Syphon Filter: Logans Shadow

Do you remember the time when Playstation 1 was at the top? I'm talking about 1999, the year gaming was moving on to another level. A company 989 Studios dropped the first Syphon Filter on Ps1, and broke sales records. The game's character resembles a Bond character, or perhaps Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell. After the first Syphon was released, a slew of pure fucking garbage was released by 989. They eventually died as a company, and sold all the rights to the Syphon Filter franchise with none other than Sony.

Sony eventually took the game to a new direction with the birth of the PSP( Playstation Portable) . So far, the games are a major improvement over the crap that 989 played out. The first SF on PSP was a great new take on the game with great graphics, and an actual storyline you might think is cool. These days it's hard to find a game that has an interesting story attached to the gameplay. So when I find a game that has a cool story, its worthwhile to actually play through the whole game.

Now onto the review of the new addition of Logans Shadow. I FUCKING LOVE IT. When I first started the game, the menus were even cool! You hop right into action blasting a turret off a chopper over open water as soon as you start a new game. I was very impressed! Gabe, the main characer of SF has a bag of new moves these days too. You can use stealth, and fuck people up by snapping necks, or carving the motherfuckers! The storyline rocks, and voice overs are WAY better than the first one. You spend a large amount of time in uderwater levels that look smooth and have very precise controls. The water effects are something you have not seen on the PSP yet, boasting a potential future in the 3 year old piece of hardware.

Go pick up this game if you own a PSP. That is the best advice I can give. Oh yeah, multiplayer anyone>>?? The game uses local, and infrastructure modes for playing with others. THe online mode is sick! You will be amazed with the depth in the multiplayer, and how well the game handles 16 players on screen. Voice chat is enabled, and multiple mission modes are available. The cost ranges from $34.99-40 .