Editing Sin (video game) (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 72%<ref name=GR>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/39787-sin/index.html |title=SiN for PC |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520202048/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/39787-sin/index.html |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14455&tab=review |title=SiN - Review |last=House |first=Michael L. |website=[[AllGame]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114140920/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=14455&tab=review |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
| CNG = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-2300,00.html |title=Sin |last=Cirulis |first=Martin E. |date=November 24, 1998 |website=Gamecenter |publisher=[[CNET]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815225025/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-2300,00.html |archive-date=August 15, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
| CGSP = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/114/sin_review.html |title=Sin |last=Cross |first=Jason |date=November 14, 1998 |website=[[Computer Games Magazine|Computer Games Strategy Plus]] |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030512050536/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/015/114/sin_review.html |archive-date=May 12, 2003 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
| CGW = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_175.pdf |title=Sinful Displeasure (''SiN'' Review) |last=Chin |first=Elliott |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=175 |date=February 1999 |pages=172–73 |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510052358/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_175.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Edge = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/edgeuk066/page/n79/mode/2up |title=SiN |author=Edge staff |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] |issue=66 |date=Christmas 1998 |page=95 |access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>
| GI = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Sin |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |publisher=[[FuncoLand]] |issue=72 |date=April 1999}}</ref>
| GamePro = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/767.shtml |title=SiN Review for PC on GamePro.com |last=Olafson |first=Peter |magazine=[[GamePro]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG Entertainment]] |year=1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209102210/http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/767.shtml |archive-date=February 9, 2005 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
| GameRev = B−<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32814-sex-violence-adult-language-and-the-american-way-review |title=Sin Review |author=Brian B. |date=November 1998 |website=[[GameRevolution]] |publisher=[[CraveOnline]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908014409/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/sin |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
| GSpot = 7.7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sin-review/1900-2533057/ |title=Sin Review |last=Kasavin |first=Greg |date=November 20, 1998 |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208070521/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/sin-review/1900-2533057/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Hyper = 89/100<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fish|first=Eliot|date=January 1999|url=https://archive.org/details/hyper-063/page/84/mode/2up?q=%22Brunswick+Circuit+Pro+Bowling%22|title=Sin|magazine=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]|issue=63|pages=84–87|accessdate=August 7, 2021}}</ref>
| IGN = 7/10<ref name=IGN>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/26/sin |title=SiN |last=Ward |first=Trent C. |date=November 25, 1998 |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208051005/http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/11/26/sin |url-status=live }}</ref>
| NGen = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=NGen50>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_50/page/n107/mode/2up |title=Sin |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=50 |date=February 1999 |page=106 |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>
| PCA = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL05Jan1999/page/n75/mode/2up |title=Sin |last=Lee |first=Ed |magazine=[[PC Accelerator]] |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=5 |date=January 1999 |pages=76–77 |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref><br />(TOT) 5/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL09May1999/page/n99/mode/2up |title=The Test of Time |author=PCA staff |magazine=PC Accelerator |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=9 |date=May 1999 |page=96 |access-date=April 18, 2021}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 91%<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/19.html |title=Sin |last=Harms |first=William |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=6 |issue=1 |date=January 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000312144823/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/19.html |archive-date=March 12, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/sin.html |title=It's a sin the way 'Sin' bogs down with bugs |last=Bottorff |first=James |year=1998 |newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |publisher=[[Gannett Company]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010428151231/http://www.cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/sin.html |archive-date=April 28, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 7, 2017}}</ref>
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''Sin'' received above-average reviews, according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[GameRankings]].<ref name=GR/> While ''[[PC Zone]]'' gave the game a "Classic" award, praising its inventive level design and engaging plot,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_70_December_1998/page/n89/mode/2up |title=Sin |last=Hill |first=Steve |magazine=[[PC Zone]] |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing]] |issue=70 |date=December 1998 |pages=90–93 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012153513/http://computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3426 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=live |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref> most other publications did not have such a glowing view towards it. ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' said, "while we feel the game may be a little light in the originality department, it certainly shines where it counts – gameplay – and [is] definitely worth your time."<ref name=NGen50/>

