Syndicate (2012)

Trust no one, just hack'em to bits. Or bytes.

Syndicate is a brutal FPS with linear maps but varied killing. As an Agent working for some omnipotent biotech corporation, it's with your chip-enhanced brain that you annihilate all opposition, man or machine - be it by defusing and collecting grenades, overloading electronic shields or forcing a bad guy to attack his buddies - in the carefully-executed blink of an eye. Old-fashioned manshooting, CQC fatalities and a touch of slo-mo/wallhack work wonders, too.

Syndicate features a solo campaign and a separate co-op/skirmish mode than can be played with up to 3 fellow Agents online.

Support summary

	Support	Method	HUD
Widescreen:	Static Aspect	Native	Proper
Ultra/Super-Wide:	Hor+	.ini edit	Hindrance
Multi-Monitor:	Hor+	.ini edit	Optimized
4k UltraHD:

Rendered Cut-Scene:	Hor+
FMV Cut-Scene:	Static Aspect

Game information

Game status:

Released

Release Date:

Tuesday, 21 February, 2012

Tested Version:

Origin

Play styles:

Single player, Co-Op

Setting:

Cyberpunk

Genre:

FPS

Developer:

Starbreeze Studios

Links:

Website ⋅ Wikipedia ⋅ PCGamingWiki

Store Links:

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Ultra-Wide (21:9) Screenshot
Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

Native support.
Although some widescreen aspects and resolutions are not selectable in-game, like 15:9 or 1360x768, they seem to be detected and supported natively. Tweaking graphical details will not alter the resolution setting.

Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues

Manual ini edit required.

%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Syndicate\environment.cfg

Open the file in a text editor and look for the lines starting with...

VID_DWIDTH=VID_DHEIGHT=

The HUD does not scale to the sides, its position is identical to 16:9.
Most of the real-time rendered cut-scenes are Hor+, but new enemy type appearences are Vert-.

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

Same method and observations as for 21:9.

4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues