Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - 10 Ways It Already Made The Series Great Again
The solution to the series' problems has been here for over a year now.
The Assassin's Creed franchise has been around for just under a decade now. While the series has put out some absolutely stellar games over the years, its initial boom of popularity has died down quite considerably.
After nine main-series games, a slew of side titles and a feature film fast on the way, it's understandable that some people are getting a bit burned out on the series.
To that end, many fans have suggested new ideas for a return to form - however, they are overlooking one major thing: Ubisoft's most recent entry, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. This game not only made the series incredible once more by opening up a new world of potential, but on it's own, is objectively one of the best games made in recent memory, arguably the best of the Assassin's Creed series as a whole.
This is a look at exactly why Assassin's Creed: Syndicate has already made its franchise great again... and then some.
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10. A Large, Open, Historically-Accurate Map
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate has proven that Ubisoft's map-making skills are better than ever. This recreation of Victorian London is absolutely incredible. It's large, it's explorable, and it's accurate.
The City of London, Whitechapel, Southwark, Lambeth, The Strand, Westminster, and the River Thames are all available for the player to explore, and are all done justice. The respective landmarks all throughout the map have been lovingly crafted as well; from Big Ben to St. Paul's Cathedral to Buckingham Palace and everything in between.
The score of the game beautifully captures the mood you'd expect from a game in this setting, too, the many NPCs and their mannerisms being as accurate as you can get.
Not to mention the fact that the map constantly feels alive and breathing due to certain aspects of the world, such as the train stations. As you look around the people, you get the feeling that they really are going about their daily lives. No detail is spared, no AI is wasted, and the somber feel of the Industrial Revolution is captured perfectly, not only in the story, but in the open world itself.
It is a masterfully constructed map.