In a recent Q&A session, Syphon Filter 3's Lead Designer Jeff Ross offered his personal view on where a new Syphon Filter game would go, should it ever be made.
This is a very simple list to complete. There are no collectibles. Most of everything here is story related with a couple miscellaneous Trophies thrown in. Nothing here can be missed as there is a really helpful rewind feature as well as mission select.
A new battleground is heating up in the modern era: backwards compatibility. Sony and Microsoft have different angles, but which is better?
These are different companies with different eco systems. They will pick the approach that best suits them and the games in their catalog which are also vastly different.
Nothing will ever be as good as the phat PS3 model. Since sites like to compare things all the time, compare the older systems to the newer systems when it comes to BC. I'm sure you'll find the newer systems lacking.
Modern gaming journalism. Creates division so that they have something to talk about in the time between new games.
PS2 BC wasn't finicky. It played nearly every game in PS1's catalog. The list was almost negligible. PS3 almost played all the games from PS1 and PS2 until the removal of full BC. But Sony showed you can sell over 100 million PS4 consoles WITHOUT it if you provide a smattering of new games. Microsoft showed you can't sell 100 million consoles WITH it if you don't provide enough new games for a new console.
Xbox is said to lead the way but if we were to count the total amount of BC games for each console, it's near the same amount. Microsoft doesn't play all its previous games as Sony doesn't. Just offering different selections.
New games for new consoles still matter and should always be the priority. BC is fine but should be secondary to providing new games. There isn't any new battleground. If a strategy is to look to the past for games already played or purchased for new consoles, you're looking in the wrong direction. It would be the same with subscriptions. You don't watch Netflix to watch old shows you already watched even if they were good. You look to watch NEW shows you haven't watched.
I know some love trophy or achievement hunting. But that's not enough for me. Only if the games looked better, moves better and played with better controls. Going back to some these games with bad camera angles and tank controls to get a trophy doesn't sound fun to me. But that's just me. Some might. But I hope it's because a game was fun.
Incoming From Bend Studio
I would love to replay older games with trophies. I would replay the shit out of the tedious and beloved Digimon World to get the platinum
Love Syphon Filter so this will do me nicely, hope we get a new one built for PS5.
This is pretty neat, I wonder how 'involved' the trophies are, e.g. are they just 'finish level' or does it actually have knowledge of the gameplay and can do things like 'Kill X enemies', 'Finish level X only using the tazer" etc.
Also related... I hope when they put this on the store it sells a bucketload and we get a remake bundle and sequel.
I hope MGS1 will have trophies as well when that eventually gets emulated.
I don't have many platinums but they're usually games I love (that also don't have annoying lists, haha). MGS1 wasn't the first game I played but it was the first game I bought when I got my second-hand PS1.
I'm pretty sure the reason I picked MGS is because I watched my cousins play Syphon Filter. lol. I'd like to finally give Syphon Filter a go.
Come on, Say it already.... People have been dying to play as Gabe again. The guy is seriously an underrated protagonist. I really could use a Syphon Filter Reboot.
"Gabrielle Logan, Where are you?"
"But what about the Serum... Leave nothing"
The silo mission was a Bi#$/
We want Syphon Filter PS4
*Edit: and don't forget the taser :-)
I would love to see syphon filter again I didn't like the PSP ones though but the 3 games on ps1 have a large place in my heart I really want it back for ps4 :D would love to gear up the silenced 9mm pistol and taser & flackjacket lol :D
It was all about the taser and Gabe's running style.
I agree. SF is stale.