Ben-DutkaIs Assassin's Creed Syndicate good? Is it worth your time and money? Does it indicate a step forward for the long-running franchise?
Well, uh…that all depends on which review you read.
Critics are weighing in left and right on Ubisoft's latest blockbuster effort and the scores are all over the place. You've got a 4 from Telegraph , a 5 from Videogamer and 6s from Push Square , Hardcore Gamer and GamingTrend . These reviews claim the title is a serious misstep and an absolute shame.
On the flip side you've got 9s from GameSpot , Game Informer , XGN , and God is a Geek , along with 8.5s from ZTGD , Polygon and ActionTrip , and an 8.2 from IGN . There are a few larger sources in here, if that means anything to you.
The weird part is that the good reviews almost completely contradict the bad ones. It's not that critics are all citing the same things and some just dislike the drawbacks more than others; it's that some are really saying the game is a great new entry in the series, and one the franchise desperately needed. While at the same time, the naysayers are claiming almost precisely the opposite.
Always odd when this happens.
Yeah I watched a review on Youtube, and Ubisoft gave him/them the game like a week early. What it sounded like, is if he did not give the game a 'nice' review, they would never send him/them another review copy of future Ubisoft games.
Definitely weird though.
After a playing the first two sequences im enjoying everything about AC: Syndicate. Unlike that boring movie/hospital war sim that was Phantom Pain. I do have to say one thing though AC: Syndicate seems to be to damn easy this year. Either that or im just that damn good at Assassins Creed
I responded to your exact quote, which can't be misinterpreted. You called the AC and Call of duty franchises copy pasta and crap. You didn't single out any one game in either franchise, and you further implied that people who spend $60 on them are basically morons.
You also made it clear that you didn't bother to read the positive reviews of Syndicate, because quite frankly, you don't want to.
You can try and avoid the obvious all you like by turning it around on me personally, as it's the only argument of which you're actually capable. Nobody can read your original comment any differently. Just keep clarifying your original retarded stance to people like souljah, or tell us we can't read, or we're just trying to be insulting, or any number of things to avoid admitting you overstated.
It's just pathetic.
Last edited by Ben Dutka PSXE on 10/23/2015 2:30:17 PM
It's one of those games. I thought I would dislike it, I'm actually really enjoying it so far.
that would include all sensible consumers too
Apparently my comment can be misinterpreted if you try hard enough, and you tried hard enough. The term 'copy pasta' should be pretty self-explanatory, and obviously limited to games where the formula is being repeated over and over, which obviously wouldn't apply to earlier entries in a franchise. How could it?
I never implied that people who keep buying the games are morons, that's just you being defensive and projecting, though I'm not sure why you'd care even IF I claimed you were a moron for buying a game. Seriously, why would you?
I wouldn't "turn it around on you", Ben, if you ever actually replied to the things I said, but you don't do that. I'm not going to be goaded into defending statements I never made, so I don't know why you keep telling me I said things I didn't. So long as you insist on doing that, it's the only way I CAN respond, since your replies have nothing to do with the things I actually said.
If you want a different response, you can always knock off the disingenuous replies. You could even (gasp) ask for clarification before assuming things and then going off half bent defending against something I never said. I think you just prefer going off half bent, though, which is fine. You do you, as they say.
Last edited by Bio on 10/23/2015 3:01:57 PM
Meh, the small amount of gun play in The Order is more enjoyable the all the combat in all AC games. The combat is atrocious. The platforming on the other hand is quite good.
Jawknee if you like generic cover based shooting gallery gun play check out Eat Lead on PS3. Blows The Order out of the water
If the combat doesn't feel like walking through sand then it could be something I can play.
Welcome to The Order 1886 territory AC.
Still only played the start of mgs5 then?
I'm not being funny but im actually enjoying assassin's creed syndicate more than MGSV The Phantom pain, don't get me wrong mgsv is really great but i just hate the story.
I won't buy it but but hopefully fans of the series will atleast get to have characters with their faces intact this time instead of having to put up with the inside-out syndrome they had to deal with before.
Amen to that jawknee!
Lol the worst game in the metal gear franchise is better than the best game in AC.
By miles.
Yup i'll probably wont go back to it till the fall rush dies down
Copy pasta can be tasty, for sure. Realistically there wasn't any functional difference between the original God of War and Ghost of Sparta (the last GoW I played), but I enjoyed all of them very much.
But you can't eat copy pasta every year. It goes straight to your thighs.