15 Single Player Games With Powers That Were a Blast to Play

While a good story, challenging combat, complex puzzles and detailed worlds can make for fun times in video games, sometimes you want to feel all-powerful. Some games cater well to that power fantasy, giving you incredible powers to wipe the floor with the opposition, thus providing the ultimate catharsis. Let’s take a look at 15 single-player titles with the best powers.

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The morphing Service Weapon may be her claim to the Director position in The Oldest House but it’s Jesse’s psychokinetic powers that make her a force to reckon with. Along with launching objects – and bodies – into enemies, she’s capable of using nearby rubble to create a shield, temporarily Seize a foe’s mind, and even Levitate. Further powers were added in subsequent updates, like Shield Rush for conjuring a shield of rubble and then charging into enemies with it.