Syndicate (2012)

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  • Summary: 2069 - No longer governed by politicians, the world is divided into regions controlled by mega-corporations known as Syndicates. These Syndicates have revolutionized the way consumers interact with the digital world. Consumers no longer require a device to access the world's data and control2069 - No longer governed by politicians, the world is divided into regions controlled by mega-corporations known as Syndicates. These Syndicates have revolutionized the way consumers interact with the digital world. Consumers no longer require a device to access the world's data and control their technology - they can achieve this with the blink of an eye after a neural chip implant. Civilians clamored to be "chip'd" and to enjoy all that their selected syndicate has to offer. Housing, medical, banking, insurance, education, entertainment, and employment. One complete package - one complete lifestyle. In return, the syndicates gained unprecedented insights, and control, over individuals and their behavior. With insufficient government oversight, business has become war. The Syndicates stop at nothing for ultimate market dominance. On the front lines of this war are the Agents, the syndicates' bio-engineered and chip-augmented enforcers. They can breach anything in the wired dataverse including their enemies, their weapons, and the environment surrounding them, making them the most efficient and deadly technological weapons in the world. Assume the role of Miles Kilo, Eurocorp's latest prototype Agent, and embark on a brutal action adventure of corruption and revenge. [Electronic Arts]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. AusGamers
    Feb 24, 2012
    89
    The separate co-op missions are well worth checking out.
  2. Gamereactor Denmark
    Mar 9, 2012
    80
    A solid shooter that feels fresh and original on some points, and succesfully borrows from the best on others. It's not perfect, but it's a title that all shooter fans should take for a spin.
  3. GameSpot
    Feb 21, 2012
    75
    A game of thrills and missed opportunities. And so it's important to know what you want from this shooter before you commit. Come to it for the thrills of joining a team and mowing down gunners like so many weeds in a Colorado research facility. Come to it for a chilly vision of the future, where the minds of meddlers can be altered with a simple computer program. There are numerous games better at providing single-player satisfaction, however, and this is where Syndicate falters.
  4. CD-Action
    Mar 13, 2012
    70
    The potential of both Syndicate as a franchise and Starbreeze as the developer was not fully used. The co-op mode and the video post-processing are great but the game as a whole is a disappointment. [April 2012, p.52]
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  5. Computer Games Online RO
    Mar 19, 2012
    65
    It's too short, too small in many ways and way too conventional in a market oversaturated with AAA alternatives. Alternatives which last longer and offer competitive modes, not just a few dozen hours of co-op runs in which you can't point anything out to your teammates unless everyone has a microphone for the game's VoIP.
  6. Hyper Magazine
    May 14, 2012
    60
    An ok campaign with potentially great co-op marred by uninspired design, poor storytelling and glitches. [June 2012, p.76]
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  7. PC PowerPlay
    Apr 27, 2012
    50
    When it's not going out of its way to be terrible, Syndicate is simply mediocre. [May 2012, p.54]

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  1. Positive: 34 out of 105
  2. Mixed: 40 out of 105
  3. Negative: 31 out of 105
  1. TheGrid72
    Feb 21, 2012
    10
    I have to agree with nikmaster. The game play is excellent and the co-op is really really fun with friends. Overall the game challenge yourI have to agree with nikmaster. The game play is excellent and the co-op is really really fun with friends. Overall the game challenge your brain even more then other FPS's out there. In few seconds you can change the whole battlefield.… Expand
  2. Nathaya
    Mar 9, 2012
    10
    Game is great, with light role-playing elements which unfortunately is a true shooter herraus bonds with Deus Ex Human Revolution, butGame is great, with light role-playing elements which unfortunately is a true shooter herraus bonds with Deus Ex Human Revolution, but something else is playing the speedy and comfortable. The graphics in convincing-looking.
    It makes a lot of fun, the game in co-op to play and to secure each other. Apologies for my bad English. Einar    … Expand
  4. coelo
    Mar 11, 2012
    8
    This is a good FPS with some nice elements which are well implemented, if not unique, to this title. The plot is a nice sci-fi future whereThis is a good FPS with some nice elements which are well implemented, if not unique, to this title. The plot is a nice sci-fi future where corporations run the planet and the atmosphere is OK, not the best, but good enough.

