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Sixth, you could go with the traditional approach and shoot him with your big gun. Psi-Ops is as much fun as it is sadistic - and the variety of gory approaches on offer ensures it's never boring. Meanwhile, level design is bogstandard, occasionally straying to very good, with a fair amount of getting lost for five minutes and having to consult a confusing map screen.

Patchy is the word. There are, however, some sublime moments of gameplay, specifically boss battles that are wonderfully inventive and provide the first viable Luke versus Vader in Empere'-style telekinesis bout I've ever seen in a game.

Elsewhere, some occasions are sheer videogame magic -such as when you find yourself sealed in a room filling with gas and have to repeatedly slam an enemy into a sheet of glass until it smashes and you can get a gulp of air. One issue that arises in Psi-Ops is that there are almost too many things to do and buttons to press.

For example, there's all manner of stealth stuff that becomes fairly redundant when you realise that setting people on fire is far more fun. Likewise, there's a button you can tap to hug walls and duck around corners that I forgot I even had until I accidentally pressed it while attempting to throw boulders at passing evil mechanics.

In terms of controls, the port isn't too sloppy. For instance, when you chuck someone through the air, the game assumes you want them to hit something painful and plays with your launch angle, so mouse control never needs to be all that precise.

Plus, camera angles are never the bugbear that they are in the far inferior Second Sight. The most obvious danker here though, is that little effort has been made to tart up the graphics -so Psi-Ops ends up looking pretty dated. Also, console menu screens remain abundant, as they have in games of this ilk since the times of cavemen. Fun as it is, there's no doubt that this is a graphically-dated game better enjoyed when sitting on a sofa - and as such is hard to recommend for the PC.

It remains, however, the best console port since The Suffering and an enjoyable experience, if a little reminiscent of macho games of yore.

If all goes well, we'll all be laughing at Psi-Ops in a year, by then bathed with games that have pushed physics so far into gameplay that they've become at one with the Cherry Cokes, lens flares and Pop Tarts of this world. Until then though, we'll treat it as a dirty, guilty pleasure - and a good one at that.

Sometimes, the best games aren't the ones that innovate or try something entirely new. Sometimes, the best games aren't the ones that have a major name behind it, whether it is a publisher, developer, or intellectual property.

Sometimes, the best games aren't the ones with a ton of hype surrounding them. CAB Read error in the file wtf? Coors lights anyone!!! I can see why its free, looks like 5 years old! Because it is. I've been downloading all day and its killing me! Thank you smashly. In the game, the player is Nick Scryer, a "PSI-Operative" whose mind has been wiped to allow him to infiltrate a terrorist organization.

However, he is captured and must fight his way out with the help of Sara, a double agent. As he progresses, he regains his PSI powers. Most of the gameplay in Psi-Ops focuses on the use of Nick's various psychic powers, which are unlocked as the game progresses. Though there are numerous weapons available, only two can be carried at a time, one of which cannot be replaced Nick's silenced pistol. The available weapons also become virtually useless in the later levels, especially against the larger armored enemies.

The low ammo totals for each weapon also force dependence on Nick's psychic powers, which are much more effective in practice. The player is given a meter that limits the total amount of energy they can expend at any given point, though like any power meter it can be restored through various methods. Unlike the game's antagonists, In which each one is a master of one Psi power, Nick is unique in that he has access to the full range of psychic abilities, albeit in a more limited form than the more specialized psychics.

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