Lowdown: Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy really surprised me and turned out to be more than 'just another action game'. Just on that fact alone this game proves its mojo worthiness.
#WHO OWNS PSI OPS THE MINDGATE CONSPIRACY MOVIE#
Just when I thought throwing live and dead bodies around the room like a baseball was enough, I'm introduced to brain soup! What do I mean by brain soup? Well you can use the mind drain psi-ability to explode the enemy's cranium! Boom! Just like the horror movie Scanners! It's great. Mojo: Psi-Ops officially have the physic mojo down to a science. This great balance combined with some interesting situations and combat options glow is innovative. The game flows perfectly and looks great when using the abilities, Midway did a great job keeping a more realistic feeling to the psi-abilities where they could of easily went to a more fantasy role. Innovation: Psi-Ops at the heart has all been done before regarding gameplay and story, but where it pulls away is the addition of the psi abilities. The voice acting is well done, and doesn't sound too scripted even following standard storyline clichés. The gun effects leave a little to be desired, but other than that the sound is top notch. The sounds also pull its own and completes the package with just the right touch to the atmosphere. It's all about the physics, but the game also stands on its own with the character models, lighting, and visual extras. Even when they are down give them a few kicks! Not to be sadistic, but to see just how the body contorts. Every object in the game has its own weight and reacts differently to contact, you'll be able to throw around the enemy while they flop and twist off walls. Midway chose to use the base of the Havoc engine which already showed great promise and physics in Max Payne 2. Graphics & Sound: Psi-Ops does a great job in the graphics department, with the most obvious featuring being the physics engine.
#WHO OWNS PSI OPS THE MINDGATE CONSPIRACY HOW TO#
One technique you learn early on in the game is how to mentally hold the enemy in the air with your mind, while using the other hand to spray bullets through the body. I found the best way to make it through was to balance the technique between both sides of aggression. Like the Psi abilities there is a wide range of traditional weapons, and yes! There is a flamethrower. Lthough the game focus on your psi abilities you can choose to just blast your way through, it's not as effective, but it's possible minus the puzzles you have to complete. Psi-Ops have a cleaver way of giving you a tutorial whenever you gain a new skill, so you don't have to worry about being overwhelmed with options. You're physic abilities cover mind control, telekinesis, remote viewing, pyrokinesis, mind drain and aura view (see features at bottom of review). Having Psi abilities in your arsenal and equals the score when your back is against the wall. In the beginning of the game you won't have any Psi abilities so you'll have to relies the traditional pistol, but as the story continues and your memory starts to return you regain each power one by one. You're character Nick Scryer finds himself captured after an overwhelming attack from The Movement and begins his escape attempt. In normal fashion Psi-Ops has you against the odds, fighting for you life trying to down The Movement's military headquarters. It's mind over matter and it makes for a great assets when fighting the evil military faction named ' The Movement'. This concept has never been proven but each side has their believers and skeptics.
If you're not familiar with Telekinesis it means the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force.
The Game: Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy comes at us with a fresh idea which hasn't been touched in a while in gaming, using the mind as a weapon. Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy has our brains exploding in a positive way. Well, Midway is back again with a new action game without the monsters, but with the same intense gaming action with an emphasis on telekinesis. Introduction: Midway has made their mark this year in the action genre with the fearful " The Suffering".