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Psychic Force 2012

by Taito·published by Taito, Acclaim, JVC Musical Industries Europe

1998T19
PCWindowsPlayStationPS1DreamcastPSPPS3PS VitaArcade

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6.1/ 10

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About

Psychic Force 2012, the sequel to Psychic Force, is a one-on-one fighting game with a twist. The matches take place inside a giant floating cube. You are able to fly, using your psychic abilities, around a 3D arena with six walls. Each of the ten available characters, Might, Regina, Wendy, Emilio, Setsuna, Patty, Gudeath, Genshin, Carlo, and Gates, are controlled with three buttons: guard, weak attack and strong attack. The effect varies with the distance. Next to the regular life meter, there is also a power meter. By using special moves, the meter is drained and your moves are limited. It is possible to recharge, and the capacity of the power meter expands when you lose a lot of health.

Additionally, each fighter has its own unique moves, energy attacks and a weapon, which they use, mid-flight, to pummel their opponent. There are three main game modes: training, versus and a story mode using static anime-inspired images and in-engine cut scenes to tell the story. The story centers around two groups of psychics with differing ideals about co-existence with humans. In the middle of this are several neutral psychics with ties to members in either group.

The later PlayStation port, renamed to Psychic Force 2, adds the 3 missing characters from the first game (Genma, Brad and Sonia), the psy-expand mode where the player can play a series of special battles to learn other character attacks, and an anime intro video replacing the original in-game intro. It also lowers the overall difficulty of the CPU fighters and makes some control adjustments (for instance the shield can now optionally be enabled with a single button). Of course, the graphics were notably degraded.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Perspective

Side view

Engine

Taito Type X

Included in

Languages

2 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English—
Japanese

Game details

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Drivers/APIs Supported

Direct3D, Glide

Media Type

CD-ROM

3D Graphics Cards / Accelerators Supported

3dfx (Voodoo 2 / Voodoo Banshee), 3dfx (Velocity 100/200 / Voodoo 3), ATI (Rage 128), ATI (Rage 128 Pro), Matrox (Millennium G200), Matrox (Millennium G400 series), Nvidia (Riva TNT), Nvidia (Riva TNT2 series), Nvidia (GeForce 256 series)

Color Depth

16-bit (High Color)

Input Devices Required

Keyboard

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Gamepad, Joystick

Controller Types Supported

Analog Joystick, Digital Joystick

Additional Hardware Required

3D Accelerator

Multiplayer Options

Same/Split-Screen

Multiplayer Game Modes

Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS)

Number of Offline Players

1-2 Players

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium MMX

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

32 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 6

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

4X (600 KB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

8 MB

Video Modes Supported

Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480

Sound Devices Supported

DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Also known as

Psychic Force 2 — PlayStation title

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Facts

Developer

Taito

Ported by

Office Create

Released

1998

Platforms

PCWindowsPlayStationPS1DreamcastPSPPS3PS VitaArcade

Age ratings

CEROBUSK12ACBMA 15+ESRBT

Standing

Top 53% by want to play

Tags

3rd-person (Other)Anime / MangaFightingCyberpunk / dark sci-fi