There are a lot of Assassin’s Creed games, but only a handful are really important to understanding the series’ evolution . Among those is Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, which was released on October 23, 2015 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Beyond righting the ship after 2014’s Assassin’s Creed Unity stumbled out of the gate—something Ubisoft developers openly wrestled with in a video revealing Syndicate to the world—this entry began what’s become a staple of the franchise and action-adventure games more broadly: the ability to play as two fully formed protagonists.

Across various genres, games have let players inhabit multiple characters. But not all implementations are equal, and for franchises, this application has grown over time. A shooter like Halo has evolved fr

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