SiN Gold

Good game innit

Barely recommended. This was really on the verge on whether I should put thumbs up or down for this one. SiN is an FPS game with usually fun combat, wacky characters and severe deliberate oversexualisation that becomes a satire of its own. Normally, I push hard against heavily sexualised games, but this one mostly makes jokes out of it, so I guess I'm not complaining. Even without over-the-top sexualisation other aspects are over-the-top as well. Humour and dialogues are so cheesy, corny and dated. It's so lame that it works, quite amusing. Reminds me of those 80s and 90s cheesy action films like Steel (1997), or Tango & Cash (1989), Blade (1998) too haha. The music here is very good though, similar music could be heard in already mentioned Blade and The Matrix (1999). As for the gameplay, there is quite a lot of variety in levels. both quality and pace. Most of the stealth levels are ranging from pretty bad to very bad. There are some okay water levels, they're not good, but toleratable. Some of the best levels are the very first levels of the game, although there are still many good levels later on. Unfortunately, most of the levels in the last third of the game are atrocious. Full of snipers who can easily kill you even on easy difficulty, most enemies are insane bullet sponges which makes combat a lot less fun, the environments are poorly lit, but the level design in many of those late game levels is garbage. The jungle levels, the levels where you play as someone else so to say, and the lab levels are really bad. At least, the final few levels were pretty good. Now as for expansion, it is a lot better than the main game. While, there were some levels I liked less than others, overall there wasn't a single awful level, and most were good. It's a lot more action-oriented than the main game. Final boss battle was terrible though... Another aspect which quite annoyed me in this game is how illogical and cryptic it is sometimes. The dumbest one is that in one building in which the game preferred you to get in stealthily and unnoticed, you need to activate the alarm manually in order for one door to open from which the alarmed guards come in. And in that room there is a keycard which you must get. So, basically in order to proceed you have to fail the approach what you thought the game preferred you to perform... Luckily, in both, the main game and the expansion combined there were only about 3-5 moments which I had no idea how was I supposed to figure out. Overall, SiN is a heavily flawed FPS game. The wide variety of weapons and dismemberment makes combat fun, but numerous bad levels bring this game down a lot, to the point that I can only barely recommend it. 7/10

Поиграл впервые, до этого об игре даже не слышал. На удивление бодро и свежо. Очень странно, что серия в итоге канула в небытие, классные уровни, разные пушки, даже на квадрике дают прокатится хД

John Blade

An OK FPS package (it includes the original game and its expansion) with great 2000's aesthetic. It's made with the Quake 2 engine and it follows a similar structure, with primary and secondary missions, and some optional maps depending on what you do. Overall is an enjoyable experience, but it certainly lacks some polish. Some enemy placement and behavior can feel a little unfair. If you like FPS from the late 90s/early 2000s, and you've already played the classics, don't hesitate in traying SiN. If you are not a fan of this experiences or can't get in the mindset of the era to play it, maybe wait for the upcoming remaster.

Replayed this game and finally got to play Wages of SiN for the first time. It's a lot more rough than I remember, but in some ways it would've been up there with Half Life 1 if it wasn't so rough around the edges. Highly recommend it if you like FPS games from the time or very ambitious video games.

Insanely underrated. Shame it got overshadowed by Half-Life

bom com muita açao so 3 contos vale a pena jogo bem apelativo

本作1998年5月就发售了，比半条命还早6个月。以现在的眼光和先入为主的角度来看，这款游戏确实不够有新意，但是其关卡设计、演出方式、剧情设定、美术风格、怪物设计在当时而言都是非常超前的，要知道在此之前像quake2、007黄金眼这样的游戏已经是那个年代的超大作了，因此可以说这款游戏比半条命更早的开辟了FPS游戏电影化叙事的先河，而如今这款游戏如此冷门的知名度实在是让人感觉其被低估的有些严重。