
Update []:
As promised, Ubisoft has released the 60fps patch for Assassin's Creed Syndicate. It's available to download now on PS5 (and PS5 Pro, of course), doubling the PS4 title's frame rate for a much smoother experience.
You can catch some sweet 60fps gameplay via the brief update trailer below.
Original Story: It's a good day to be a fan of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. The London-based excursion, which released all the way back in 2015 for the PS4, is finally getting a PS5 update. Out this week and weighing in at around 750MB, the patch doubles the title's frame rate when played on PS5 and PS5 Pro via backwards compatibility. That's a jump from 30 to 60 frames-per-second, just to be clear.
Proper PS5 support has been a hot topic amongst diehard Syndicate fans for a long time, so it's nice that Ubisoft has eventually delivered. You may recall that the publisher updated Assassin's Creed Odyssey for PS5 several years ago, and did the same with Assassin's Creed Origins a little later, in 2022.
Have you been waiting on this support for Syndicate? Will you be jumping back into this older Assassin's Creed title? Grab your cane and give us your best cockney accent in the comments section below.
[source ubisoft.com]
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Shame it's one of the worst AC games.
@Oram77 I thought so at the time, but I like it more in hindsight. To be fair, I think it's because I just don't really jive with RPG AssCreed.
Well, I already beaten the game fully last year, but congrats to those who will play this awesome Assassin's Creed game!!
This is the only AC game i never finished might go back and give it another go.
One of my favourite AC games and the last proper AC game
I thought this one, while maybe not quite the best, was still about as good as the others (I like AC)
@Oram77 Woah that's crazy! I respect your opinion friend, but for me Syndicate is probably 2nd favourite, behind Black Flag.
Kudos to Ubisoft for all these patches for old AC games. Meanwhile, Take-Two and Activision refuse to patch even one of their last gen titles. Even Sony won't update Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian, or The Order, which has been proven to be a relatively trivial task.
I enjoyed this game for what it was. If they proceed to give this treatment to Unity, AC3 Remastered and The Ezio Collection, that would be incredible, but they have already gone above and beyond. (Black Flag is rumored to be getting a remaster, so if true, a patch isn't needed)
Happy it's getting a 60 fps patch, hoping Unity is next
Nice! Really liked Syndicate and the synergy between sister and brother.
Give me a patch for Unity cowards.
Hooray, my mum bounced off this one but maybe I can get her to try again, that’s what i did years after launch and thought it was bloody good.
Aww, would be all over Unity like a bad rash if it got one.
Hopefully this doesn't undo the 4K PS4 Pro patch which was problematic... but eventually fixed. It's also one of those annoying titles that has separate save data for physical & digital, but 60fps is a great reason to replay.
@DrClayman I'm glad that we can agree that Black flag is the goat, but having Syndicate at number 2 is wild! Mine would be AC revelations.
I didn't really like it at the time. But in hindsight, this was the last true Assassin's Creed game we got.
@Oram77 Fair! You know I really didn't like Revelations much when it first came out, not too sure why but it just didn't make an impression.
Then I replayed it years later and was like, what was I thinking? This game is great!
@get2sammyb I have no comment except that “AssCreed” is such an unfortunate contraction of Assassin’s Creed… XD
I really enjoyed Syndicate. Played as Evie Frye as much as I could.
Underrated entry, the art direction in this one is top notch. Evie is cool as hell.
I am very excited about this. I will definitely be trying it tomorrow night. I am somewhat curious to compare it to PC@4K and see how close it is with settings maxed.
It isn't often Ubisoft brings us good news.
@ChimpMasta To be fair, I'd imagine it is the case... Both the AC Origins & Odyssey 60fps Patches had the cloth physics still running at 30fps 🤷♂️
@Oram77 It was easily one of my favorites. It along with unity are easily my favorites in the series. Valhalla is a solid #3, with Origins and Odyssey 4 and 5. All the others were horrible. 1-3 and black flag. I didnt even bother with last years since it was a return to those style. Skipping this years' as well unless it comes out that its less like black flag and more like unity/valhalla/sydnicate.
How about a 4K/60fps patch for Unity next please Ubi? I'm so bitter its yet to be updated for PS5.
@Loamy I havent had a single issue on my pro with any game. that said, I havent been able to see any difference as well outside of hogwarts.
Rushed through the game until i got the platinum.
I wanted to play it again and this is a nice excuse to do so
Checked for update but nothing available?
Ehh, let’s see that Unity patch. That will be newsworthy.
@DrClayman I really liked syndicate too
@DennisReynolds I wonder if the PS5 can run Unity at 4K/60. That game is crazy resource intensive.
It runs at 70-80fps with 1% lows in the 40s on a 7800X3D/4090 at 4K.
@DrClayman @Oram77 You're both wrong. AC Origins is the GOAT! 😛
@Topov81 It releases tomorrow.
@evan23 The Series S runs it at 60fps, its not 4K of course but its 60fps. I reckon the PS5/SX could run it at the very least at 1440p/60fps if 4K is too much of an ask.
