The year is 2069 and world population has reached 15 billion. 57% are chipped and linked to their preferred corporation with the rest left out of sight and out of mind. The player acts as one of the chosen, an agent called Miles Kilo, mobilized to protect his corporation's interests.

A recent trip into EA's intellectual property vault results in Syndicate, a new first-person shooter that combines the craftsmanship and technical expertise of Swedish devhouse Starbreeze with the basic fiction (but little else) of the late, great Bullfrog's classic 1993 isometric tactics game,...

Solid sci-fi shooting action; Beautiful sense of design; Online co-op done right

Corridors; corridors everywhere; No competitive modes limits life; Good ideas need more expanding

(continued from previous page) ...baddies to overcome. There is a lot more freedom in the co-op mode as well. Where the single-player experience feels a bit tedious, a bit overly linear, the co-op adds a certain level of decision making that makes teamwork truly the focus.

Truly fun co-op; Interesting abilities; Solid shooter mechanics

Cliche narrative and poor pacing; Prescriptive boss battles; Annoying and distracting lens flares

Alright: May be slightly above average or simply inoffensive. Fans of the genre should enjoy them a bit, but a fair few will be left unfulfilled.

In the end, I was left feeling a bit unsatisfied with Syndicate , but at the same time, I didn't completely regret the time I spent in its corporate-run future. I typically don't mind short campaigns, but an experience just over 5 hours that doesn't leave you wanting more is certainly not a good...

+ Solid shooting mechanics; +/- Interesting universe with unrealized potential

+/- Interesting universe with unrealized potential

If you're a fan of 1993's beloved strategy game Syndicate , you might see the new series reboot as heresy. But if you've dismissed the new Syndicate because you think it sullies the franchise, you're doing yourself a disservice.

Fantastic; nail-biting cooperative play; Aggressive AI keeps the pressure on; Online progression system gives you reasons to return; Smooth animations and great sci-fi atmosphere; Gunplay and hacking lead to thrills

Weak storytelling wastes the cool setting; Mediocre; poorly-paced campaign; Ridiculously oversaturated lighting effects impede gameplay

Without the honour of working for Ablegamers and the burning need to tell the world just how terrible Syndicate really is, I would never have seen the end credits of this run-of-the-mill FPS roll.

Syndicate is a new first-person shooter videogame from EA and Starbreeze Studios. The new game is based on a series of PC top-down strategy games that came out in the 1990's. Needless to say, the style and gameplay is a far-cry from the original which is needless to say much more user-friendly or...

The Syndicate of 1993 was an isometric action game with strategic elements and, whilst 2012's version bears the same name, it has little relation to Bullfrog's well loved game however, and is instead an FPS, which is why, upon its announcement, it was met by so much ire by those with fond memories...

I will not purchase anything from this seller again the game didn't even want to install on my console. Reache 15% and never moved..... Disappointed.....