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SORRY, BUT IT PLAYS TERRIBLE 4.75 OUT OF 10

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I tried to like this game, I really did, but the controls are horrible and some of the worst I've experienced when trying to shoot something. When playing I also wondered why it took developers so long to utilize the second analog stick and why it took so long for them to learn how to develop for the Playstation platform. While the story is well-done, it was hard to appreciate under the terrible gameplay. So I'll understand if Syphon Filter fans hate me because of this review, but seriously the gameplay is terrible.

What started it all...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is indeed what started it all. The graphics were great, considering its an early PSOne release. The storyline is a bit farfetched and predictable, but likeable (and face it, you've seen worse). The controls are extremely easy to work with, the missions are satisfactory, and you get to shoot ppl. What more do you want?

Syphon Filter

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ah, the PS1 era, where we didn't notice the crpaulent 3D graphics and actually thought that they looked... good. Well, the game has aged poorly from a graphical standpoint, but as a game, still as fun as it was the first time around. Although i fist passed it off as a poor man's Metal Gear, the game is actually quite different, interplaying both stealth and gunplay quite well. I reccomend very much.

just avoid it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: July 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

WAY too many positive reviews for such a crappy game. That's what I think. Syphon Filter is atrocious. I received this game as a Christmas present (gee, what a crappy gift) back in the late 90's. I thought to myself "well, all the N64 players have Goldeneye, I can compete with them when I receive Syphon Filter for my Playstation!" How wrong I was.

It's not that the actual game is bad. I mean, walking around shooting people is fun, and it's also fun to avoid being seen and make it to the end of the level without having to fire your weapon once (and having to remain VERY quiet while doing so). The problem is that the difficulty is incredibly high and the storyline is about as interesting as watching the paint your baby brother smeared all over your television set dry.

Without a certain special code it's REALLY hard to get *anywhere*. The storyline is similar to one you'd see in the TV show Jag. It's just not interesting to me. Walking around shooting people is fun, but that's all the game has going for it. Now imagine if that special code didn't exist where you can kill people in just one or two shots. The difficulty would be out of this world.

I also hate the game for the bad memories connected to it. The Christmas I got the game, I had a few bad personal things happen. But looking back, Syphon Filter really isn't any good. It's not surprising to me that the game is going for only a couple pennies right now used, and only a couple dollars to buy brand new. It's not even worth THAT much!

Awesome, addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

During one of my many ventures to my local game store a year and a half ago, I came across a game called "Syphon Filter". Intrigued, I went ahead and bought it, popped it in my Psone, and to this day, it is one of the best games I have ever played. I have beat the 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and am on my second "pass" through the series. I will then give the "Omega Strain" a go on my PS2 once I am finished with SF3. While I have read no so favorable reviews on OS, I think it would be fair to at least give it a try.

You are "Gabe" Logan, a special operative for a super secret government orginization aptly named "The Agency". Your mission is to find a dangerous chemical stolen by terrorists from a lab and stop them before they destroy the world. You are remotely partnered with Lian Xing, another agent who guides you through your missions and later on in the game is in action on the ground.

You are gradually given an arsenal of weapons as each level moves forward. Among them are: There is the Silenced 9mm handgun, the .45 handgun, the G-18 Pistol-machine Gun, , the HK-5 Pistol Machine Gun, the Shotgun, the Combat Shotgun, the PK-102 Assault Rifle, the M-16 Assault Rifle, and the K3G4 Assault Rifle just to name a few.

In each mission based level, you must accomplish a variety of objectives, and eliminate a tough boss at different intervals. You will use stealth at times, or just face enemies head on. The interesting part about this game is that it really draws you in, and takes some interesting twists and turns as it progresses.

As for gameplay, it is fantastic and addicting. While the levels are challenging and tough at times, they are not overly frustrating or extremely hard. Some levels and missions are easy, and others will take a few times to get through. It will be a bit of a challenge if you play this for the first time, but you won't become overwhelmed as in similar games. As you play it a second and third time,though, you will become familiar with the layout of the levels and more or less breeze through. As an example, I was able to shoot down the chopper on the base tower after 5 tries, as opposed to 30 attempts during my first run through the game over a year ago. You will also attain some "tricks" along the way as well, such as becoming more effective at headshots and so on. I have found that it's the "little" things that get you through this game.

