Rumor: New Syphon Filter title in development

TheHater - 322 days 6 hours ago

What is this series? I never heard of it until today.
Edit: Thanks FelinePornographer. I guess I am going to read up on this for the next several minutes to see if it interest me at all.

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FelinePornographer - 322 days 6 hours ago

Sony Bend and the Syphon Filter series:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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sonarus - 322 days 6 hours ago

@The Hater. Both syphon filters are like the highest rated PSP games. Its sort of like splinter cell but less stealth and more action. Easily best game i played on PSP besides God of war

If they can make it for the PS3 and its as good as PSP version DAY ONE PURCHASE

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TheHater - 322 days 6 hours ago

So I am going to buy it for the PSP and see if I like it or not. Are the stores connected in the series?

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Beast_Master - 322 days 4 hours ago

Sony Bend first has to finish Resistance: Retribution. But this is a good sign that they are going to develop a PS3 game next. I remember reading that the creator of the Syphon Filter series was working in London Studios. I imagine that he is behind the secret "BBC reporter" game. If not it would be great if he returns to help out Sony bend.

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sonarus - 322 days 4 hours ago

Well i don't really remember the PS1 syphon filter and the PS2 one was trash. But the PSP ones were ace. Dark Mirror and Logans Shadow are sort of connected but you don't really need one to play the other

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kewlkat007 - 322 days 3 hours ago

Whoa!!!

I loved the first 2, I really loved the control in that game. Part 2 was the best.

There is really not that many espionage games besides MG, splinter Cell....

This franchises has been in the shadows..

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BattleAxe - 322 days 3 hours ago

I've finished Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and I've played a little bit of Logan's Shadow and they both are awesome. A Ps3 Syphon Filter game would be HUGE!!

I have to agree with sonaris though, the PS2 Syphon Filter: Omega Strain was terrible. I always heard good things about the PS1 Syphon Filter games, I think there was 3 or 4 of them on the PS1. I was too busy playing Tony Hawk, Medal of Honor, Smack Down, Twisted Metal ect....

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Rourker - 322 days 2 hours ago

I'm pretty sure there was 3 on the PS1, I only played the 1st one and it was a great game. one of my favorite PS1 titles actually.

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PirateThom - 322 days 6 hours ago

No, Sony do own the studio. They obviously want someone with higher end abilities.

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TheHater - 322 days 6 hours ago

yeah dude, I never heard of this series before. But now that I read up on it, it look interesting. So I am going to buy it for the PSP and see if I like it or not.

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TheHater - 322 days 6 hours ago

Where do you get that the new Splinter Cell is coming to the PS3?

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cmrbe - 322 days 5 hours ago

The Girl was an asian chick if i remeber correctly. I wonder why Sony never brought it to PS2 as it was a huge hit on the PS1.

Part 1 and 2 was really good but it kinda gone weird by part 3 imo.

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Figboy - 322 days ago

bring Syphon Filter to the PS2.

it was a game called Syphon Filter: Omega Strain, i believe, and it was one of the early titles that was supposed to help put Sony's new online service on the map.

unfortunately, Omega Strain sucked donkey balls, so the series went underground for a while.

it wasn't until Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, on the PSP reared it's head that the series came back to form with a vengeance. i still own the original Syphon Filter on the PSP, and what a great, if not terribly difficult game it was.

i haven't got to play Logan's Shadow yet, because i'm still beating Dark Mirror (my UMD broke, and i simply haven't gotten around to downloading a torrent for it), but i hear it rocks.

if SCE Bend are indeed going to start up work on a PS3 Syphon Filter (which is what i expected them to do eventually), and if they can maintain the quality they've shown in the PSP series, then Sony will have another potential great franchise to entice people to come to the PS3 side of the fence.

what people seem to ignore or underestimate, is that Sony has a rather STRONG stable of first and second party franchises that have loyal followings:

Gran Turismo
SOCOM
Syphon Filter
God of War
Ratchet and Clank
Jak and Daxter
Sly Cooper
Warhawk
Dark Cloud
Rogue Galaxy

etc. but the cool thing they've done this generation, is allow those developers to BRANCH out and create NEW franchises that have the potential to become classics:

