Singularity™

one of the first games i play on steam when i was a teenager back in 2011, now i am 30 and i finished this game for the 3 time, awesome game and waste of IP, they should remaster this game or remake. with the upgrades of the weapons be like wolfenstein that the upgrade became visual on the weapon, story 10/10, miss the old games.

This is a very fun FPS! It's not the most original but it does everything well.
If you like shooters with a story mode then this is definitely a strong recommendation

It's like a combination half life 2 and call of duty.

Very fun hidden gem from the beginning of the 2010s. This game asks the question: "What if CoD devs made a campaign with survival horror and sci-fi elements?" and the answer is, it turns out surprisingly well.

Pros:

• Great gunplay.
  
• Grisly, creative monster designs & mechanics.
  
• Awesome time-manipulation mechanics, probably second best next to Quantum Break.
  
• Cool story, with enough intrigue and paradoxes to make you wonder what ending you get is 'best'.
  
• Sound design and art direction are ahead of their time.
  
• The early game was my favourite part of it: when you have minimal equipment and no time powers, the time-dilation mutants are genuinely unsettling and gives the game a survival-horror feel.
  
• It has what I like to call a mandatory power fantasy moment: you spend the whole game at the enemy's mercy, then you become super overpowered in the closing hour and stomp on fools. It's great. I love when games do this.
  
• No bugs or glitches in my playthrough.
  
• Great compatibility even on very modern hardware. I played in 1080p 240fps.
  
• Length is ideal for an FPS game. Anything longer than 6 hours for an FPS tends to overstay its welcome, I clocked in at 5.5 on Hard.
  

• Sequel-baits with the epilogue and it's been 15 years now, so the thread goes nowhere.
  
• Early game sets up a survival horror atmosphere pretty well, with dark and morbid backstory involving children forced to eat mutating meals, but quickly devolves into a CoD campaign with a cool setting.
  
• Plot twist was pretty predictable, I called it before the game even tells you.
  
• Balancing is out the window: the four best weapons in the game are available to you within the first hour, removing most of the tension.
  
• Game feels like it wasn't fully realised, most likely due to Activision forcing Raven to put this out earlier than it was ready. Per Wikipedia: "According to Keith Fuller from Raven Software the game had a troubled development and was almost cancelled by publisher Activision"
  
• Can't rebind every action, so pickup is stuck as "R", which is also Reload. A product of its time when PC ports were fledgling.
  
• Baby Spider enemies are a total nuisance and not fun to fight at all.
  
[*] No cloud-save support, so save your file somewhere before you uninstall. Not the devs fault, it was 15 years ago, but it's worth knowing.

Solid little FPS. Recommended if you like the newer Wolfenstein games.

Singularity is my single favorite FPS of all time. Amazing story, fun gunplay, and the memories I have of those old days of the multiplayer on console. I used to love playing as the Tick in the mutants versus humans mode. Even now, this game is still an absolute gem for the single player campaign alone. Please please please, give this game a shot, it's truly something special and I would do anything for a remaster of it.

Singularity is a cool little FPS heavily inspired by BioShock.

From a technical standpoint, the game runs perfectly fine, although it's impossible to choose an ultra-wide resolution. Fortunately, you can force a custom resolution by editing registry keys. However, there's an odd issue when reloading a checkpoint after dying: the game freezes for a few seconds, making it seem like it’s about to crash before resuming normally. Weird, but still worth noting.

The gameplay is solid, alternating between exploration, (very light) puzzle phases, and combat. The game leans heavily on combat(maybe too much), with some encounters throwing waves of enemies at you. Weapons feel decent, and both them and your abilities can be upgraded. Exploration rewards you with resources for these upgrades, once again very BioShock-like. That said, being limited to carrying only two weapons feels restrictive. The bestiary is quite impressive, and the TMD (Time Manipulation Device) is fun to use, strongly reminiscent of BioShock's plasmids.

Controls are a bit odd; it really feels designed for a controller rather than a keyboard and mouse. There's also something off about the mouse movement, as if it has built-in smoothing, still playable, but slightly annoying.

Katorga-12 doesn't feel as immersive as Rapture (or even Columbia). The level design is more corridor-like, giving it a game-y feel rather than a lived-in world. Still, the Soviet, heavy-industrial, retro-futurist aesthetic is pleasing. However, using Cyrillic letters to mimic English words is just cringe (Я is not an R, and Ф is not a T!).

Visually, the game looks dated, very "grainy" and has desaturated colors. It probably wasn’t stunning even at release, but the strong art direction makes up for it.

