Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror Retrospective
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
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Syphon Filter is back! ...Again! Dark Mirror is the 5th game in the Syphon Filter series, and the first to be on the PSP! It was ported to the PS2, which is how I'm playing it! Wow!
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![Syphon Filter - All Cutscenes PSX [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/T6Fben_tRfw/mqdefault.jpg)
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Sam: "Let me guess, 3 alarms and the mission's over?"
Lambert: "No Fisher, this isn't a video game. Alarms are just going to make your job harder."
I KNEW IT WAS A THING
This Gabe was Nathan Drake before Uncharted, he can shoot from any possible position he is in. I loved this game because of the special gadgets and ammo types, plus the environmental traps spiced things up. Also I always tried to stealth kill every enemy where there was an option
I thought random Nolan North voiced NPCs in Mafia II talking to each other was peak Nolan North but an either game where almost every NPC is Nolan North??! on the Nolan North scale that's 10 Nolans out of 10!
The actual psp version has blood and I don't know why they took it out for the ps2 release. Btw, great video on a once great series!
Thx for watching! I haven't played the PSP version but I saw video. It seemed like blood was only for headshots but I couldn't 100% tell. Do you know?
@@Soft_Pixel yea blood so ridiculous I feel they censored it for ps2. This one actually got me back into the series after I felt omega strain was virtually unplayable for me even with the strategy guide lol
@@priest0589 thx. I *might* do a mini video on the differences and my thoughts 🤔
There's all kinds of little instances of censorship. Off the top of my head, Lian slits a guy's throat and his blood sprays all over the glass in the PSP version, but on the PS2 version, she just snaps his neck. On PSP, there's a well placed guard waiting to be pushed in front of the giant spinning centrifuge (best part of the game tbh), but he's absent on PS2. On PSP, a guard takes Blake hostage and you can blow her brains out by accident. On PSP, Gabe kicks the final boss in front of a train but he just shoots him on PS2. And this is all on the final chapter. There's probably more that I didn't catch too
iirc, the taser doesn't ignite people in the PS2 version either
I loved this game when it came out. It was way before cover shooters were ran into the ground and it was pretty fun for a handheld game. I think I 100%ed back in the day.
But I don't think it's aged well because of those things. And I find myself a lot less forgiving when playing without a handheld. I still like it, but not as much as I once did.
When you said "if it didn't have Syphon Filter on the name, I wouldn't have played it", that was spot on to me too. I feel like whenever I replay this game, it's because I like the PS1 games so much and I'm just going through the series.
I enjoyed Logan's Shadow much more recently though.
Logan's Shadow was a lot better than this one.
It's real good!
A Tunuh video? No wonder the heavens opened this morning!
Such good coverage dude, I love learning more about these games. Also jokes on point
Ahhh, I've been waiting for this! 😊
i discovered your channel by accident and i will stay here longer :)
Thank you! I hope you do. What sorts of videos are you interested in?
@@Soft_Pixel ps1 and ps2 games i liked your review of syphon filters just on point
Great work. Found your channel after starting another run through SF and was curious what other’s thought of the series.
I never made the jump to the games on PS2, and it’s a shame these title turned out so bland. I believe the uniqueness to the originals combat arose from use of realistic animations to nail the action movie vibe of the era. This could cause problems in combat when the weighty controls misaligned with the targeting system and you end up strafing back and forth into half walls and environmental objects. However, when the game is firing on all cylinders the combat looks pretty cinematic. It’s why speed runs of SF looks so cool, as precise play results in a set of perfectly choreographed action movie set pieces.
I don’t think SF nails this in all aspects. I think the Max Payne games really perfect the style and momentum in gunplay SF was going for, but I will always love these games for being the foundation for some of my earliest gaming memories.
Keep up the good work. I’ve added a few games to my list off your recommendations, and you have earned a new sub.
It's not bland at all, there are lot of things you can do and miss. There are also new ammo types for the sniper, bonus missions, ranking system ect.
These psp games are really cheap but it's really funny to think that the old style of gameplay without the tank controls would be a perfect fit for a PSP game. Despite the flaws of Omega Strain, i've really enjoy the gameplay because the limitations create a sense of strategy and flow on the battlefield. Question: after Logan Shadow, you will cover Combat Ops? Despite to be a full online psp game, i think is a really obscure game that didn't see anyone talking about
I would've loved to see the old style SF games on handheld. I think it would've worked perfect for the PSP's 1 analog stick. And they could've experimented with different gameplay.
For Combat Ops, unfortunately not likely. I live in Japan and it'd be really difficult to get people together without crippling lag. I also wanna move on from SF and cover other big PSX/2 series.
0:33 They didn't remove the lock on. It's just set to reticle manual aim as default for some reason. "Classic" control mode is in the options.
Are you fuckin' serious? I'm gonna have to boot up the game again lol
@Soft_Pixel yup lol, it makes the sniper more usable as well.
I’m a big fan of this series but I never played these two games(dark mirror, Logan’s shadow) and kinda forgot they existed and now watching the video kinda regret it but your video more than makes up for it. I totally forgot Mara actually died along with Elsa, at one point I thought she just kinda got wrote off and that was it. Can’t wait to see your next video on Logan’s shadow that one did intrigue me and I wanted to play because I read it had to do with Lian being a traitor or something like that but I could be wrong and thinking of something else. Anyways you’re doing an amazing job on your videos and wish you luck on more of your content .
Colonel Campbell is the one who finally fills Aramov? True Foxhound commander indeed
Oh yeah, remember how I told you you had to wait for the bonus mission with Mara and Elsa surprise? Didn't you just love it? 😂😂 the writing sucks, but finally Mara is dead after her 5th headshot 😂
Liked this and the Logan's Shadow. But, I preferred the PS1 originals. Liked the PS1 VA for Gabe a lot more than this bland sounding one.
Pretty funny how many enemies/characters were voiced by Nolan North in this game.
I beat this game on ps2, it was solid.
It's good! This is also the PS2 version. Did you play the other SF games?
@@Soft_Pixel Sorry, this was the only SF game I played.
Bro I heard so much about how this was a great psp game and was so fun, so good, but all I can recall of this game is how much it felt like busy work and made me think people had nostalgia/coping blimders. Not hard, not fun, just kind of there. So many areas that would be great for getting ambushed only to have nothing, or having something but the AI being so broken that all you have to do is shoot in row. But this is a good review and actually gave praise in areas it does well as opposed to just dumping on it.
23:28 i have so many bad things to say about this scene
"see you in hell", "not if I see you first"
Huh?
"Your codename fits you. Head so dense, nothing can escape, not even intelligence!" -Gabe Logan
(I have no idea what it means)
I remember playing this one on ps2 and thinking it was really bad. Years later i bought a psp and played this one and the sequel on the portable system and thought that it was a very good game, for that console at least. It's not great but serviceable. Not a classic like the ones for the PS1.
Game looks like Alpha Protocol with better graphics
Completely different genres, and I think AP looks better :o
Wow talk about a downgrade, good stuff T!