A year after Bubsy 3D’s completion, a producer from 989 Studios provided an idea for a title called Syphon Filter: no plot, characters, or meaning to the actual title was given only a few ideas for gameplay mechanics and setting were contributed. History tells us it didn’t go well.īut even making a title that people hate can be a stepping stone for something more. The 8-person team had been dealt a tremendously bad hand by not only working on a franchise that was established with three previous titles before it but also the studio’s first transition to 3D gaming. Developer Eidetic was reeling from the studio’s first console title, a small project titled Bubsy 3D, which shares a common title amongst pundits as one of the worst video games ever made. While the success of Syphon Filter is noted in the near 2 million plus units shipped over the first title’s lifespan, the path there was anything but successful. A full on tale that I could bury myself into, an action movie with enough thought to pull you through its twists and turns, and a franchise that has stayed in the minds of many, despite it’s longed absence in the gaming world.įootnote: This article contains spoilers for 20+ year old games, but you should definitely still play them. It was my first real dive into something that wasn’t fully focused on platforming, mascots, or brands. This was a franchise that I was late to but still grew up on, and as a kid (who shouldn’t have been playing these but who didn’t do that?) Syphon Filter piqued my interest in storytelling, drama, and action. But I’ll be real before I get on my soapbox: I’m biased. From a long dormant franchise asleep now for 13 years, Syphon Filter only provides fun memories of what was and some “Oh yeah!” moments when brought up in reminiscing. The name Gabriel Logan rings dull in ears at present. I took a look back on the trials and tribulations that went to making the original trilogy, and why it’s worth not only your time to play it, but another shot at love in gaming’s current crazed remastering era, even if it’s very unlikely. For Retro Month, I decided to look back on the life and times of one of my favorite franchises of all time, Syphon Filter.
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