Finally it pays off I bought the Gold Edition 6 years ago...
The horse and carriage physics in this game where insane, like what were the developers thinking. Probably some of the silliest collisions I've seen in any game.
Is it still 1440p or are they upgrading the resolution too?
Awesome, it's on my list to play after valhalla but I'm surprised it was released after so many years 😯
@GameOfTheGeneration
It is 4K/60 on the PS5, PS5 Pro and XBOX Series X
By far the best AC game, far far far far.
I'd pay full price for a proper PS5 remaster of this one.
@evan23 I'm skeptical about that since Origins, Oddysee and Far Cry 5 are the same resolutions as last gen (PS4 Pro / One X)
@GameOfTheGeneration It is detailed in the announcement from Ubisoft. 4K60 on all current gen consoles except Series S which is 1080p/60
@evan23 Sure hope that's the case
I really enjoyed Syndicate, it's the only original style Creed I feel like playing through again, even if i did enjoy a bunch from before that. Must be the setting. I love the cRPGeed games though. Yeah that's probably not a word that will catch on.
Easily my favourite AC game, but having completed it twice already do I really want to go back in for another go? Maybe.
@Kumatz You can run Assassin's Creed Unity at 60FPS on PS5 through the physical copy completely offline without an internet connection. The digital version is stuck at 30FPS.
I hoped for Unity
I definitely need to finish this game. Evie Frye hands down for me is one the coolest/badass main protagonists in a AC game. Her combat in this game is so much better than Jacob.
Really hoping for AC Unity to get a 60fps boost as well. I know it got problems but that game really have my favorite parkour mechanic
I would kill for a photomode patch for Syndicate, but mostly for Unity. The world Ubi created in these two games were incredibly detailed.
@PegasusActual93 Issue is Unity unpatched is a broken mess.
@GameOfTheGeneration Syndicate is already 4K on PS5 as it got a 4K patch for the PS4 Pro its why Syndicate will be 4K/60fps on PS5.
@DennisReynolds No it's 1620p on PS5 and PS4 Pro
Very cool of Ubisoft to do. They didn't need to do that but it's appreciated all the same. I'd love to see Unity get the same treatment some day!
I want Evie rereleased on disk fully complete i really liked the game a lot.
@BeyondKnight Yeah unity def needs to so we can stop playing it unpatched.
Still one of my favorite classic Assassin's Creed. Not as good as Odyssey for example but still an incredible game.
Maybe I'll give it a try again.
I feel like some people saying it's the worst AC ever, actually didn't play it and just hope on the wagon, Syndicate was a solid AC game also first time ever for 2 protagonists switchable whenever,
Worst AC was Unity, from a technical point of view that is, Paris was amazingly designed
Oh my god it’s glorious. Tried the 4K 60FPS and it looks and runs beautifully. Still got pop in and shimmering (they’d have to basically fix the underlying issues in a whole remaster) but it feels brilliant now to play, makes the combat automatically better too with the timing much snappier. Genuinely i think a lot of people should go back to this one, like a nice bowl of comfort food despite the jank and now it’s not held back technically.
If a remake of any game is needed it is of the First Assassin's Creed game. This game is stuck in the 7th gen and needs to be brought to the present
@nessisonett I'll be booting it up tonight! I got it installed last night and played through the tutorial. Glad you've been enjoying. Pretty happy to about the 4K addition, too. I wonder if anyone will do a side-by-side of the built in PS5 Pro upscaler of PS4 games pre-patch and the native 4K post-patch.
Here's hoping Unity is up next! Would absolutely love an FPS and resolution bump (900p yuck!) for that too.
@Uromastryx
Every Assassin's Creed game is the worst Assassin's Creed game until the next one comes out.
@Stickleman easily my favourite too.
@wildcat_kickz I really admire a lot of what Unity does but the online balancing holds it back a lot. It’s like a glimpse into a future that never really came to pass but I love elements of it that haven’t been matched. I’d totally go for the platinum if it got patched.
@nessisonett Yeah, the coop had a lot of promise, but ultimately fell short. From what I remember, those missions just got way too hard and in many cases couldn't even be attempted without a party of four. That said, the parkour is second to none in the series.
@Oram77 It actually is a really good assassin's creed game. It just got too much hate because it followed Unity, which was a disaster. Syndicate is a way better paced and executed than Unity.
They did the bare minimum with this update.
The game runs at 60 fps sure but the clothes still render at 30 fps which is very jarring.
Its been a bug since it was released on PC and never fixed. It's a simple fix to implement as well. You can do it yourself on PC by editing a text file but obviously you cant do this on console. Why Ubisoft still haven't fixed it is outrageous which is a shame because in my opinion this is the best AC game. Will be replaying for sure though to unlock the Jack The Ripper DLC trophies.
i finished it last year with the patch that fixed gliches on ps5.
launched it last night with the 60fps patch...
i just want to continue
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