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Beat it about a week ago. Still a great game,but it totally craps out on the last level. The entire joy of this game was sadistically fucking with groups of hapless guards. Around one-half to two-thirds of the way through, they start throwing guards at you that are immune to psi-powers (you cannot telekinetically pick them up or mind control them), yet thankfully they are few and they are always accompanied by their regular buddies that you can still mind control and go kamakaze with.
Then they fuck it all up on the last level. Every guard you run into is immune to psi-powers. There's the occasional rock or crate you can still pick up and throw into them, but the joy of smashing guards into walls is gone. They further fuck up the fun by sprinkling around invisible floating mines(???) that kill if touched and you end up having to slowly crawl and edge your way around them. They could have been fun if they gave you a bunch of regular guards to throw into them so you could watch the resulting shower of meat, but you have to settle for killing the super guards with guns (yawn) then flinging their dead bodies. The final straw in fun killing comes when you run into an endless series of long corridors and super guard(s) at the end with long range, rapid firing rocket launchers, turning the game into a matter of slowly edging around corners until you can just barely target the guard without him targetting you and killing him with guns (yawn).
Wrap it all up with the not great story that was left in the background up until now assaulting you with awfulness about missing siblings, a simplistic and boring last boss fight, and an ending that just...ends. Why was the ending so rushed? They had time to include tons and tons of mini-games and worthless extras, but skipped completing the ending? |
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Psi-Ops (actual review, sadly sans screenshots) by curst 09/01/2004, 4:20pm PDT 
MP5 Rating by shortround 09/01/2004, 5:03pm PDT
Re: Psi-Ops (actual review, sadly sans screenshots) by Proofreader 09/01/2004, 5:19pm PDT
Who will watch the Watchmen? by Fussbett 09/01/2004, 5:56pm PDT
Re: Who will watch the Watchmen? by Ray of Light 09/02/2004, 1:01am PDT
He's referring to the comic book! by Zseni 09/02/2004, 9:40am PDT
Sorry, I don't watch comic books. by Ray of Light 09/02/2004, 11:35am PDT
The Rock as Jack Carver NT by William H. Hayt, Jr. 09/02/2004, 5:24pm PDT
That guy is the Acclaim of directors. by jeep 11/07/2004, 8:01am PST
Good points, all by curst 09/02/2004, 8:46am PDT
additional notes by FABIO 09/01/2004, 7:05pm PDT
You and curst should co-write this. NT by Bill Dungsroman 09/01/2004, 10:39pm PDT
Re: additional notes by curst 09/02/2004, 8:51am PDT
negatives (including co-op) by FABIO 09/02/2004, 11:17am PDT
Re: Psi-Ops (actual review, sadly sans screenshots) by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/02/2004, 11:20am PDT
I'm far less playful and i have shitty stealth. :( NT by Second Sight 09/03/2004, 1:59am PDT
Final score lowered from 9.5 to 9 by FABIO 11/05/2004, 2:09pm PST
Psi-immune soldiers: -.01. Lack of "closure": -.49 by Prince Chevelle 11/05/2004, 2:15pm PST
Re: Final score lowered from 9.5 to 9 by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/05/2004, 2:38pm PST
Is it twenty bucks yet? by Worm 11/05/2004, 3:55pm PST
That's what I paid NT by Mischief Maker 11/05/2004, 4:14pm PST
what glitch? NT by FABIO 11/05/2004, 4:34pm PST
Running out of conveniently placed coolant tanks NT by Mischief Maker 11/05/2004, 4:35pm PST
Re: Running out of conveniently placed coolant tanks by FABIO 11/05/2004, 4:44pm PST
Re: Running out of conveniently placed coolant tanks by Worm 11/07/2004, 8:17am PST
Re: Running out of conveniently placed coolant tanks by FABIO 11/07/2004, 1:24pm PST
Re: Running out of conveniently placed coolant tanks by Worm 11/12/2004, 9:24pm PST
Re: Final score lowered from 9.5 to 9 by Mischief Maker 11/05/2004, 4:28pm PST
Re: Final score lowered from 9.5 to 9 by E. L. Koba 11/06/2004, 11:13pm PST
Re: Final score lowered from 9.5 to 9 by Mischief Maker 12/02/2004, 8:06pm PST
Re: Final score lowered from 9.5 to 9 by FABIO 12/03/2004, 2:09am PST
Re: Final score lowered from 9.5 to 9 by Mischief Maker 12/03/2004, 2:29pm PST
Re: Final score lowered from 9.5 to 9 by People\'s Republic of Conspiracy 12/03/2004, 3:23pm PST
I bought this game based solely on your guys' review NT by whydirt 11/12/2004, 8:36pm PST
what ELSE would you buy games on? NT by FABIO 11/12/2004, 9:08pm PST
Re: Psi-Ops (actual review, sadly sans screenshots) by Grumah 07/10/2008, 11:50am PDT
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