Second Sight

Publisher: Codemasters

Platform: PS2

Category: Shooter

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Release Date: 03/09/2004

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Number of Players: 1

Second Sight Description

Bringing a new dimension to stealth action games, Second Sight gives players control of a character endowed with incredible psychic abilities. The game offers multiple approaches to completing levels either via stealth, dramatic gunplay, psychic powers or a combination of all three. The ability to psychically influence characters and remotely manipulate objects and individuals provides for a totally fresh gameplay dynamic.

Second Sight opens with John Vattic, the player-controlled lead character, as he awakens from a coma in a US medical facility where he has been subjected to traumatic surgery and experimentation. He doesn't know his name, he can't remember his past, all he knows is that his only hope for survival is to escape and unravel the mystery that has led to his imprisonment.

Haunted by flashbacks, which are experienced as fully playable episodes within the game, and shocked by the discovery of his own psychic powers, the player takes Vattic on a search for his past and, in doing so, uncovers a fatal chain of events leading to a sinister conspiracy.
As Vattic explores his present and past, the game weaves between these two different time periods, which run through the game as a dual-narrative. The player-controlled actions of the past Vattic have consequences in the present - allowing a unique interaction between the player and the narrative of the game as Vattic's destiny is changed.

Vattic's telekinetic powers enable players to shift objects and terrify on-looking guards. As the game progresses and his self-awareness increases, additional abilities develop and existing powers are refined. Basic telekinesis is upgraded beyond simply moving objects, enabling Vattic to lift enemies and smash them against the scenery as they scream for mercy! This revelation of psychic powers makes for a highly compelling journey, and invites experimentation with the newly acquired abilities.

Further psychic powers are revealed through play: Healing (using psychic power to replenish health), Projection (send your spirit out of your body, with the ability to possess another character), Charm (alter the mind of individuals, fooling them you're not there) and Psi-blast to send a destructive shockwave toward your enemies.

Vattic's psychic powers can be mixed with an exciting arsenal of weapons - there are 13 weapons in use through the game including pistols and a sniper rifle.

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Reviewed by: mongoose	Date: 22/05/2005	Rating:
fantastic absolutely fantastic excellent gameplay pretty good graphics (though nothing ground breaking) apart from a couple of small camera glitches, the only way this game could have been improved in my book is by making it longer, but all good things come to an end

Reviewed by: starrydave	Date: 10/12/2005	Rating:
The game play for this game is absolutely top class; I have never played a game like it. The ability to use psychic skills blends naturally with the use of stealth and simple gunfights. This is not just a new twist to the third person shooter genre, as there are a few minor puzzles that need to be solved throughout the game, but again, these puzzles fit naturally in to the story of the game and are not so difficult that it becomes annoying, although, there are a few annoying situations where you spend ages looking for certain keys to certain locks, which is an element of game play that i think is outdated and un necessary. Top point: Game play. It?s really amazing; you have to play this game. Worse point: The story. It is a good story, but found the cut scenes were a little short and so it became difficult to really engage with story line of the game.

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