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Load Our Last Save

Load Our Last Save: Load Our Last Save: Psi-ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

Vinny and Drew hope you don't psi or go mental over the nu-metal that was packed into this game.

What happens when you return to a previous save from days, months, or a decade ago? Discover just how well we remember where we left in various games as explore our old save files.

Feb. 23 2012

Cast: Vinny, Drew

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Awesome! I was taking a nap when this happened earlier and was bummed that I missed it.

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Loved this game, cant wait to see this

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Wooo

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That's it, I'm getting the Xbox out of the cupboard when I get home. FUCK I LOVE THIS GAME.

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I'm guessing this guy isn't psychic because he's got such a small head.

Maybe he's a musclepath.

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late night post ? say what ? AWESOME !

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Heh Marc Webb directed that music video. From that to (500) Days of Summer to Spider-Man. Also I'm talking about the video because I've only heard of this game from the ending.

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I feel like I need to say that this is the greatest game ever made and it has the most wonderful co-op multiplayer mode I have ever seen.

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Anyone know why Vinny died the first time?

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I wonder if Vinny just can't find his memory cards for any other systems. Still, I'm enjoying this XBox retrospective series, since I never owned one.

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Cold is a great band.

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That horrible Nu Metal in the intro! YEESH!

Also: walk, walk, ZAAAAAAAP!

"What happened?- Vinny

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YES

I friggin' loved this game and will always wish for a sequel. Considering I was into Cold at the time, double bonus!

Although I just realized most of this is gonna be a boss battle, which isn't the reason why this game ruled.

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5 minutes in and already a Cold music video and 2 exploding bodies.

best LOLS ever.. LOLS.. i get it now

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I love how they die almost instantly

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@ZombiePie:

PSYCHIC MINES

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man i loved this game on the ps2 it was awesome. it makes me sad that most likely there won't be a sequel.

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@HatKing

I preferred Second Sight, personally.

I did as well - the story and characters seemed more interesting to me. I owned Psi Ops for pc and remember never installing it which is weird.
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Not the best L.O.L.S.

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I miss the nu metal days :(

Dubstep Boooooooo! Nu metal Yaaaaaaaaay!

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with my miiiiiiinnnd

also: Cold were the shit.

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FUCK YES! My body is ready.

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Cold is the worst name for a band.

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I remember this! this game was great. I played it on my roommate's playstation (I was an original xbox guy) at my first-ever living-out-on-my-own apartment.

Man, what a disaster that was! But the game was a good time.

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TO BE CONTINUED. WHAT?. Seems like a worse cliffhanger than Halo 2, just putting it out there.

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Oh, I must've missed this when they did it, but hell yeah I'll watch them play some Psi-Ops! It's a decent game.

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Super bummed I missed this live! Psi-Ops is a freaking great game!! I remember trying to convince people back in the day to get it instead of the inferior Second Sight game... but not it seems we won't get a sequel to either of them lol. Also this was for me the first game where I felt that real-time physics in a game actually did something for the gameplay.

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Load Our Last Save could use some The Thing love. All that talk on the bombcast got me thinking about it.

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Fuck yeah Psi-ops!

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@ZombiePie said:

Anyone know why Vinny died the first time?

If I recall correctly there was a cutscene with the big TK guy right before the save, so I guess the game loads up an area after that which won't let you backtrack anymore. Instead of putting up an invisible wall they just zap you cause...alien technology.

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A personal nemesis, that game destroyed the far superior Second Sight. Sadness. :(

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@Dezztroy said:

Load Our Last Save could use some The Thing love. All that talk on the bombcast got me thinking about it.

That is a fucking great idea, hope they have some sort of save on it, or just throw the rule book out the window on that one

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oh i remember playing this on the PS2, shit was super cash AND I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS *hides in corner*

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I totally had a copy of Cold's 13 Ways to Bleed On Stage. And I'm not ashamed of that fact.

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NO. NO. Screw you Psi-Ops. I was super excited to FINALLY see the ending of this game. I've been waiting about 5 years to see the how this ends, but I've since moved onto other games. So when I saw this I was excited to see how it ends but it gives you a "To Be Continued" screen? Gaaaaaahhhhhhh! I've learned my lesson.

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I only had the demo of this game (it came with the Official UK Xbox Mag) but I still had many hours of fun in the little test-chamber when I was about 13 years old. Physics-based gameplay ftw. \o/

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I remember beating this when I was 17, crazy fun game though. But that death music, you'll never get that out of your head.

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" The guy's(singer of Cold)  in a baad place, got lost in a basement."  

Right away a Vinny production.

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This game is slow to get started, but ultimately became one of my favorite Xbox games. The TK power is just too fun.

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Vinny's singing was great. Agree with Drew though, needed Jeff's guitar shredding.

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Oh MAN! I remember this game! This was the game that defined variety as "Do you want to throw that barrel at that guy...OR THROW THAT GUY AT THAT BARREL?!?!?!"

Never did beat it though...and now I see that perhaps I made the right decision.

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I really hope Marc Webb takes some of the lessons he learned from directing Cold's Psi-Ops music video and uses them in The Amazing Spider-Man.

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I remember renting this game back when it came out and loving it. Throwing dudes into fans and having them gib all over the place was pretty satisfying and hilarious. I also remember it having maybe the worst idea for co-op I've ever seen. Did anyone ever actually play that?

@DjDonFrancisco said:

I totally had a copy of Cold's 13 Ways to Bleed On Stage. And I'm not ashamed of that fact.

Nor should you be. 13 Ways is a fantastic album, as is Year of the Spider. Their new stuff is alright, but Cold is still a legitimately good band. People love to throw around "nu-metal" so loosely, whether it actually applies to the music or not.

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Never played this one, I stand by that decision.

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Downloading now to watching on my Playstation 3 while doing HW this afternoon. This, as well as Random-Ass PC game are two of the best things to come to giantbomb in the last year ... oh yeah, and Breaking Brad.

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'Cold' music video directed by Marc Webb (The Amazing Spiderman)

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IN MY MIND!

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As a kid, I LOVED that cheesy Cold video.

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@Death_Burnout said:

@Dezztroy said:

Load Our Last Save could use some The Thing love. All that talk on the bombcast got me thinking about it.

That is a fucking great idea, hope they have some sort of save on it, or just throw the rule book out the window on that one

This.