Psychic World (Master System) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
348A playthrough of Sega's 1991 action-adventure game for the Sega Master System, Psychic World.
Psychic World is a conversion of Psycho World, an MSX2 game that was released a few years earlier. The game was ported to the Master System for PAL territories, while a further cut down port was released worldwide on the Game Gear the same year.
In Psychic World, you play as Lucia, a girl who lives and works at a high-tech research facility. There's an explosion one day on the premises, a load bioengineered monsters are set free, and as they escape they carry off Lucia's twin, Cecille.
Dr. Knavic, who works with the twins, gives Lucia an "ESP Booster," a helmet that gives her enhanced psychic powers so that she can go after her kidnapped sister.
These ESP powers give Lucia a wide-range of abilities, including levitation, teleportation, enhanced firepower, and healing abilities. She can freely use any of her abilities once they've been found providing that she has enough psychic energy, and there are several spots that will require her to use specific abilities in order to get through.
Psychic World shows its computer game roots in quite a few ways - from the level design to the animation and controls, it feels closer to the style of Sorcerian than it does a typical console platformer, though the ESP system also gives it a bit of a Mega Man feel. It has been pared down from the MSX2 game, though, and it is far more linear as a result.
The graphics look good (even though much of the screen is consumed by that ridiculous status bar) and the music is catchy, and the controls are reliable, barring the occasional mishaps that can occur when switching powers thanks to the Master System controller's lack of buttons.
Psychic World is a fun, fairly challenging platformer with a neat premise and a creative power-up system. It doesn't necessarily nail everything it tries to do, but it does succeed in being a quirky action-adventure that I personally enjoyed a great deal.
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