Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain is a shooter developed by SCE Bend Studio, released 4 May 2004 on PlayStation 2.
What Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain is
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain is a shooter game developed by SCE Bend Studio and released in 2004. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game starts in Carthage, Michigan when Imani Gray and four IPCA recruits are sent in to locate Lawrence Mujari and eliminate the French Anarchiste Liberation Army (ALA) threat. Gabriel Logan and Lian Xing investigate Uganda, and Gary Stoneman investigates Italy. The IPCA agents foil the ALA's plans. Mujari has recovered and is under medical care. Meanwhile, Stone discovers that Cosa Nostra wants to retrieve the virus to use it as a tool in mafia wars. Stone goes on a mission to Pescara to assassinate the mafia head, Dimitri Alexoupolos. Dimitri's assassination prevents a Mafia family from gaining access to Syphon Filter.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, stealth and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain launched on 4 May 2004, within three weeks of Pikmin 2, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Pikmin 2, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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