3) Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (2004)
Stories featuring secret agents with untapped psychic powers are a dime a dozen in science fiction, but Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy revolutionized the genre with… a similarly generic story. However, what did elevate Psi-Ops above its competitors was the game’s inventive use of psychic abilities.
Why kill with the guns made available when you could use telekinesis or pyrokinesis to destroy your enemies in sickeningly cruel and inventive ways? Things improved even more once you gained the ability to control the minds of others, forcing your opponents to commit suicide in the cruellest, sickest ways imaginable.
[zergpaid]Fortunately, this potentially controversial element of Psi-Ops was not the reason why a sequel was never developed. Even the most twisted kids would have a hard job making people kill themselves. No, the reason why a Psi-Ops 2 was never created remains a mystery, which is odd considering that the developers themselves even finished the game with a ‘to be continued…’
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Published: Jun 2, 2015 01:35 pm