{"id":19149,"date":"2025-06-13T13:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/mindseye-review-a-dystopian-future-that-plays-like-its-from-2012\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:37:15","slug":"mindseye-review-a-dystopian-future-that-plays-like-its-from-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/mindseye-review-a-dystopian-future-that-plays-like-its-from-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"MindsEye review \u2013 a dystopian future that plays like it\u2019s from 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Build a Robot Boy\/IO Interactive
<\/strong>A lot of work and ambition have gone into this strange, sometimes likable cover-shooter throwback<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a Sphere-alike in Redrock, MindsEye\u2019s open-world version of Las Vegas. It\u2019s pretty much a straight copy of the original<\/a>: a huge soap bubble, half sunk into the desert floor, with its surface turned into a gigantic TV. Occasionally you\u2019ll pull up near the Sphere while driving an electric vehicle made by Silva, the megacorp that controls this world. You\u2019ll sometimes come to a stop just as an advert for an identical Silva EV plays out on the huge curved screen overhead. The doubling effect can be slightly vertigo-inducing.<\/p>\n

At these moments, I truly get what MindsEye is trying to do. You\u2019re stuck in the ultimate company town, where oligarchs and other crooks run everything, and there\u2019s no hope of escaping the ecosystem they\u2019ve built. MindsEye gets this all across through a chance encounter, and in a way that\u2019s both light of touch and clever. The rest of the game tends towards the heavy-handed and silly, but it\u2019s nice to glimpse a few instances where everything clicks.<\/p>\n

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\nPC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Build a Robot Boy\/IO InteractiveA lot of work and ambition have gone into this strange, sometimes likable cover-shooter throwback
\nThere\u2019s a Sphere-alike in Redrock, MindsEye\u2019s open-world version of Las Vegas. It\u2019s pretty much a straight copy of the original: a huge soap bubble, half sunk into the desert floor, with its surface turned into a gigantic TV. Occasionally you\u2019ll pull up near the Sphere while driving an electric vehicle made by Silva, the megacorp that controls this world. You\u2019ll sometimes come to a stop just as an advert for an identical Silva EV plays out on the huge curved screen overhead. The doubling effect can be slightly vertigo-inducing.
\nAt these moments, I truly get what MindsEye is trying to do. You\u2019re stuck in the ultimate company town, where oligarchs and other crooks run everything, and there\u2019s no hope of escaping the ecosystem they\u2019ve built. MindsEye gets this all across through a chance encounter, and in a way that\u2019s both light of touch and clever. The rest of the game tends towards the heavy-handed and silly, but it\u2019s nice to glimpse a few instances where everything clicks. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Build a Robot Boy\/IO InteractiveA lot of work and ambition have gone into this strange, sometimes likable cover-shooter throwback There\u2019s a Sphere-alike in Redrock, MindsEye\u2019s open-world version of Las Vegas. It\u2019s pretty much a straight copy of the original: a huge soap bubble, half sunk into the desert floor, with its …<\/p>\n

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