Despite getting unfavourable initial reviews from game critics, MindsEye is enjoying its decent bunch of fans, which it acquired gradually. As a game that demands intelligence and patience to survive, several tips and tricks are needed for one to master it.
This article acts as MindsEye 101; it touches on all the possible ways you can master the game quickly. Without further delay, let’s get started.
What is MindsEye? Understanding the Basics
MindsEye is a futuristic action-adventure game in which the players act as Jacob Diaz, a retired soldier who has a neural implant called MindsEye. Due to the memory loss and hallucinating flashbacks, he travels to the metropolis of Redrock (based on real-life Las Vegas) to find the secrets behind his MindsEye.
Unlike regular action-adventure games, MindsEye demands that players utilize their intellect, perception, and awareness to survive the game, which usually takes time. If the Sanity Meter is low, it will result in hallucinations, distorted perception, and anxiety, and gradually it progresses into an unrecoverable downward spiral.
Your sanity level can affect your actions and how the world reacts to you. If your levels are high, and you have the patience to observe, analyze, and plan, then your perception will unveil the secret pathways, important weak points, and additional clues.
The Core Mechanics & Tactics of MindsEye
As said above, the Sanity Meter is one of the most important things in the game. Other mechanics include Vision, Anima Codex, and the Psychic Skill Tree. Let’s get into the details of how these tools affect or help the mind under various conditions, and how to master them.
The Sanity System
Sanity System, as an advanced version of traditional health bars in games, changes according to circumstances and controls the gamer’s ability to perceive, interact, and survive. If the player experiences prolonged darkness and isolation, it starts depleting.
The proximity to a whisper will significantly reduce the Sanity. Also, if the character fails in puzzles or in any decision-making, it will reduce the Sanity meter. Sometimes, the environmental triggers, or using any advanced powers, will decrease it. To restore sanity, you can use these tactics:
- Stay in well-lit areas where you can grab light sources to increase your sanity.
- Collect Anima Shards that immediately boost the sanity.
- Complete puzzles successfully to increase the sanity levels.
- Create potions called Serenity Elixirs by gathering various components.
- Visit the Meditation points to restore your sanity.
The MindsEye Vision
By tapping LMB/R1 + Hold, you can activate the advanced vision. It helps you to recognise the footsteps of entities, find invisible markings that can unlock secret passages, and identify various barriers. It can also detect the type of threat and reveal the precise range of a Whisperer. Instead of just tapping, you should hold the keys to observe the environment without any breaks so that you can absorb more insights.
The Anima Codex
Anima Codex acts as your journal that collects various data to help you navigate the game. It provides memory fragments such as character flashbacks, puzzle clues, and lore bits that can be used to progress the game.
Anima Codex is vital for the later section of the game because it records key ideas to interact with various things. Also, behaviours, especially the weaknesses, of entities are recorded on it.
The Psychic Skill Tree
Similar to the Tree of Life, the Psychic Skill Tree of MindsEye is an important tool that enhances the senses and offers extrasensory perception (ESP). Its four branches are occupied with distinct powers.
- Yellow Branch (Perception): It will enhance the Vision by increasing the duration and revealing more details.
- Red Branch (Manipulation): It provides telekinetic abilities such as moving heavy objects and remote viewing, where you can see through the walls.
- Green Branch (Resonance): It provides an understanding of the beings and the surrounding land by increasing the empathic echo and tranquillity.
- Blue Branch (Clarity): It promotes slow Sanity gain and improves resource management.
Important Tips & Tricks for MindsEye Gameplay
Because of the negative reviews it got, there are not many tutorials or articles that provide tips and tricks to help players. Here are some points to fill these gaps:
Follow the Objective Prompts
To make the game easier, MindsEye provides objective prompts at the bottom. You can follow it to advance the game. Be aware that you have to move quickly, otherwise the delays will have consequences.
Engage in Side Missions
Instead of solely focusing on main missions, take your time to find and finish side missions so that they can boost your skills and points. You will find optional challenges such as races and drone activities in the Redrock.
Utilize Drones
Practice and acquire drone skills so that you can scout areas, defeat enemies, and create openings easily. With patience and precision, you can trap enemies by setting up drones early.
Use Mission Creator
The Mission Creator allows you to create your custom missions inside MindsEye. If correctly created, this will improve your gameplay skills rapidly. However, keep in mind that it can only be unlocked in a later period of the game.
Expertise AI Behaviour
Since most of the enemies are AI bots without self-awareness, it is pretty easy to compete and defeat them. While the initial segments may seem hard, you can gradually understand the pattern of how they work. If you are able to crack the behaviour of AI bots, then everything will be easy.
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Concluding Thoughts
MindsEye, unlike the review bombing upon its release, has gained a bunch of fans through its slow and steady likability. Users who understand the deeper philosophy of the game and who invest early in boosting their skills can make the game interesting.
