Four Syphon Filter Games Rated for PS5 and PS4 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 April 2022 / 2,057 Views
Four Syphon Filter games have been rated in Korea for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 by the Game Rating and Administration Committee of Korea.
The games rated include Syphon Filter, Syphon Filter 2, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, and Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow.
Syphon Filter and Syphon Filter 2 released for the PlayStation in February 1999 and March 2000, respectively. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow released for the PSP in March 2006 and October 2007, respectively.
Thanks, Gematsu.
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This is a series that I've always thought had huge unrealized potential. The first 3 games were alright but they never got close to MGS-quality which I suspect they wanted to compete with. A reboot would be great since both MGS as well as Splinter Cell have been dead for years. Fans of military espionage/stealth from those two are hungry for more, I know I certainly am!
How did they leave out Syphon Filter 3?!?!
If you have not played the PS1 games ever or since then, I hope you have nostalgia goggles. They aged so badly. They were cool back then tho
I don't think that's it, because I can clearly see (and appreciate) the advancements made in control/camera/graphics and AI since it came out. For me, I just judge games based on the era they came out. For instance, if you play other 3D games on Playstation from that era, does Syphon Filter stand out as one of the very best? If it does, then there's nothing wrong with it. Besides, none of us thought anything was wrong with it then, so why would we now? Because something improved upon it? That just doesn't make sense to me.
For instance, if Syphon Filter was actually a bad game, why did it receive a 9.5 from IGN at the time? If it was inherently bad, it would have gotten a bad score.
I think the key, if possible, is to judge things against the time of their release and not against things that are coming out twenty, or thirty years later. And if a person can't do that, then they should just avoid it altogether because they will never have fun playing it.
I'm biased cause I grew up with the PS1 but to me they're still fun. I beat the first 3 games and they're all 7/10 games, nothing amazing but you could have a decent time. I think the best one is probably the third one cause of the story and the levels but the gameplay is almost identical between all 3.
I think that kinda thing is up to each person's perspective/bias. Personally, I'd rather play most PS1 games, even with their clunkiness, than anything on the NES and older. To me they sound better, look better and play better for the most part. Plus the difficulty wasn't as ridiculous as it was in the 80's. But that's just my take.
I would buy their remake, but just a collection of the originals I don`t think so.
About time. Hope this is a sign of renewed interest in the franchise.
I genuinely enjoyed the two PSP games. Never really played the PS1 releases.
Logan's Shadow was a pretty nice game, one of the best third person shooters on the PSP in my opinion. The first 3 are alright but the difficulty spikes are a bit much at times. If you're curious I'd suggest trying them on an emulator before putting any cash into acquiring them. The good thing is that if you like the first one you'll probably like all 3 since the gameplay is pretty much the same.
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