ISIC peta ayIt’s BIGGER AND BRAVER Whatever you might wanto say aout Assasins ined Uni: there an be no denyngthat 2 eation of relitionay Pats was impressive. Bind the bogs, ie a oreo detailed an ich word Landon that ower andindurril might Lndon the cent othe word Sat shows Bling ae large steets re ser andthe poles hee are ore anced ond complex tha those Cd revolionary race, The wad isbulding owas Confrontation been chan poor, wort and pew wo And Syndicates lacing the ass right athe et of THE TWIN EFFECT ayable asain troup the campaign acob and Eve Frye twins rom the outskirts of London teaveling inthe metropolis forthe rime ooking make thee tmarkon the wo. I's Believedthat you wont be sitching Sexnen the character at wil owever, as ech has thi own traits and strengths that wl nei diferent sections ofthe fame. Their shred DNA ha een menoned 3 an important factor in them both bing playa inthe gare so expet se THEY'RE BORN TO BE BAD (One ofthe things we are particulny pleased to hear abouts that thee two new assassins are not new tthe Oder but rather were raised int They know how be assassins an know their way around ther tools, What's ‘more, theiratinde to the struggle ahead appears tobe driven ‘ut ofa devotion the creed anda love of the ob at hand, hasbeen at its best when tia celebration of freedom and the ead characer embraces thir skils and arsenal Jacob in particular ppeats o revel in hie surroundings and inthe igh, so he should bea pleasure to play as Jacob hasto be one ofthe tur aseassns see to date though switching bis top hat fora hood when he so pleases and sprting thick London accent, Tr’s GRAND THEFT CARRIAGE ‘One oer new aon yao bas wualer romain forthe ume aa wl, caoges have en ade as rival sala eh ring lie ofthe tet Sin Andress othe cobs of London but alo ens aster ground travel as yucan hop ont the ‘kof carriage and whip your way around the street The cariages which ary from ance ced op veicles'o Cheaper. open bck commercial stp canals be sed or ‘sth purpose by hingin them. gvngyou some mote over dea for quick escapes when youre ue, The key mpc ths though is mich wider sets requiring some new ols in your ssn You’RE THE DARK KNIGHT oF LONDON ‘The alton ofa gaping hook zpine 0 your gauntlet nds oe interesting new options to how yu choose 1 Up these of uldings, hein you rach he summit of sme of Londons rather immense archeecure na nppe fshion Most mportany cam be sed 0 ip-ne betwen buldings scros these mich wie sets being aps that previ ‘Whether bismight removes ato the fn of mb hat vwe'veenjoned up ut now wee not ue but tacos ikea necessary alton CoMBAT HAS CHANGED FOREVER caveat at ass map cnt radional Assassins Creed experienc, is that this era histey, walking around with weapons sapped to your hie ise eked upon ery favourably Swords. anes, crossbows and filles are bsally out and conceded weapons aren whith should be peiet forthe assassin order Aconceated sworncane hidden blades, revolver, an brass knackes have been highlighted so far as your key weapons heading ito this new ble. Bu new weapons so mean brandnew fighting methods COMBAT HAS BEEN REFINED ‘We already sawmill evliion ofthe combat for Assasin Cred Uni, attempting bing some ‘ew immediacy othe fight while also increasing {he challenge and forcing some mere tactical appeoches attimes. Without the heavy swords you might normally ‘wield the emphasis now on being sit and aggressive, atleast when youte playing. Jaco Frye. Leaning, ethaps.alitle on Guy Rich's interpretation of Stoiock Hales and his pulse ets, boxing and counter fing is he order ofthe day, nisin dings with sll bl o gun, It’s AN AGE OF POLITICAL AWAKENING Sein 1868 this isthe year afer the publiation Fredich Engels Hk esiingin London ding ths vid, As such issues of working as rights. fredam of ‘peech andr pyment areas important sever and the disparity between rch nd poor stark particu inthe teing po of London Jac and Eve tp in the idle ofthistensestuaton and ied side withthe ering poor. The ic that the aes called Syndicate Feering othe unknisation of wvking people pints 0 AND THE GOVERNMENT IS IN THE BALANCE ‘Another major change specifi to the United Kingdom inthis period was the expansion of voting rightsin the country, allowing even more people the righ to vote. However, it would sll be another SO years before universal suffrage was apled and ten more after that before women. ha he same voting rights men. Aine ths backdrop, ‘here were also tee Prime Ministers n 1868 with he fst retiring due toll health andthe second losing an election, Expect to see Benjamin Distal and Wiliam Gladstone play a patin Syndicates sory a8. te, BOROUGHS BREAK IT DOWN ‘Seven Templars for seven boroughs. Thats how London hasbeen broken down as you mus expand the influence ofthe assassin order an take bck ouisd ofthe ret from the Templars. Each borough has its ‘wn unique mix of interest and local population, some being cher, ethers poorer and each wil Ikely presen diferent Templar treat hat needs taking ou Bloat Noa isthe first. “Templar boss tobe eval 0 fase poses the challenge of maadve creinal network that ees beating down an convinced o switch allegiances AND THE POLICE WILL ACT DIFFERENTLY (ne interesting dynamic element for Syndicate isthe suggestion that youll beable wo get way ‘hers To explain, Westminster for instance asthe hub of pote inthe apts well paced so stating brawls and kiln people wil et you ao of grit, but moving nto the back streets wher the poice dat patrol wil give you more freedom. Likewise, there are some locations, such as ‘Whitechapel hat are corrupted by eininal activityTHE HISTORICAL FIGURES ARE STRONG Alogi tele of Engels and Maras they tein oy out the philosophy of ocala fod hor figures call upon Chas Darwin a Charles Dickens (who wouk! savy few sort yeas later have aeady been confirmed fora preader DLC isin bre to playa deeper le fell nthe fame. Sites alo et ony aw yas ater he end of the American Civ Wa, 0 expect gues om haters © bementoned and perhaps make a ppeane. Between authors, pola thinker, acts, humanitarian and Tenders this ine period iy mie or sre THE STEALTH IS ‘SOFTER’ Back o gameplay, stealth has ben deseribed 35 softer by the Ubisoft eam means that the snap cover system introduced in Unity has gpne i one the few examples oa drectlusiono improvements rom the lst game: instead we hae ast ‘ater han acing oI l'on res syste or ‘nerngsteath though and you can expect fun memes Shout where Jacob's hat oes when he pus his hod up THE CITY IS YOUR WEAPON Thats unfortunately horribly generic and overused urn of phase, bat the alton of fetvitonmental takedowns i lng verde throwing knives you ean chop down heavy cbjecs being haul into warehouses or shops and have thm fl on enemies. Tere have tenet be ground-evl items like ‘his that yu could interact wth but this something ‘mach moze dynamic than those pre-srjed animations AND YOU MIGHT GO UNDERGROUND This is purely speculative but thetiming works cout tather nicely fr Assassins Creed Syndicate torake you down nto the beginnings of what fof the Underground system began in 1863 wi ais pssng from Paddington to Farrington, with wooden, carriages and powered bya seam engine In 1868 line fom South Kensington to Westminster wasalso opened. And how coal would ithe to explore this eal version ofthe massive network? Tee TTT Tate eT oe A rea