Singularity was released for PC in 2010. The FPS game was developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. This game was based on Brian and Steven Raffel’s memories of the Cold War era abandoned buildings in Wisconsin.


This is another one of my personal favorite games solely based on the story plot and the very interesting twist that I will not reveal. The gun play is decent and above average. The weapons feel heavy and have enough recoil to make it feel like you’re actually holding a deadly weapon. One of the things that always interest me in games, specifically first person shooters, is the different weapons types or unique weapons. I think highly of games that give the player something unique to use to traverse each level even if this is not a weapon specifically. Games such as Portal give the player something different and is not combat focused. Half Life gives the player a gravity gun that can be used in both combat and puzzles. Singularity follows the same vein but gives something I like much more, a TMD (Time Manipulation Device) that allows for some interesting manipulation of both enemy’s and environments.

The TMD can be used to Renew and Revert objects to their original state. The device can also be used to age enemies and for gravity manipulation. The TMD along with some interesting time/bullet manipulation make for more than average gun play. Couple the gun play with some time traveling and story twist and this is a very interesting game.

Wiggin’s Thoughts: I never got a chance to play the multiplayer and some of the consolization such as having the E key both be the action button and reload were annoying to deal with at first. Once I got over those, it was definitely an interesting game. In addition to the Sci-Fi story and time traveling, Singularity is definitely worth checking out. I would wait for a price drop to around $10 though.

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