Almost a decade after the game’s original release, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate has been patched on modern consoles with a significant performance update.
Ubisoft has confirmed that the underrated, Victorian era stealth ’em up now runs at a silky smooth 60 frame per second on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. There’s also the option to simultaneously crank the game’s resolution to 4K though this won’t be available to those playing on the slightly less robust Xbox Series S.
The publisher didn’t give a specific reason for Syndicate’s mini makeover, nor has it hinted at similar updates for other popular AC titles including the Ezio Collection, Unity, and Black Flag. With Assassins’ Creed Shadows pushed back to February 2025, it likely wanted to drum up interest in older entries with many players having overlooked Syndicate.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate launched in October 2015 and although it was met with generally positive reviews, fans had become overfamiliar with the franchise’s time-hopping, open world formula even if introduced dual protagonists and a genuinely interesting setting. This would be the final instalment before Ubisoft hit the reset button, transporting players back to Ancient Egypt in 2017’s Assassin’s Creed: Origins. Its debut drew a line in the sand and would serve as the foundation for future titles, treading further and further into action RPG territory.
Last year’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage went against the grain with a smaller, more focused adventure that dialled back many of those roleplaying systems. In our review we scored it a fair 7/10, Aran saying: “Assassin’s Creed Mirage will appeal to anyone who’s been pining for a return to the old school open world stealth of the earlier games. It’s pretty much exactly that with a few extra refinements and additions. Some of those additions are a bit distracting and immersion breaking, but nothing gets in the way of some good old fashioned assassinations.”
Source: Ubisoft
