The campaign does run out of ideas – and, presumably, budget – towards the latter stages of its story, resulting in a slew of dismal catacombs, but the aforementioned gothic cathedral is a real graphical highlight, complete with gargoyles and stained glass windows.
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One minute you’ll be silently picking off guards in an Ancient Greece exhibit, and the next shooting through windows next to the moonlander – it’s all brilliantly melodramatic, and is underlined by a soundtrack that has shades of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. One mission even sees you infiltrate a museum, and the environmental variety is impressive for a PS1 era action game. While there aren’t too many gadgets here, you do get a Taser that sets enemies on fire, which never really gets old. But writer John Garvin – who’d go on to pen Days Gone – had his airport fiction hat on for this story, which perfectly encapsulates the late 90s period where Pierce Brosnan played James Bond.
With the World Health Organisation closely involved, and a deadly virus in the wrong hands, Syphon Filter’s story hits differently in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. Flanked by his trusty associate Lian Xing, this globe-trotting escapade takes you from the mean streets of Washington DC to a cathedral in Ukraine – an elaborate front for a shady underground base, of course – where you’ll be double-crossed with regularity by people with villainous names, like Phagan and Rhoemer. You play as Gabe Logan, a personality vacuum on an impossible mission. Ultimately, both Metal Gear Solid and GoldenEye 007 deployed during the super-spy title’s protracted three-year development cycle, lessening some of its sheen – but this remains a somewhat unique stealth action title today, even if its rudimentary gameplay feels unbelievably dated when observed through a modern lens.ĭespite being fiddly, however, you can see the origins of cinematic third-person shooters like Uncharted here. Bend Studio, then known as Eidetic, were bruised by the critical reception to 1996’s PS1 platformer Bubsy 3D – and wanted to create something truly groundbreaking. Game developers were still figuring out 3D controls when Syphon Filter released in 1999.
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