But to paraphrase the Beatles, happiness is a warm machine gun. If that happens to you, remember: You can always just go in shootin'. Since the game features a non-linear design, players can accomplish objectives in any manner of their choosing, whether it's through physical force and nimble acrobatics or by using the. Problem is, with all the available powers and firearms, "Psi-Ops" could present an even more daunting version of the "choose-your-weapon" quandary. Psi-Ops has players traveling across the world to infiltrate four of the Movement's high-security compounds and advance through seven fully interactive levels. Mind-blowing is a good way to describe "Psi-Ops," one of the more uniquely entertaining games to come along in a while. Eddy calls that particular phenomenon a tribute to the '80s sci-fi/horror flick "Scanners." And what - excuse the pun - a "mind-blowingly" icky tribute it is. well, what happens next is too gruesome to describe. Telekinetically throwing around bad guys, taking over minds and "remote viewing" into the next room can provide an immensely giddy rush.Īnd there's the "Mind Drain" move, where you sneak up on a bad guy and drain his life energy until he. The soldiers prepared to fire, but before. Laker in Detroit.īut chances are you won't even notice that small limitation. 2 'Thats no help, I remember everything now' Scryer used his telekinesis to freeze the copter in mid-air then threw it against the alien ships wall, the rotor blades struck the surface one at a time then sent the machine crashing to the ground in a ball of flame. If you try to just shoot your way out of a heavy firefight without using at least some of your powers, you'll get beaten like an L.A. That makes it harder to escape and return fire. "Psi-Ops" isn't just a bunch of head games it's a fully-armed third-person shooter. "We just ran out of buttons," says Midway's Brian Eddy. Plus, "Psi-Ops" lacks a "dive/evade" function the game's makers reluctantly sacrificed it to simplify the controller layout. The game's limited target-lock capability can make shootouts with multiple hostiles tricky. The ease with which a player can switch between weapons, maneuver a character and control a half-dozen Psi powers is one of this game's best features (as are the graphics and realistic interactive environments).īut don't rely too much on firepower. Nick also carries more traditional weapons, such as a pistol, flamethrower and machine gun. Telekinesis and mind control are only two of them Nick accumulates enough Psi abilities throughout the game to make Professor Xavier of "X-Men" jealous. This game puts a player in the combat boots of Nick Scryer, a soldier with parapsychological (or "Psi") powers. That paranormal option is available in Midway's "Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy" (for Xbox and PlayStation2). 3, 4, 5 and then himself - all while I'm safely crouched behind cover." Then I could take over the mind of Bad Guy No. "I could use my powers of telekinesis to pick up Bad Guy No. Imagine if you will, another more unconventional option: But that 'KA-BOOOOOM!!!!!!' sound is so freakin' cool!" " I could use my Rapid-Fire Rocket Propelled Death Cannon, which is clunky, inaccurate and usually causes an explosion that incinerates me along with the bad guys. "I could blast away with my trusty machine gun." You're packing more weapons than Rambo on moving day, but you're frozen with indecision as you frantically try to determine which one to use: Here, too, some of these powers have to be used for smaller puzzles by building a staircase out of boxes with the help of telekinesis to overcome a wall or something similar.(CNN) - Here's a scenario familiar to gamers: While fighting evil in your favorite action game, you stumble upon a nest of bad guys. In addition to handguns, the player can also use psi powers here, which allow him, for example, to lift opponents or objects into the air by telekinesis and to throw them around, to control enemy units by mind control and make them commit suicide or with pyrokinesis to set on fire. In terms of gameplay, Psi-Ops is very similar to Second Sight, which was released in the same year, with the difference that Psi-Ops is aimed at a more adult audience due to the stronger depiction of violence and contains ragdolls. With the help of another agent, however, one is "restored" again and now begins to smash the organization from the inside. So the player is kidnapped and brainwashed as well. It uses brainwashing to turn people into mindless killing machines. Trained by the Mindgate Department of the government, the player has the task of infiltrating a terrorist organization called The Movement.
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