while these two usually go unnoticed.
When you realise Syndicate is as close we have gotten to Modern Day Assassin's Creed game
I loved Unity. Some of the most atmospheric gameplay I've ever experienced, especially in the Catacombs/underground sections of the map. The Dead Kings DLC was fun too, with the dark atmosphere and the blunderbuss with a axe bayonet, lol. The theme was great, and co-op made perfect sense for the game. The French Revolution is also a favorite period of history of mine.
Shame about the unfair difficulty and broken enemy AI though.
It’s tue most frustrating AC game being so artificially and deliberately difficult, not challenging; difficult.
I love the assassin's creed franchise sice I discovered it with black flag, and to me Syndicate is the best representation of what assassin's creed should be/could have been, gameplay speaking, running around in London was one of the best experiences I've ever had with th franchise, and I'm kinda sad that this game is so underrated. I often come back to it to wander in london or replay missions because It was so satisfying to see all of the possibilities you had, and i still hope Ubisoft will bring back this kind of gameplay.
I always think Odyssey is criminally underrated just because of how much it gets slated! Mini map of the entire of Greece (more or less) and combat/stealth and general gameplay has no weak points IMHO. Not to mention Kassandra being the most likeable main character, getting to fight mythical creatures and the incredible DLC's it has. I've played every assassins creed game and it's by far my favourite!
Played ODYSSEY 3000h😂😂😂...ha ha
Can confirm this game is underrated. Just recently 100% this game and ALL DLC. (took me a while) The main story is good, and atmosphere and surroundings are great. Had to take a long break at one point, and getting all collectibles can feel like a chore. But main missions and DLC content like Dreadful Crimes and Jack the Ripper is very well scripted, narrated and executed. Like he said, not the best AC, but absolutely worth checking out! Cheers!
i think it's hilarious that some people think the horse and wagon gameplay can be dull or boring, I remember playing RDR2 and being excited to drive the wagons!
After watching this video, I definitely want to revisit Odyssey... I never had the chance to play syndicate but this video is very compelling - maybe I'll play it one day.
Looking at AC Unity being the answer before watching the video.
Edit: I was wrong... sadly...
I absolutely love this game. It was just such a weird approach to the AC we knew, but didn't take it to the extremes that the new trilogy went to. Also...such a great time to play the game in.
I'm finally playing AC Syndicate on my PS5. It's a really beautiful game. Can't wait to lose myself for hours in this one especially knowing that this is the last Assassin's Creed game with it's combat 😔
Hey Jake! It's too bad that Ubisoft is crippling their old games now. The Ezio trilogy is one of the best gaming collections out there.
How are they crippling their old games?
This game was so unexpectedly good. Jacob and Evie were fun polar opposite characters and seeing them come together at the end was awesome. London during the industrial revolution was so fun to explore and some of the missions with alternate endings and objectives were so cool. I was genuinely sad when I finished this game.
I gotta admit, Gameranx is like one of the only big game reviewers that isn’t Bias due to sponsors
Honestly, it's probably one of my favorites. Black Flag had an amazing story and game play, Valhalla is just beautiful and Origins was almost perfect: but Syndicate made me feel like a modern assassin while stayed both open world and linear. I regret not finishing it, but after all these years, might gladly start from the beginning and finally beat it.
Assassin's creed 3 is the best one
And black flag was amazing
@@rikweeds2306 Assassin's creed black flag had the best ship battle's and a great story
@@indisputableentity absolutely I was very happy with it. I really liked 2 for the traversal the way u parkour through the trees is awesome
I agree that "Syndicate" is overlooked and underated but the combat is disgustingly button mashy and a complete diversion from the status quo. The setting of Victorian London is gorgeous but to me the game feels to "gamey" with the way NPC's interact and how you engage with house and carriage and the Grapple hook feature, I passed due to the performance of Unity but came back when AC: Origins Dropped I adore that game.
I feel the more underrated gem is AC: Rogue as it's just past off as "tHe oNE tHAt haD a teMPlar" when it's a interesting take on the franchise adds to the "American Revolution" storyline of Connor/Haytham and links to Unity.
This is my favourite ac games of all time. I played this game in lockdown in 2020 and I spent my whole day playing this game. I love this game very much and have such great memories with.
I loved syndicate got my hands on it as soon as I could after it was released... I love assassins creed can't wait to see what's next.
I feel like Jake is a massive Assassin's Creed fan (mostly the old ones) and his entire world at one point revolved around them (I was like that) while Falcon is just passive about them, finding them on the ok-ok line but has more important things than a videogame series