Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-413232-20160105001041/@comment-142718-20160105194032

Crookandcharlatan wrote: Sure, Syndicate was better, but with Unity, that was hardly a large hurdle to jump. At this point, it is pretty much undeniable that annualization is hurting the quality of the games (as well as gamers' excitement for them). Also, given Ubisoft's track record (AC3 -> Black Flag -> Unity/Rogue -> Syndicate), there's no guarantee that the next game would be better. What the development teams need is more time.

I suspect that if Unity hadn't happened and Syndicate was this console generation's first experience with the new gameplay mechanics, it would have had an even better reception.