History VideoGame / Mindjack

''[=MindJack=]'' is a third-person shooter video game developed by Creator/{{Feelplus}} and published by Creator/SquareEnix for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/Xbox360. Unlike most shooters, this game also has a unique feature in that the player can use "mind [[strike:jacking]]hacking" to take control of wounded enemies, [=NPCs=] on the map and even some robots. The game allows for seamless transition between single- and multi-player modes as well, letting up to four players join one server where they can either help the server host as the blue team or impede his progress as the red team.

* {{Expy}}: There's one boss that looks an awful lot like a Franchise/MetalGear...

* PlotInducedStupidity: Despite [[GameplayAndStorySegregation mind-hacking and mind-slaving several enemies for several hours]], when Weiss talks about mind-hacking in a cutscene Jim acts like this was the first time he ever heard of it. [[spoiler:[[InUniverse This is actually a plot point.]] It's not Jim who's doing the hacking, it's Andrew Gardener's ghost]]

''[=MindJack=]'' is a third-person shooter video game developed by feelplus and published by Creator/SquareEnix for UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/XBox360. Unlike most shooters, this game also has a unique feature in that the player can use “mind [[strike:jacking]]hacking” to take control of wounded enemies, [=NPCs=] on the map and even some robots. The game allows for seamless transition between single- and multi-player modes as well, letting up to four players join one server where they can either help the server host as the blue team or impede his progress as the red team.

The game takes place in A.D. 2031, when the world’s governments are in decline and corrupt corporations are rising to fill the void. FIA agent Jim Corbijn is tailing a suspected terrorist known as "Weiss" through San Mira International Airport and ends up killing her contact. Unfortunately, he finds out that the man he killed was an undercover FIA agent. Jim suddenly finds himself cut off from his organization and is forced to rely on Weiss for help. The ActionDuo must work together to discover why they are suddenly being marked for death and what secret is so powerful that the MegaCorp NERKAS will go to any lengths to keep it a secret.

* ArtificialStupidity: Both friendly and enemy AI characters have a bad habit of leaving cover and wandering into the open while several people are shooting at them.
** And on one occasion, a boss will actually ''shoot the ground''.

* ColorCodedMultiplayer: Players on your team are blue "Wanderers," players on the enemy team are red. When in control of an {{NPC}} the respective colour outlines the {{NPC}}.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome[=/=]UnnaturallyBlueLighting: Almost everything is blue-gray, probably so you can use the ColorCodedMultiplayer indicators a bit easier.

* EveryoneIsArmed: When you mindjack a civilian, they somehow have the exact same weapons as Corbijn on their person. [=GameCritics=].com lampooned this, calling the game's world "an NRA wet dream." Angry Joe also got a kick from it, lamenting citizens literally pulling shotguns [[{{Hammerspace}} from their asses]].

* HammerSpace: Presumably where all the civilians retrieve their guns from when you mindjack them.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Both in gameplay and in cutscenes, the enemies can barely hit anything. You're only likely to be killed if you charge head-first into battle or wind up on the wrong side of a machine gun robot.

* UnexplainedRecovery: That guy who's neck you snapped in the intro cutscene? He's back in the ending, a bit annoyed about you snapping his neck, but otherwise just fine.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: One of the enemies you can face is a cybernetically-enhanced gorilla. Also you can take control of one in a section of the airport level if you so choose. Good luck hitting anything with it though. Later levels feature packs of cybernetically-augmented chimpanzees with submachineguns on their backs.

* CrazyPrepared: Mindjacked civilians always conveniently have the same weapons as Corbijn. [=GameCritics=].com lampooned this, calling the game's world "an NRA wet dream." Angry Joe also got a kick from it, lamenting citizens literally pulling shotguns [[{{Hammerspace}} from their asses]].

* CriticalExistenceFailure: Some minibosses in the game you cannot scratch at all with your weapons, but if you kill all the {{Mooks}} in the area then the boss will either [[DeadManSwitch explode]] or fly away in shame. Wait, what?

* PlotInducedStupidity: Despite [[GameplayAndStorySegregation mind-hacking and mind-slaving several enemies for several hours]], when Weiss talks about mind-hacking in a cutscene Jim acts like this was the first time he ever heard of it. [[spoiler:As WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation correctly guessed, this is actually a plot point. It's not Jim who's doing the hacking, it's Andrew Gardener's ghost]]

* UnexplainedRecovery: That guy who's neck you snapped in the intro cutscene? He's back in the ending, a bit annoyed about you snapping his neck, but otherwise just fine.

''[=MindJack=]'' is a third-person shooter video game developed by feelplus and published by Creator/SquareEnix for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Unlike most shooters, this game also has a unique feature in that the player can use “mind [[strike:jacking]]hacking” to take control of wounded enemies, [=NPCs=] on the map and even some robots. The game allows for seamless transition between single- and multi-player modes as well, letting up to four players join one server where they can either help the server host as the blue team or impede his progress as the red team.

* ColorCodedMultiplayer : Players on your team are blue "Wanderers," players on the enemy team are red. When in control of an {{NPC}} the respective colour outlines the {{NPC}}.

''[=MindJack=]'' is a third-person shooter video game developed by feelplus and published by SquareEnix for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Unlike most shooters, this game also has a unique feature in that the player can use “mind [[strike:jacking]]hacking” to take control of wounded enemies, [=NPCs=] on the map and even some robots. The game allows for seamless transition between single- and multi-player modes as well, letting up to four players join one server where they can either help the server host as the blue team or impede his progress as the red team.

* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler: The final boss is the result of a failed attempt by the inventor of mindhack to digitally bring back the consciousness of his dead daughter. The resulting creation is... less than stable.]]

* ExcusePlot: We don't even know who the people are or why to care what happens to them, we're just dropped into the plot and told to shoot guys shooting at us.

* PlotInducedStupidity: Despite [[GameplayAndStorySegregation mind-hacking and mind-slaving several enemies for several hours]], when Weiss talks about mind-hacking in a cutscene Jim acts like this was the first time he ever heard of it. [[spoiler:As WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation correctly guessed, this is actually a plot point.]]

* CrazyPrepared: Mindjacked civillians always conveniently have the same weapons as Corbijn. [=GameCritics=].com lampooned this, calling the game's world "an NRA wet dream."

* IdiotPlot: The entire story gets jump-started when Jim kills a person who turns out to be an undercover agent working for ''for his own department.''

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Most everything is blue-gray, probably so you can use the ColorCodedMultiplayer indicators a bit easier.

* BagOfSpilling: Every single combat section causes you to drop all your weapons except for the default pistols. Additionally, any enemies you've Mind Slaved will die once the mission area is complete. The minion death is justifiable because your army would be game-breakingly huge over a short period of time, but due to how short some of the mission areas are, it makes the weapon-resetting quite inconvenient.

* WhatTheHellHero: In the first minutes of the game! Jim is told by his handler to just watch Rebecca Weiss and not engage the mysterious person meeting her. He says "Copy that," proceeds to make ''direct contact'' and snaps the guy's neck [[hottip:*: In his defense the guy did pull a gun on him, but only after Jim openly approached him and there wasn't much need for killing]]. Weiss is furious and the player is aghast. Furthermore, it's revealed the guy he just killed was an undercover agent for his side and killing him made his agency assume he's been "flipped," prompting the waves of soldiers trying to off him.