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| Assassin's Creed: Syndicate |
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate shifts the ongoing
Assassin and Templar war to London, England in 1868. This puts the game's setting in the midst of the Second Industrial Revolution in one of the largest and most progressive cities of the era. Improved metalworking and textile manufacturing, steam power, and the general increase the factory system; it all happened in one place. The city of London was the bustling heart of civilization, a showcase of its best and worst: great affluence and intense poverty.
this crucible Syndicate throws the Evie and Jacob, the Frye twins. This is actually a first for Assassin's Creed, with Syndicate splitting the story between both characters. When you're out and about in the open-world, you can switch between them freely. They both play exactly the same, using the same weapons with slightly different clothing options. (I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Evie can still participate in the Fight Clubs that dot the city. With the shirtless men boxing, I figured it'd be Jacob only, but Evie is just as capable.)
Their skill trees are mostly the same, with a few holdover skills at the end of each tree to differentiate between brother and sister. If you're not in a story mission, you can pretty much play whoever strikes your fancy. I personally spent most of my time playing Evie, since I felt the character fits the Assassin's Creed concept more.
When the twins hit London, they each do so for different reasons. Evie is the quintessential assassin, who took her father's teachings seriously and strives to be the silent knife in the shadows. She wants to prevent London's Templar Order from taking control of the Shroud of Eden, one of the many artifacts from the First Civilization that holds impressive (if undefined for most of the game) powers.
Jacob on the other hand is impulsive and reckless. He's an assassin in name only. He does what he feels is right and his drive in London is to kill the Seven Deadly Generals (my title, not Ubisoft's) of Templar Grand Master Crawford Starrick. If he gains control of the city at the same time, even better. To that end, Jacob establishes the Rooks, a gang that lends the game its "Syndicate" moniker.
When I first heard that I'd be forced to play Jacob or Evie in story missions, I was disappointed. In practice, it makes perfect sense. They don't mix. Jacob goes off half-cocked and Evie is all about the planning. One of Evie's missions actually involves fixing issues that Jacob caused in his preceding story mission. They clash and fight. Jacob doesn't care about the Shroud of Eden and Evie thinks focusing on murdering Templars isn't the right way. They are family and you shouldn't be around family too much.
Sadly, the execution of the tandem story doesn't comes across quite as well as it could. Jacob is still the nominal lead. For most of the early sequences, they each get 2-3 story missions each, but that eventually gives way to Jacob taking over for the entirety of a latter sequence. It makes sense, as Evie's only real failing is trusting her brother to stay out of trouble, while Jacob needs to realize that you need to think and plan occasionally. Still I think Evie could've used a little more love as the game's plot speeds towards its ending. It's not the best Assassin's Creed tale, but the dichotomy helps the telling.
If you're an AC fan and you're wondering about the modern day side of the story, there's not much to say. It's still around, but it's played as pre-rendered drone footage following Shaun, Rebecca, and other AC extended universe characters. The player is just "The Initiate", like Unity. For some, this may be like choking down a chicken bone. I was never too excited about wandering around in the modern day, hacking computers or hopping around ruins. Even the best Desmond stuff was just a lukewarm version of the real game. Now the game can focus on what matters: stabbing people back in the day.
Source: usgamer
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