Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate: come microtransactions

Release Date: 23 October 2015 
Platforms: PC, PS4 & Xbox One 
venue: London (19th Century) 
protagonist: Jacob and Evie Frye

In Paris, the cosmopolitan metropolis of London followed the heyday of industrialization: In “Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate” run with the twins Jacob and Evie Frye in a personal union infamous of London’s street gangs. With your help, the two assassins want to break the power of the Templar’s over the city. A major innovation: Immediately dominate   the image on the streets. The steal quite the “GT-style”, looking in dicey situations shelter, use it as an escape and tracking vehicles and even fight on their roofs and loading areas.

Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate alluded: Preview

Evie Frye’s mission begins on a boat. From there they viewed the streets of London in 1868. And the look exactly how she has always imagined: Everywhere there is grim, it is moist, the passers are rude and unfriendly. A few carriages gondolas passing – it smokes in the distance; The first trains rattle through the city and large steamer hold at the port.Evie is Jacob Frye’s twin sister and thus one of the two main characters from “Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate”. And Evie has a job to do – and here, in the middle of London. In London Tower. “The gaming hits of the mega exhibition Evie jumps overboard. Instead of slipping unseen as in other “Assassin’s Creed” portions through the dark alleys, they take the route of the next wall to the starting point of their mission and thus heralds a new (old) era: The Assassins rise again on the roofs. During An spiel ens on the Games com, the developers explain that exactly is intentional: Players are to sneak back into the air, rather than through narrow streets. Also matching the setting was chosen: In modern, industrial affine London to build up; the streets are wider – who wants to move here unseen and quickly, so you have over the rooftops.

A mission, a lot of freedom

Evie is to do a high-ranking Templar named Lucy Thorn, who holed up in London Tower. In this so-called black-box mission select as a player, as in the predecessor “Assassin’s Creed – Unity”, from several possible approaches of how to reach your job goal. However, the proposed by the game way only contain information: Whichever way you choose if you combine multiple routes or find the end even your own, you decide.You can choose from three approaches

Path 1: The Master Key

Patience is required: If you want to steal the master key from the guard, you sneak up unnoticed up to the patrolling enemy. Then you must also go unnoticed at the Tower of London and go there through the locked door. Now even the attentive guards of Lucy Thorn sneak past – and the job is done.

Route 2: The allies

n a hidden corner near the Towers Evie encounters a disguised ally who has just turned a guard. Talk to him and turn it off a few more individual guards who could bust him immediately. Then your ally is willing to escort you in disguise directly into the Tower.You may not be too flashy, speak too fast, move to attract attention.

Route 3: The Prisoner

With this approach, it’s a bit rougher to: In order to free the prisoners, you sneak into the prison. Here you need to turn off a few more guards – so it can lead to conflicts. The flash bomb acts with this approach, however, wonders: You done multiple enemies at once, without Evie must bend a finger. Then steal only the key and free the prisoners, which now allows you the way to the Tower.

New and useful: The line launcher

Evie has many great things in the luggage that will help you successfully complete the mission. Most exciting is probably the line launcher which catapulted with just one push of a button on the nearest roof. And who now feels reminiscent of the Batman series … which is exactly right. The rope thrower can not just bat men, but also assassins immediately disappear from a danger zone – especially if you just stole a key or have allocated a guard.

At the rope dangling you can with Evie also only monitor the situation and then pounce on an isolated station, without anyone knowing anything. In addition to the rope throws Evie with knives around and turned so silently distant enemies. Of course bystanders guards are alerted quickly; it is narrow for the assassin, she quickly puts a flash or mist bomb to, disappearing over the rooftops.

No real fighter?

Evie is the Sch lei Cherin of twin pairs and it shows: in direct combat, they can overwhelm a foe indeed – more than two do not stand but better against. To divert attention from themselves, use with Evie the Chameleon Mode: This camouflage the Sch-lei Cherin is almost invisible. It is striking that the weapons in “Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate” have become much smaller: Large swords or axes as in the previous parts are missing. The much-discussed character exchange between Evie and Jacob has not been possible during the Mission played – he is only outdoor game available. In “Syndicate” also includes all multiplayer and co-op modes away in favor of the single player experience.

Forecast: “Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate”

Actually, everything is as usual in the Assassin’s universe. Only minor changes add variety: Evie line launcher and its chameleon ability with which they will not be visible even in open terrain, fun. Innovative for the game series are the two characters and the exchange between them. It’s also nice that it’s back on the roofs of the player – in the impressive view of London is worth it twice. Also animations and graphics are very well done and inviting. In can almost forget that it’s actually just another “Assassin’s Creed” in a very long list of “Assassin’s Creed”.

