What was this PS2/Xbox era game?
 

I always wanted to play this.

Looked kind of like horror with sci-fi elements.

Third person game.

I don't remember much other than you seemed to be a test subject in some kind of hospital or facility, escaping.

You *may* have started the game wearing like a gown or some such, or maybe my brain is just filling in the blanks there.
You had powers - like...telekinetic powers?

If I'm not blurring lines between this and other games, I believe you might have been able to possess people, or like...make them do things at least?

So - Anyone know what it was?
Was it any good/worth tracking down? I don't mind a step back graphically.

Male or female character?

Male.

Need more information. I don't know why but my first thought went to Fear Effect. I have the first one but not the second. It was horror and sci-fi.

Nah it's not that.
It's a third person game, er, cover has a kind of red colour, and it's just a guys face, I think he's maybe holding a gun and covering his eyes?

I remember a game similar to that and it was called Fade to Black or Fade Away or something along that line.

Oh no. Definitely NOT Fade to Black.

I know this, because that game holds a special place on my shit-list.
It was a sequel to one of my favourite games of all time, which was Delphines "Flashback - The Quest for Identity".
For those who haven't played THAT, I'd strongly recommend they do, as well as their other kind've similar title "Another World".

Fade to Black, however...was a horrible early PS1 attempt to continue the story, but "IN 3D" along with ridiculous camera angles, sluggish movement, annoying level of difficulty, and really bad sound.
It was really just an unplayable, shitty mess that made a mockery of the legacy of the original.

So yeah, not that one.

Could it be The Suffering?

Nope.
I liked that though.
Never played the second one.
Very solid third person horror/action right there.

If you make the effort of Googeling “ps2 telekinesis game”you get Second Sight.::roll eyes::