With it's glitches and bugs set aside, Sin Gold is one of the best Q2 engine shooters and only with it's bugs aside
If you loved Quake 2, you will likely love Sin Gold. If you didn't care for Quake 2, then you might actually care for Sin Gold. I actually found it more accessible than Quake 2. The issues with this game is it's glitches, preferably, on the Macintosh. According to just about any resource, the PC is not without it's Sin Gold glitches as well.
in Fact, Ritual Entertainment was working their asses off to get this game out on time to complete with Valve's Half-life. Well, much time has past, and it's still buggy, or as I would say- incomplete.
When about 60% done with the game, Sin Gold repeatedly crashed on me upon launch. I reinstalled/re-patched it, then it worked. Now, 90% done with the game, I get another crash. It is time to throw in the towel. If this game requires 2 re-installs, then it doesn't deserve to be played in the first place.
I saved my player files, so just maybe I might give it another go. What is interesting, is I wouldn't have done this with any other game. Sin Gold might actually be worth the hassle.
Aside from the crashing, there is also some sound bugs that are quite annoying on the menu screen. Various other parts of the game could have been revised much better.
With it's glitches and bugs set aside, Sin Gold is one of the best Q2 engine shooters and only with it's bugs aside. There is a great story, excellent "tongue-in-cheek" humor, great voice acting, and awesome gameplay. It's quite addicting to say the least.
This game was much better than I expected. It might go down as one of the "best games you havn't played". But it needs another patch if it were to be a solid performer.
It's just too bad that some games cannot be revised a lot more to provide thorough, stable gameplay. Though, this game isn't the most unstable game I've ever played (Enter the Matrix), it leaves a hassle unless you are willing to constantly reinstall and re-patch the game.
Give it a Try. I was using a G5 w 6800GT in OSX 10.4.10. Maybe there is better luck in OS9.