Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is one of
those mindbending games that leaves your scratching
your head and not just because of the game’s
storyline but rather, how is this game not
more talked about and how did it not sell
well.
The game has everything going for it.
I expected this game not to just do well,
but to create a series as well.
You play as Nick Scryer.
He was sent in to infiltrate a terrorist group
known as “The Movement.”
Really?
“The Movement?”
This the best you could come up with.
Why not call it the generic generic group
of bad guys who don’t like America.
Anyway, Nick begins the game with no memory
of anything about his life.
He then meets Sara who gives him a shot to
help him remember who he is and what he can
do.
Who he is and what he can do turns out to
be one of the coolest video game characters
I can remember.
Not necessarily because of who he is but rather
what he can do.
It turns out, Nick is not just any ol’ soldier
but rather a PSI soldier.
This is what makes the game so special.
It plays for the most part like any other
third person shooter only with Nick’s powers
added in.
And what power are these and what do they
add?
Only awesome PSI powers like telekinesis,
mind control, and pyrokinesis among others.
This is what makes the game so unique and
unlike anything else.
Every situation can be handled however you
want it to.
Say there is an enemy across the room from
you, you have options on how to eliminate
him.
You can treat the game like a shooter and
run at him with your assault rifle and shoot
him.
Or you can throw a barrel from across the
room at him, or you can lift him into the
air and shoot him while he hangs there helplessly.
Or if all those bore you, you can use mind
control on him and have him commit suicide.
The choice is left for you to decide although
my favorite is telekinesis.
The game has a great physics engine that allows
for practically everything and anything to
be able to be picked up and thrown.
This comes in handy to solve puzzles, and
take out pesky enemies.
All these Psi powers use up energy to perform.
And how do you replenish this energy, you
might be asking.
Only by sneaking up behind enemies and performing
a mind drain, which ends in some good old
fashioned head exploding.
But Psi Ops isn’t just solid gameplay.
It actually has some really good production
value.
The graphics are impressive, with the environments
bringing you into the world it is creating.
More impressive are the effects the game.
The fire from your pyrokinesis looks great
and the glow around objects after you pick
them up with telekinesis looks pretty cool.
As I mention, it really is a shame that this
game didn’t get the coverage it deserves.
It really is a great game all the way through.
Everything is solid, and I don’t really
have any complaints.
The shooting could get repetitive but that
is why you have PSI powers to mix things up.
This is personally one of my favorite games
of all time.
The controls works great and make it very
simple to pull off some very cool moves.
If you find a yourself a copy of this game,
don’t leave the store without it.
You will thank me later.
