SIN Episodes: Emergence DVD

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Intense Combat - Face off against ruthless enemies, like mutants that evolve as you fight them. Witness enemies that adapt to your actions and truly work as a team, as they cover each other, and help fallen comrades to get back on their feet.
• Outsmart your opponents by using your environment to your advantage as you set up traps using lethal elements of the environment. Location based damage rewards accuracy while melee combat moves enable you to get up close and personal.
• Unprecedented Interactivity - Blast your way through highly interactive environments powered by an enhanced version of the Source engine. Characters dynamically react to what you're looking at and the environment.
• Episodic Delivery - Buy as little or as much of the game as you want, with each installment offering 3 - 6 hours of action-packed gameplay. But tread lightly, as the choices you make may influence future episodes in unforeseen ways.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000F5IA7A
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 9, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #26,698 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

SiN Episodes expands on the role of Colonel John R. Blade, a battle worn hero in charge of HardCorps, an elite strike force with a long history of conflict with SinTEK, a powerful multibillion dollar empire headed up by Elexis Sinclaire, a beautiful, brilliant, and ruthless scientist who is out to remake humanity according to her own twisted vision. Joining Blade on his mission are JC, a HardCorps hacker with a secret to keep, and Jessica Cannon, a fiery rookie who can find her way into any secure facility. Enter the living, breathing world of Freeport City, a futuristic collision of New York, San Francisco and Tokyo. Explore a multitude of real-world environments ranging from the seedy underbelly of the city to the glamorous high-rise buildings of the wealthy elite, as you unravel an intricate story populated with strong characters driven by believable motivations and emotions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MOTHER NATURE WANTS TO RUSH, July 6, 2006

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Sesho "www.sesho.libsyn.com" (Pasadena, TX USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SIN Episodes: Emergence DVD (CD-ROM)

When John Blade wakes up from a deep sleep, the last thing he expects to see looming over him is his archenemy, Elexis Sinclaire, also known as "Mother Nature". Elexis is the power-mad CEO of SinTek, a genetic research corporation that makes Microsoft look like a dimestore. In the past she has plotted to accelerate human evolution at a faster pace than God allows and her mutations got a little out of hand and started killing people. It looks like she's back to her old tricks again and this time she's enlisted a drug lord named Viktor Radek in an as yet secret plan. And what strange substance has Elexis injected into Blade? It's up to John and his newest partner-in-training, the sexy but inexperienced Jessica Boone to stop this evil duo and save not only Freeport City, but the human race!

Straight-up, Sin is a first person shooter, and a pretty average one at that. That doesn't mean it wasn't fun, but besides the improved graphics, how far is this removed from the first Doom game? The graphics are pretty good but not really that stunning, especially when it comes to outdoor scenes. Where Sin really shines is in combat. That's when the adrenaline begins to pump, even though there's not a lot variety of weapon choice. The keyboard controls were not really ideal, as I found Blade getting stuck on deskchairs, or sliding off ledges when he was supposed to jump forward. The game pulls a fast one by offering you a quick save whenever you want, but if you die, you simply go to the last checkpoint regardless of what point you saved your game, so I felt the "Quick Save" was a lie. Something I enjoyed about the game was the sense of danger and exploration. I think this is good start to a nine episode series, IF they can solve the save mirage, and offer more support for a joystick. Also, add more weapons. The only other complaint I have is the laborious process of installing the game. The setup and verification of your game disk is done by "Steam", some shadow organization that watches over your every move when you play Sin, a software which is not very simple to uninstall.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Game dispite problems, May 22, 2006

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G. F. Daigle (Spangdhalem Air Base Germany) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SIN Episodes: Emergence DVD (CD-ROM)

As soon as i started this game i was addicted, the graphics are great the game play is amazing, the only problem i have is that im in the middle of upgrades and my current video card doesnt like a certain gas texture in the game and will make the screen black out except for the hud till i evenually die. I'm using the Radeon 9250 on comfortable settings, (highs aside from certain texturing). Steam is in work to fix this and with many cards already has, till then i just keep restarting till they get the patch for me. Would recommend the game to any one.(of age due to some adult material) but the game is a must have for any first person shooter type, plus hl2 episodes isnt out yet so this will hold you over till then, lol

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Uninspired and boring, August 12, 2006

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Markus Egger "www.MarkusEgger.com/blog" (Spring, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SIN Episodes: Emergence DVD (CD-ROM)

This game made me realize how stale the FPS genre is. Asides from a few gems, there just isn't much new here, and this game is a perfect example.

The levels are uninspired and boring. We have seem almost all of it before. There are a few cool details, such as the jetpack enemies that are flung around by the physics engine when you shoot them. Towards the end of the game, it also gets a little better in the level where you work your way up a high-rise building. This level is OK and would do nicely, but it can not elevate the game to greatness.

Overall, I was rather bored by this game. Not that there is anything really wrong with it, but it simply made me feel like I would not miss a thing if I never played another FPS again. Also, like most Source-powered games, this game makes me nauseous. I guess the problem is more with me than the game, so I won't deduct any stars, but still...

Oh, and in case you want to play this game because a game magazine wrote "this puts the hooters back in shooters": If you are over the age of 15, there isn't much in this game you'd find titillating...

This is also another Steam-game, which means that you have to install Steam and be online to play the game, even though there is no online component to the game. Due to Steam, it takes forever to install the game (this is supposed to be an episodic game - a concept inspired by TV shows - but it takes twice as long to install this as it would take to watch an episode of a TV show... odd). Also, Steam will now sit on your machine and deliver advertisement to you and generally keep an eye on the things you do. Valve has now fixed Steam to a point where at least it won't take you days to unlock the game, but I still do not care for it. I have also bought Half Life 2 - Episode 1 together with this game, but unless it blows me away completely, I will probably not buy another Steam-game in the near future... (I might have actually rated this game a 3 overall, it if wasn't for Steam).