excellent and hugely original third person shooter

User Rating: 9.5 | Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy PS2
Psi Ops is a third person shooter with a psychic twist and is definitely one of the most innovative and fun games ive ever played. This game has impressive graphics, a real physics engine that has bodies flopping all over the place and a good yet surreal plot, however, it’s really the psychic abilities that make this game a keeper. gradually as you progress through the game you have five abilities, here’s a run down:

Telekinesis allows you to lift objects and people with your mind and throw them around, you can also do cool things like lifting the object you are standing on and tele-surf

Remote viewing allows you to see through doors and spy on an enemy in a further room to plan your attack

Mind Control allows you to take over another person, i think this is the best ability as it allows you to take over the mind of a bad guy and commit suicide or kill other enemies in sick yet cool ways

Mind Drain allows you to suck the psychic ability out of a person with deadly consequences - basically their head explodes

Aura View allows you to detect the recent past (for instance you can see old writing on the wall) and see ghouls and ghosts that appear later in the game

Pyrokinesis lets your create instant fires and set things and enemies alight.

The game lets you utilize the powers to wipe out enemies in sick ways (for example you can pick up an enemy with telekinesis and throw him into a furnace whilst screaming in agony), but more importantly it uses the powers as necessary to solve the plethora of puzzles in the game. Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy ends far too quickly however, taking up a mere 15 or so hours to complete, and unfortunately there’s no multiplayer action apart from a naff co-op mode where you both control one character.

Despite its relatively short shelf life, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is a definite keeper you need to play and once you start you won’t be able to put down the controller until you’ve beaten it.