Subtitles/captions is a must for hearing impaired players like me. This game has no subtitles at all! By the time I finished the game I have no idea what the game is all about. I am left wondering what the hell the game is all about. Other than that the game has fun gameplay.

While I must admit I was a little worried with the way Activision handled the marketing of Singularity, oh wait..,they didn't do any marketing at all. I figured they knew some awful truth about the game's quality and didn't want gamers to find out and "accidentally" buy it. Well the texture issue was announced so I decided to wait for an official patch. I purchased the PC version from D2D, applied the patch and I must admit I wasn't disappointed at all. The Graphics are absolutely top notch and beautiful and game play was very smooth without a single glitch. The storyline started out interesting, the pacing was good which to me is important to keep my attention. I really found the historical part of the story very well written. The developers took time to write a plausible story with memorable events and 3 dimensional characters, all the while taking careful pains to portray the Russian victims in a compassionate and sympathetic manner. I really cared what happened to all those poor Russian workers whose dessicated remains littered the grounds. You can tell they worked hard at getting the eye candy, audio and music just right, they all pace the storyline perfectly. I've found game music is used to the point of being over barring in other titles so Singularity was a pleasant surprise. I've heard some gamers grumble about having to listen to all the tape recorders in the game but I found them oddly poignant, they tended to slow game play down because you couldn't hear the message unless you stayed close but they really helped move the story along and added a much needed human angle to an otherwise dismal place. The designers hide journal pages written by the katorga victims all around the facility. I thought they contained game play hints or hidden E99 tech stashes to help move the storyline along. The upgrade feature is functional, easy to use but not really original. The idea is to collect E99 tech of various sizes that are either hidden or placed right in eye sight. You then used them like currency at upgrade & augmentation machines strategically scattered throughout the game. Other items like weapons briefcases are used to upgrade aspects of your weapons, e.i (faster load times, increased damage etc.,). What would have been real cool is if Renko himself used some of the E99 tech he finds to somehow augment his own body into a bio morphed weapon. Renko was already walking around camo deep in the most poisonous, radioactive place on earth, why not just have him mutate into something altogether different like the others? Just a suggestion anyway. You've seen this before in other games so I already know what to expect but there's always one weapon gamers find absolutely useless and in this game its the mini gun. It dumps a ton of bullets at targets but they rarely hit anything or does any appreciable damage so I avoided it like the plague for the rest of the game. My favorite weapon on the other hand has to be the seeker, it kills with one shot and is easy to target. The TMD was incredible nothing like reducing a monster or human to a pile of ashes in seconds and is one of the best conceived gaming devices ever! I used it constantly in all types of battles and situations, the developers did a good job in balancing the TDM as a weapon and as a tool for puzzles. The game appears to have a nice open world feel to it until you try to explore away from the beaten path. It would have been nice look around and see more of the island just to satisfy curiousity. I liked the way the levels were designed, you just didn't stumble through them by jumping from crate to stairs to ledge. Some of the levels allow you to fully utilize the TDM's full potential and in some cases its the only way to continue forward. A few of the AI enemies can be a little easy to kill, they just stand there taken hit after hit until they fall down but that was rare. Overall the game reminded my of Bioshock ( tape recorders, mysterious events happening in an inaccessible location) I really don't have any major complaints with the game except for one item, the young lady. She seems like a superfluous add- on period. Why would any paramilitary group send a young, attractive lady into an incredibility dangerous place like katorga-12 with no camo gear or protection what so ever. She offered very little background on her and her organization and acted more like a distraction than an asset to Renko. The game was a little short but I'm giving the game a 9. Thanks Raven Soft for a great game, I'm ready for Singularity 2!… Expand

This game has awesome gameplay,similar to that of cod4.2.The game has spooky enviorments,and impressive graphics.More over this game is quiet a masterpiece.

