Doing so makes that borough your territory and gives you greater influence and manpower.Īesthetically, Syndicate looks like Assassin's Creed: Unity ($39.99 at GameStop). You sneak into Templar or enemy gang territory to assassinate the leader of the area, while also freeing any allies or hostages. This concept is similar to Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's district seizing. Assassins Jacob and Evie do their best to thwart and undermine the Templar influence in London by conquering Templar boroughs within the city and persuading street gangs to their cause.
This civil unrest and turmoil are the focus of Syndicate.
Workhouses, child labor, and tragically short lives were commonplace among the working class and poor in England, as Charles Dickens describes in his novels. This was also a time of great disparity between the wealthy and poor. Trains connected London to the rest of Europe and Asia, telegraphs opened communication world wide, and Britain had a tremendous amount of influence across the world during this time. Many commodities we associate with the modern era were popularized during this time period. Industry and British ImperialismLondon's urban setting is a decidedly more modern setting for Assassin's Creed than any other game in the series.
