| 90 |
Game Informer
The graphics may be dated, but it's still an amazing game. [Dec 2001, p.111]
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| 90 |
GamePro
The gameplay still delivers thrilling combat that’s focused less on stealth and much more on action.
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| 90 |
Hot Games
The best PlayStation espionage game since "Metal Gear Solid."
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| 87 |
Electric Playground
Despite a high level of difficulty, the game is proof positive that the original PlayStation still has plenty of life left within.
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| 85 |
TotalGames.net
The story is as good as ever and backed by some of the best sound of any PSone game and a smattering of smooth FMV scenes the atmosphere is bang up there with the best.
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| 80 |
Games Domain
Syphon Filter offers some extremely engaging gameplay, helped by the intriguing plot.
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| 80 |
Next Generation Magazine
Graphically solid, slickly presented, and sporting a solid selection of mission types in a complex storyline, SF3 is perhaps the last great PSX action title. [Jan 2002, p.88]
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| 80 |
GameZone
It could have been better in a couple of areas, graphics, and sound. However, I did enjoy the game, and loved the way it was presented.
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| 75 |
IGN
I'd say this game ranks pretty high. It's no "Metal Gear Solid 2: Son's of Liberty," but at least it's not "Nuclear Dawn."
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| 74 |
Gamezilla!
The controls are simple enough to master that you shouldn't have to pause the game to look at the manual just to figure out how to pull off a stunt.
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| 70 |
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
A general sense of "same-old, same-old" throughout. [Jan 2002, p.146]
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| 67 |
Game Revolution
The feeling of tension and suspense the player gets while playing through the first two games is strangely absent here. Whereas before I would hug the walls and creep silently through corridors looking for the enemy, now I find myself calmly standing in the middle of a room nonchalantly picking off baddies.
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| 65 |
GameSpot
More of the same thing that made the first game good. Unfortunately, what was great almost three years ago doesn't hold nearly as much water these days.
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| 65 |
Electronic Gaming Monthly
This is basically the same game as the last two – this series just refuses to evolve. [Dec 2001, p.262]
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| 60 |
Play Magazine
A medium challenge with an all-too-easy ending. [Feb 2002, p.62]
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| 60 |
GameShark
Everyone in general is pretty stiff, and trying to control our hero while dodging the insane amount of enemies is more chore than thrill.
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| 58 |
Cinescape
The graphic engine doesn't seem to have been touched, nor does the gameplay engine.
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| 50 |
XenGamers
All bloodthirsty primal tendencies aside, the game remains shallow. The storyline is weak and incoherent.
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| 42 |
Gaming Age
Syphon Filter 3 is a quality film with B-movie gameplay. The visuals, music, and CG are all top-notch, but the chewy gameplay center gets old after a few bites.
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