History Videogame / Syndicate

** The Subverters use crude molotov cocktails instead of electronic frag grenades. They can't be breeched, detonate on impact, and are a one-hit-kill against you even if it's not a direct hit. This can make them DemonicSpiders.
* ShoutOut: The Kusanagi brand assault and sniper rifles. While the name is OlderThanTheyThink, in this context it's hard to avoid thinking of [[GhostInTheShell a certain Major.]]

* EvilVersusEvil: Eurocorp and Aspari. They fight against one another, but both of them show callous disregard for the lives of their customers and personnel. This is also implied to be the case with the other corporations.

!The Original Syndicate provides examples of (2012 remake tropes go below):

!The Reboot/Remake provides examples of:

* TheWikiRule: [[http://www.syndicatewiki.com/wiki/Syndicate_Wiki Here ya go.]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: The way in which [[spoiler: Jack Denham in the final mission chooses to die, by throwing himself in a gap in his damaged tower to the ground far below]]. Also counts for [[spoiler: Logos, though his is more of a TakingYouwithMe kind]].

The second part is the tactical view where you actually do the mission by
controlling your team of up to 4 agents. The tactical view sports an isometric view and some pretty impressive (for the time) environments: cities, army bases, secret research facilities etc. that are convincingly "alive", busy streets have people and cars going about their business, trains that can be ridden, cars that can be driven, army bases have drilling soldiers and so on. These environments also react convincingly to your actions with civilians running away from your agents when they draw their weapons, police trying to stop them, and {{stuff blowing up}} when they shoot it.

But if you think you can go around just persuading people you are wrong. [[ThisIsSparta This! Is! Syndicate!]] And it is impossible to finish the game without killing, mayhem, and ruthless disregard for property!

''Syndicate'' is an [[ActionGame Action]]/[[RealTimeStrategy Stra]][[TurnBasedStrategy tegy]] hybrid developed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfrog_Productions Bullfrog]]. A {{RPG}}/{{FPS}} Reboot was made in 2012 by Starbreeze Studios and [[ElectronicArts EA]] (Game Details below).

Well received and fondly remembered, ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' was hailed for its (at the time) impressive graphics, environments, AI, and [[WideOpenSandbox game play freedom]]. It is notable as an early example of a video game {{villain protagonist}}, and its portrayal of evil acts while totally lacking karmic or moral punishments. [[http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/syndicate It is now available at GOG.com]] if you still have yet to pick it up.

** If you use the Suicide ability on the first guard you see in the first mission after you acquire it, the data gathered mentions the "Persuadertron" by name. This troper thought it was a typo or joke until he came to this page and saw that that device was in the original game.

** Subverters are immune to breaching, because they don't have any chips for you to hack. Their weapons can still be hacked, though.

* NeckSnap: One of the melee attacks in the reboot.

A reboot of the series was released in February 2012 but unlike its predecessors, the new Syndicate game is an action {{RPG}}/{{FPS}} hybrid written by RichardKMorgan. You play as Miles Kilo, a new Agent under Eurocorp implanted with a prototype DART chip which grant him cutting-edge hacking abilities. The game is linear with Kilo a [[Heroic Mime silent protagonist]] and most of the story coming through cut-scenes or the environment.

A reboot of the series was released in February 2012 but unlike its predecessors, the new Syndicate game is an action {{RPG}}/{{FPS}} hybrid written by RichardKMorgan. You play as Miles Kilo, a new Agent under Eurocorp emplanted with a prototype DART chip which grant him cutting-edge hacking abilities. The story is linear with Kilo a silent protagonist and most of the story coming through cut-scenes or the environment.

''Syndicate'' is an [[ActionGame Action]]/[[RealTimeStrategy Stra]][[TurnBasedStrategy tegy]] hybrid developed by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullfrog_Productions Bullfrog]].

The game features immersive environments, nice graphics, and game-play that successfully combines strategy and action.

!Wrap up:

Well received and fondly remembered, ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' was hailed for its (at the time) impressive graphics, environments, AI, and [[WideOpenSandbox game play freedom]]. It is notable as an early example of a video game {{villain protagonist}}, and its portrayal of evil acts while totally lacking karmic or moral punishments. [[http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/syndicate It is now available at GOG.com]] if you still have yet to pick it up.

A reboot of the series was released in February 2012 but unlike its predecessors, the new Syndicate game is an action {{RPG}}/{{FPS}} hybrid... written by RichardKMorgan. You play as Miles Kilo, a new Agent under Eurocorp. A four-player co-op mode is also included, where you play as one of four Agents under upstart rival syndicate Wulf Western going against other syndicates, including Eurocorp. A demo for co-op was released 1 February 2012 for Xbox 360 and PS3, showcasing the Western Europe level.

The most commonly referenced game element is "breaching" - real-time hacking of not only your environment, but your ''[[ElectronicTelepathy enemies]].'' Persuading has been subsumed under this function. EverythingIsOnline, and the adrenaline surge of killing mooks translates into processing cycles, and thus more "breaches".

