👩💻 Developer: Double Fine
📀 Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
🎮 Platforms: PC (GOG, Humble Store, Steam, WinStore); PlayStation 4 (PSN); Xbox One (XBL); Xbox Series X|S (XBL)
🏷️ Price: $59.99/€59.99/£54.99 or your regional equivalent*
📅 Release date: August 25th, 2021
* Pricing on platforms/stores other than Steam may vary.
📖 About:
⚠️ Mini-FAQ ⚠️ said:I missed the Fig campaign and would prefer to buy a physical copy. Is that an option?
Sort of. PlayStation and Xbox players can pre-order a physical Collector's Edition from iam8bit.com, but, unfortunately, there is no standard edition, and PC players are out of luck altogether.
Microsoft has owned Double Fine for a couple of years now. What does this mean for those of us playing on PlayStation?
The game will launch on PlayStation 4, as promised to backers during the crowdfunding campaign. However, there will be no native PlayStation 5 version; instead, PlayStation 5 users will be playing the PlayStation 4 Pro version at 1440p60 rather than 1440p30.
Speaking of tech specs, how have the Xbox versions shaped up? And what about HDR support?
The Xbox One version runs at 1080p30, the Xbox One X version runs at 4k30, the Xbox Series S version runs at either 1620p60 or 1080p120, and the Xbox Series X version runs at either 4k60 or 1440p120.
HDR is supported only on Xbox Series X|S, although if you're on PC and running Windows 10 build 21337 or higher, or Windows 11, you can use Auto-HDR.
Does Psychonauts 2 being fully multiplatform mean future Double Fine games may also release on platforms other than Xbox and Windows?
No. Psychonauts 2 is releasing on competing platforms simply because Microsoft is honouring pre-existing commitments, and Double Fine has categorically stated that "going forward, [it'll] be focusing on Xbox, Game Pass, and [Windows] PC."
Previously on Psychonauts said:
Previously On Psychonauts...
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Game information said:Razputin "Raz" Aquato, trained acrobat and powerful young psychic, has realized his lifelong dream of joining the international psychic espionage organization known as the Psychonauts! But these psychic super spies are in trouble. Their leader hasn't been the same since he was rescued from a kidnapping, and what's worse, there's a mole hiding in headquarters.
Combining quirky missions and mysterious conspiracies, Psychonauts 2 is a platform-adventure game with cinematic style and tons of customizable psychic powers. Psychonauts 2 serves up danger, excitement and laughs in equal measure as players guide Raz on a journey through the minds of friends and foes on a quest to defeat a murderous psychic villain.
- Experience an imaginative, cinematic story that mixes humor and intrigue, brought to you by legendary game designer Tim Schafer (Grim Fandango, Brütal Legend, Broken Age).
- Explore unique environments using Raz's ability to dive into people's brains to battle their inner demons, unlock hidden memories, and resolve their emotional baggage.
- Leap acrobatically through the air, traversing tightropes and trapezes in a varied, challenging, and joyful platforming experience.
- Wield a powerful array of psychic powers to blast, burn and levitate things, or even slow down time itself to solve environmental puzzles and battle strange enemies.
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🎞️ Trailers:
Announcement
First Trailer
First Gameplay Trailer
Brain in a Jar
Action/Release Date
Story
Musical Tour (soundtrack preview trailer)
Basic Braining (a collection of short videos that explore the mechanics of the game)
Launch
✍️ Reviews:
Era review thread
Metacritic - PC (89)
Metacritic - PlayStation 4 (87)
Metacritic - Xbox One (91)
Metacritic - Xbox Series X|S (87)
OpenCritic (89)
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