Sublime865 Review of Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain

Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (2004 Video Game)

Good game online or off, but better online

[8 May 2005]

I think this is a good game, yea it is a little hard but I like the turn the series is taking and look forward to the PSP version. Omega Strain is more online based and you cannot complete the game to 100% without online parts (certain missions require a teammate). You can beat the game but without a teammate (online) you cannot complete one or two objectives of the missions and therefore you cannot receive certain awards (for example in the first mission, Carthage I believe, there is a laptop you must recover but you can only do it online, and to receive an award for exemplary service you have to complete 100% of the first 3 missions, and to get certain other awards you have to earn the exemplary one). There are quite a few things that simply cannot be unlocked all offline. Don't get me wrong, its still an incredible game offline, there is TONS that you can get offline. I don't have the broadband adapter for PS2 so I cannot comment on the online portion, but if it is as good as single player, it is quite good. The overall quality of the game is very high.