PlayStation 3 Psych Yourself

I wasn’t a big fan of Test Yourself, the 2011 game that this game is a sequel to. Bottom line is Test Yourself said I’m stupid. Psych yourself says I’m characterized by exceptional sharpness, completeness and accuracy of perception and that I pull in prodigious amount of information.

Who’s stupid now, huh? It’s Psych Yourself for the PlayStation 3.Just released to the PlayStation Network, Psych Yourself—again—follows up Test Yourself. What’s weird about that is...that game was called Test Yourself: Psychology. Usually, the presence of a colon indicates future games using the words immediately prior to say colon. That’s not the case here.

It’s like they thought it over and said, “Eh...f*cocoons.”Anyway, where the first game set out to measure things like attention span, reaction times and more obviously measurable facets of your mental faculties, Psych Yourself goes a bit deeper. This time, it’s about figuring out what kind of person you are. Can you read people? Can you own? Red head. Exhilaration.

Now, the tests evaluate you in three areas. You have creativity tests, which are kind of self-explanatory. There are also perception tests, which focus on interpreting information. And there are also emotion tests, which are actually about recognizing the emotions of others through things like body language and facial expressions. I don’t know. You lost me at caring about others.

And what the hell is this guy feeling? Wait, that’s the same face. That’s the same freaking face! So obviously, one of the issues with Psych Yourself is that...the questions can seem kind of subjective. The game is definitely at its best with more objective stuff, like color recognition. And as with Test Yourself, it’s not really much of a game. Something like Brain Age has lasting appeal because it’s fun, and there are games to break up the tests.

Psych yourself is just the tests, which is less appealing. Nonetheless, it’s not a bad little brain game. It has the main mode, individual tests for training purposes...the online friend test also returns from Test Yourself, which has your friends answering questions about you. That’s pretty cool. So if you ‘re looking for Brain Age on the PS3, well this is kind of like that, only without the fun stuff. Then again, who said stuff was supposed to be fun? It’s Psych Yourself for the PlayStation 3.