I didn't play Unity for various reasons, so Syndicate was my first time with the new Parkour and I have to say the animations are beautiful if a little exaggerated but to the overall experience very little has changed. The story is mediocre and apart from a surprise in the late game the era doesn't seem like a great fit for a cloak and dagger series. I do like Jacob and Evie, they seem all together more 3 dimensional than Edward and Connor. The graphics are decent few minor issues but nothing game breaking.
So far from greatness like ACII and far from unique like Black Flag but it works and right now it's fairly cheap on Amazon