MindJack

Yet even the thrill of being the bad guy dulls before too long because Mindjack's gameplay mechanics are so inelegant. It's hard to enjoy a game when you can't move the way you want to move, and beyond the cool premise and intriguing mindhacking ability, Mindjack doesn't do you any favors.

Enemy AI is dim as hell, the wonky cover system often has you shooting bullets into nothingness even when it appears they should be hitting your targets, and there’s no way to pause the game. When you add badly-voiced characters, drab environments with little personality, and repetitive shooter gameplay to the pile, Mindjack’s few unique elements don’t shine enough through the muck.

There are so many things wrong with this game, it's almost hard to keep track. The poorly executed gameplay, the outdated graphics, the lifeless voice acting, the endless loading screens and broken pacing, the sad excuse for a leveling system that's too bad to even detail; it reads like a laundry list on how to make a bad game. Almost like it was a tutorial. Mindjack is the epitome of the idiom "Looks good on paper." and it will never be anything more.