Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow

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Gabe Logan makes a dramatic return this fall in Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow exclusively for PSP handheld entertainment system. This original title created by Sony's Bend Studio is the sequel to the award winning action title, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and features all-new combat mechanics, weapons and an engaging storyline that will leave you wondering who to trust. In an all new story written by Greg Rucka, author of the Queen and Country series of novels and graphic novels, Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow provides a sophisticated and gripping storyline that is sure to resonate with comic book lovers and action enthusiasts. We find Gabe Logan once again using a combination of stealth and "run-and-gun" gameplay as he is called into action when a dangerous new technology is hijacked by a criminal extremist group. In a story that takes him from the depths of the Indian Ocean to the deserts of the Middle East, Gabe is faced with the possibility that his long time partner, Lian Xing is a double agent. New mini game features, brand new to the Syphon Filter franchise. All new story written by Greg Rucka, critically acclaimed author of comic books and novels (Batman, Gotham Central, Queen and Country) All new sound track featuring award winning composer Azam Ali. ESRB Rated RP for Rating Pending

• Havok physics engine provides life-like physical reactions on both characters and environments
• New and improved weapons, such as grenade launchers, sticky mines, smoke grenades, and flash bangs
• New character actions enable players to force enemies to take cover with blind fire or protect health with the new human shield features
• Underwater physics allows players to experience 360 degrees of water navigation to explore shipwrecks and target enemies with new underwater weapons like the bolt pistol and spear gun
• Improved buddy mechanics

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Reviewed on 2008-07-06 Really good action !! Logan's Shadow has incredible graphics and game play. I have been at it for about three hours so far, and I am VERY glad that I bought it. Also like the amount of control you have. It saves game play automatically, so if you do get yourself killed, you don't have to do a bunch of stuff over again !! I HATE it when you have to repeat over and over if something goes wrong. But not in this one !!

Reviewed on 2008-04-25 Very fun and engrossing stealth action One of the things that I've always loved about Sony systems as well as those from Nintendo is that there was always these games that received barely any attention or press or even much sales yet you're like "hey, this looks intriguing" and you check it out and sure enough it's quite a fun play. After buying a PSP, I checked out some opinions of top games and frequent "games to get for PSP" lists and though I wasn't a huge fan of Splinter Cell, I thought I'd give it a shot anyway and actually found quite a fun game. Though storyline-wise and character-wise I'm completely lost and don't know anybody, it was still a fun experience. Story: You play as special operative Gabe Logan who's sent to a ship in the Indian Ocean to retrieve a new dangerous piece of technology in the hands of terrorists. But the more he digs and the more he realizes things don't fit, he finds himself finding old enemies and allies as well as possibly the idea that one enemy was on his side. I don't want to spoil too much since it's hard to bring down but it's also quite intriguing so it's best to just play it. Graphics: The PSP, despite being small, can crank out some pretty surprising graphics, as evidenced by God of War and Crisis Core. Logan's Shadow is pretty much the same thing since it's so sharp, heavily detailed, characters are well animated, the cutscenes are quite gorgeous (though the eyes...freaky looking) and the different visors like night and heat vision look quite splendid as well. Sound/Music: The music's quite fantastic actually and while I was getting a bit tired of those wailing vocals in films like 300 and Gladiator to show off that "epic" atmosphere, here the music helps and keeps you on your toes with ambience or straight ahead action tunes for the bigger stuff. The voice acting is also quite stellar and with different accents and dialects along with Logan (doing his best Eastwood impression I guess), it's a joy to watch as well as hear. Gameplay: The PSP of course doesn't have the more numerous buttons that the Dual Shock controllers have though the PSP makes do and it's actually pretty well handled. Controlling Gabe is through the nub and the D-pad is for interaction like holding left for visors, right for weapons, down for crouching and up for interaction like opening doors, climbing or accessing different mission keypads and such. At first it took awhile to get used to, even with training modes to guide you in. But playing through the main story modes, it was easy to figure out and pretty soon swimming and going through the levels were pretty soon, though I weirdly couldn't get used to weapon changing. Combat is more frequent and instead of Metal Gear Solid or Splinter Cell having an emphasis on stealth than action, this game will have you frequently running into enemies. There's still stealth kills to be had, sure, but the rarity of them happening and being spotted was quite numerous. Taking cover, Gabe has the ability to peek and fire and also blind firing over his shoulder or head, forcing the enemy to find cover. The AI is well-handled though it's easy to play the waiting game and just keep your crosshairs on the spot the enemy will show up then when he turns, blammo. One complaint was the ones that bomb in and it was hard to turn the camera and hit them though the difficulty never really got brutally difficult and with a handy radar for enemy positions, it wasn't too frustrating to deal with. I'd very much recommend playing Logan's Shadow as its one of the top games for the handheld...though if this is your first one, you'll probably be like me and wonder "who's Lian? or Teresa? or him or him?"

Reviewed on 2008-03-11 Great sequel to Dark Mirror One of the best games for the PSP. A very good sequel to Dark Mirror. Controls differ slightly from Dark Mirror, but still quite easy to manuever. Has the same plot twists just like Dark Mirror. Highly recommend adding this game to your PSP collection.

Reviewed on 2007-12-31 This game is one of the best games for the PSP console When I first got the game I was so excited because the trailer was awsome but when I started playing I thot it was not anything like the trailer. The controlls were so odd thats probably was why I thot it sucked at first but as I played on I couldent put it down it soooo great I love this game and it has such good guns and sweat things like that so defenetly get this game.

Reviewed on 2007-12-11 the best stealth action game on the PSP I start out by saying it's the best stealth action title on the PSP despite being a big fan of MGS and it's PSP iteration, Portable Ops. From he graphics to the storyline to the action, Logan's shadow is simply packed with goodies. Like the game before it (Dark Mirror), Logan's Shadow has a short campaign mode but a satisfying one with a good story. It is divided into mission, each with multiple check points, which is perfect for small chunks of play on a train, a doctor's waiting room, etc. Mission mode allows you to play the game all over as much as you want to increase your rank - each stage has a number of head shots, stealth kills, hidden messages, etc to get. So, replay value is quite high. I don't enjoy to much online play on my PSP but this one pack it in and does it right. I haven't spent a lot of time with the online but it ran smooth the few times I played a game. If you are a fan of stealth action or just need action on your PSP this game should be on your list.

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