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Fantasic game. Great story. PC version has the best graphics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: June 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The PC version has the best graphics.
The story is fantastic.
The story has the same quality as games like Syberia I&II, The Longest Journey, and Shadow of Destiny.
The graphics are great too.
It's hard to tell between the cutscenes and actual gameplay.

There is more than one way to play the game.
Here is an example:
There are 5 guys down the hall with rifles.
You can:
A: Use Telekinesis to frighten them buy moving stuff around or use it to hit them with stuff.
B: Use Projection to possess one of the guards and get him to shoot the others.
C: Use Charm to make yourself invisible and walk past them unnoticed. It won't work if there are security cameras.
D: Just shoot them with either a gun or tranqualizer dart.

Cons:
The game only saves at the end of each level.
There are checkpoints that you can start at in each level if you die but if you quit the game before reaching the end of a level you will have to start that level over from the beginning.

The best feature of the game in my opinion is the story.
If you like a great story and a game with time travel this is the game for you.

There is a game guide by Prima that tells how to beat the game and alot more.

Review on demo!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was running this on my 2 ghz pc and i couldnt see menus or cut scenes. I checked and my system requirements were up to the standard. The game was fun, but the first level got frustrating after a while. All i can say is make sure you're video card is above 32mb. (mine is excatly that)

Kinda sucks to play - but has nice special effects unseen in any other game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I think it's about time gamers DEMANDED their games have spectacular new special effects AND be fun to play.

This game was not fun to play.

I would rather fast forward through a video of someone else completing the game just so I could see the special effects and design, and not have to hack out hour after hour of horrible game play.

This design team was just chosen to do the next gen design for a upcoming Jedi title- it had better be FUN as well as DEVASTATINGLY BEAUTIFUL.

a third-person stealth action adventure game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

An intriguing psychic-based game by Free Radical, Second Sight is difficult to categorize; it's a third-person stealth action adventure game. It's got a lot of interesting design elements and choices and has a pretty good mix of action and stealth.

The player is John Vattic, a doctor of Parapsychology. The game begins with him amnesiac and locked inside a research facility, his body mutilated and twisted. Gradually, Vattic recovers parts of his memories in flashbacks, which show him accompanying a unit of marines to find a secret Soviet research lab. Throughout the game there are two types of sequences - "present" and "past". In the present, Vattic is a test subject, modified to have certain types of psychic powers. However, he is constantly pursued and outgunned, relying more on his powers or on stealth.

In the past, Vattic does not have his powers, but is accompanied by a unit of Marines and has more firepower at his disposal. It is sort of misleading to say "past" and "present", though, as some things that Vattic does in flashbacks will affect the story (in a direct, railroad kind of way). For example, one of his associates is marked as "KIA" on a computer log; Vattic has a flashback, and when he's finished (with the associate surviving) she is instead marked as "Incarcerated". Failing these types of future-changing events - in this example, if the associate dies - will not just trigger a "game over" screen, but also a short scene showing Vattic captured and dealing with the effects of that failure.

The main set of tools in the game are present-Vattic's psychic abilities. These range from simple things like telekinesis, healing, and psychic blasts to more specific abilities. One such ability is "charm", which normally works like invisibility. However, it's really closer to a Jedi Mind Trick - it doesn't let you go by machines, because they don't have minds and thus can't be charmed. In other cases, it's useful for calming or directing your allies. Another ability that's more specific in usage is projection - similar to "Prey" and its spirit walking ability, projection allows you to leave your body and go through things that your normal body cannot to press switches and the like. This is later upgraded to possession, allowing you to take the bodies of enemy (or friendly) soldiers.

The gameplay in Second Sight is pretty good, using a third-person perspective with a rotatable camera. Shooting involves using a cursor to lock onto a target, then using the cursor to target a more specific area of the body. The only problem with this is the lock-on feature itself - in rooms with many targets (many of which might be inanimate objects) it is difficult to lock onto actual enemies. The psychic powers are well executed and varied enough to stay interesting, and the stealth gameplay - while not perfect - is done pretty well, especially when compared to other games that try to shoehorn it in. The camera can be moved to a static one to aid in stealth sequences.

As mentioned, the game was made by Free Radical, who also did the Timesplitters games. The graphics are definitely reminiscent of it, sharing Timesplitters' semi-cartoonish character model style. They're done fairly well, and the environments are nice. The effects are the game's main weakness - explosions and blasts look fake and dated, and don't fit in at all with the regular level of graphics. The sound and voice acting isn't exceptional, but it's done well enough.

As a whole, this game is definitely trying not to be the "same old thing", and I think it succeeded. The gameplay elements - mixed with the story, which unfolds from two different time periods - make an enjoyable and interesting game. As a whole, despite some technical issues, it's done very well.

8/10.

awesome game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I don't normally do reviews of games, but this game is worth me taking the time to tell you how awesome it is. I wasn't expecting much when I read what the game was about, but I wanted to give it a try anyways. I am sooo glad I did. This has got to be one of the best PC games I have ever played. The storyline is great. The graphics are great. The cutscenes are great. Everything about this game is great. The replay value isn't so great though. The amazingness of the game makes up for it. Once the game is done there isn't anything to go back and look for. i.e : easter eggs, hidden area with goodies, etc. The ending was awesome. Kind of a suprise. The best thing about this game is the psychic abilites incorportaed in with the gameplay. There are many different ways to play a level. You can stealth your way through, gun everyone down, or use your psychic abilities to possess another enemy and get him to kill all your other enemies. If you are even considering getting this game, dont think twice about it. BUY IT! you wont regret it.

Overall:

Graphics A
Story line: A+
Replay value: C
Length of game: A+
Fun: A++

10/10!

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