Very good shooter. Think Doom-Quake-Wolfenstein with the gameplay and graphic enigine of Bioshock doing Yuri's Revenge artwork, plus cutscenes from Modern Warfare 2. Sure it's a rehash, but it's a rehash of the nicest games I played. Besides, there really are some great, 'original' ideas in the game. Highly recommended.

Singularity is an excellent game overall. Despite its obvious resemblance to Bioshock and Half-Life 2, it put in its series of innovation that made this game very funny and enjoyable to play. The Science-Fiction plot is really something, and game engine is very well-made; there are different upgradable weapons and lots of ways to crush your enemies, and you will actually need them at higher difficulty levels. The game offers alternate finals and lots of background information all around the game world. Multiplayer is not really innovative but it can be really fun. I believe that this was a game i always waited, and Activision gave us a beautiful game to play with.… Expand

This is a Doom 3 inspired game, with a strong dose of Bioshock, and a brush of Half Life 2. I love this game for the gunfights, over-the-top powers, and to a moderate extent, the characters and story, but design flaws are aplenty. Firstly TRANSPARENT WALLS!? that's just plain lazy in level designing, secondly every level is closed ended and scripted, which I'm not a fan of. I prefer the Crysis/Farcry kind of approach to an objective. Here's my biggest gripe, this game was very obviously made for the consoles and their low-end hardware, not only are the stock graphics outdated and unimpressive, there are no video options to kick the graphics up, and this game only runs on stereo, anything more(4.1/5.1/7.1) will yield absolutely NO SOUND. The port over for controls are unintuitive as well. However considering all the significant downsides, it's still a moderately decent shooter, and quite frankly Activision, you guys got no right to be disappointed with the sales.… Expand

I encountered several bugs in the initial release of the game which pretty much destroyed my experience. Now that the updates have (mostly) addressed these, I must say that the game is just too simple, too old-school. There is just no innovation at all save for a purely gimmicky time warping gadget with which you never use to do anything truly interesting other than killing people and manipulating objects for brain-dead puzzles. Stay away unless you're still suck in the DOOM/Quake era of gaming.… Expand

Singularity is a really interesting game. Putting together elements from other games really does make this game fun.The end of the game is really interesting as well as many other features. The two things i Love about the campaign is that you have to solve teaser puzzles and from time to time there are startling moments. The campaign is really good. But they could have done a little bit more with the multiplayer.Overall is they were more original with the campaign and the multiplayer maybe it would have gotten a higher score.… Expand

Loved the game, but there is certainly missed opportunity for greatness. Plot was fantastic, but the impact of the game's events doesn't sink in until the end of the game, which makes a second playthrough more appealing so you can spot the cues this time around. Music and graphics were superb once the texture bug was patched, and the atmosphere, while nowhere near Metro 2033's, was good. Would have loved more puzzles and a much stronger stealth element. Sequel, please!… Expand

I picked this game up for $10 and knew I was getting a 7.0 experience so I couldn't be happier with this title. The game mixes old school and new school. Health pickups with stat/weapon upgrades. Many weapons are redundant and simply exist because of the cool factor. On Normal difficulty you're way over powered. Ammo and health packs are plentiful. There really are very few hardcore combat scenarios. You mostly fight a couple creatures or soldiers and then continue exploring on the linear path. For people who like secrets and picking up money (E99 and weapon upgrades) you will be somewhat satisfied. Overall they try to cram so many combat items and abilities into this game you never really get to master everything. I found myself just running around with the mini gun and accuracy tech upgrade for 70% of the game. The game is much more new school than old school so if you are looking for classic FPS action then you might be better of passing on this. The story is generic but not terrible and the characters are not horribly annoying. Overall its just a decent way to waste time but I would recommend you pick it up at whatever discount you can find because it had little replay value. (I didn't play the mulitplayer)… Expand

This is a very good game, not revolutionary but a lot of fun. Excellent graphics, good atmosphere, good story and world setting. The time device is fun but underutilized. But as a shooter its a good diversion and a lot of fun. Don't expect Half Life 3 and you will be in for a nice weekend of ducking down dark corridors and shooting some baddies. Downsides: linear gameplay, some of the weapons are useless, some of the puzzles simplistic, and the TDS is not fully explored.… Expand

I really liked the game including the graphics, story line, AI, and weapons. The TMD was extremely useful and the mix of human/mutants was well balanced. The only negative thing I would site is the shortness of the game. One other side note is that I thought the hardest boss of the game came in the middle of the story, not at the end. Oh well.

