MindJack

MindJack is a third-person shooter video game developed by feelplus and published by Square Enix. The game was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on January 18, 2011, in North America, January 21, 2011, in Europe, January 27, 2011, in Japan and February 10, 2011, in Australia. The game was originally planned to be released in October 2010 for North America and Europe, but it was pushed back to January 2011. MindJack takes place in 2031, when the world's governments are in decline and new corrupt organizations are arising. The player can "hack" into and control enemies, vehicles, robots, or civilians. In the campaign story mode, the game is single-player but "transitions seamlessly" into co-op. The game received negative reviews from critics.

Gameplay

MindJack is a third-person shooter incorporating a cover system. The player character can carry two weapons and grenades. The player can mind hack civilians and weakened enemies, controlling them as the player character while the main character is controlled by artificial intelligence. Weakened enemies can also be turned to the player's side, becoming allies. Online players can "hack" into a person's single-player campaign and take control of the AI enemies while Player 1 plays the game's story campaign. The online players may help the solo player by attacking other enemies or they can attack Player 1 themselves. ==Development==

Development

The writing of MindJack's story and script was outsourced to an unnamed company in the United Kingdom as the game was thought to have a greater appeal to Western players than with a scenario created by a Japanese author. ==Story==

Story

The game's story focuses on agent Jim Corbijn, and a human rights activist, Rebecca Weiss. Agent Jim is sent to district 7 to investigate reports of a shootout. When he arrives, the government agents attack him. He then meets up with Ms. Weiss. Agent Corbijn and Ms. Weiss then go to investigate the rumors of "Project Mindjack". ==Reception==

Reception

The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two sevens and two sixes for a total of 26 out of 40. ==References==

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