Second Sight (video game)

Second Sight is a science fiction action-adventure video game, developed by Free Radical Design, and published by Codemasters for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox in 2004, and Windows in 2005.

The game's story sees players assume the role of an American parapsychology researcher who seeks to uncover their past through the use of psychic powers they possess, finding events in the present are linked to a military mission they undertook with a taskforce of U.S. Marines.

The game's action is divided between traditional gun combat and stealth, with emphasis on players making the most of the protagonist's different psychic abilities to survive against hostile opponents, as well as overcoming different obstacles in each level.

Second Sight's most unique aspect of gameplay is the protagonist's ability to use a variety of psychic powers, which can be used either to aid the player in combat, heal themselves or others, avoid detection, and help to solve some puzzles.

John Vattic, an American parapsychology researcher, awakens in a medical facility in Virginia with no recollection of his past, only the knowledge that he possesses powerful psychic abilities of unknown origin.

Using these to escape his cell and explore the facility, he later experiences a flashback that reveals to him that six months ago, he was recruited by the Pentagon to join up with WinterICE - a special taskforce of U.S. Marines led by Colonel Joshua Starke, and his psychic adviser Jayne Wilde.

The taskforce had been given orders to travel to Siberia to recover Victor Grienko, a renowned Russian scientist who had conducted extensive research into parapsychology, and was now seeking political asylum in the United States.

John learns the troops were being led by Silas Hanson, director of the National Security Executive, who used Stark and his team as scapegoats to cover up his actions, and who is now tying up loose ends.

Now aware of the truth, and knowing what the future holds, John tracks down Hanson to Grienko's lab and confronts him, only to discover him protected by a bullet-proof window.