The soundtrack isn’t particularly memorable, but it fits the atmosphere and does its job. The game also features audio logs scattered throughout the maps, again, very BioShock, but having to stop and listen to them interrupts the flow.

There are some difficulty spikes on hard mode, but overall, it’s manageable. In fact, the game tends to get easier as you progress, rather than harder.

The story is decent but feels a bit rushed. The premise had potential that wasn't fully explored. However, the inclusion of multiple endings is a nice touch.

You can complete Singularity in roughly 10 hours, a bit more if you take your time to explore.


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Singularity doesn’t reach the heights of BioShock, but it’s still an enjoyable FPS with fun mechanics and an interesting setting. It has its flaws: clunky controls, dated visuals, and a story that could have been better developed, but it’s worth playing if you’re a fan of the genre. It may not be a masterpiece, but it’s a hidden gem that deserved more recognition than it got.

good game

What's that you say? Another game about how socialists tried to destroy the entire earth with evil experiments? Another cold war video game designed to ruin americans' brains and make them think everything bad in the world is other countries, rather than their own global imperialist empire? Trash games, trash country, trash nationalism.

Pretty cool FPS with some great mechanics. Before you know it you'll be throwing around huge time-slowing orbs to make your enemies completely helpless, pulling in exploding gas tanks from another timeline, and combining these with a rain of bullets to create an insanely big bang which can clear an entire room all at once. Oh and it turns out this game invented picking up items from a distance long before Alyx starting doing it.

A lot of effort has gone into building the story and its setting... but the campaign is awfully short, lasting around 6 hours even with full exploration of the levels - which by the way is strictly limited to the occasional side corridor. Walking speed is also annoyingly low but I guess that is mandatory for any zombie-type shooter.

It gets a thumbs up from me, but wait for a good sale - this game is now 15 years old and it's insulting that Activision is still asking 20 euros for it.

game is a fun on rails shooter. buy if it drops to around $10

gooodie goodieee

ooghhh im so full of e99 🤤

I wish I could give the game a positive review, I wanted to make this game work and get to the end but there are so many bugs that I can't over look.

I had to replay some of the game twice, because there is no way to use your latest save once you exit the game. I also had to replay it just to make a certain cutscene trigger. Then later on I had to use a mechanic the game was trying to teach me but the buttons for it were not working at all.

To be honest I was enjoying the game despite the bugs, the story, mechanics, and overall gameplay.

I can look past the bugs, how the game has aged, the jankiness, but being blocked from progress and punished for no reason repeatedly just ruins the experience.

man i miss the era when creative games like this came out, somehow i overlooked this but i gotta say, its super fun.

Horrible game design honestly what a steaming pile of fucking shit. The art design is really nice. I hope whoever made the maps got fired.

TL;DR: buy on sale only, and expect to negotiate with jank.

Soviet Russia BioShock with time-travel. It's... okay.

It has some good ideas, and some moments executed well, but I would say these days it's only worth getting on a good sale.

It's a dated game. In the case of technical aspects, I couldn't even get the game to launch until I manually ran a PhysX software package hidden in the install folder, in compatibility mode, followed by a PC restart. After all of that, the game finally launches, but it turns out that the game doesn't have a FOV slider, the Mouse Sensitivity slider doesn't do anything, and there are virtually no significant video quality settings to adjust. There are a few strange quirks in keybinds I'm not a fan of, like the Reload key doubling as the Interact key.

In the case of design, the visual art is solid, level design is solid, and areas are loaded with a good bit of details. The overall story and voice acting are as campy as anything else from this game's era. The systems of upgrading your weapons and your Time Manipulation Device are very simple, and lack in immersion where BioShock pulls it off better. You just collect nondescript doohickeys and turn them in at the nondescript doohickey machine.

I like it, but I don't love it. Worth a playthrough, but only buy it on a solid sale, like $10 USD or less.

A real forgotten gem, even if you have no nostalgia for it. If you like Half Life, Bioshock, and Metro, give Singularity a go as well.

The gameplay was very smooth, and the story was interesting. I really enjoyed the beginning of the game as well as the first two boss fights. Also, I saw all the 3 enfings by reloading from the last checkpoint. However, the only thing that really annoyed me were the inverted "R".

Dear Lord! What have I done?!

When this was first released, I was so fed up with first person shooters that I just skipped it. What a fool I was! It is a Raven Studios game after all. If possible, I'd play it through in one session... but I have to go to sleep!

