joecanada
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Is Syndicate the one most people say is okay? I'm thinking of picking it up on sale later
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Ubisoft confirms there will be no Assassin's Creed in 2016
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Is Syndicate the one most people say is okay? I'm thinking of picking it up on sale later
Hamster Plugin
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The only thing Revelations did wrong was copy+paste the previous game. It was just more Brotherhood, and not so bad. It also had the best implementation of multiplayer in the AC series so far (RIP AC MP).
AC3 was the first bad entry in the franchise, but Black Flag was saved by being quite a unique AC game and cross-gen making double dippers. But when Unity was bad, nothing could save Syndicate from flopping.
Yes, it's the newest one too.
I swore off the franchise after 3. I was so excited for it, being the history buff I was and Ubisoft killed a part of me. Then I received Black Flag for Christmas and I had the most fun with an AC game since AC2. Unity was more of a copy and paste than a new experience. That is what I want with the Egypt game.
This is good news for me, took a break after Black Flag, late last year I got a real craving for AC and played through Unity/Rogue/Syndicate/Shadow of Mordor back to back (just the main story parts, going mission to mission and ignoring side content/collectables), and I think I'm good for 1.5-2 years without touching one again.
Nah, call of duty needs a break too. Rotate franchises instead of rotating teams on a single franchise.
That aside, this is a good thing for the franchise in the long run.
ROUGE_BLOCK
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Syndicate is a very good game, I am really enjoying it. Most fun I have had with an AC game since Black Flag.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
I just want this series to be better and each game to be unique and not just in terms of setting and time period (this changes absolutely nothing). This whole thing about which I've talked about above is preventing me to enjoy these games cuz they are just too F similar to one another at their core. Why can't they change it like they did with POP 2008?
I'm sorry if it sounds like I have these games, but I don't hate them, I just want them to be better the way I (and many others) wan't them to be. Nothing more, nothing less. Please understand.
That's the only game that is a direct sequel and that has the fucking same hero/location/time period. Hell, first it was conceived as a DLC-add on.
Revelations had a new and fresh location, much older hero, felt like a different time period, and the come back of Altaïr. It was good marketed too.
Also as every AC thread since 4 years people are hoping the "formula" will change after the pause (insinuating there was no change since AC1). They already did lots of work with Unity (and Syndicate) but it will be the same universe and the same core game design because that is what people like. Obviously most of these people are not on neogaf to argue with the people that don't play AC games but are the first to
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By the way if Watch_Dogs is still very bankable, and other games (The Division etc.) become bankable or very bankable too, then they'll be able to release an Assassin every two years because it won't be their (almost) only source of revenue. Like 2016 WD2, 2017 new AC, 2018 WD3 etc., and in-between they can put a Far Cry sequel in the spring or during the fall, or a new IP or sequel to their new big games that succeeded (because they invest a lot in new IPs even if they are mostly flawed and sound like prototypes). They need that shift in their cycle and without WD2 in 2016 they couldn't have got their board to agree to a AC pause in 2016.
Delaying just for the sake of delaying doesn't do anything. They need to really evaluate whether another game is even needed for years. I mean just because they skipped a year means what? That they'll offer something I wouldn't have done in AC2, Brotherhood, AC3, AC4 Black Flag, Unity etc.
The series has been milked nicely. They shouldn't bring it back for maybe 4+ years, maybe wait till the next gen or something. So that we're all wowed again. Otherwise honestly, what will they do more than Black Flag, Unity and Syndicate in terms of next gen?
kraspkibble
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Only a year? They should honestly just leave the next game until next gen or better yet just kill it all together.
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
Why would they kill a series that makes them a lot of money?
rockman zx
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They already have everything set until the end of the fiscal year (March 31, 2017).
Syndicate is a very solid entry, but it's not great.
In AC terms, it means it's still at the top of the pile though, given the lack of competition.
Also, it too, needed extra polish time, seeing how many crashes I've had on PC, forcing me to stop playing soon after I had completed the critical path.
In AC terms, it means it's still at the top of the pile though, given the lack of competition.
Also, it too, needed extra polish time, seeing how many crashes I've had on PC, forcing me to stop playing soon after I had completed the critical path.