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Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
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November 18, 2015
Wokeometer Rating
6Mixed
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TL;DR Verdict
Assassin's Creed Syndicate earns a moderate 6/10 as its main story of the Frye twins battling Templar control stays focused on historical action and gang warfare while select supporting characters and subplots introduce modern sensibilities without making them the central theme.
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Detailed Analysis
Assassin's Creed Syndicate features two fixed protagonists, the Frye twins Jacob and Evie, in a 1868 Victorian London setting focused on gang warfare, Templar control, and historical action.
Evie serves as the first female playable lead in the mainline series with a stealth-focused playstyle justified by the sibling dynamic and Assassin lore, while Jacob is the brash combatant; their story involves liberating districts, recruiting the Rooks gang, and pursuing a Piece of Eden without centering modern identity politics. Supporting elements include Ned Wynert, a transgender man serving as a quest-giver, and Maxwell Roth, an antagonist whose advances toward Jacob include a kiss scene explicitly framed by lead writer Jeffrey Yohalem as catalyzing Jacob's sexuality, with the developer confirming no female love interest for Jacob in the main story to preserve this subtext.
Key Factors
- First transgender character (Ned Wynert) as a supporting quest-giver in the series
- Writer-confirmed bisexual subtext for Jacob Frye via homoerotic interactions and kiss with antagonist Maxwell Roth, with deliberate omission of a female romance
- Developer statements and updated opening text explicitly adding 'sexual orientations and gender identities' to the diversity message, plus creative director emphasis on inclusivity and female writers challenging casting
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