Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Assassin's Creed Syndicate is a third-person action-adventure stealth game set in London during the Industrial Revolution of 1868. Players control twin Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye, each with distinct…
Assassin's Creed Syndicate is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Québec, released 23 October 2015 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 18.5 hrs to finish.
What Assassin's Creed Syndicate is
Assassin's Creed Syndicate is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Québec and released in 2015. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on AnvilNext.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1868 London, the Assassin Brotherhood has been nearly wiped out and the city lies firmly under Templar control. Crawford Starrick, a powerful industrialist and crime lord, commands a network of allies embedded throughout London's institutions. Twin Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye travel from Crawley to the capital to dismantle Starrick's grip on the city. Jacob works to undermine Templar power by eliminating Starrick's lieutenants across London's boroughs, while Evie pursues a Piece of Eden known as the Shroud, racing Templar occultist Lucy Thorne to locate it first. Aided by historical figures such as Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Darwin, and Charles Dickens, the twins build their own…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 56 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Assassin's Creed series
Assassin's Creed Syndicate is the 95th of 205 entries we hold in the Assassin's Creed series. The next entry was Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - Gold Edition in 2015. Its critic score of 72 is 3 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Assassin's Creed III: Deluxe Edition at 96.
How it was received
Assassin's Creed Syndicate holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 851 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 18.5 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 53.5 hrs, roughly 2.9 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz / AMD FX 6350 @ 3.9 GHz, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0). An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Assassin's Creed Syndicate launched on 23 October 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Assassin's Creed Syndicate yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
All media
Characters
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Dlc
Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Runaway Train
Assassin's Creed Syndicate: A Long Night
Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Steampunk Pack
Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Victorian Legends Pack
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Jack the Ripper
Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Streets of London Pack
Assassin's Creed Syndicate: The Last Maharaja
Assassin's Creed Syndicate: The Dreadful Crimes
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