Finished Assassins creed syndicate Gold Edition. TLDR - 6/10 with a side of AAA BS.
So yeah, just finished Syndicate 99% of the game completed in 43 hrs. All things considered a small amount of time. I did find some enjoyment with the game enjoying the sights of london. Highlight was probably the thames. It was a unusual designed area as you spent time hopping on boats and taking the opportunity to steal/sabotage stuff. Plot wise its the same Asscreed tat you've to expect. This time i felt more cringe from the modern stuff and all the coincidental guest appearances of famous people. Its a bit of a shame, effort went into this game with all the detail, jacbo and evie are likeable enough but after playing the witcher 3, it feels weak.
The problem is that there isn't really much to do, a huge chunk of time i spent collecting tat. As kleptomaniac i collected it all before i was 75% through the game. The other problem i encountered was how i spent time doing all the side stuff before going through the main story. i suspect the map being red detered me from venturing into new areas until i cleared the areas out or made a safe path to the secondary/main missions.
The other problem was how easy the game was. Get the intimidation perk and enemies were passive and they were nothing more then victims/punchbags. With the gold edition i got 2 top tier weapons, suits that was available at lvl7 as opposed to getting level 10 and virtually beating the game before unlocking something similar. So i was able to tackle harder missions very much sooner rather then later.
I do have issues with the MTs/dlc in this game. The first is the XP boosters, was it really needed? i mean the gold gave you a perm 20% exp boost and unless you were doing the main stuff, the boost was marginal at best. but without playing the game without the boost i can't tell. Either way, ubisoft either made a game imbalanced mess making it more grindy on purpose or the boost was a gimmick and make money on gullible people with little time as the effects were marginal.
The second BS issue was that despite having the gold edition, i STILL was expected to pay for the Dreadful crimes DLC. This was part of the ps4 exclusive BS so your Gold edition on the PC was still a second rate experience. You know what Ubisoft? Sod off. I'm not paying more for locked off content.
The final issue was the social Glitch helix issue. if you didn't know, helix glitches gave you exp and also some encyclopedia entries for modern sections. For a game about leveling up, any source of exp is good. First baffling point; Why must i use helix credits (MT currency) to buy the glitch map and whilst i could buy the other maps with ingame currency? Sure you unlock helix credits from certain achievements but its simply enough to for the 1000 you need. The gold edition, uplay club rewards and i was able to get the helix credits to stump up the maps. But the Social glitches in the game was supposed to be a way for players to earn MT currency and get the stuff for free. First its still a grind each glitch giving you just 1 helix credit. Fair enough 1:1 ratio makes sense. But apparently even that was simply too much for ubisoft, the social Glitch helix system doesn't work, every time i collected one the game would say "sorry its not available try again later". Checking online the system hasn't been working from the start so players have to stump up cash if the helix credits the game gives isn't enough. BS Ubisoft if you implement a system i expect it to work.
i could go into the jack the ripper DLC in another time. I'll sign off by saying i'm playing a strategy game, this time its jagged alliance 2 gold edition!
So yeah, just finished Syndicate 99% of the game completed in 43 hrs. All things considered a small amount of time. I did find some enjoyment with the game enjoying the sights of london. Highlight was probably the thames. It was a unusual designed area as you spent time hopping on boats and taking the opportunity to steal/sabotage stuff. Plot wise its the same Asscreed tat you've to expect. This time i felt more cringe from the modern stuff and all the coincidental guest appearances of famous people. Its a bit of a shame, effort went into this game with all the detail, jacbo and evie are likeable enough but after playing the witcher 3, it feels weak.
The problem is that there isn't really much to do, a huge chunk of time i spent collecting tat. As kleptomaniac i collected it all before i was 75% through the game. The other problem i encountered was how i spent time doing all the side stuff before going through the main story. i suspect the map being red detered me from venturing into new areas until i cleared the areas out or made a safe path to the secondary/main missions.
The other problem was how easy the game was. Get the intimidation perk and enemies were passive and they were nothing more then victims/punchbags. With the gold edition i got 2 top tier weapons, suits that was available at lvl7 as opposed to getting level 10 and virtually beating the game before unlocking something similar. So i was able to tackle harder missions very much sooner rather then later.
I do have issues with the MTs/dlc in this game. The first is the XP boosters, was it really needed? i mean the gold gave you a perm 20% exp boost and unless you were doing the main stuff, the boost was marginal at best. but without playing the game without the boost i can't tell. Either way, ubisoft either made a game imbalanced mess making it more grindy on purpose or the boost was a gimmick and make money on gullible people with little time as the effects were marginal.
The second BS issue was that despite having the gold edition, i STILL was expected to pay for the Dreadful crimes DLC. This was part of the ps4 exclusive BS so your Gold edition on the PC was still a second rate experience. You know what Ubisoft? Sod off. I'm not paying more for locked off content.
The final issue was the social Glitch helix issue. if you didn't know, helix glitches gave you exp and also some encyclopedia entries for modern sections. For a game about leveling up, any source of exp is good. First baffling point; Why must i use helix credits (MT currency) to buy the glitch map and whilst i could buy the other maps with ingame currency? Sure you unlock helix credits from certain achievements but its simply enough to for the 1000 you need. The gold edition, uplay club rewards and i was able to get the helix credits to stump up the maps. But the Social glitches in the game was supposed to be a way for players to earn MT currency and get the stuff for free. First its still a grind each glitch giving you just 1 helix credit. Fair enough 1:1 ratio makes sense. But apparently even that was simply too much for ubisoft, the social Glitch helix system doesn't work, every time i collected one the game would say "sorry its not available try again later". Checking online the system hasn't been working from the start so players have to stump up cash if the helix credits the game gives isn't enough. BS Ubisoft if you implement a system i expect it to work.
i could go into the jack the ripper DLC in another time. I'll sign off by saying i'm playing a strategy game, this time its jagged alliance 2 gold edition!