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I bought this at the same time I got Riddick yet it has sat un-played for the whole time, purely because I have been busy with other stuff. A few days a go I sat down and played it... played it and played it some more.
To cut a long story short I was extremely impressed with what plays, looks and is a 'physically' outstanding game. The game handles very similar between a cross between Everything or Nothing and Manhunt with some refined character movement and a closer camera.
The game basically throws you in at the deep end, your memory is wiped, you powers taken away and then a huge cut scene opens with a battle on open lands where you are taken hostage and thrown into prison.
Your cell is opened by a mysterious woman who gives you a weapon and basically tells you to get the hell out of there. As the story unfolds you regain your memory and powers and everything is not all quite what it seems. The story is engrossing despite the game being a classic 3rd person 'shoot the f'kers' type of game with some extremely clever physics and abilities that make it stand out.
The Havoc physics are top notch and as you may be aware, they play a huge part in the game. The TK power is fantastic, picking up enemies, throwing them into barrels, into moving fans, into other enemies. It sounds really simple and in practice it is; it does however add an amazing amount of depth, ‘replayability’ and fun to what would be an otherwise good but not superb 3rd person shooter.
So far, top stuff!
To cut a long story short I was extremely impressed with what plays, looks and is a 'physically' outstanding game. The game handles very similar between a cross between Everything or Nothing and Manhunt with some refined character movement and a closer camera.
The game basically throws you in at the deep end, your memory is wiped, you powers taken away and then a huge cut scene opens with a battle on open lands where you are taken hostage and thrown into prison.
Your cell is opened by a mysterious woman who gives you a weapon and basically tells you to get the hell out of there. As the story unfolds you regain your memory and powers and everything is not all quite what it seems. The story is engrossing despite the game being a classic 3rd person 'shoot the f'kers' type of game with some extremely clever physics and abilities that make it stand out.
The Havoc physics are top notch and as you may be aware, they play a huge part in the game. The TK power is fantastic, picking up enemies, throwing them into barrels, into moving fans, into other enemies. It sounds really simple and in practice it is; it does however add an amazing amount of depth, ‘replayability’ and fun to what would be an otherwise good but not superb 3rd person shooter.
So far, top stuff!
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I bought this at the same time I got Riddick yet it has sat un-played for the whole time, purely because I have been busy with other stuff. A few days a go I sat down and played it... played it and played it some more.
To cut a long story short I was extremely impressed with what plays, looks and is a 'physically' outstanding game. The game handles very similar between a cross between Everything or Nothing and Manhunt with some refined character movement and a closer camera.
The game basically throws you in at the deep end, your memory is wiped, you powers taken away and then a huge cut scene opens with a battle on open lands where you are taken hostage and thrown into prison.
Your cell is opened by a mysterious woman who gives you a weapon and basically tells you to get the hell out of there. As the story unfolds you regain your memory and powers and everything is not all quite what it seems. The story is engrossing despite the game being a classic 3rd person 'shoot the f'kers' type of game with some extremely clever physics and abilities that make it stand out.
The Havoc physics are top notch and as you may be aware, they play a huge part in the game. The TK power is fantastic, picking up enemies, throwing them into barrels, into moving fans, into other enemies. It sounds really simple and in practice it is; it does however add an amazing amount of depth, ‘replayability’ and fun to what would be an otherwise good but not superb 3rd person shooter.
So far, top stuff!
To cut a long story short I was extremely impressed with what plays, looks and is a 'physically' outstanding game. The game handles very similar between a cross between Everything or Nothing and Manhunt with some refined character movement and a closer camera.
The game basically throws you in at the deep end, your memory is wiped, you powers taken away and then a huge cut scene opens with a battle on open lands where you are taken hostage and thrown into prison.
Your cell is opened by a mysterious woman who gives you a weapon and basically tells you to get the hell out of there. As the story unfolds you regain your memory and powers and everything is not all quite what it seems. The story is engrossing despite the game being a classic 3rd person 'shoot the f'kers' type of game with some extremely clever physics and abilities that make it stand out.
