Assassin's Creed Syndicate is-wait for it-an Assassin's Creed game, with all that that implies. It's a really good Assassin's Creed game, mind you, my favorite since Assassin's Creed II took us to Renaissance Italy way back in 2009. We're in Victorian London this time, in 1868.

Assassin's Creed Syndicate Review

To make sure that history didn't repeat itself, I went into Syndicate with my expectations low. I admit I was pretty hyped for Unity, and while it wasn't a terrible game, it wasn't a really good one either.

Let's tackle the giant elephant in the room first, performance; The game runs at a way better framerate; Sure, there are still very slight dips here and there when things get hectics, but it's in no way a disaster like Unity was, London is a fantastic setting.

It's clear that Ubisoft had to scale back in the graphics department; While facial animations are still superb, the environment doesn't look nearly as good as it did in Unity; Though, I guess it is a tradeoff for a more stable framerate, Being an open world game, with a pretty massive city, it's...