- MindsEye is available to try for free right now
- That’s thanks to a new starter pack version
- It includes a selection of content from the critically panned game
Remember MindsEye? Once considered a potential Grand Theft Auto 6 competitor, action third-person shooter from past fantasy GTA producer Leslie Benzies launched back in June and was a resounding flop.
Panned by critics and the subject of many viral glitch compilation videos laughed at by players, the game is comfortably one of the lowest-rated titles of the year, with its PlayStation 5 version sitting at a whopping 28 on Metacritic. Yes, it is out of 100.
With a maximum Steam player count of just over 3,300 players, it almost certainly fell short of expectations, a fact that likely contributed to widespread layoffs at developer Build a Rocket Boy.
Despite this, the game has still received post-launch updates. Today marks the release of a new free starter pack version, available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X and Series S, that includes a small selection of activities for you to try.
Right now this includes the Robin Hood campaign mission and 14 ‘Arcadia missions’ in the world. The studio has said that the starter pack will be “updated regularly and offer new ways to play”, so expect its exact contents to change over time.
It’s a publishing model that publisher IO Interactive has already used successfully with its Hitman World of Assassination game.
If you have been waiting for the chance to give MindsEye Try it yourself, but understandably don’t want to part with your hard earned money, so here it is.
Go ahead, you know you want to.
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