The Havoc physics are top notch and as you may be aware, they play a huge part in the game. The TK power is fantastic, picking up enemies, throwing them into barrels, into moving fans, into other enemies. It sounds really simple and in practice it is; it does however add an amazing amount of depth, ‘replayability’ and fun to what would be an otherwise good but not superb 3rd person shooter.
So far, top stuff!
Sounds like Second Sight.
Two totally different games. I can use a hell of a lot of stealth in Second Sight but it is more difficult in psi-ops. They do appear to be similar if you haven't played them but they are completely different games.
For me psi-ops is more polished and more fun to play, purely for the run and gun style play.
For me psi-ops is more polished and more fun to play, purely for the run and gun style play.
Yeah, despite similar concepts I've heard the two games aren't anything alike. I've been wanting to get it for a while now but probably won't due to the tidal wave of titles come out in the coming months, as well as (perhaps) Live.
ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> The game handles very
> similar between a cross between Everything or Nothing and Manhunt
It's a cross between two rubbish games?
Interesting.
> The game handles very
> similar between a cross between Everything or Nothing and Manhunt
It's a cross between two rubbish games?
Interesting.
Played some more tonight and it really has shaped into a superb game, great fun to play.
Managed to throw one guy into a barrel full of petrol causing him to set on hire. Using TK I picked up his dead flaming body and through him into another buy causing him to set on hire and fall over a bridge flopping into a water reservoir below.
The physics are outstanding.
Managed to throw one guy into a barrel full of petrol causing him to set on hire. Using TK I picked up his dead flaming body and through him into another buy causing him to set on hire and fall over a bridge flopping into a water reservoir below.
The physics are outstanding.
Psi-ops better than Second Sight???
Please we're British and proud.
Please we're British and proud.
Just picked up Second Sight.
I'm glad it's different to Psi-Ops - that's what's been stopping me from buying it. I didn't want a game I, in essence, already have.
I'm glad it's different to Psi-Ops - that's what's been stopping me from buying it. I didn't want a game I, in essence, already have.
Second Sight is fantastic. Even better than Psi-Ops in my opinion. Managed to get up to the asylum where that woman is couped up - just on the verge of rescuing her.
The controls are very fluid and easy to use, the graphics and camera angles are a little reminiscent of MGS2 with the trademark Timesplitters-style character design (large hands, strong facial expressions etc.), the soundtrack is mint, as is the sound effects.
I can't believe this game is as good as it is. Free Radical have done a grand job on this. I'm looking forward to Timesplitters: Future Perfect even more now!
The controls are very fluid and easy to use, the graphics and camera angles are a little reminiscent of MGS2 with the trademark Timesplitters-style character design (large hands, strong facial expressions etc.), the soundtrack is mint, as is the sound effects.
I can't believe this game is as good as it is. Free Radical have done a grand job on this. I'm looking forward to Timesplitters: Future Perfect even more now!
It offers no challenge though, Second Sight is just too easy. A bit more difficult and it would have been a hell of a lot more enjoyable.
psi-ops on the other hand is absolutely bloody nails on the hardest setting as to work around in stealth you have to be a bloody good player. The boss battles in psi-ops require a lot of thought to succeed through them and although it looks like a run and gun game, on the hardest setting it offers so much more.
I am shocked that Midway had this one in them, I buried Midway along with Deadly Alliance. I will definitley be grabbing Deception after this though. Anyone with IGN Insider check out the Deception preview, looks quite excellent so far.
psi-ops on the other hand is absolutely bloody nails on the hardest setting as to work around in stealth you have to be a bloody good player. The boss battles in psi-ops require a lot of thought to succeed through them and although it looks like a run and gun game, on the hardest setting it offers so much more.
I am shocked that Midway had this one in them, I buried Midway along with Deadly Alliance. I will definitley be grabbing Deception after this though. Anyone with IGN Insider check out the Deception preview, looks quite excellent so far.
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