EyeToy: Operation Spy

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EyeToy: Operation Spy
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Developer(s) London Studio
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Series EyeToy
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • EU: October 14, 2005
  • AU: October 20, 2005
  • NA: November 15, 2005
Genre(s) Modern action adventure
Mode(s) Single player

EyeToy: Operation Spy (also known as SpyToy in PAL regions) is a PlayStation 2 game which uses the EyeToy camera peripheral to detect player movement.

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Gameplay

The main objective of the game is to guard a room from an intruder. Unique features include new face recognition technology, new video messaging, and interactive missions. If an intruder is caught, the next time the player returns to the room they can watch the recorded video of who came in. The concept for EyeToy: Operation Spy was derived from a game within EyeToy: Play 2, which also had similar security features.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]

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