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no multiplayer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: January 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

i guess what i'm going to say has already been said. no multiplayer. what the hell!

Ok the first few times, then it just gets boring.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: October 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first bought this game last january, I played it a few times and found the controls to be tricky. The graphics arent worth psx, and it is pretty boring. There is almost no sound...

hard to finish

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: March 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i have not finished the game stuck on level where you have to fallow the guy to the secret meating don't know what to do aftery you kill the guy in the meating room and get to the room that's all red and get to the door how do you get the security door open hope fully you can help

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!

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.

Good graphics but too frustratingly difficult.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game have great graphics, good game play, and a great concept. I wish there is a way to make it easier. It is too frustrating some times to constantly die so fast.

A game not that good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: August 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Syphon Filter is what I call a game that was not worthy of getting five stars like what it is really getting. The game play drove me insane, it gave me a headache because it got to boring. I will say the creators of this game did a great job with the targeting system but everything else is not handled very well. The story of this game, wait there is no story it just talk about a killer virus. If you are looking to buy this game take some more time to research it and rent it. You may like the game but I will tell you one thing this game to me was a bust.

Okay ,but Boring

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game was fun the first few times I played it. After a while it started to get boring. It's just the SAME thing every level. Shoot the bad guys until you get to the end.You might disagree the first few times you play it, but believe me it will get boring after a while

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.

Classic Espionage/Action Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: November 28, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Syphon Filter is a great game for those who like Espionage and Action movies. You play a Government Agent trying to stop a super virus from being exposed to the world. You will venture from the subways of D.C., a Cathedral in Kazakstan, a Muesem, and a Terrorist Base. The level design is well thought out, and the graphics are great. Control is just right, and the soundtrack has some techno-spy music on it. Some missions will require you to blast your way through a compound, others will require you to follow a person undetected. This balance helps to remind a James Bond fan why he/she likes Bond so much. I would even go so far as to say this game is more about Espionage than even Metal Gear Solid. I found myself sneaking around more in Syphon Filter than in that other classic game. Overall, just go out and buy Syphon Filter now, and be prepared to have a lot of free time in order to beat this challenging masterpeice.

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