Customer Reviews

Syphon Filter

5 star:		(68)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

If you like the single player role playing games, this is the ONLY ONE to play. I just finished it and I was completly addicted. I almost got a divorce! My friends and I were and still are "GOLDEN EYE" freaks in the 4 player mode, but this game has it all for the single player. Fun weapons, good story and Imaginative scenarios. It will keep you on the edge of your seat. Very well thought out. Changing of weapons a bit slow, but it doesn't detract from the overall enjoyment of the game. I want the sequel as soon as possible! In the mean time I'll get Rainbow 6. NO DISAPPOINTMENTS!

Overall this game is the best I've bought so far. If you love the sniper-style game, buy this game. The game is well designed to keep play moving. For example, you can only move around in a well-defined area (in most levels) an essentially have to complete on part of a level before you can move on -- trade-off some realism to increase play-ability. The graphics are good, the action is terrific. One gripe: some of the "boss" scenes are absurdly too difficult. To this day, I don't know how I got past Guirdeaux. I can't seem to get past the final screen. Apparently a flak jacket can repel any amount of fire-power. There's some trick to it...not sure what. Even with that, the game is tons of fun...weeks and weeks of play.

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.

I'll say it simply, Syphon Filter ROCKS! I have heaps of playstation games, and this is easily one of the greatest. After I got it, I played it non-stop until the end and I still love it.

Many people compare Syphon Filter to Metal Gear Solid, but they must have been playing a different version than I was. I have both games, and I think they are completely different. Sure, in both games your a covert special operations guy, but that's where the similarities end. Metal Gear Solid is based around sneaking, and to get the best rating in the game, you need to do it without killing many people. Syphon Filter is the opposite! While there is still some sneaking, the idea of it is to go crazy and kill everything!

One word of advice though, if you do get this game DON'T CHEAT! Seriously, this game is so much better when you don't cheat. You start to run out of ammo, and are forced to use your skills and get headshots, rather than just spraying your ammo everywhere. It is a much better experience!

This game rules. Hands down, the favorite on eI own for playstation. This is why. Although som epeople will blatently disagree I always thought video games were meant for vegging out, and losing yourself to a mind dumbing experience. Which basically means I've always hated video games where you need to think. Resident Evil would be a perfect example. Although I liked the zombies and the gore, I just thought it got annoying that you had to use your brain so much. Anyways what I'm trying to say is this game totally changed my view. The reason is this game makes it fun to have to think. It perfectly mixes a sense of cunning skills with total carnage and violence. This is definitely no game for youngeters but for the older more serious playstation crowd. In any event, this game rocks if you like spy adventures and have any type of puzzle solving skills. Only one simple drawback is that you can't save your game until you've finished each level which takes aprox. 45 minutes to do.

My all-time favorite. You get the coolest arsenal of weapons, and one of the most realistic shooters (the fact that it doesn't take 4 head-shots to kill someone). This game is the merge between Goldeneye, and Metal Gear Solid. I love both games, but not as much as Syphon Filter. Syphon Filter includes the first ever target-lock. In shorter terms, point your gun at a target no matter what you're doing, rolling, climbing, strafing, or other awesome moves Logan can do. Then comes manual aiming and sniper modes. You can get some pretty cool head shots and have awesome sniper rifles. There are also some cool situations like CBDC hostages in Washington Park as you disarm Syphon Filter viral bombs. Some people believe that this is a MGS ripoff. Well, they were made at the same time and SF is a lot smarter when it comes to stealth. Lets brainstorm here, in MGS the guards can't see three feet from them, nobody has eyes in their head, and vibrating your head in an annoying matter is considered talking? Syphon Filter is one of the only games on Playstation where their lips move when an FMV is going. Unfortunately, their mouths are small and sometimes it is hard to see. The FMVs are one of the coolest around. Your weaponary goes from Gabes trusty 9mm and a .45 mag, to 3 pistol machine guns, 3 assault rifles, 2 shotguns, 2 sniper rifles, the tazer, and the M-79 grenade launcher. Need I say more? Do what the voices in you head tell you to do and buy this awesome game NOW! Or look out for Gabe's tazer if you try to buy some other game.

This game reminds me of the James Bond movies, you are a special agent try desperatly to stop a virus sweeping the nation, not sure of the source, but presumed to be terrorists using it to get what they want. You have a comlink that your partner uses often to tell you where to go and what to do next, not really a hard game, just takes some time to go through, well worth the money spent if you're into this type of fast paced action. Personally I like the sniper rifle.

That game is great! One of the best spy games I've ever played! could do a little better on the weapons, but Gabe's moves rule! Diving, climbing, scaling, rolling, this game is a must buy!

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.

ever since the first time i played this game i was hooked it makes you feel like you're in the game i give it a million stars