Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Focusing on “The Roots of Franchise”

Ubisoft Quebec creative director Marc-Alexis Cote spoke to GameSpot about Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, and its focus on the single player experience, lacking any multiplayer modes. Cote explains that this was because the studio wanted to focus on the core single player story of Jacob and Evie, with everything advancing the narrative.

“The reason we are doing this is to really focus on the roots of the franchise/ That’s why all nine studios are focused on delivering this single-player experience.”

Executive producer Francois Pelland added that the combat and vehicles hijacking would not work for online play.

“We felt like, especially with the type of fight that we have, a very hand-to-hand, very close combat fight, that we needed to have very high responsiveness on the system.”

“That’s one thing. It’s navigation as well. When we decided two years and a half ago, we said, let’s do London of 1868. You cannot have vehicles that are just cosmetic. You cannot have vehicles that are just there to look good. Players would have said, I want to drive those things. That adds complexity to the thing. It’s more technical reasons [for leaving out multiplayer.]”

Some of the features of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate include:

• A curved blade called Kukri for close-quarters combat
• A revolver for distance kills and finishers
• Brass knuckles for when a punch in the face isn’t enough
• Zip-line to buildings (Batman style)
• Assassin’s Gauntlet rope launcher
• Bare knuckle boxing
• Players can ride carriages
• Big Ben
• New and Improved fighting system provides more fluid and accessible combat
• Victorian London
•  Two main protagonists, twins Jacob and Evie Frye

The Assassin’s Creed Syndicate story throws you into the dawn of the modern era during the Industrial Revolution.

You play Jacob Frye, a gangster assassin fighting for justice on behalf of London’s enslaved working class. Watch as Jacob rallies his gang to break the corrupt stranglehold on London and bring the working class a brighter future.

We will bring you more on Assassin’s Creed Syndicate soon, be sure to check out our previous coverage for more, here and here.

You can watch Uncompressed version of the trailer and walkthrough over at GamerSyde, here and here