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PSI-OPS: The Mindgate Conspiracy
(2004, Video Games - First Person Shooter, Rated M, Play it on: Xbox)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 17; suggested age 17. -
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Psychic powers take violence to an extreme.
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of PSI-OPS: The Mindgate Conspiracy was written by Jeremy Gieske
Parents need to know that this first-person shooter gives players an additional weapon: psychic mind control. However, by allowing players to smash enemies into walls with their minds, essentially beating them to death, or burning them in a rush of "pyrokinesis," any potential creativity is lost in violence.
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What’s the Story?
In PSI-OPS: THE MINDGATE CONSPIRACY, players assume the role of Lt. Nick Scryer, a member of the U.N. Anti-Terror Corps with psychic abilities. Planted inside the terrorist organization known as "the movement," Nick unravels the mysteries of both the organization and his past. He uses traditional weapons and his mental powers to fight "the general," the former leader of a U.S. special forces program known as Project Mindgate. The general has gathered his forces to start a war between those who have psychic powers and those who do not.
There are plenty of weapons, including silenced pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles, and even flamethrowers and rocket launchers. The enemies are kidnapped soldiers who have been brainwashed. Nick's psychic abilities include "mind drain," in which the player drains the life energy from a victim until their head pops in a shower of blood, or pyrokinesis, allowing the player to shoot a stream of flame at enemies.
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Many factors make PSI-OPS: The Mindgate Conspiracy a poor choice for kids. Most obviously, the game contains a great deal of violence, blood, and gore: Players can smash enemies into walls, leaving bloodstains, or throw them into electrical generators until they burn into a smoking corpse. Scariness is also a factor for younger players. And strong language is scattered throughout the game.
The addition of psychic powers may make this more interesting from a gameplay perspective, but it does nothing to make it more kid-friendly. It only magnifies the violence.
ClosePublisher’s Details
Released on 06/14/2004, price $39.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: M
ESRB rating: M
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- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
very fun game using havok physics engine and some perplex puzzels
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
phycic powers are fun!
Throwing people into walls and boxes is really fun. All of your powers are fun. its violent and bloody. not for people with a week stomach. 11+
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