Even Queen Victoria seeks your aid in a series of missions that unlock upon the conclusion of the campaign, extending what is already a healthy 30-40 hour experience even further.

Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Karl Marx and Frederick Abberline are just some of the historical figures that could use your help in way or another. There’s no shortage of things to do, people to see, quests to complete, and collectibles to…collect. Not just easy on the eyes, Victorian London is bustling with activity.

The environments, visual effects and animations are stunning, and are equally matched by an aural experience highlighted by excellent voice work – with proper accents this time – particularly Victoria Atkin and Paul Amos as Evie and Jacob respectively, and a memorable orchestral score by composer Austin Wintory. Exquisitely detailed, you could spend hours simply wandering the streets of The Strand, a borough known for its many shops and music halls meandering through Westminster, the political center of the British Empire going for a stroll along the River Thames or just taking in sights like Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, London Bridge and Scotland Yard, just to name a few. In fact, Syndicate’s Victorian London is arguably the best-looking sandbox crafted to date.

Thankfully, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate suffers no such fate – it performs leaps and bounds better than Unity. Performance issues, sluggish controls, and numerous bugs and glitches that were well documented around the Internet, all contributed to an ultimately disappointing experience.

We all know last year’s installment, Assassin’s Creed Unity, launched in an unfinished state. What will it take to liberate London and return the city to its people? This is Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. Twin assassins Jacob and Evie Frye are eager for more meaningful adventures, so they leave behind their hometown of Crawley and hop a train to jolly ol’ London, England, a city that’s been under the influence of the Templars for almost a hundred years.

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