The Art of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Other Media
The Art of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate Details
Review “Beautifully rendered illustrations that cover characters, elements, and the city itself..flanked by facts and descriptions of the thoughts that went into the designs. If you love behind-the-scenes stuff and Assassin’s Creed, then this book is for you.” - Brutal Gamer gift guide“The Art of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate features a lot of gorgeous painted artwork and will be a delight for lovers of the video game series, painted art, and late 1800s industrial England.” - Die Hard Game Fan“It is a pleasure to read” - Artbook Passion “A beautiful coffee table book” - Irate Gamer"Each of the books’ 192 pages is absolutely covered in gloriously bleak artwork covering the many boroughs that make up the world of Syndicate. You’ll also find plenty of fascinating concept art and early renderings of the iconic Assassin’s gear as it shifted to a fittingly industrialized Steampunk -inspired aesthetic over the course of the game’s two-year development cycle." - Hey Poor Player"Gives us a detailed look at how the visuals of the game came together." - Aint it Cool Gift Guide “Beautifully rendered illustrations that cover characters, elements, and the city itself coat the heavy-stock pages and are flanked by facts and descriptions of the thoughts that went into the designs. If you love behind-the-scenes stuff and Assassin’s Creed, then this book is for you.” - Brutal Gamer "If you are a fan of the game, or just a fan of gorgeous concept art, this book continues a string of amazing collections from Titan Books." - Gaming Trend"A beautiful book that would fit into any gamer’s library." - Gamers Sphere“The overall book is very detailed and interested to read, especially for fans of the AC series. It offers a full view of the major aspects of the game and it’s interesting to see some of the original concept work and how much development went into things many fans may look at as simple minutiae of a hit game” - Entertainment Buddha Read more About the Author Paul Davies has worked in gaming journalism for twenty years, writing and editing magazines and websites including Official Nintendo and Computer & Video Games. He is the co-founder and director of media agency Unlikely Hero Ltd. whose clients include Yahoo! UK and Microsoft. He is the author of several acclaimed gaming art books such as The Art of Watch_Dogs and the bestselling The Art of Assassin’s Creed Unity. Read more
Reviews
This is yet another wonderful companion artbook for the Assassin's Creed Series.This time you get to look at Victorian London during the Industrial Revolution. Famous places and buildings are re-imagined, such as the Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Tower of London, Westminster, The Thames, Southwark, Whitechapel and more. Gamers who live in London should be thrilled to see those familiar sights as interpreted by artists.I love the environment art of Assassin's Creed and the art direction is fantastic. It's definitely bleak, but it's also so hauntingly beautiful as well.In addition to the environment art, there are also lots of character designs of the new assassins, supporting characters and the everyday men and women on the streets. It's pretty cool as usual to see the character and costume designs.Generally speaking, most of the illustrations are really detailed. The photo-bashing style is done extremely well. Photos are used for their textures to overlay onto the digitally drawn art and it works really well. At times I don't even get the feeling of the photo and digital art collage. I love the way they are painted in nitty-gritty style too.There are also commentary that talk about the design.It's a great artbook. Highly recommended.Do check out other Assassin's Creed artbooks if you haven't.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
