Psychic Detective is an adventure developed by Colossal Pictures, released 30 November 1995 on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation and DOS.
What Psychic Detective is
Psychic Detective is an adventure game developed by Colossal Pictures and released in 1995. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, PlayStation and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This game is an innovative slant on the interactive movie. You're Eric Fox, a psychic detective who can transmit his psychic self to others, to see through their eyes and hear through their ears. That way you can find out things about the case you couldn't otherwise. The game has many different conclusions. It's a dark story though, and most people might not want to play through again.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Psychic Detective holds a critic score of 34 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 32 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Psychic Detective launched on 30 November 1995, within three weeks of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Rayman. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Rayman.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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