May 13th, 2011
By MegaGamer2010

Genre: Action/Adventure, Stealth/Shooter
System: Xbox, Playstation 2, GameCube
Developer: Midway
Publisher: Midway
Release Date: 6/14/2011

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is very close to a release now, however, it naturally still had to make an appearance at Midway's E3 booth this year. Really, Midway doesn't have that strong of a lineup and Psi-Ops is one of the games that they are hoping will be a hit. That remains to be seen.

This game is very similar to Second Sight, or maybe second sight is similar to Psi-Ops? Who knows. Either way, both game focus on a mixture of shooting, stealth, and plenty of psychic abilities. You will take on the role of Nick Scryer, formerly an agent for the U.S. government. Your job? Fight against "The Movement", a terrorist organization. Of course, The Movement has plenty of psychics fighting for them as well.

The real driving force behind the game is the psychic powers and needless to say there is quite a few of them. Telekinesis plays the major role as it will lend its hand in fighting enemies as you throw objects at them or simply pick the enemies themselves up. There is another interesting feature called "Telekinesis Surfing" which involves riding one of the objects you pick up to the destination. Interesting.

Other powers include controlling enemies minds, "remote viewing" for viewing ahead and around corners, as well as pyrokinesis to start fires (oh great, just what we need, more pyromaniacs). Each of the bosses in the game will have these abilities and basically it is your job to beat them at their own game by finding weaknesses in their powers.

The near-final build of the game has somewhere between 15-20 hours of gameplay according to Midway. The game definately has a solid graphics engine with some spiffy special effects to make this game look nice and pretty.

If you are interesting in using psychic powers, this game should be on the top of your list. Be sure to keep an eye on it as it's release draws nearer.