Activision handled the marketing of Singularity, oh wait..,they didn't do any marketing at all. I figured they knew some awful truth about the game's quality and didn't want gamers to find out and "accidentally" buy it. Well the texture issue was announced so I decided to wait for an official patch. I purchased the PC version from D2D, applied the patch and I must admit I wasn't disappointed at all. The Graphics are absolutely top notch and beautiful and game play was very smooth without a single glitch. The storyline started out interesting, the pacing was good which to me is important to keep my attention. I really found the historical part of the story very well written. The developers took time to write a plausible story with memorable events and 3 dimensional characters, all the while taking careful pains to portray the Russian victims in a compassionate and sympathetic manner. I really cared what happened to all those poor Russian workers whose dessicated remains littered the grounds. You can tell they worked hard at getting the eye candy, audio and music just right, they all pace the storyline perfectly. I've found game music is used to the point of being over barring in other titles so Singularity was a pleasant surprise.… Expand

I really enjoyed Singularity. Sure it was mostly a generic FPS game, but it was well designed and memorable. The weapons were fun to use, especially the time-slowing-bullet rifle. The levels were interesting and the enemy AI was decent. Is the game worth full price? No way. Like other quality but generic FPS games, it's worth playing if you enjoy FPS games. Rent it or buy it for $10 or so.

Cool story and decent shooting action. One of those few hidden jewels that didn't get much deserved attention for some reason. Has some issues with mouse and key bindings.

Overall an enjoyable game. Not great by any stretch, but worth around $10-15. The positive aspects are that the time-manipulation is fun and is decently implemented, the graphics and animations are good, and the story is serviceable. The negative aspects are that it is extraordinarily linear (as you progress, every section literally closes behind you, making backtracking to search unexplored areas impossible), and the difficulty level is very low. I recommend picking it up when it's on sale. It won't blow you away, but it has some fun concepts.… Expand

Pretty fun game, took me about 6 hours to beat on the normal difficulty. Great storyline, fun combat. The "TMD" really makes the game interesting. Havn't tried multiplayer yet, but my only complaint would be that the game was somewhat short, but aren't all FPS games these days? and also the uses for the "TMD" were kind of limited, would have been more fun if you could use it on almost anything, and not just certain "boxes" stairs, items and enemies.… Expand

I've loved that weapons in this games have a nice feel about them. Even thou I'm not a fan of FPS games, this one catched my attention with it's nice setting. It is a good quality FPS, but nothing more in fact. Lovely weapons, nice setting, sadly - no original ideas.

This game has some really nice concepts(Time Manipulation Device), nice weapons, very badly made, but still interesting setting and passable (though confusing and not terribly original) storyline. It's also fun to play and gets boring only near the end. But also Singularity has some really ugly graphics: five-year old textures, lighting is nonexistent. Only models and animation are more or less acceptable. Furthermore, TMD only interacts with very limited amount of unscripted objects and therefore it's true potential is never used. Physics are also terrible and sometimes the fact, that you shoot a bottle and nothing happens, is very annoying and makes you wonder, what developers where thinking. The story also has many plot holes and sometimes it's just plain stupid. Still it's fun to play, if you lower your expectations and accept it, as a cheaply made blockbuster about saving the world from evil Russians. What's more important , it ,at least, tries to bring something original in video game industry, unlike Call of Duty franchise, which is still stuck in 2003. My score is 6.7, but 7.0 by rounding it up.… Expand

