Mindjack’s ingenious solution to boring singleplayer shooters

Posted by on January 31, 2011 in Games

I kind of don’t want to post a screenshot for Mindjack, because it’s a godawful ugly game and you’re just going to assume it sucks. Look at screenshot. I could probably tell you that was from a PSP game and you’d believe me. It doesn’t look much better in motion.

But the more important point about Mindjack is that there’s nothing else like it. For all its faults, it’s a really cool idea that actually works.

Thumbs up.

  • Sander

    agh, I was confused because the link brought me to the 2nd page of the review! I thought T. Chick had lost his touch!
    anyway, good review, I’m interested to see this feature in action

  • http://www.quartertothree.com Tom Chick

    Oops, fixed! Sander, you win the Copy Editor of the Day award! Congratulations!

  • thebigJ_A

    Well what do you know, Tom likes a game most people think is crap. Whodathunkit? ;)

  • Alan Kleiman

    In all fairness, Demon’s Souls did the ‘always online’ thing, with actual repercussions to your single-player game. It’s good to see that mechanic not die with DS, though.

  • http://www.quartertothree.com Tom Chick

    Mr. J_A, as I point out in the review, Mindjack is indeed crap in some important ways. However, it’s also good in other important ways.

    Alan, good lord, I can’t believe that comparison didn’t occur to me! Excellent point on Demon’s Souls. That game’s ghost mechanic insulate you from a lot of the implication of MP in a way that Mindjack doesn’t — you’re either online or offline — but I’m so glad you mentioned that.

  • Dev

    You give mindjack more credit that Halo 4? Your Halo 4 Review is nonsense.