SiN Gold

[i]DISCLAIMER: Before playing, I recommend installing the [b]Dominatrix source port[/b] by Rohit and playing with that instead, since it fixes some bugs and resolution issues on modern hardware. ALSO TO NOTE: the Wages of Sin expansion might NOT WORK for you with Dominatrix!!! For me it keeps crashing on mission 5 and idk how to fix it (I suspect it is because I use the source port), so keep that in mind.[/i] [hr][/hr] Great game, an enjoyable classic! It's impressive what this game pulls off for its time, especially considering it released two months before the first half life, a decision that lead to people completely forgetting about this game, sadly. The level's architecture changes depending on your actions, which also affect what levels you'll be playing, along with maybe some cutscenes, which is quite ahead of it's time. The characters and story are the cheesiest thing I've ever seen, but Blade is actually rather memorable as a protagonist, JC too. And of course Elixis for her...big, generous heart. The guns are punchy, shooting enemies often sends them flying or blows them to pieces (the shotgun is GREAT stuff), so it gets an extra style point from me for this. Good soundtrack, sets the mood well enough. Now, as for the [i]Wages of Sin expansion[/i] made by the 2015 team....I would love to say I also enjoyed that, but the thing refuses to work correctly. It gives me a hard crash on mission 5 when I try to leave the club, and I can't find a way to fix it. What a bummer...I was liking it too. If you loved half-life, try this one out, totally worth it. Shame this franchise didn't get the continuation it deserved. For now, we'll have to wait for the remaster.

As much i love Half-Life, i’ll never forgive it for overshadowing the fawk out of SiN. One of the most underrated, under appreciated shooters from the 1990’s that could’ve and should’ve made waves but ended up making nothing but a lil splash. You’re basically a black rentacop Duke Nukem in a cyberpunk-esque dystopian world where security agencies overtake the role of obsolete police forces in the crime ridden city of Freeport which is slowly being poisoned and mutated by a sexy big bob’d psycho lady (named Elexis SiNclaire, get it?) in charge of an evil biotech pharma/paramiltary corporation who kidnapped her own father and turned him into a giant fugly monster and would like to do the same to every else in the world. And guess what, you’re the only dude competent enough to stop her and her spaghetti loving mobster friend! Like seriously how f’n cool is that? Location based damage, badass soundtrack, gore, boobs, one liners, annoying sidekick, early decision based outcomes, really bad vehicle sections. All so charming. SiN was ahead of its time, too much for it’s own good. I can’t wait for the remaster. Barney Miller is back!

Good grief. It's no wonder Half-Life showed SiN where its asshоle is. I really wanted to enjoy SiN, but there's so much going against it that I think the title of the game might have been a bit too accurate. I started off enjoying it, but now I'm nearing the end of the game, I'm finding it harder and harder to suspend my vitriol. I'll start off light: in 2026, the resolution settings are still borked in such a way that the menu doesn't scale properly at all. The actual game does, thankfully, but... Man. I would rather not have to hex edit the executable for a game I bought in the current decade so that I can read the menu without a scanning electron microscope. Another thing is that, at least on my end, I experienced a degree of input delay that made it feel like I'd joined a Russian lobby, which only compounded the frustration I'd later experience. The level design. Okay. I love the art direction, and I really admire what they were going for stylistically. But as someone who generally looks at overt signposting with a degree of disgust, I have to say that this game changed my perspective. Where you're supposed to go at a given time is made about as clear as a lead panel. Perhaps I'm just oxygen-starved, but I've played a good few games in my time, and rarely have I been so gоddamn confused. It doesn't help that many areas of the game are darker than American history, and you don't have a fսcking flashlight. The snipers in this game are worse than Halo 2's Jackal snipers. WORSE. HOW DID THEY DO IT?! Speaking of snipers, the sniper rifle itself, I wasn't able to equip at any point, despite having picked it up multiple times. I pressed every number key backwards and forwards, I sacrificed a goat, and I sung Orinoco Flow whilst doing a handstand. I was never able to switch to the sniper rifle. Which is great, because it means I was forced to deal with the aimbot snipers armed only with a selection of short-range weapons. Thanks Ritual, very cool! Ladders are worse than Half-Life, too. Which is an achievement that's up there with nuclear fusion. And the ATV steering mechanics... I would rather castrate myself with a rusty potato peeler than drive this fսcking thing ever, EVER again. Its only saving grace is that the game doesn't force you to use it for more than two minutes. And thank god for that. I understand that times were different back when SiN was developed, but it's not like they were hunting mammoths at the time. They could have made the call to cut this dreadful implement. Would've given The Cutting Room Floor something to write about at least. But to be charitable to SiN, I'll reiterate that I very-much favour the stylings of the game - I also think the soundtrack is great, and belongs on a standalone CD in full FLAC quality. I'd buy it. The mutant designs are very "nice" too - asymmetric, grim. SiN Episodes: Emergence could have taken notes here, especially in terms of enemy diversity. Nightdive's remaster is on the way of course, but I would welcome a complete remake, frankly. Few games that get them actually need them, but I feel that this one does stand to benefit from one. Its best ideas are let down by its deepest pitfalls. If the developers had spent less time gooning to the smutty artwork that they've graciously plastered across their game, perhaps this could have been the Half-Life killer. Or not - but it might at the very least have turned out a less frustrating experience.