Was not challenging enough, nor long enough, beat it in 6 hours... Either way, game had great shooter qualities, and was pretty fun, story was a bit confusing, as was 1 of the 3 endings, but it was decent, and i Don't hold it against the game. However, there was a distinct lack of enemy variety, not enough mutants, and the AI was nothing special. Weapon upgrades are generic, don't add anything interesting to the game, as well as the TMD perks and other upgrades, again, just make the game even easier, and really doesn't add a twist or anything special to the game. its okay, maybe worth 20 bucks IMO.… Expand

If the measure of a great game is how quickly I was driven to complete it, Singularity was my sleeper hit of the year. Decent sound and graphics surround a *gasp* well written sci-fi thriller story, in a package that runs well on any recent gaming PC. In addition to guns, your character has several powerful and fun powers to use on the many types of enemies the game throws at you. A few lame puzzles slow the pace a bit at times, but it never got to be a problem in my eyes. If you've looked at Singularity and thought you might like it, please give it a chance. You will get sucked in.… Expand

An exceptional first person shooter. What is so exceptional about it you ask? Well, first off strangely enough the plotline is original. I don`t mean only traveling in time. It`s the way it has been executed. Not only you find yourself on a spooky, destroyed island, you also keep encountering those strange "explosions" which send you 50 years back. Lifeless, orange heaps of metal turn into living, good as new merchandise and facilities, with people doing exactly what they were doing before the catastrophy. There`s a scene where an entire ship is revived by time - it`s breathtaking. You also travel through portals. The very same idea makes you experience fighting humans AND alien abominations in the same game which negates any trace of boredom. The levels and enemies are nicely varied. Sure, it`s the same linear thing you get in 99% todays fps games, but this particular game has this classic old school feeling to it (you get medi packs for example). The weapons are also very nicely made with cool animations and fire types AND they`re upgradeable. In the same way you can change your running speed, shield, health and the Time Manipulation Device which is the single best thing in a fps game I`ve seen in years. This all achieves a very important point - you can dispatch enemies in multiple ways, anytime you want and at the same type you are the inhuman type with special powers, making a simple soviet soldier suffer in agony if you decide that he deserves to get 200 years older in one second. An addicting game. Too bad it`s quite short and falls in 2007 in terms of graphics quality.… Expand

Great mix of Half-life 2, Bioshock, and Dead Space. They shamelessly stole all of the best elements from the best shooters and created a great gaming experience. I picked this game up for $10 and it turned out to be much more entertaining than the last two $60 games that I bought. Highly recommended for fans of fps!

I bought this game because it was only like $10 and change. I have to say that I really enjoyed it! Even not on sale I would recommend this game. The weapon mechanics and gameplay are perfect for my style of play. I enjoyed this every bit as much as I enjoyed Half-Life 2. Great graphics, great sound (as long as you remember to alt-tab out of the game and turn up the game sound in Windows 7). My only complaint is that I had problems when I installed the game, it would ot start. If you install via Steam you have to reboot your PC, then the game works great. All in all a great experience.… Expand

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. game is inspired by bioshock - it has similar plot with distant location full of mutated creatures although with their destinies is much more shadowy, history can be reconstructed in player's mind using recorders or pretty weird Soviet - bioshock style - movies. Quasi - Soviet decoration is okay and looks good but very artificial which is Okay for sci-fi. Controls aren't great but it's easy to get used to. 3 of 5… Expand