As for game layout and graphics, excellent, IMO for 1999 PS1. Great voice animations and camera angles as well.

While there are many new games out, especially in the wake of the XBOX 360 and PSP releases, I still encourage you to give this masterpiece a try. You won't be disappointed.

greatest game on playstation!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

great game very bloody so i dont think any kid under 13 should play this game! this should be a must buy game!

Syphon Filter Franchise -- Best Games on the Playstation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: December 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The Syphon Filter games are by far the best games on the Playstation. Resident Evil and its offspring are slow and confusing to play, because of bad controls and camera angles. They are also boring and rigid. The Metal Gear games are hard, unrealistic, and the characters, dialogue, and story are cheesy. I hate the Metal Gear games with a passion. The graphics are cartoonish too. The Syphon Filter games excel where the aforementioned games fail.

The Syphon Filter games use real weapons, real settings (not fake places with stupid names like Raccoon City), and believable characters (without cheesy names like Solid Snake, those damn Japanese!) and let you kill as many guys as you want without having to solve gay little puzzles and jump through hoops. The Syphon Filter games are challenging without being impossible, and fun, because everyone enjoys killing terrorists and blowing apart buildings. The controls and aiming are perfect on Syphon, something I can't say for Resident Evil and Metal Gear. The story is actually believable, and the dialogue is realistic and not laughably stupid.

Syphon Filter, the original, is the hardest of the three games because you're not allowed to save as much, but Syphon 2 is the most fun. Syphon 3 has a terrible story but is stil fun, because you get to kill a lot of people. You stupid video game companies! Don't you get it? We don't want to walk around solving gay little puzzles! We want to shoot guns, use a lot of ammo, and destroy as much as we possibly can. The dual player mode on Syphon 2 and 3 is really fun. I love killing my brothers on it. The graphics on Syphon suck at times, but it doesn't detract from the gameplay. Best games on the Playstation. Trust me.

I hope the sequel was better than this

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I went in to Syphon Filter with high hopes and was somewhat dissapointed. While the levels are large and fairly well designed, the quite average graphics caused problems when you get close to surfaces. The games controls also suffer from problems, mostly in terms of the targeting function, which is useful for quick aiming in tight spaces, or when an enemy is moving fast, yet will often aim for enemies you can't hit, when you are being shot at by ones you can, or even aim behind you, throwing the camera into wild spinning and throwing your character out of control. Fortunately auto-aiming removes the necessity of using targeting in most circumstances. In some places, infinately respawning enemies will cause a great deal of frustration (just to be fair, I did set off an alarm, but still...). Some puzzles are good without being [dumb] and contrived, but some were just plain stupid, especially one early in the game where some explosives you just happen to need are hidden in a box in a dark corner of the level. Some triggered events (especially spawning) are odd, for example, on one level, if you haven't completed a certain objective, you will die without much explaination.[...]

While these flaws greatly detracted from my playing experience, The story is fairly good, certain levels are very fun, and the game hardly ever throws anything so hard that it's agrivating at you. One battle with a helicopter is a little bit overwhelming, although the hardest part comes at the end of the battle when you have to remember to take off your targeting to hit some enemies.

Overall, Syphon Filter is a great game executed poorly, but I have high hopes for the sequal. I hope I'm not let down again.

Best game I've every Played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I went to the store wanting to pick up a game but not sure what I should get. The clerk suggested this one. I had never heard of it but I got it anyway. Great choice!! I know many say this is nothing more than a well done clone of Metal Gear Solid, but this is not true. They play completely Differently. SF is so much more fun to play. There really is no comparision. I would rate MGS a 31/2 stars compared to SF's 5 across the board.

I think the best spy/shooter game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It was so fun it is a game that is hard to stop playing,very cool intense parts, and adding it up super good game!!!!!

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