So...Assassin's Creed Syndicate
May. 13th, 2015 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rainwatersparkFirst off, I dislike the name "Syndicate." It sounds really clunky and technical.
Secondly, this game looks remarkably boring. I'm a big fan of London and the history of Victorian England but I was really lukewarm toward the game while watching the demo. I know it's pre-apha footage, blah blah blah, but the part of London they showed looked so empty, which really killed the immersion for me because London is (and has been for quite a long time) one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Also, I swear London's streets are much narrower than what they showed, but maybe it was the lack of people that made everything look more spacious than it should be.
Speaking of Victorian history, I find it a tad strange that they seem to be focusing on gang wars in the game, especially after it was revealed that the game's tagline is, "Oppression must end." Yeah, really making a dent on that oppression by fighting street gangs, rather than, I don't know, advocating for justice and change on a broader level? Also, if you just wanted to make a game about gangs (though I'm not terribly sure why you'd want to do that), I would've thought Prohibition-era US would be a bitter fit. More diversity, lots of violence (thanks, no gun control laws in the US ever), and tons of cultural drama. [EDIT: And apparently the game is only going to span a single year, 1868? That's really disappointing, considering that the Victorian era spanned a long time and lots of events happened during it.]
I guess we're supposed to be glad Ubisoft is giving us a female protagonist along with the male one, but a 25%/75% ratio of playing female to male is really not something that Ubisoft should be getting brownie points for in 2015. 50%/50% really should not have been that difficult. Also, once again Jacob Frye is yet another Ezio Auditore clone. Arno Dorian was "Earnest Ezio," and now Jacob is "Cocky Ezio." I'm really damn sick of the Ezio clones at this point.
Secondly, this game looks remarkably boring. I'm a big fan of London and the history of Victorian England but I was really lukewarm toward the game while watching the demo. I know it's pre-apha footage, blah blah blah, but the part of London they showed looked so empty, which really killed the immersion for me because London is (and has been for quite a long time) one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Also, I swear London's streets are much narrower than what they showed, but maybe it was the lack of people that made everything look more spacious than it should be.
Speaking of Victorian history, I find it a tad strange that they seem to be focusing on gang wars in the game, especially after it was revealed that the game's tagline is, "Oppression must end." Yeah, really making a dent on that oppression by fighting street gangs, rather than, I don't know, advocating for justice and change on a broader level? Also, if you just wanted to make a game about gangs (though I'm not terribly sure why you'd want to do that), I would've thought Prohibition-era US would be a bitter fit. More diversity, lots of violence (thanks, no gun control laws in the US ever), and tons of cultural drama. [EDIT: And apparently the game is only going to span a single year, 1868? That's really disappointing, considering that the Victorian era spanned a long time and lots of events happened during it.]
I guess we're supposed to be glad Ubisoft is giving us a female protagonist along with the male one, but a 25%/75% ratio of playing female to male is really not something that Ubisoft should be getting brownie points for in 2015. 50%/50% really should not have been that difficult. Also, once again Jacob Frye is yet another Ezio Auditore clone. Arno Dorian was "Earnest Ezio," and now Jacob is "Cocky Ezio." I'm really damn sick of the Ezio clones at this point.
