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Assassin's Creed Syndicate Review Thread
- Thread starter kubus
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So? Arkham City is nothing more than a bigger Arkham Asylum. They had a great foundation and built upon it - which is smart.
Assassin's Creed does not have a solid foundation, and the dev team does not have the time to properly fix up all the bullshit. Doesnt mean they're "lazy". Come on now, they go to work every day like every other person on this planet. You think they just sit there drinking coffee thinking "today I wont fix bugs because I dont feel like it"? lol
MrCompletely
Member
As a fan of almost every game in the series, I couldn't bring myself to finish Unity. Tried it again just the other day after a few months, and got bored after 1 mission.
Told myself I was done with the series but now I'm being drawn back in by these reviews!
Told myself I was done with the series but now I'm being drawn back in by these reviews!
Paid off shills.
Weird that the reviews are starting from lowest to highest. Usually it's the other way around, or simply posted in the order they come. Walked in to the thread and initially thought holy shit, disaster, but then realised the format was making it look worse than it is. 78 on meta so far, which is about what I expected.
As a long-term AC fan, I was always going to buy this, but it's nice to see generally good scores.
The way AC games are developed (they overlap), there won't be any major, groundbreaking changes until next year at the earliest. If you enjoy AC games, looks like Syndicate is a good time, and runs a lot better than Unity. If you don't enjoy AC games, I doubt this one will change your mind.
No game is perfect, and Ubi gets a silly amount of flak. I played Unity a month after launch and it was fine. Frame rate could have been a bit better, but I didn't get many glitches at all in over 50h, and certainly nothing game-breaking.
Personally, I love everything AC and, as a Londoner, I can't wait to play Syndicate.
The way AC games are developed (they overlap), there won't be any major, groundbreaking changes until next year at the earliest. If you enjoy AC games, looks like Syndicate is a good time, and runs a lot better than Unity. If you don't enjoy AC games, I doubt this one will change your mind.
No game is perfect, and Ubi gets a silly amount of flak. I played Unity a month after launch and it was fine. Frame rate could have been a bit better, but I didn't get many glitches at all in over 50h, and certainly nothing game-breaking.
Personally, I love everything AC and, as a Londoner, I can't wait to play Syndicate.
Karak
Member
Honestly its just a fantastically fun time. I want to punch someone for letting some of those bugs slip through.
johnnydrama
Banned
The Order is a corridor shooter with tiny environments, not a dynamic open world. DriveClub and Forza are racing games which are far less demanding.
Please think a little before calling developers "lazy". It's extremely ignorant and disrespectful.
Yea I was shocked when I came in lol
Give War A Chance
Member
All over the place, the larger sites seem to be favorable though.
Eh. I forgot this was even coming out. I think that speaks volumes about where AC is for me... Maybe GameFly it in a drought.
Eh. I forgot this was even coming out. I think that speaks volumes about where AC is for me... Maybe GameFly it in a drought.
I guess, but it's the developer's ambition. They design the game that becomes too big for them to handle. I can't put the blame squarely at the publisher's feet.
TheSlySoul
Member
Gamespot and IGN giving high scores for money wouldn't surprise me honestly. Seems Ubisoft didn't have money for IGN this time around, was expecting a 9 from them.
We all know GameInformer is a shill publication, so I am not surprised by them.
Yeah, Gamestop's review sold me on it. Seems like exactly what I want
esmith08734
Member
You're making this difficult, lol.
Who in the right mind would tweet the 5/10 to promote their game anyway?
So everyone who gave the game a favourable review is a shill?
And you expect Ubi PR to promote bad reviews?
Burns is usually spot on for me (except his take on Uncharted). I'll hold off on this one.
Silent Chief
Member
They redid all the arts. I didn't recognize Harley at first. The added lots of game mechanics like freeze blasts. They added Catwoman play. They added AR. They added side missions.
Name 3 games sequels that brought more improvements than the Arkham games.
As a Londoner I'm curious to explore my fictional hictorical city but I'm definitely going to wait a few months until it's a lot cheaper. I bought Unity earlier this year for a bargain price and thoroughly enjoyed (and completed) it but I'm not sure I really want to playthrough another AC game after Unity and Black Flag, I really just want to play in London for a bit.
Yeah sorry about that, halfway through I realized that I was doing it the wrong way around, lol.
I guess now the haters can have a small feeling of victory when they walk into the thread
.edit: There, fixed it for you
Smushroomed
Banned
"Lazy devs" should be a banned term
The Jackdog
Member
neither of you have played the game
how is this cool here? you havent played it. youre just assuming something and accusing them of more that you have zero evidence of
That semi-good recent movie Legend put their two-star review on the poster. Albeit in a clever way.
Or maybe, just maybe, the game is good?
Posts like this are just sad. How cynical can you be?
Silent Chief
Member
They all seem to work for big gaming media outlets. It seems outside the realm of coincidences.
Karak
Member
Not as hard as it was to give that review lol.
I think thats why you see some of the weird review scores. Well and some may just not like it but I would assume they still see the improvements.
bitoriginal
Member
Eurogamer review has put this on my radar. Sure it's gonna get a lot of flack, but there's no way lessons weren't learnt from Unity. The London setting is also making it an attractive purchase despite the bandwagoning that is occurring in various threads.
As I said, they had a great foundation (using Unreal Engine also helped) and expanded upon it. That can be done in a reasonable time.
Unlike Assassin's Creed, which has a rotten and broken core - that pretty much cannot be fixed at this point unless they rewrite the game from scratch (which would take years - aint nobody got time fo dat if Ubi keeps demanding yearly sequels).
I'm sorry if I'm not fine with games like Unity coming out.
Nobody should be, it was a disrespectful game to people who bought it.
I'm on vacation and don't have a lot of time to read the reviews, but it's nice to see generally positive ones. Can someone give me a quick rundown of any differences between the ps4/ one versions which have been noted in the reviews? I'm thinking about ordering a copy, and I just don't want to bite on the one's version if it's notably inferior. Thanks!
TheSlySoul
Member
I read all the reviews, seems to be a 77/100 game which I will pick up for during Black Friday sale. I don't believe the bad reviews have an agenda like you guys do.
People are mainly calling you out on the lazy devs comment btw. Carry on...
Sun Bather
Member
People who did buy it, is exactly the reason it will happen again and again. Maybe stop pre ordering games, and just wait a week or two to see how fucked up it really is.
Objectively 75/100?
Yes, there are clearly devs that are just twiddling their thumbs, thinking, "Yeah, those glitches are fine." I'm sure it has nothing to do with management by the studio heads and publisher. So glad you can't make threads anymore...
enough people who are respected in the industry said that reviews aren't paid for at any of the big sites you listed that your claim is nasty at best
esmith08734
Member
I can see why the games are a little undercooked in areas. I blame Ubisoft, not the developers. Ever since II, I was looking for a game that feels like that. I avoided Unity and didn't care for IV since it was such a deviation from what I enjoyed.
Thanks for your responses.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Eh. The more they started downplaying that aspect, the more I've become disinterested in AC. That was the connective tissue that kept me coming back every year.
johnnydrama
Banned
Ubisoft has put out exactly one broken game. What about all the great games like Rayman, AC IV, Far Cry 4, Valiant Hearts, Trials Fusion, Child of Light? It's very easy to discredit a developer because they put out one subpar product, but it's an exception, not the norm.
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icecold1983
Member
this game is ugly as sin
Honestly, most responses in this thread have been pretty level headed.
I take it back :L
Karak
Member
You bet and if your looking for something like 2. This might be up your alley then.