I read that some people had trouble booting this game up and running it. It ran fine for me. No crashes, serious bugs, or things that prevented me from playing the game. Cheesy 90s FPS Game. Not much more to ask from it. A solid 90s shooter: Simple, cheesy, dumb, straight to the point. A little clunky in contrast to Quake or Duke Nukem. Overshadowed by infinitely better games from the era, but a small time-capsule into what once was. Cool gunplay. The "badass" 90s action protagonist constantly spewing one-liners and making corny jokes. The game isn't too long; I think most people could beat it within 3~6 hours. The Expansion pack "Wages Of SiN" is pretty solid. I think it's actually better than the original game to be honest. My complaint with the game is that it's very dark. I have trouble seeing what's going on in certain parts. The level design in certain areas is somewhat annoying, whereas other times it's intuitive. A mixed bag for me personally. Sometimes to progress through certain levels is confusing, and I had to look online for tips to complete a level. Also, the menu interface is pretty bad too.

This was my very first experience of playing SiN, and it was quite something. I liked the game a lot and definitely saw something I was missing before. It's quite unique among the other games, and you also get the expansion pack too. I'm still interested in what they are going to do with the remaster... maybe they will even get their hands on SiN: Episodes

[h3] Минусы: [/h3] - Ужасное подкачивание камеры, добавим к этому близкий fov, и голова начинает раскалываться. - Плохие ребусы, например, попробуй заметить ключ на столе в видео размазанной плоской текстуры. - На клавишу подбора персонаж вечно бубнит. К тому же озвучка ужасная, если сравнивать с каким-нибудь Калибом из BLOOD, где харизма таки прёт, а его фразочки давно разобраны на цитаты. - Дизайн пушек категорически не нравится. - Локации, ну такое, например, в Half-life, они тоже были серые, но там в каждой главе было разнообразие, плюс всегда было понятно, куда идти, даже с большим развилка, как, например, глава с вагонеткой. - Миссия Стелса, о Господи, не надо, меня еще не отпускают флешбэки стелса возвращение в замок Вольфенштейна. - За пару уровней добавился лишь какой-то мутант. Всё остальное время убиваем каких-то черных оперативников из халвы. [h3] Плюсы: [/h3] Отсутствуют. Ничего не понравилось. [h3] Итог: [/h3] Больновато, неприятно, слишком много раздражителей. Даже первый DOOM было комфортнее проходить в 30 фпс из сборника Doom 3 BFG Edition.

