Syphon Filter
1999 · Action · PlayStation
Overview
Syphon Filter (1999) is Eidetic's third-person stealth-action shooter, in which agents Gabe Logan and Lian Xing hunt a terrorist and his bioweapon.
Deep Dive
Agents Gabriel Logan and Lian Xing pursue the terrorist Erich Rhoemer and his group, Black Baton, who hold a bioweapon called Syphon Filter, and discover that their own agency director, Thomas Markinson, is Rhoemer's partner. The game mixes third-person shooting with stealth missions and some puzzles. Its display includes a radar, armour status and a "danger meter", and IGN counted at least thirty weapons and pieces of equipment.
Developer Story
Richard Ham designed it at Eidetic, with John Garvin on art and writing and Chuck Doud composing. 989 Studios released it in North America on 16 February 1999.
Did You Know?
- It scored 90 on Metacritic and sold more than 900,000 copies.
- It was followed by Syphon Filter 2 (2000), Syphon Filter 3 (2001) and three more games on the PS2 and PSP.
Sources & further reading
- Syphon Filter (video game) — Wikipedia
