Release Date: October 23 2015 There have been great Assassin's Creed games and there have been not so great Assassin's Creed games; whilst many instalments in this sprawling franchise have felt immersive and carefully made, other chapters have felt half-assed and rushed. Assassin's Creed Syndicate, two years in the making, appears to fall into that of the former camp - a return to form for a franchise known to occasionally phone it in. Set in Victorian London during the Industrial Revolution, Syndicate finally offers players the chance to scale the rooftops in one of the environments that fans of Assassin's Creed have been pining for every since people starting saying, "Hey, where would be a cool place to set an Assassin's Creed game?" Going by the footage glimpsed thus far, the developers have taken a lot of time and energy to ensure that London has been properly rendered. It looks to be the most promising Creed title in a long time. Yes, like other instalments in the series, Syndicate will make use of famous historical persons of its timeframe, so Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin will both appear here, apparently. But really the main reason everybody wants to play this game is to climb Big Ben, isn't it? Don't fret: you can.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
