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Pretty cool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 18 / 121
Date: February 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun the frist time around so rent it beat it but don't buy it

Not worth the effort

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 33
Date: March 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This Syphon Filter is not as well put together as the firstone was what is this sneaking around and using your taser on guys instead of shooting them in the head and you play as both Gabe Logan and Lian Xing its just not as good as Syphon Filter but one good bright spot the weapons are still cool!

A gamer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This was basicly an extension of the first Syphon Filter, which means it was a great action game. There were some minor changes in the feel of the game. You don't shoot as many people, although the body count is still pretty high, and the new weapons really look good. There is also a much better story line in this installation. The first one left you just kinda going along with everything. This one does a good job explaining the story. I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoyed the first one, but if you have a friend that already has it, you may want to borrow it from them instead.

Syphon Filter 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think that this game was great. The new 2 player mode was very fun. The new guns are cool. Such as the new sniper rifles.

Intense Action

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 19, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Syphon Filter 2 is an almost perferct sequel to the first game. There is more action and levels to keep you entertained. The game starts where the last one ended. The only problem is that nothing is really new in the game. 989 Studios didn't add anything that was much different except for a few weapons and the abiltiy to play as Lian. Besides its minor flaws, Syphon Filter 2 is a very fun game to play. If you are a fan of the first game then the sequel will not let you down!

Please, quit your whining.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 32 / 35
Date: March 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

It is increasingly difficult to read the reviews on this page, mostly because they are absolutely inane. When looking at a review, I want to know if the game was fun, if the gameplay was tight, how good the story was, and whether or not the graphics and sound added to the game. Since I have played Syphon Filter 2, I will let everyone out there know that yes, this game is fun. The level of difficulty is fairly high, and many times you will have to go through a level a number of times to pass it. But really, would you want to spend your money on a game that you can take out in one night? The story is very effectively laid into the game with in-game movies and voice-overs. The graphics, while not the best on the market, are very solid and add to the feel of the game. The sound, including the great soundtrack, is wonderful. And the controls, which can take a while to learn if you didn't play the original (I didn't), are solid. All in all, this is a fantastic game that will be challenging for anyone who is looking for an exciting game to play.

Syphon Filter 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: March 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Syphon Filter was perhaps my favorite game, so I was very anxious for the 2nd. Well I wasnt let down I'm happy to say. The story basicly takes off right where the first ends. The only difference is SF2's story line if much deeper, interaction with other characters in the missions not just inbetween missions. If you liked the first one, you wont be dissapointed by the 2nd :) BTW more weapons :)

Syphon Filter 2 is a great game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: March 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Syphon Filter 2 is a great game! If you liked Syphon Filter 1 you will probably love the new Syphon Filter, but if you don't know the story of Syphon Filter 1 you may have a hard time understanding the plot and the different character. Fortunately this can be easily overlooked, because this is a truly great game.

A great sequel to a great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I love these two games! Syphon Filter 2 continues the great gameplay its predecessor set up while adding a few twists, such as playing as Lian, having help from other characters during missions (Teresa (a great addition), Chance, etc.), and the two-player mode.

If you like exciting, fast-paced games, you will not be disappointed by SF or SF2. I beat SF2 in less time than it took to beat the first one, but that's probably just because I'm farther up the learning curve of the games now. This one delivers challenge (enemies can now use snipers on you and take you out with a head shot!) and plenty of plot twists, right up until the very end.

The two-player mode is nice, though the screen should have been split horizontally instead of vertically (it's quite difficult to tell what is going on around you at times). Basically, the two-player mode feels like a neat mini-game if you happen to have someone sitting around. The levels you play on are not huge or incredibly interesting, and your only objective is to kill the other player.

One neat new feature the two-player mode adds, though, is having to look for secrets within the one-player game in order to unlock characters and levels.

This and the fast-pace of the game (though about half of the stages require you to stop and think your way through sticky situations -- it is rarely just running and shooting) will make you want to play it again even after you have beaten it (plus unlocking all of the secret movies by playing through hard mode).

If you own Syphon Filter, you have to buy the sequel! If the game interests you at all, you should definitely rent it (and then possibly by it!). It is one of my all-time favorite games!

Newcomers need not apply.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: March 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A warning: If you haven't mastered the first Syphon Filter, this game will prove an extremely difficult one.

Syphon Filter 2, both in terms of story and gameplay, doesn't pretend to be an independent game from the original. In fact it has the feel of a mission pack -- the story picks up exactly where the original left off, and the level of difficulty of Syphon Filter 2 (somewhere in the stratosphere) goes beyond the toughest levels of the original.

A couple of weaknesses about Syphon Filter 2 stems from this. First, even the first levels are intensely difficult -- there are no relatively easy levels where you can hone your controls and reflexes; if you haven't played Syphon Filter and cut your teeth on how to strafe, aim a two-handed weapon while running, reload, roll, manoeuvre, use explosive weapons and pull off split-second headshots, you won't get much breathing space here to practise it. Syphon Filter 2 is VERY DIFFICULT. What bugs me more than the difficulty is that most of the missions (especially stealth missions) are dependent not on wits and skill, but on familiarity -- for example, if you don't know already where the G.I.s in the exhibition center are, you won't be able to avoid being detected. The result is that it's nearly impossible on most levels to finish on the first try, which is a bummer in terms of story continuity. The save-game system is a slight notch above the original but still flawed. I don't understand why most game developers feel compelled to make saving such a big deal -- in Syphon 2, you can't save without quitting your current game first, and on one enraging occasion a bug in the game resulted in an entire mission being lost (I'd saved the game before the scene had finished fading in completely so when I loaded the game, the bug caused my character to "fall into limbo" and die automatically and instantaneously every time I load).

With the grumps out of the way, there's a lot of good things I can say about Syphon 2. Controls are still good (though a little better in the original), the story is detailed and absorbing, and the new weapon options (crossbow, silenced HK-5s, combat knife) are intriguing, even though the hand-to-hand weapons have nearly no range and take a long time to adjust to. One huge plus of this game is, surprisingly, the voice acting. This usually doesn't matter much in adventure games, but on Syphon 2 the cast of old ("Gabe Logan" is still played by bass-voiced John Chacon) and new voice actors was obviously picked with care, and do incredibly well on the extended, well considered cinematic sequences. The smartypants "Teresa Lipan" especially provides a spunky counterpart to the new, soft-spoken "Lian Xing". Little things like that really enhance your sense of character and your stake in their success and failure. The score, of course, is rousing and kinetic, as befits the franchise, and the "Select Mission" option in the menu has been greatly improved -- if you select a later mission, now, you won't be stuck with just 45 damned bullets for your 9mm, but will be restored to the equipment you had when you were at that level in your loaded game.

Despite its incredible toughness, Syphon Filter 2 is destined to be a classic.

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