Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | PlayStation 2: 79% Xbox: 78% PC: 70% |
| Metacritic | PlayStation 2: 76/100 Xbox: 75/100 PC: 73/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Game Informer | 8.5/10 |
| Game Revolution | C |
| GameSpot | 7.5/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameZone | 8.6/10 |
| IGN | 7.9/10 |
The game received good reviews. IGN reviewer Juan Castro gave the game a 7.9/10, praising the "slick graphics", "varied environments", and "good voice-acting", but criticized it for its "clunky interface" and commented that "controlling telekinesis can be a slight pain in the ass." GameSpot reviewer Brad Shoemaker gave the game a 7.3 out of 10 noting the "intriguing storyline, nice variety of guns and psychic powers, and stylized characters."
The game sold nearly one million copies.
In 2010, the game was included as one of the titles in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die.
Read more about this topic: Second Sight (video Game)
Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“He’s leaving Germany by special request of the Nazi government. First he sends a dispatch about Danzig and how 10,000 German tourists are pouring into the city every day with butterfly nets in their hands and submachine guns in their knapsacks. They warn him right then. What does he do next? Goes to a reception at von Ribbentropf’s and keeps yelling for gefilte fish!”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)