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Reviews for Psi-Spy (#3914)

Review by The Dean of Games on 21 Jul 2020 (Rating: 2)

Another Postern software game filled with weirdness which gets nowhere.
It's was published in 1983 as most of their games, and it shows. However, there is some interesting aspects to the game that deserve to be mentioned. First the perspective, rarely seen by 1983. Most games even later games, used the plain 2D perspective, so it was courageous and even innovative by 1983, but ultimately makes the game harder to play and even confusing.
Secondly, the use of very different levels, most exploring different visual perspectives, again makes the game stand out from the bunch. One of the levels is seen from above but with a 3D twist. In the end, though, it looks very awkward, specially our character which is also drawn to match the maze but ends looking like a broken match figure.

Nowadays it's only a curiosity and not much play material.