    There is one thing that irks the hell out of me and that is the forced bloom on all the lighting, it makes the game nearly unplayable in certain instances.

    Other than that graphical flaw and no way to disable it, the graphics are not the best, the FOV is not the best for PC and there is no way to adjust it, and the game has a bit of a deus-ex imitation going (but I actually like that since they did it well and not cheesy.)

    This is a solid play and it is a hell of a lot more fun than that other EA game that is out right now, ME3.
    The FPS mechanics are well done and as it is an FPS, that is the most important part. I'd give it an 8.5 if it were not for the terrible bloom lighting, so instead it gets an 8.    … Expand
  5. whitespider999
    Feb 21, 2012
    6
    This game emulates the setting of an emotional, deep science fiction world. It sets up story threads that can evolve. However that's allThis game emulates the setting of an emotional, deep science fiction world. It sets up story threads that can evolve. However that's all anything is in this game amounts to, suggestions at a better game. The moment you step back, and take the game at what it is, a mindless shooter - the more you will get out of it - at least in singleplayer. Furthermore, if that's what you want out of this experience. You found deus ex slow and ponderous, and you are more of an action junkie. Then this game's singleplayer, is solid enough. It has inventive mechanics and satisfying gameplay. Unfortunately that gameplay never really evolves. It introduces 'breaching' however it never really expands on that concept. It just gives you waves of enemies that require the same useage of an inventive core mechanic. That's the main gameplay separator between this game and say, half life 2, deus ex, bioshock, or other beloved first person games. Those games constantly change things up, either by providing a toolset, or changing the environmental useage of an inventive ability (half life 2 gravity gun, options and tools in deus ex and bioshock). And that's a shame, because based on the first few levels of co-op. it seems like those scenarios are better designed and require significantly more management and thought. (Although still not remotely on the same level as other games). Co-op is a far deeper, and better experience for someone like me who prefers first-person-thinkers. And that's the conflict right there. I could reccomend this game to action junkies who don't want to think, however that is simply the singleplayer portion of the game. The other 50% of the money you are paying is a co-op mode that requires a different thought process. So in the end, both first person thinker players, and action junkie players only get half a game. And a not-fantastic half a game for either side. I have made the game sound terrible, yet - it actually holds a lot of promise. It keeps flirting with the idea of it being deeper than it is - and you can see it reaching out... However a valiant failure is not a 10/10 game nomatter what angle you come in from.… Expand
  6. crogue
    Feb 25, 2012
    5
    But its got #SKRILLEX!!! Poor use of the license (and dubstep) aside, this is ALCP (Another Lazy Console Port). Overall its a generic shooterBut its got #SKRILLEX!!! Poor use of the license (and dubstep) aside, this is ALCP (Another Lazy Console Port). Overall its a generic shooter that feels 10 years old. Most of the over mentioned comments are spot on: a poor Deus Ex knock off, terrible graphics and criminal overuse of bloom lighting effects. I would also add bad AI, numerous typos, missed references to controller keys, uninspired combat & story. Movement and shooting is so awkward, i've just been running up on fools and melee'ing them to death.… Expand
  7. vochaisl
    Feb 26, 2012
    4
    So sad to see a great franchise being butchered to some mundane FPS.

    While the PC version undoubtly looks and plays better than the PS3 and    So sad to see a great franchise being butchered to some mundane FPS.

    While the PC version undoubtly looks and plays better than the PS3 and Xbox360 it falls short on delivering what Syndicate is all about.

    Whoever played the old Syndicate games, will not get what they were hopping fore. If you're in for some new, fancy looking FPS, Syndicate might be for you.

    Everybody else avoid Syndicate at all cost and buy when it's in the bargain bin for 10 bucks or less.    … Expand
  8. Kamlo
    Feb 28, 2017
    0
    Idee interessanti, ma la fusione di meccaniche fps con poteri da rpg o arpg non funziona completamente.
    Farragginoso e non divertente come    Idee interessanti, ma la fusione di meccaniche fps con poteri da rpg o arpg non funziona completamente.
    Farragginoso e non divertente come gameplay: alla fine la cosa più semplice è uccidere tutti i nemici con l'attacco instakill del corpo a corpo    … Expand

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