!This game provides examples of (remake tropes go below):

A reboot of the series was released in February 2012 but unlike its predecessors, the new Syndicate game will be an action {{RPG}}/{{FPS}} hybrid... written by RichardKMorgan. You play as Miles Kilo, a new Agent under Eurocorp. A four-player co-op mode is also included, where you play as one of four Agents under upstart rival syndicate Wulf Western going against other syndicates, including Eurocorp. A demo for co-op was released 1 February 2012 for Xbox 360 and PS3, showcasing the Western Europe level.

!This game provides examples of:

* GameBreaker: The Executioner chip upgrade in single player, at least on Normal difficulty. It heals 50% of your health every time you melee-execute an enemy (an instant-kill move that is very quick). You can pretty much chain together multiple executions, running from enemy to enemy, which ends up healing you much faster than enemies can harm you. You can clear entire rooms without firing a single shot doing this. Really, the only things that can break your combo are enemy marksmen on high-up ledges, [=UAV=]s, and armored EliteMooks, all of whom can't be executed immediately.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Sergeants are EliteMooks, the Lieutenants may be minibosses and the Colonel in co-op demo is a boss.

* HeyItsThatVoice: KathSoucie voices your CHIP. Not her first time playing a [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehog computer]] either.

* DeflectorShields: Enemy UAVs, all 3 variants of Syndicate EliteMooks, and the final boss(es) all have these. You need to breach them before you can even harm the shielded enemy. A regenerating player version is available as a purchaseable upgrade; it functions similar to the shield from ''{{Halo}}'' and various other similar shooters.

* DualBoss: The first phase of the final boss fight has you fighting [[spoiler: a pair of twin EuroCorp Agents, while Merit harrasses you with minigun fire from an inaccessible higher ledge.]]

* EasyLevelsHardBosses: One of the ''Most... Guilty... Ever!!!!'' The levels are noticeably more challenging than most other FPS games, but ''are'' manageable once you get the hang of the gameplay mechanics. However, most of the bosses are completely insane, even on the "Normal" difficulty setting. The final boss in particular is on par with the likes of [[GearsOfWar General RAAM]] in terms of player frustration. ''That is not a complement, Starbreeze''.
* EliteMooks: Cayman Global's liquid soldiers and the active camouflage-wearing Subverters would both count. Cayman Global's reactive soldiers and EuroCorp's electro-armor soldiers are outright BossInMooksClothing mini-bosses.

* ItsUpToYou: You only get help from a friendly ally on two seperate occasions in the entire game, and both times they're very little use. Merit is largely absent during your assault on Aspari, and when you finally do meet up with him near the end of the mission, he gets K.O.ed by an enemy Agent after only taking out a couple of Mooks. Lily helps you fight through EuroCorp H.Q. towards the end of the game, and surprisingly can often take out Mooks with one shot (amusingly making her more useful than Merit was), but is fairly unaggressive in combat and gets seperated from you pretty quickly anyway.

* LightningBruiser: All enemy Syndicate Agents are insanely fast, and can survive more damage than most FPS PoweredArmor suits.

* WeakButSkilled: Miles Kilo is this (by Agent standards, anyway. To regular humans he's still a SuperSoldier). He lacks any of the really incredible superpowers other enemy Agents have (super-speed, holograms, super-jumping ability, impenetrable shields, cloaking devices, enhanced regeneration, etc.) However, his in-game dossier remarks that he is unusually creative and independent for an Agent, which allows him to come out ahead when faced with superiorly empowered enemies.

* ItsAllUpToYou: You only get help from a friendly ally on two seperate occasions in the entire game, and both times they're very little use. Merit is largely absent during your assault on Aspari, and when you finally do meet up with him near the end of the mission, he gets K.O.ed by an enemy Agent after only taking out a couple of Mooks. Lily helps you fight through EuroCorp H.Q. towards the end of the game, and surprisingly can often take out Mooks with one shot (amusingly making her more useful than Merit was), but is fairly unaggressive in combat and gets seperated from you pretty quickly anyway.

* DeflectorShields: These come back, with some mooks also have impenetrable versions that you must Breach to bring down first.

* KungFuProofMook: Higher-ranking enemies are initially immune to Breaches and must be softened up first.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Still possible, though discouraged by not giving any Breach energy back when you slaughter civilians.

* EarthThatUsedToBeBetter: The syndicates cause such an extreme level of environmental damage that ocean water is now ''pitch black''. This is such a problem that even the syndicates have no choice but to recognize it, and so they build the Atlantic Accelerator in an attempt to reverse at least some of the damage.

* InternetBacklash: Hoo boy. As soon as the announcement video for the reboot came out, many people complained that the game was: A) going to be a bad remake of a good game, B) just going to be another generic FPS because the devs wouldn't use the isometric style from the previous games, and C) a copy of VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution. Whether or not A is true is a matter of opinion. B is as well, though footage indicates that the gameplay is very similar to the previous games, only adjusted to one character and a first-person view. C is downright wrong, considering that the game has actually been in development for a while.

* TheFaceless: You. [[spoiler:NOT. After you defeat Merit.]]

* DynamicEntry: Agent Tatsuo makes his appearance teleporting in and giving Miles a Boot to the Head.

* InvisibilityCloak: Present for some mooks; no word on Miles or the co-op characters having one yet.