episodic content is the future of gaming

SIN Emergence is a pretty odd game in a good sort of way; what suck's is that this game doesn't have enough content afterwards to an otherwise almost episodic franchise that never went through. The model's are great enough so the game doesn't age poorly (similar to half life 2), even the game story is rather interesting. Although... Really hard to make of the story when the IP never made other episodes, in the same way as Half-Life 2. Actually rather interesting for a game to not only be better than the first game, also one of those game's that carry the same sin's like Half-Life 2.

Sins Emergence is meant to lead the player more content & with Half-Life 2, you are still given 3 game's from the 2nd bit of a soon to be franchise (Half-Life 2, Episode 1-2).
So promising the player's for multiple episodes may have not been a great idea making this game more unplayable in more way's. Despite me feeling this way, I do hope to one day this game come's back with these idea in mind; I really really do love the idea toward's turning a game episodic instead of just making sequels, but rather leading up to a much bigger game for more room with ideas from the same engine. You don't see this often with video-game's, although it isn't impossible nor is it a bad idea. This IP just happened to come out in the wrong place in the right time if you looked at the development history before and after.

Beyond that the game play's like a Half-Life 2 source engine (because it was made from it.). My main complaint is that it come's with idea's I would like to see more refined. One where if you are around canisters filled with green mist, you have the advantage to attack enemies in slow motion. Pretty useless.
Reason why are a few reason's, one this ability is only activated if you sit in the green mist for almost a minute to fill it up. The other is the ability is already pre-activated once you enter the mist, you can't opt-it-out at all making it useless to even bother. If this game where to return to it's root's, my decision would make it where the character can in-hale a much more smaller canister to suck into. Another idea is have it where this ability can even opt-in & out without the green mist, with something Blade (Main Character) can later gain this ability. Being around green mist's only give's him more time to use it much longer than before.
Another issue this game seem's to miss is not given the player armor that can healed up like in Half-Life 2. Without that it has actually made sin's a much more harder game to play even in normal difficulty, since you are trying to keep your health alive from certain enemies. Like machine gunmen or mini gun turrets or lastly battle bot's. This game make's it much more harder without any shield armor, ended up making me appreciate Half-Life 2 mechanics more than I initially was before. The enemies would be much more balance out (even more fair) if you where given a shield armor in the same way Half-Life 2 treated it. Or have the character regenerate health for the sake of the plot. But I will still say an armor of sorts should be an option.

I got nothing much to say about Sin Emergence plot, it give's you vague explanations, a vague villain with a vague goal even that makes me feel indifferent. Even when you play the first game, you will start to see this game as an attempt to be a soft-reboot. It has the earlier character's (even villain) but it's hard to make-up what's going on. A fun game, I still recommend it; I will say, you are more out to get a better plot from the TimeSplitter's games with better humor, let alone better fan-service than with this game. Not bad for what it does and I still want more out of it. Everything is just... Too vague. Most what I got from it is the villain Elexis Sinclaire want's to take over the world by creating monster's with the possibility she trying to trap Blade into it. Where Blade (you the player) start having a vague memories of having a romantic relationship with Elexis, with the possibility (I assume) using eugenics research to create the perfect war soldier and how Blade (you) could possibly be the perfect test subject. I don't know. I won't make any high judgement from a story that never finish.
Would be nice to see Sins Emergence coming out with new episodes, I wouldn't even care if they use the same engine. The idea isn't broken nor the source engine, just need's more content with mechanic's to make the game play a tad more fair. Even having a better understanding from the story from newer episodes.

For 10 bucks worth the price, for almost 3 buck's it's a good deal to grab. I hope one day this game come's back. It may never come, but if TimeSplitter's having a comeback with a remaster. I do not see how Sin Emergence can't come out with more episodes. Boy can dream but some dream's are too good to be true.

WHERE IS THE NEXT EPISODE