Old-school gamers tend to get misty-eyed when the original Syndicate is brought up. So it was a pretty big risk taking this piece of tactical-shooting video game royalty and reimagining it as a first-person shooter.
Luckily, the good people at EA have delivered a top-notch offering that should appease even the biggest retro-gaming fan.
Set in a future where corporate secrets, technology and liberal gunplay go hand in cybernetic hand, gamers take control of an experimental agent out to unravel all manner of espionage and double-crosses.
As most shooter games go, getting your answers generally involves blasting out levels full of bad guys with the occasional ultra-boss appearing.
It has all the standard options you get in most first-person shooters, but a really cool twist is the apps that are built into your character.
