SiN Gold

I remember SiN as a fun game, but after attempting to replay it recently, I have to say it's a way more flawed title even for its time than some may say, and on a top of that it dated poorly. A first couple of levels are pretty fun, enemies try to hide and run, but the game takes a run downhill really fast. Every next level is more streamlined, even if there are some options available for the player that impact set ups further down the line. However, a thing that got me the most to the point of stopping playing half way through, is a terrible movement and a gun handling. The character's movement is really floaty, to the point of giving an impression of sliding on the floor. Collisions are also messed up, with the player character getting stuck and possibly crushed to death by an opened door or a wardrobe. Last, but not the least, there're also sound effects. When the game introduces snipers for the first time, you can die repeatedly at the very beginning of the level, because you can't see nor hear snipers sitting on a shelf behind your starting position and around a starting arena. Took me a long while before realising that there's a couple of snipers. Situations where you wonder why you are losing HP without any other indication besides the numbers going down are pretty common. The further down the line you progress, the more of them you will encounter. The game can still be a bit of fun, especially for the first time playing. I wouldn't say it's worth to replay it, though.

This comes from a time when developers started to want to inject story into their FPS's. In the case of Sin, the narrative comes at the expense of fun game play. Weapons feel horrible, movement is sluggish, and there are some horribly designed water levels that will make you want to punch your monitor. All that, and in the end, I couldn't care less about plight Blade and J.C.

Awesome, fun game. Plenty of cheesy one liners. The best graphics in the world can't make a game as cool as this!

Hackable computers, rats that bite you, nice cut scenes... It sure was a game that attempted to create an atmosphere. A true Good Old Game.

I bought this game a long time ago on CD but only recently started playing it. It's quite a mess really. Lots of bugs and bad design. You often die suddenly and with no idea how it happened. You can get stuck in doors. Sometimes you can't open doors because an enemy is behind it. Sometimes you get stuck in a hole, for example, and you have no choice but to load a saved game. Some areas are too dark and it's not obvious enough where you have to go or what you have to next. It could have been good. I like the characters and the story. I think it deserves a remake one day if it can be done well.