This game is very entertaining imitating and mixing both Bioshock and Half-life. Story is good for this kind of sci-fi game; even it does not provide any kind of genius hooks, but it is still entertaining enough for a video game. The action in game is good and time manipulation gives it a nice spice. Game is not too long which is good, since the game would otherwise turn out to be too repetitive and boring. It took me about 9 hours to complete the game. Graphics are not high-end, but they did not bother me either. Game itself doesn’t bring anything amazingly new for the players, but it successfully combines the pre-used ideas from other games. I did not counter any bad bugs either which gave me a feeling of well completed game engine. Of course this game also has its problems, like missing a real challenge. Mostly you can beat the enemy quite easily. Also Singularity’s replay value is as low as most of the FPS games in the market. However if you like Bioshock and Half-life and you can get this game from discounts I highly recommend you to give it a try. At least I found this game very enjoyable and fun to play and the soviet/post-soviet theme is really atmospheric.… Expand

reviewed by www.pc-heaven.co.uk a pc company i have not had so much fun from a game in a long time amazing every thing about the game is grate waepons look and feel grate this game is just grate you got to try it to love it amazing all the way to the very end this game will make you jump at times best horror fps game out . recommend by pc-heaven

I like to think of Singularity of a mash-up of TimeShift and Metro 2033, which is to say it looks amazing, is loads of fun to play and the innovative time-altering weapon is the icing on the cake.

Great game. The engine/gameplay is absolutely novel and superb. The atmospheric "fake russian" scenery is absolutely fitting, and the storyline is about as great as Sci-Fi/Realism hybrids go. It was too short however, and I feel that the game could be expanded into something that is even greater.

Amazing graphics, awesome atmosphere - makes you explore the world and marvel at details. However, the level design was done a little heavy-handed and sloppy - you cannot go in certain directions with no obvious reason, yet you can go in others. Also, be prepared - no Wide Screen support and terrible Field Of View (which you can google and change, thankfully). Perhaps, a little short - Singularity still leaves a very nice taste in your mouth! :)… Expand

Amazing game - but the publisher's marketing department didn't push it because they wanted to put they money on COD marketing. I hate COD!!! This game is a unique and immersive fps, highly critically rated.

Not the best FPS i have ever played. However it was a good addition to the genre and the use of time altering mechanics was very interesting. For the price this is definitely worth a game picking up. Only thing that bugged me as some others have mentioned is there are no subtitles. I can hear fine and this didn't overly bother me however i always like to have subs on just in case i don't quite catch what someone is saying and because reading subs is like second nature to me being an avid fan of anime.… Expand

Although it's a bit too much influenced by Bioshock, it's a really good game... rather than Bioshock i think ;-) Good ambiance, story, good looking (some display bugs sometimes), and it's cheap buying !

Great game! I love both the single player and the multiplayer as both are good. Though it really sucks that Activision didn't advertise it, not many people bought the game. The game was awesome, but there's probably not going to be a sequel because Activision doesn't care to advertise games that have potential to be as great as Call of Duty. I don't even have a complaint about this game, everything was good if not great to me. Although I don't have a complaint, I still wouldn't put it above Fallout 3 or anything, but it is a really good game. Overall, if you want a good shooter game that isn't Call of Duty or Battlefield, play this game.… Expand

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Underestimated. Singularity is not an "amazing" game but has a lot of potential that wasn't used properly, and thus, we got a game with very interesting story and a pretty nice gameplay. Graphics are definitely not a strong factor in this game, Unreal Engine 3 is a limited, tired engine that his glory days already behind him. The story, though, is very interesting and was one of the factors that made me buy this game. You are an american army officer of some black-ops unit that infiltrates an base to take an old mysterious tech that can roll things back and forth in time (you will like this)., and as you progress in the game you see ghosts and "people" that were effected by the radiation that occurred during that experiments in this facility. Your weapon arsenal game be upgraded with "weapon upgrade units" that you find as you play and so as your "TMD Tool" that allows you to "age" materials and renew them - you can upgrade the tool as well. As for the gameplay itself, it sometimes gets really "old", you can't shoot monsters unless they on the ground as you ( if they climbing the fence for example). Enemy attack trigger works only if you really close to them, or if you aim at the with sights. All an all, this game deserves more Exposure them he got. Go get it, you will not regret it.… Expand