[PC] SiN Episodes: Emergence

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Bad timing isn't one of the seven deadly sins, but when it came to the original SiN, it was deadly enough. SiN came out in the shadow of the original Half-Life, and it's taken the franchise roughly eight years to recover from that. Now, developer and publisher Ritual is preparing the return of SiN in the form of SiN Episodes: Emergence. Ironically, Emergence is built upon Valve's Source engine and Ritual will distribute the game online using Valve's Steam service. And by relying on much of the same technology used by Valve for Half-Life 2, this SiN looks to be making a much stronger impression than its predecessor.

[...]What's really intriguing about the game is the dynamic difficulty system, which we got to experience first hand. Like most shooters, Emergence will keep track of all your statistics as you play the game, including your hit percentage with various weapons, your number of kills, and so on. However, this data isn't for you to gloss over at the end of the game. Instead, Emergence will dynamically adjust the difficulty level depending on your performance. As Ritual's Tom Mustaine explained to us, if you start getting good at nailing head shots, then the game will subtly adapt to that. Enemies may start appearing with helmets, or they may dodge faster to incoming rounds. The idea is that you'll constantly be faced with a difficult challenge, no matter what your skill level. What's impressive is that Mustaine said they've discovered that with dynamic difficulty turned on, both newcomers and first-person shooter veterans take about the same amount of time to get through the game.

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The company is distributing it online via Steam, but it is contemplating some kind of retail package, as well, though nothing is nailed down at this point.

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Buy as little or as much of the game as you want, with each installment offering 3 - 6 hours of action-packed gameplay. But tread lightly, as the choices you make may influence future episodes in unforeseen ways.

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Joining Blade on his mission are JC, a HardCorps hacker with a secret to keep, and Jessica Cannon, a fiery rookie who can find her way into any secure facility.

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Yep, da hast leider recht

Von SiN Episodes:

Selbst wenn sie ein Retail-Package rausbringen sollten, schaut ohne Steam wohl wirklich nicht so gut aus oder wie stellen die sich das vor? Jede Episode auf CD kaufen?


Nettes Gimmick:

Die scheinen auf JC abzufahren

Ist das eine Hommage auf irgendetwas oder habe ich da etwas wichtiges vom ersten Teil vergessen?

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SiN Episodes came.. but did it deliver? This has been one of my personal most wanted games ever since it was announced. The original had a lot of style and proved to be tons of fun, and the sequel does indeed deliver the game play SiN fans have come to love. Episodes has style, tons of action, and top notch graphics. What more do you need?

The game has it's share of bugs at this point in time though. Many people are reporting lockups and stuttering, which I have also experienced. I had the game lock up completely at one point, for around 30 seconds and then it snapped out of it. I only had that happen the once though, but some are reporting more frequent problems. Ritual is currently investigating these reports and plans to release a patch as soon as the bugs are squashed.

[...]This first episode took me between 5 and 6 hours to beat, and that includes all the times I died. I think that most players will have a solid 5 hours of game play to enjoy. Now the pricing scheme comes into question. This episode costs $19.95US, which seems a tad pricey for only 5 hours of play. However, I recently played Tomb Raider: Legends which only had 9 hours of game play, and costs much more than this. In general, the game is worth the asking price compared to a few other games on the market, but it's ultimately up to you whether or not you think the cash is worth that amount of play.

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was mich stört is das es mittendrin praktisch aufhört und nicht wenigstens in sich abgeschlossen ist

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Alles in allem ein netter Shooter

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SiN Episodes: Emergence is now available on Steam for the new low price of $14.95! Included in this offer are the original SiN, SiN 1 multiplayer, SiN Episodes Arena Mode, and SiN Episodes multiplayer (coming soon).