I’ll admit it, I prejudged Syndicate. They were taking a beloved tactical franchise, turning it into a FPS, and with EA attached to it, and their general stink around the downfall of numerous franchises, I didn’t think it was looking good. But I was wrong. Well, partly wrong. While Syndicate may not be a terrific game, it isn’t the mess that a huge chunk of the gaming press made it out to be. It’s actually quite fun. Rather than in the game play play itself, its major failures come in the form of its unwillingness to fully explore the ideas it presents. Syndicate is the younger, flashier, louder brother of Deus Ex:Human Revolution.