Played a bit of single player. Maxed settings and no issues. Runs and looks great.

Also pardon my ignorance but what is FOV? Field of View? What is that about?

I'm really liking the game so far. Is it just me or are any of you guys having bloom issues? Syndicate seems to have alot of bloom and no way of tuning it down.

@carlos707: What sort of mouse are you using? Someone mentioned somewhere being able to run custom profiles (edit: through manufacturer's software) per games and remapping Mouse 4 and 5 to other keys in Syndicate - could be worth looking into.

(Not an issue I'm having with my Razer Naga, though).

@NoCookiesForYou: Yeah, there are some areas in the single-player where the Bloom gets REALLY out of hand. I think it's at least partially intentional.

@kishinfoulux: Yeah, I've never really had this issue, I tend to adapt to the FoV in games - but here's a video of a someone for being able to change FoV:

edit: and now that I've seen more than the first quarter, I realize the video is a lot more about an internet argument. So feel free to skip past the explanation :P

Played a bit of single player. Maxed settings and no issues. Runs and looks great.

Also pardon my ignorance but what is FOV? Field of View? What is that about?

Maybe it's because I sit about four or five feet away from my monitor, but I haven't got this crazy discomfort that other people have.  Feels like an issue for the Master Race.

@AhmadMetallic said:

10 minutes into the QL, I would never run this shitty crap on my PC. It was traumatized by Crysis 2, I'm keeping it clean with good games installed. We're talking about Crysis 3 here right?

Crysis 2 is a great game. What's your beef with it, bro?

@Mnemoidian: I have a Razer DeathAdder, are you saying that you can map all those crazy thumb buttons on the Naga in Syndicate? Or are those buttons mapped to buttons on your keyboard?

@carlos707: the crazy thumb buttons are mapped to act like keyboard keys.

However, the Razer software also lets me rebind, M1, M2, Mouse-wheel-click, "forward", "back" as well as mouse-wheel scrolling to whatever I want it to be. There are also profiles - I assume you could make a profile for Syndicate and just swap between that and whatever when you want to play Syndicate. Maybe not an ideal situation... but - should work at least!

Not sure if that software is specific for the Naga, but... give it a shot? I assume it's part of the driver package.

And yeah, being able to breach on the go really ups your game.

I started playing it today (and ended up beating it today) and I honestly enjoyed it. It wasn't spectacular but it was fun (for me at least). The first boss fight is my favorite boss fight. I'll probably play the co-op eventually with some giant bomb dudes, but for now I'll move on to something else.

hey! did anybody buy the retail PC version? I'd like to find out whether or not it supports Steamworks or if that's just an Origin key if you buy the retail disc.

I keep on getting like 15seconds "lockups" were the game locks up but then continues?

How does the game look/feel on the PC? How configurable is it? Mouse smoothing? Framerate locked to 30?

Jeff's crazy review makes me want to buy it, but no PC review copies nor demos scare me.

@DeF: I would assume its just an Origin key that you install off of the disc, like Battlefield 3. I think all EA retail PC games will do this from here on forward. The only chance you will see new EA games on Steam will be if it is an EA partners game and they make the choice to publish the steam version on their own (like Amalur did).

@udabenshen: yes and Syndicate is an EA Partners game which is why I'd like to know for sure. :)

I need facts. Anyone?

@fullmetal5550 : To be fair, it's a shooter we are talking about - non-linearity and exploration are not really something you should be expecting. Syndicate doesn't break new ground, but it is a pretty crazy ride with amazing feel to the gunplay and stuff. You are welcome to not be impressed - but we should at least not be crazy with our expectations :)

all i can say: runs great on my machine and thanks jeff, for reviewing the game with enough openness to justify the many possibilities the game has to offer!

If you're really unlucky like me you can't get the game to run at all after installation without resorting to a 'scene' .exe. However, this locks you out of the coop component.

(a) Desperately needs FOV option and more graphics options in general (b) extreme and garish lighting effects (c) short and terrible campaign (d) the meat of the game is in the coop but I haven't been able to play it, prolly not worth full-price or even half-price for just that component though (e) too influenced by CoD (f) wastes opportunities to establish setting and narrative (g) Origin is incredibly inept. Avoid.

All the talk about this game on GotY reminded me that I own it but haven't played it and this game is fucking bust on my PC. I run Witcher 3 at pretty high settings but this old-ass game was constantly dropping sub-20 FPS for me in the tutorial section. Oh, and for some reason half the time enemies disappear when you turn on detective vision or whatever they call it. Even during the fucking tutorial when it was telling me to use it to see the enemy's position, I had two dudes in front of me unloading and they were effectively invisible until I turned the vision mode off.

WTFFFFFFFFFFF

EDIT: All you people talking about how great this game runs on PC 3 years ago sound cray to me

EDIT2: Fuck, 4 years ago, this is 2016 now isn't it.

The only issue I have with the game on PC is that it straight up pauses while loading in textures. This is generally an issue when riding on a carriage, but sometimes it happens in combat or while platforming, which is incredibly annoying. It won't get you killed or anything, as everything stops (including time) so it's like like you're getting beat up while it's stuck. I have an alright PC and the game installed on an SSD, so it's kind of ridiculous that this is a problem. Other than that, the game looks and runs alright. I have all the settings one level below max and I'm between 55-65fps in combat or jumping between buildings. You have to add a something to a .ini file in order to get the clothes on characters to move at more than 30fps. It's really jarring to have the rest of the game running smooth while your clothes move choppy. Specs below. FOV seems fine, I only have FOV issues in first person games. I play with an XB1 controller, so haven't tried to remap kb+m controls.

• i5-4690K @ 4.3GHz
• GTX 970 SSC
• 16GB RAM (PC1600)
• Samsung 850 EVO
• Windows 10

God dammit. You're not talking about AC: Syndicate. Okay, they may have had a point. Also this shit is almost 4 years old. I'm just wrong on all accounts. To be fair, I didn't expect a 3 year old thread to be bumped up into "Recent Discussions".

@thatonedudenick ahahaha, sorry that's pretty hilarious.

I didn't play much of this game but it ran fine for me back in the day, I always meant to play more but i never open up origin so none of my origin games ever get played. EA was stupid for requiring a new service to run there games, i don't think i've bought anything from them on pc since titanfall.

I want to hop on this game again but i doubt the online is active anymore and the single player didn't seem all that interesting.

I played this game on 360 back in the day, but I recently talked two buddies into buying it on PC since it's so cheap, and we've been playing co-op. I can't speak for them, but it runs great for me.

I finished this game back in December for the second or third time. Ran great and played great on my computer.

I like wide FOV's but I didn't find this game's FOV an issue. The bloom and the over-exaggerated movement, though, those were problematic.