Singularity

This entertaining and varied sci-fi shooter doesn't break new ground; it's just a bunch of goofy, gory fun.

If you've exhausted the library of stellar games that 2010 has already produced and are looking for something to help bridge the gap into this fall, Singularity isn't a bad choice. The gunplay is solid and there are a few memorable set pieces. It is a game ultimately limited by a lack of imagination where a neat time-manipulation idea is handcuffed to a by-the-numbers first-person shooter.

Singularity has a kind of Bioshock feel to it with its own unique take involving time manipulation. This first-person shooter brings you back and forth times like the cold war era and 2010.

Surprises don't come along too often in the video game industry, but Singularity definitely isn't the flop everyone expected it to be.

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The concept of time travel has made for a number of great films and books, but far fewer truly memorable games. There are titles that have dabbled with the idea to good effect, such as Prince of Persia, but for the full blown effect you would have to look at something like Timeshift or even Braid. How can such a great concept be so underused? Here then is the answer to that question, in both the positive and negative respects, as we have a tightly paced shooter that does not quite make the mo...