Preview (May 12, 2015)

London 1868: The British Empire spanned the globe. Never there had been a larger of the man-empire. And London was the epicenter, the place where the fate of humanity was decided. Creative Director Marc-Alexis Cote goes into raptures while he describes the importance of the upcoming scenarios for “Assassin’s Creed Syndicate”: “Who then London controlled, dominated the world. This is the ideal venue for the power struggle between the Templars and the Assassins! ULTIMATE TECH NEWS SPIELED was the first game-play demo at Ubi soft Quebec locally

It smells of revolution

“Syndicate” plays just 75 years after the events of “Assassin’s Creed Unity”, which led the players in the middle of the French Revolution. And yet you will be loud Cote have the feeling that would be passed actually a thousand years. 1793 ruled almost medieval conditions. The soldiers fought with sabers, there was no electricity, no railways, no telegraph. In London from 1868, however, the industrial revolution was palpable on every street corner. Everywhere there were construction sites for the under construction metro and drains. With Scotland Yard there was a powerful and well-organized police force.

Hundreds of thousands of workers toiled in the factories and the port under largely inhuman conditions. Britain was proud to have the first country to abolish slavery, but at the same time the common people as slaves was being exploited. Street gangs were formed, the rebellious workers by force using forced to obey and divided up the power in the city among themselves. London was equally pioneer of progress and social tinderbox. Or as Charles Dickens said: “It was the best time, it was the worst time.”

Twins with Bums

The twins Jacob and Evie Frye cites one of these notorious street gangs in London. The two assassins want to break the power of the Templar’s over the city. They gradually take control over the districts, to the Templar’s pay attention to it and it comes to crucial street battles with dozens of participants.

In such districts conquered then newly recruited former rival street thugs can be further adapted in order to gain even more clout to fight the Assassins. Jacob, Evie and her unscrupulous cronies engage it in battle many weapons back: from simple brass knuckles on knives and machetes towards the then super modern revolver.

The seven circles of hell in London

The London game world is divided into seven very different neighborhoods that each about the size of the game world of “Assassin’s Creed – Brotherhood” should possess. In poor White-chapel allows the police rarely look. Many residents live in slums.Westminster, however, is strictly protected by the law enforcement officers and, therefore, a real hot spot for criminal assassins. South wark is mainly dominated by factories, the City of London of port facilities. Other venues are the Thames, the quayside The beach and Lambeth, which is nowadays famous mainly for the London Eye.

Unusual bustle in the streets

In the first game play demonstration, most innovations were already clearly visible.Impressively are mainly the broad streets that provide a series of almost disconcerting picture. For all pedestrians move instead of in larger platoons on the entire road width very well behaved on the relatively narrow sidewalks. The roads, however, are primarily reserved for the carts, of course, follow the rules of the British links traffic.

In the per-played chase but this noble order got messed up quickly. Horse-drawn carts that provide wild hearten still in Ben-Hus-style side by side, knotted into an insoluble tangle. Since only helps the descent from the driver’s seat and the rapid transition to the next set of wheels

Creative fighting techniques

Are you traveling on foot, offers the classic “Assassin’s Creed” game play the usual big playful liberties. A rope launcher also allows climbing the highest buildings, one of which provides a good overview. To be able to identify counter parties and off easily with silent melee techniques. It is sometimes even a wall in close proximity helpful that additionally mitigate the enemy hit hard when a drop. In the distance throwing knives are very effective, off the enemy directly or indirectly such as by falling suspended loads.

Open questions

The precise interplay of the twins did not want to reveal the developer. In any case, there should be no co-op or multiplayer mode. Instead, players may switch between the two characters and so take advantage of their different abilities. Even the suggestion that children play an important role, raises questions. If they are used as couriers or to distract the other side?

Forecast: Assassin’s Creed – Syndicate

A more exciting setting would be located can hardly wish for the new “Assassin’s Creed”.The London late 19th century is a powder keg full of social tensions and economic aspirations and provides a rewarding backdrop for epic scenes that look particularly impressive on the current consoles. The new game element vehicles promises additional open-world feeling in the huge game world. However, in view of the collisions are needed in the game-play demo certainly still a lot of tuning to the artificial intelligence of humans and animals.