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Psychonauts 2 |OT| The Spy Who Lobed Me
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Game was 😘👌
Excellent design, the soundtrack was great and story was fairly solid. The combat was pretty bad, but worked well enough and difficulty wasn't bad. The worlds, er brains were fantastic.
Liked it better than the first title.
Minor quip would be having doors locked that can't be accessed until after beating the game is weird. I don't think you can't max things until after and then what's the point? That might be a misunderstanding.
Excellent design, the soundtrack was great and story was fairly solid. The combat was pretty bad, but worked well enough and difficulty wasn't bad. The worlds, er brains were fantastic.
Liked it better than the first title.
Minor quip would be having doors locked that can't be accessed until after beating the game is weird. I don't think you can't max things until after and then what's the point? That might be a misunderstanding.
Wonder how speedrunners can make use of things like
Already seen some wacky stuff.
The Speed up badge for Time bubble
You mean the doors with mail slots?
You do need the projection ability found after the first point of no return to access those doors, but no upgrades. I imagine they wanted to incentivize players to poke around the Motherlobe and general overworld in the postgame, as they wrote a variety of postgame conversations.
This is separate from the issue of really only being able to max abilities in postgame, e.g., the "limitless" upgrade for no cooldown requires max rank, which would need something like NG+ to solve.
This is separate from the issue of really only being able to max abilities in postgame, e.g., the "limitless" upgrade for no cooldown requires max rank, which would need something like NG+ to solve.
Did anyone else think at the end of the game...
When you get told you've passed the interm program, the music that plays during the "victory pose" is extremely reminiscent of Star Wars OG trilogy?
It's probably a deliberate homage, yeah. It's the music they played in the first game whenever you got a power, and while they make a joke about it in the sequel with Mental Connection, it's only at the end he really gets to show off again.
After finishing it - The structure of the plot is kinda clever .
The first half of the game , they really drill into you ( and to Raz) the lesson that manipulating people's mind is a big no-no . " We dont fix people ", agent Forsyth say to him.
the in the second half, you find out Ford, one of the original Psychonauts and the object of Raz's hero worship for two games now, fucked up and did exacly that , and brought great deal of suffering onto Raz's family.
By the end , I agree with Otto - fuck Ford Crueler , he is an asshole and a coward
the in the second half, you find out Ford, one of the original Psychonauts and the object of Raz's hero worship for two games now, fucked up and did exacly that , and brought great deal of suffering onto Raz's family.
By the end , I agree with Otto - fuck Ford Crueler , he is an asshole and a coward
after seeing this trailer, I'm reminded that there were numerous opportunities to use levitation to bypass hazards on the ground.
outside of the lobotto level I didn't use it at all. Totally forgot.
Glad it's not just me that spotted it! I haven't played the first game so didn't know it was in that one too, so I'm probably like 16 years LTTP on this haha.
Yeah man, pc gaming already has many quirks with games being unoptimized at launch and now you got gamepass issues on top too lol :/
Damn, I can't imagine doing that boss fight in the cooking game show level without using Levitation. I'm sure it's possible but it must be a nightmare.
I used it all the time, mainly as a speed boost, but almost never to roll over hazards. I forgot that was a feature.
Lol, looking back on it, it was a nightmare. Just kept trying to jump from can to can And collecting health when needed. I'm guessing you can just roll through the vomit without taking damage?
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The progress stats on Steam are pretty impressive. Almost 40% of players have finished the game.
Yeah! You can straight up roll through all the gunk. I remember looking at those cans and thinking how much harder that would be without using the ball.
That boss fight is so long, too. Must have been pretty brutal.
Finished it last night, 100% completion. Such a phenomenal game, blew away any and all expectations I had going in. Easily my GOTY thus far.
Never played the original, had little interest in Psychonauts 2, only played after seeing such rave reviews on here...
and I'm blown away. One of the most imaginative, funny and tight platformers I've played in recent years, maybe since Mario Odyssey.
How does the first one hold up? Worth going back on Xbox GamePass?
and I'm blown away. One of the most imaginative, funny and tight platformers I've played in recent years, maybe since Mario Odyssey.
How does the first one hold up? Worth going back on Xbox GamePass?
First one holds up well... On PC. On Xbox it's still 30 fps and a little janky. I think it's 4:3 too?
If you can just play it on Steam. It goes on sale for $1 but is worth picking up. Then you can play with a controller at high framerate and add a mod to fix widescreen UI stretching. Best way to play imo
Well if you've already got gamepass then you don't really lose anything by giving it a go. I don't think it plays as well but the writing, vibe and eclectic level design are all pretty much on par with the sequel.
LMAO I'm honestly dumbfounded that I didn't realize this. It was tough! Cans kept getting destroyed, and would fall into the gunk. I ate a bunch of lollipops, that's for sure. Haha.
now I wanna go back and play it again.
Yeah this kinda blows. Waiting on continuing to play because it's pretty bothersome. Why isn't there HDR either when it says it supports it on the store page?
I'm already limiting the frame rate at below the monitor's refresh rate, but tearing is still there. I have to use the game's v-sync to make it stop. I guess VRR is a Series X exclusive like HDR?
I wonder if this is partially due to it also being available on Gamepass?
If there's an option to play it for $10/mo and you opt to pay $60 instead... you probably really want to experience the full game. (this describes me, can confirm, I paid full price on Steam and completed it!) Those who aren't as sold on it have a cheaper option available to try it out if they want to.
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I don't think Game Pass is really a factor, since "many who paid full price are fans who were confident they'd like it" would apply regardless of whether the game is rentable elsewhere. Also, I imagine fence-sitters eyeing it on Steam are more likely to wait for a sale than wander over to the WinStore.
Edit: In comparison, I had a look at Alyx's achievement stats, and barely more than a quarter of players have finished it. While the game has been on sale a handful of times now, "players" is distinct from "owners" in that those who've bought a game but haven't actually played it aren't counted in the global achievement stats, not to mention the higher barrier to entry on account of its PCVR exclusivity, so ~38% for Psychonauts 2 still strikes me as a pleasant surprise.
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The one I was missing was right at the start. There's three poles in the parking lot, north of the diner. You can climb them and jump from one to the other up to a platform that has a psi card
It's very hard to see this one from the ground.
Yet no one complains it being easy game. That is a testament of amazing game design.
Also I think if you die a lot in platformer, it isn't fun.
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Got ~3GB update on Xbox. Can't find any patch notes on Doublefine site or elsewhere. Anybody know what is fixed?
The game is way too easy, for the record.
It has enough other positives that I think a lot of people who feel the same don't make a big deal of it..
Yeah, that was one of the last trophies I got and I had to deliberately kill myself to get it.
Finally got 100% tonight. Some of the figment hunting was super annoying, and took me watching playthroughs of the levels to actually find the 1 I was missing. I would say that was the only annoying part of this game, as the other collectables weren't nearly as bad.
Makes me want to go back and play through the first game as I've never beaten it. But I think it may be rough going back after playing this one.
Makes me want to go back and play through the first game as I've never beaten it. But I think it may be rough going back after playing this one.
Someone made an insanely great/useful list of all the figments in the game if you want to go that route.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1brszMl9RLbrGcf_HPtpKvNhagy_f-z7i9hbEWiN9hO8/edit
Thank you!!! I have 6 from bob's bottles that are kicking my ass. This guide is great!
Made it to the final third of the game but I don't think I can continue anymore. The combat is absolutely awful and it became much more apparent in the final stages of the game. I don't feel like I have enough control over my character, it doesn't feel responsive and some of the later enemies are just cheap as fuck.