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PC gaming goes psychic as Codemasters
confirms a PC edition of Second Sight
from Free Radical Design.
Already acclaimed as one of the most
original and gripping games of the year,
Codemasters today announces that a PC
edition of Second Sight, the
stealth action epic from Free Radical
Design, is coming in late November.
It's a great moment in PC gaming –
Second Sight will be the first PC title
from Free Radical Design, creators of
the TimeSplitters series. The PC edition
follows the success of the console edition,
which achieved a top 5 chart placing
in the UK.
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 US 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,
in doing so, 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.
Vattic's telekinetic powers enable
players to shift objects and terrify
on-looking guards. As the game progresses
and his self-awareness increases, additional
abilities develop and existing powers
are refined.
Basic telekinesis is upgraded beyond
simply moving objects, enabling Vattic
to lift enemies and smash them against
the scenery as they scream for mercy!
This revelation of psychic powers makes
for a highly compelling journey, and
invites experimentation with the newly
acquired abilities.
Further psychic powers are revealed
through play: Healing (using psychic
power to replenish health), Projection
(send your spirit out of your body,
with the ability to possess another
character), Charm (alter the mind of
individuals, fooling them you're not
there) and Psi-blast to send a destructive
shockwave toward your enemies.
Vattic's psychic powers can be mixed
with an exciting arsenal of weapons
– there are 13 weapons in use through
the game including pistols and a sniper
rifle.
As a new landmark in stealth action
and an exceptional project from Free
Radical Design, Codemasters will publish
the PC edition of Second Sight in late
November. See what the future holds
on the game's website at www.codemasters.co.uk/secondsight
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