Too bad Raven Software is working the Call of Duty mines, they could be making banger video games right about now. They made Warzone, and as thank you, they were forced to work on it more, rather than given freedom. ActivisionBlizzard milking them for all they got.

Game is a banger, buy it!

This game is competent but ultimately an average shooter that includes few gimmics and unique mechanics. It is not anything special in my honest opinion but I can still recommend it if you get it for cheap.

Недооцененная игра с очень прописанным сюжетом про манипуляции временем. Остался очень впечатлен.

Had some trouble early on (those tick enemies are the worst), but once I got the minigun, the game became way too easy—though ridiculously fun.

It’s ambitious but feels disjointed at times. Gunplay, however, is top-notch.

Sadly, this was Raven’s last original game… still miss them.

Old but gold. I've had this on my list to play since probably not long after it came out. Finally got around to it one random Friday afternoon :D
Yes, the FOV is a bit broken in that it's stuck at 65. There's ways around it with a mod but I didn't bother. Also there's a couple points early on where you feel like you're caught out with no ammo...there is always an extra gun laying around! Just look for it. Happened a couple time. I very, very almost gave up after the first half hour or so. Don't, because just after that all the cool stuff starts to happen. Very cool game and worth a play through. Lots of nice ideas all throughout and I'm glad I finally got around to it.

Game will not save.
Tried the suggested fixes, no joy. Only option is "new game".

good game

I still have my orginal copy of this game for Xbox 360. But that console no longer works. So when I saw this was availible on Steam I grabbed it as soon as it went on sale! This game is an under rated gem! If you like Bioshock, chances are you'll love this game as well!

its always them russians

I was playing the game in hard mode, its not a likeable game because at places it is just blocking players progress and I have seen unwanted graphical errors so many places, its just saddening ( not recommending as I have come across unplayable graphical errors [some rectified by toggling video settings]. user cannot play at all or would want to close application). *2025*

a hidden gem

5/10 It was meh, the game is linear corridor shooter of about 5hrs or longer depending on who kill at the emd. I killed them both. and I assume each ending has its good and bad. The gunplay is very mediocre, you collect weapon tech to upgrade the 7 or so weapons, collect scattered e-tech in order to purchase/upgrade perks. The weapon upgrade involve 3 sets of two upgrades each for a weapons damage, reload speed, and clip size. The TMD was interesting in some use cases, but is mostly redundant in combat.

Despite how long this game has been out, it still holds out as one of my favorite games.
If I had to put it into words, I would say it was Russian Fallout. After all...
Both games have a few things in common, for one... Essentially radiation involved, and of course the inclusion of STIMPACKS as a healing item. Sure different spelling but same item.
Oh and for those having trouble launching it, I say this... Don't give up, for me it was as simple as launching it a few times, verify game integrity, reinstall, etc.
Sometimes the files just got jumbled up. So shake it like a puzzlebox.

FUN

Don`t sleep on it

clean game guns cool

love it

Played this game for 3 hours now it won't launch. Verified file integrity...no help. Uninstalled re-installed same result. Enable compatibility mode (Win 7) same result. Most likely too late to get a refund. DO NOT BUY.

This is a great game that I played while deployed for hours upon hours. I beat it then. It is a difficult game with great graphics for the time. I would recommend to anyone who likes time manipulation games.

Still a good single player experience as it was when it came out.

Highly recommend it due to those that wish to travel back in time and
see what ideas game devs were coming up with that was innovative at the time.

Just a well thought out game with good gaming mechanics.

Reject UE5 return to UE3

Good game. Interesting story and weapons. The ship level was awesome.

A simple and a bit console-y shooter with a uniqe setting. Good pacing and gameplay. It's worth it for people who like older FPS, but it's nothing too special.

A hidden gem. Raven`s last game.

one of those old good game

It's a good game... hard is hard because youre a wet toilet paper... but the story is good and gameplay is good even though it is a 15 year old game...

voice acting is okay but one stupid thing that devs forgot to fix is when you're traveling back in time for the second time and save Borisov while you unalive Demichev... then you go into the future again and meet up with that girl and talk to Borisov again.... how in the fk is Demichev still alive? I understand you save him the very first time you travel through time... but the second time you shoot his azz and he falls through the window... did he survive that? it is never explained....

but a good game....

keep in mind there is no controller support... so mouse only...

Bioshock for tankies

Old but gold. Honestly, I prefer playing this game to most 2024 releases. I'm not saying all 2024 games are bad, but I feel that about 90% of them are.

This is just so fun with all the varieties of ways to dispose of your enemies. You can tell everything is handcrafted in style of senior games Half-Life and especially BioShock.