<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SiN	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
dystopian	O
future	O
of	O
2037	O
,	O
where	O
John	O
Blade	O
,	O
a	O
commander	O
in	O
a	O
security	O
force	O
named	O
HardCorps	O
in	O
the	O
megacity	B-Application
of	O
Freeport	O
,	O
is	O
tasked	O
to	O
rid	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
a	O
recreational	O
drug	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
rival	O
biotechnology	O
megacorporation	O
,	O
SinTek	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sold	O
poorly	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
competition	O
with	O
Half-Life	B-Application
,	O
but	O
grew	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nightdive	O
Studios	O
acquired	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
SiN	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
March	O
2020	O
republished	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Wages	B-Application
of	I-Application
Sin	I-Application
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
as	O
SiN	O
:	O
Gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
terminals	O
can	O
be	O
manipulated	O
through	O
a	O
DOS-like	O
command	O
prompt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
started	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
id	B-Application
Tech	I-Application
2	I-Application
engine	O
was	O
completed	O
some	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
switched	O
to	O
that	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
patches	O
which	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
CPU-intensive	O
,	O
primary	O
Amiga	B-Device
developer	O
and	O
later	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
developer	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
had	O
to	O
eventually	O
cancel	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
version	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
hardware	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SiN	O
received	O
above-average	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
major	O
concern	O
was	O
the	O
abundance	O
of	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
and	O
glitches	B-Error_Name
littered	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
widely	O
reported	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
include	O
a	O
total	O
lack	O
of	O
sound	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
an	O
end	O
of	O
chapter	O
boss	O
which	O
could	O
n't	O
move	O
,	O
a	O
level	O
on	O
one	O
path	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
not	O
being	O
finishable	O
and	O
general	O
game	O
crashes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
these	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
were	O
quickly	O
patched	O
up	O
,	O
the	O
damage	O
of	O
the	O
negative	O
publicity	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
done	O
,	O
especially	O
with	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
press	O
reviewing	O
the	O
unpatched	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
likely	O
explanation	O
for	O
the	O
multitude	O
of	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
is	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
rushed	O
to	O
meet	O
the	O
1998	O
Christmas	O
season	O
,	O
possibly	O
as	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
beat	O
Half-Life	B-Application
to	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combined	O
with	O
the	O
failure	O
of	O
competitors	O
Shogo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mobile	I-Application
Armor	I-Application
Division	I-Application
and	O
Blood	O
II	O
:	O
The	O
Chosen	O
,	O
its	O
performance	O
led	O
him	O
to	O
speculate	O
that	O
the	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
genre	O
's	O
market	O
size	O
was	O
smaller	O
than	O
commonly	O
believed	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
only	O
FPS	O
game	O
that	O
has	O
done	O
really	O
well	O
[	O
over	O
the	O
Christmas	O
1998	O
period ]	O
is	O
Half-Life	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mission	O
pack	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
2015	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
titled	O
SiN	B-Application
:	I-Application
Wages	I-Application
of	I-Application
Sin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
SiN	B-Application
Episodes	I-Application
,	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
Ritual	O
and	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
episodically	O
over	O
Steam	B-Application
network	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternate	O
reality	O
game	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
SiN	O
universe	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2005	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
SiN	B-Application
Episodes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SiN	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	O
platform	O
on	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
bundled	O
together	O
with	O
SiN	B-Application
Episodes	I-Application
:	I-Application
Emergence	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
reissued	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
its	O
expansion	O
pack	O
SiN	B-Application
:	I-Application
Wages	I-Application
of	I-Application
Sin	I-Application
,	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
DRM-free	O
and	O
fixed	O
for	O
modern	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SiN	O
Gold	O
incorporates	O
the	O
Wages	B-Application
of	I-Application
Sin	I-Application
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
modern	O
resolutions	O
,	O
restores	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
assets	O
,	O
and	O
fixes	O
many	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Realms	O
Deep	O
2022	O
,	O
An	O
announcement	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
Phantom	O
Fury	O
,	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Ion	B-Application
Fury	I-Application
,	O
was	O
shown	O
.	O
</s>