Polyphony Digitals new project (hopefully Omega Boost PS3)
Team Ico's new projects
Resistance
inFamous
Incognito's new project (not Warhawk related)
White Knight Chronicles
Heavy Rain (i guarantee Sony buys Quantic Dreams after HR releases)
Little Big Planet
Motorstorm
Uncharted

etc. they excel at this sort of thing, but we are constantly hearing praise about Microsoft being a software company, when in the end, us gamers care about GAMING software. as nice as LIVE is, and the feature set it includes, without a bunch of cool exclusive titles that utilize such a system, it becomes worthless.

Sony has plenty of software, and plenty of strong franchises, both old and new. looking at their supposed "10 year life span" of the PS3, they have PLENTY of time to mine those new and old franchises, and push some units.

ultimately, it is us gamers that will benefit the most, as we'll see some absolutely AMAZING games. well, as long as the competition from Microsoft stays sharp, and the find a way to keep up with Sony's 25+ first and second party studios (MS only has about 6 or 7 these days, so they have their work cut out for them).

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DrWan - 322 days 5 hours ago

Bend is part of Sony World Wide Studio, unlike Insomniac and Media Molecule which is a 2nd party developer. But again, Ratchet and Clank, Resistance, and LittleBigPlanet are Sony IPs. So, they won't make it on the X360 either. But I dont understand what the problem is for Xbox owners. You will need a BluRay player for next gen anyways, just drop the fanboy attitude and get a PS3, that way u can play all the PS3 games, Xbox 360 games, and watch hi def BD movies. It's really not that expensive, 400 dollars. Just save up for a month or something. (well for me, 5 hrs of my salary..which will get worst, the state is cutting budget in healthcare and education. dumbest idea ever).

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cmrbe - 322 days 4 hours ago

I must have completely missed it. I remember looking forward to it getting a PS2 makeover but i never got to it. Perhaps because DMC, GT3, FFX and MGS2 were out by then that i missed it.

Haha. I here i thought it never made it to PS2 lol!. I should get it then.

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Cajun Chicken - 322 days 4 hours ago

'Medievil'

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rucky - 322 days 4 hours ago

Do be negative, they might pull a Killzone 2 on us for all we know ;)

Syphon Filter is not that bad anyways. The PSP versions were great.

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Figboy - 322 days ago

the first 2 Syphon Filters were excellent.

Syphon Filter 3, and Syphon Filter: Omega Strain were crap.

Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, and Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, were excellent.

from where i stand, that's 4 excellent games, and two crap games. that's better than a LOT of series out there now (look at the RE series: first 4 games good. the spin-off's were crap, and part 5 is simply a retread of part 4, warts and all).

not every series has impeccable quality all the way through (even Metal Gear Solid has MGS2 as it's low point. Final Fantasy has II, VIII, and X-2).

SCE Bend has turned the Syphon Filter series around in the same way Guerrilla Games turned the Killzone series around (contrary to popular belief, starting with Killzone: Liberation, not the hype exceeding Killzone 2).

you seem like the type of person that wanted to see Free Radical BURN after HAZE, despite the fact that their track record included some of the BEST FPS games in console history (Goldeneye 64, Perfect Dark 64, Timesplitters, etc). even Star Wars Battlefront 3, developed by Free Radical, looked rather excellent, and a return to form for the devs.

everyone has their bad game. even Blizzard, Bioware, Bungie (Oni, anyone?), etc. it's inevitable.

stop being so cynical. you may actually find yourself ENJOYING this hobby you supposedly love called "gaming."

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hippo24 - 322 days 2 hours ago

You were born in 79?

wow did you miss that lesson on maturity because If i were to read your posts they are of a man from 1997 not 1979.

Ok Im not exactly convinced.

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Helghast Slayer - 322 days 6 hours ago

Yeah very. I loved SF1 & 2 on the psone. Hopefully they make a NEXT GEN version for their fans.

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harry190 - 322 days 3 hours ago

hold on there me boy Waseem. That was totally inappropriate .

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