Second Sight PlayStation 2
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76 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Summary: Combining an atmospheric, psychological thriller narrative with stealthy exploration and intense shooter action, 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 U.S. 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 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. [Codemasters]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 48
  3. Negative: 0 out of 48
  1. Play Magazine
    91
    Fantastic little touches abound, adding up to a firmly cohesive, engagingly structured, marvelously imagined setting to explore. [Oct 2004, p.67]
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  2. GameZone
    86
    The game has a lot of cutscenes and load times interrupt the flow, but the story is intriguing enough to pull players through those moments.
  3. Game Informer
    85
    Even with some unpolished technical aspects, the way the story unfolds is innovative and engaging, and the number of ways around every problem is impressive. [Sept 2004, p.106]
  4. Inside Gamer Online
    74
    Sadly, the often cumbersome controls and sometimes lackluster execution of its psychic abilities means the excellent narrative has to carry the bulk of the title’s weight.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. TrevorO.
    10
    One word : OUTSTANDING! Best game I played last year by far! Good graphics, great gameplay and, stone me, what a story!
  2. JeffS.
    9
    I deducted one point for outdated graphics. This game puts others to shame in terms of story and gameplay. There are a few minor bugs with the game, but nothing you can't work around easily. As a developer, I play a lot of games, and after returning armloads of games after a day's play, it's refreshing to run across one that was actually fun to play.… Expand
  3. SniperFish
    7
    Fascinating story is excellent voice acting and setting. This mind bending game is pretty unique, it has great characters and psychic powers as you play along. It's about a bald man with red eye waking up in a facillity in the middle of nowhere, and you have to work out what's going on and uncover your haunting memories as you bend the world with your psychic powers and change history through flashbacks. What they did need to work on though was the quality of the levels, they are short and once you've finished this game, you're not really gonna come back and play, and it's annoying that when you finish the game, you don't get unlimited psychic powers and all of them in the levels and the story did need more work on the 3rd and 4th quarter of the game. Despite the annoyances, this is a unique game with a very interesting story while you're playing through it.… Expand
  4. KeithL.
    1
    Worst game I ever played. Really bad. The game controls really bad. If you want a good game with psychic powers get PSI-OPS: Mindgate Conspiracy. That a good game.… Expand

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