One common complaint was the long load times, which measured in the minutes between each level, death, or quickload.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firingsquad.com/games/sin/ |title=SiN Review |author1=Thresh |author2=Kenn |date=December 3, 1998 |website=FiringSquad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606051647/http://www.firingsquad.com/games/sin/ |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 4, 2010}}</ref> With later [[Patch (computing)|patches]], the long load times were greatly shortened, although compatibility with old save games was lost, forcing players to play through the game from the beginning or use cheats to progress to their previous point in the game. Another major concern was the abundance of [[Software bug|bugs]] and [[glitch]]es littered throughout the game. Some of the more widely reported bugs include a total lack of sound in the game, an end of chapter boss which could not move, a level on one path through the game not being finishable and general game crashes. Although these bugs were quickly patched up, the damage of the negative publicity had already been done, especially with the majority of the press reviewing the unpatched version. The patch was exceptionally large; at the time it was normal to expect a game patch file to be up to 5&nbsp;MB in size, whereas ''SiN''{{'s}} first patch was over 31&nbsp;MB. This was at a time when a substantial fraction of internet access was via [[Dial-up Internet access|dial-up]], causing Activision to take the unusual step of offering to send CDs containing the patch to any owners of the game who did not have sufficient [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] to download it from the Internet. A likely explanation for the multitude of bugs is that the game may have been rushed to meet the 1998 Christmas season, possibly as an attempt to beat ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'' to market.<ref name=bbc/>

Mark Asher of ''[[CNET|CNET Gamecenter]]'' wrote, "''Sin'' had a good first month, but then tailed off sharply."{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} Combined with the failure of competitors ''[[Shogo: Mobile Armor Division]]'' and ''[[Blood&nbsp;II: The Chosen]]'', its performance led him to speculate that the first-person shooter genre's market size was smaller than commonly believed, as the "only FPS game that has done really well [over the Christmas 1998 period] is ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]''".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2505,00.html |title=Game Spin: The Daikatana Demo |last=Asher |first=Mark |date=February 17, 1999 |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001020093549/http://www.gamecenter.com/News/Item/0,3,0-2505,00.html |archive-date=October 20, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2022}} However, [[BBC News]]{{'}} Alfred Hermida reported that the game had achieved "decent success" over the holiday shopping season, and wrote that he expected a sequel to emerge as a result.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/262483.stm |title=SiN-ing all Christmas long |last=Hermida |first=Alfred |date=February 15, 1999 |website=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218125331/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/262483.stm |archive-date=December 18, 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The villain Elexis Sinclaire was received mostly very positively. According to ''Story-Driven Character Design'', the "beautiful, sexy" Elexis Sinclair was in fact the main selling point of the first game.<ref name="story">Andrew Rollings, Ernest Adams, ''Story-Driven Character Design'', New Riders, 2003 (p. 89).</ref> ''PC Ultra'' included her among the three best elements of the game "definitely the most innovative opponent seen in the latest first-person shooters."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=February 1999|title=Recensioni: Sin|journal=PCUltra|volume=1}}</ref> The character has also been often compared to [[Lara Croft]] from ''[[Tomb Raider]]'', due to both characters being seen as sex symbols in gaming.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-10-03 |title=Game Post Review |url=http://www.gamepost.com/reviews/sin.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991003215719/http://www.gamepost.com/reviews/sin.html |archive-date=1999-10-03 |access-date=2019-03-25 |website=Gamepost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2010 |title=How games create emotional connections |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/how-games-create-emotional-connections-692416/2 |access-date=2019-03-26 |website=[[TechRadar]] |language=EN-GB |archive-date=2019-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326013816/https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/how-games-create-emotional-connections-692416/2 |url-status=live }}</ref> A 1999 article about female video game characters in Polish magazine ''Gambler'' opined that Elexis was a "tremendous" challenger for Lara, as she was "even better built, with even greater bust and with a beauty mark like [[Cindy Crawford]]."<ref name="gambler">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/gambler_magazine-1999-01/Gambler_01_1999#page/n61/mode/2up/|title=Gambler Magazine (January 1999)|date=January 1999|access-date=2014-05-04}}</ref> However, Phaedra Boinodiris from WomenGamers.com, talking to GamesRadar in 2007, used Elexis as an example of game characters "sexualized to the point of deformity" as she looked "like she crawled out of an [[Sadomasochism|S&M]] club."<ref>{{cite web |last=Barter |first=Pavel |date=2012-06-23 |title=Fair game for girls |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/fair-game-for-girls/ |access-date=2013-10-04 |website=[[GamesRadar+]] |publisher= |archive-date=2013-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005040413/http://www.gamesradar.com/fair-game-for-girls/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The game sold 350,000 units worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.godgames.com/ritual.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991023072433/http://www.godgames.com:80/ritual.html|title=Ritual Entertainment|website=[[Gathering of Developers]]|archivedate=October 23, 1999|accessdate=May 18, 2024}}</ref>

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