Psychic Detective (DOS)

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Description

Eric Fox is a psychic who lives in San Francisco and earns his living performing magic shows in seedy nightclubs. This changes when Eric meets Laina, a mysterious woman who trains him to venture inside other people's minds. Laina then hires Eric as a private detective to travel into the minds of the people who attend a wake held in honor of her father, which has died under unclear circumstances.

Psychic Detective is an interactive movie with adventure elements. The player can choose people whose minds Eric is able to read, and also interact with objects for further insight into the storyline. Many of these decisions and interaction choices branch the storyline, leading it to different endings; one of these endings is reached if the player chooses not to interact at all and let the movie unfold by itself.

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There are 14 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
• Live action cut-scenes
• Theme: Psychic powers / Psionics

User Reviews

A stunning achievement - quite possibly one of the worst games ever made...

Colin Rowsell (45)

Critic Reviews

Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jul, 1996		80
PC Games (Germany)	Feb, 1996	79 out of 100	79
PC Action (Germany)	Feb, 1996	76 out of 100	76
Entertainment Weekly	Feb 16, 1996	B	75
Power Play	Feb, 1996	70 out of 100	70
PC Joker	Mar, 1996	57 out of 100	57
GameSpot	May 01, 1996	4.7 out of 10	47
PC Player (Germany)	Feb, 1996	46 out of 100	46
Quandary	May, 1996		40
Score	Feb, 1996	1 out of 10	10

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Trivia

Playstation version

There are a number of suggestive scenes (including a softcore sex scene) that are absent from the Playstation release. The PC and 3DO versions have these scenes intact, however.

Awards

• PCGamer
  • April 2001 - #7 Weirdest PC Game Ever Made

Information also contributed by Echidna Boy

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