The poor technical state of MindsEye – the debut game from developer Build a Rocket Boy – is well established by this point. The bottom line is that as a £55 or $60 purchase, there is only morbid curiosity in checking it out at present with glaring bugs, low frame-rates and crashes blighting the experience on console. In fact, having tested all PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series machines on its latest update 1.07 (or 1.04.4 on Xbox) – as released on June 18th – it appears little has improved post-launch. For all its potential as a futuristic, open world action-shooter, there’s no question that MindsEye remains in an undercooked state. An apology has already been issued by the developer, while the problems run deep enough in its launch week that Sony is allowing refunds via the PlayStation Store – a rare manoeuvre for Sony that calls to mind Cyberpunk’s troubled launch back in 2020.