Не передать словами как мне обидно когда такие проекты остаются в тени у более слабого конкурента. При всей моей любви к Valve и Габену, их игры мне не особо нравятся, тем более что первая, что вторая Half Life можно сказать убили гораздо более стоящие проекты, так была с великолепной Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines, так произошло и с известной в достаточно небольшом кругу геймеров Sin. И даже небольшая фора по срокам (а Sin вышла на десять дней раньше первой халфы) не помогла творению разработчиков из студии Ritual Entertainment привлечь к себе внимание, и я честно не понимаю почему. Хотя ладно, отчасти конечно могло сыграть плохое техническое состояние игры на релизе, собственно как и в случае с VtMB. Первой Халфе очень часто любят приписывать звание родоначальника современных шутеров с уже имеющимся каким никаким сюжетом и постановкой, и вот тут хочется ткнуть таких людей носом в Sin. Эта игра вышла раньше, в ней намного больше сюжета, больше ключевых персонажей, есть даже пусть и редкая, но хоть какая то постановка в видеороликах. Главный герой, по имени Джон Блейд является владельцем подобия местной частной полиции, это типичный маскулинный герой боевиков из восьмидесятых - девяностых, он привык решать все проблемы исключительно грубой силой, попутно отпуская едкие словечки в адрес противников, этакая версия Дюка Нюкема на минималках. По радиосвязи с ним постоянно переругивается хакер, он же координатор из их организации Джей Си - достаточно свежее решение по меркам конца 90-х, позволившее заполнить пустоту между перестрелками, подобным ходом в дальнейшем стали пользоваться все подряд. Элексис Синклер - главная антагонистка, гениальный биохимик, желающая изменить ход человеческой эволюции, обладательница двух больших ... хм.. достоинств (кстати, на моей памяти это первая игра с физикой груди), постоянно меняющая наряды один откровеннее другого, в общем все то, что сейчас бы назвали сексуальной объективацией, ну, собственно, все как мы любим. Кончено все что я описал выше звучит достаточно примитивно, однако напоминаю, на дворе был 1998 год и тогда этого уже было достаточно что бы держать первенство в данном пункте. Один из главных плюсов Sin по сравнению с Half Life это разнообразие уровней. Если в Халфе первую половину игры мы исследовали однообразный научный комплекс, далее немного побегали снаружи этой самой лаборатории и в конце попали в мир Зен, то тут буквально каждые два уровня главный герой попадает на новые, совершенно непохожие друг на друга локации, так еще и геймплей на них предлагается разный - на одних предлагается просто рашить, на других опциональный стелс, на третьих есть пусть и редкая возможность управлять техникой по типу бульдозера, в четвертых предлагается в духе ранних иммерсивсимов детально исследовать локацию чтобы найти запрятанный выход. Благодаря выполнению некоторых опциональных заданий есть возможность сделать срезку или даже пропустить отдельные уровни. Ганплей в игре по меркам конца девяностых очень даже бодрый, мощные виды оружия рвут противников на части и звучат при этом достойно, хотя конечно не все образцы вооружения будут по настоящему полезны. Искусственный интеллект противников примитивен, но так было со всеми шутерами тех лет, та же халфа точно не лучше. Очень порадовал мувмент в игре, персонаж ощущается крайне мобильным, а благодаря движку от Quake 2 все так же можно делать фирменную распрыжку. Графически игра выглядит очень даже достойно, но это конечно по меркам конца 90-х, сейчас это уже настоящее пиксельное ретро. Насколько мне известно на релизе игра утопала в багах, но сейчас за прохождение я не встретил ничего критичного. Музыка в игре не могу сказать что получилась запоминающейся, но она разнообразна и неплохо подходит под атмосферу игры. Из явных минусов могу отметить отвратительное и неудобное основное меню, общую неудобность по современным меркам, когда кнопка перезарядки занимает одну клавишу с кнопкой действия и подобные косяки, ну и отсутствие перевода на русский язык, фанатский патч конечно исправляет последний пункт, но лишь частично, ибо перевод там мега кринжовый, особенно фейспалм вызывает то, как называют тут главного героя -"Чемодан", откуда они это взяли - непонятно. Sin это по настоящему прорывная игра для своего времени, и именно ей на мой взгляд должны были достаться лавры ушедшие Half Life. Хотя сейчас уже конечно она уже не способна удивить, но вот любителям ретро шутеров я ее однозначно рекомендую к ознакомлению. Ну и надеюсь что разработчикам из Nightdive Studios, специализирующихся на ремастерах старых игр все таки удастся довести обновленную версию до конца, дабы большая часть геймеров смогли поиграть в Sin с большим комфортом.

I played the demo for Sin before the game released. That must have been back in 1998. I liked it quite a bit. Starting off the game manning a heavy machine gun from a helicopter before going in on foot seemed pretty cool. Fresh. The game looked good and utilized the Quake 2 engine well. The game also seemed challenging and so I got a surprising amount of play out of what was merely a demo. And that was that. I never got the full game. I couldn't tell you why. Perhaps I was influenced by some negative reviews or perhaps it's true that the game suffered heavily from being overshadowed by Half-Life. Whatever the case was after picking up the game on Steam in 2026 I can tell you that it was for the best. For whatever the comparison may be worth, I also completed Far Cry 1 in 2026 and THAT game is a masterpiece. So having played shooters since I picked up Doom in 1994 I do like to think that I can give old games fair consideration. First of all if you're going to play the game pick up the Dominatrix mod. Search for it. It'll fix some resolution issues. The reason I enjoyed that demo so much back in the day may have very well been because that first level might have been the best level in the game! The levels seem to get worse and worse and it seems like the game must have been rushed or something. I see reviewers complaining about the snipers but they didn't bother me that much. I found the underwater divers much more annoying. These annoying enemies are juxtaposed with levels that were FAR too easy towards the end of the game. The few vehicles in the game control poorly. You might find yourself taking damage from locker doors and cupboards closing on you. Yes, little wooden cupboard doors will harm you in this game while you find yourself looking for items. The game isn't all bad and some of the shooting is fun enough. I enjoy the little bits of humor here and there and the game does get a few style points. There seems to be this sentiment that Sin was unfairly overshadowed by Half-Life. I've seen people call it a "gem". A "classic". "Underrated". It's not. It's really not. It's basically an average shooter. I would give it a 6/10. Maybe even somewhere between a 5 and a 6. It's not a bad game but I cannot recommend it.