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Psychonauts |OT| The Milkman Strikes Back [Game Pass]
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Excited to play for a 3rd time lol. Such a fantastic game, and I'm super hyped for the sequel.
On my replay, I'd completely mixed up the order of the game though, even if the order I thought it was clearly didn't make sense. I felt like Lungfishopolis was waaaaay later in the game, but when I replayed it, I remembered that it obviously wasn't, because that level was how you get to the Asylum hub area.
On my replay, I'd completely mixed up the order of the game though, even if the order I thought it was clearly didn't make sense. I felt like Lungfishopolis was waaaaay later in the game, but when I replayed it, I remembered that it obviously wasn't, because that level was how you get to the Asylum hub area.
are there side quests or activities you have to do or you can focus on the main stuff without worry?
It's been a few years since I last played it, but IIRC the only sorta side quest you had to do was digging up arrowheads to buy equipment needed to progress the story.
The PS2 classic version had horrendous performance on PS4, so much so I just gave up on it. Is it any better on PS5?
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Yeah, I'd say the first half is kinda consistently meh, outside of one level. The camp stuff is way more entertaining than the levels early on.
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Hopefully the new attention will increase the chances of getting it added to the game. It'd be a real nice addition.
Started a bit of the obstacle course. The humor is great.
I'm having a similar problem that I experienced in Super Lucky that my depth is no good. I'm missing jumps quite often or the controls feel sloppy.
Mario 64 is still king.
I'm having a similar problem that I experienced in Super Lucky that my depth is no good. I'm missing jumps quite often or the controls feel sloppy.
Mario 64 is still king.
Controls and platforming are not the strength here really. It's serviceable but not great.
I started playing this earlier this week because I bought it way back for 360.
had never really played it before but it mostly holds up. Some of the platforming is pretty janky but it is still super original and funny.
had never really played it before but it mostly holds up. Some of the platforming is pretty janky but it is still super original and funny.
I heard about how bad the meat circus was for years so I was fully prepared to have a bad time. It honestly wasn't that bad if you use the invisibility power and have plenty of health.
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My pc randomly rebooted while playing (not related to the game) and I was in the middle of the Napoleon level. Killed my motivation to play as I prob lost not a significant amount of time but enough where I was like... Well damn. Maybe it saved at some point. I'm getting close to the end though I think and loving it all.
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The Steam version absolutely DOES have achievements.
Incidentally it's also one of the incredibly rare games where I actually bothered unlocking them all.
Edit - Well, already pointed.
Anyway, one of my alltime favorites in the PC version.
I love basically everything about this game: the intuitive controls, the hilarious writing, the charming and immediately lovable characters, the outstanding music and the creative level design.
Except the part where you need to farm arrowheads digging around the camp. Fuck that bullshit.
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If this is in fact the Steam version ported, then it's also a soft remaster. A few years back they touched up textures,
, achievements, and I wanna say some stuff with Audio.
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Yeah it's frequently 2 bucks on steam and 4K60 there, which helps a lot for a platformer.
Cool little thing everyone should try: Clairvoyance works on everyone, everywhere, even outside of people's minds. Try it out when you go back to camp between levels. Try it on animals. Try it on collectibles. Try it on, well, everyone. The amount of detail packed into that little ability is just bonkers.
It really is one of the few actually funny games ever made. Basically this and portal 2.
Oh my god. I'm like, six hours in, and I was expecting to love it, I was expecting it to blow me away, but my god. It surpassed my expectations by a mile. What a fun, funny, awesome game.
Proud to say I bought the game day one when it originally launched. The commercials on G4TV and X-Play gushing about it made it a no-brainer. Absolutely adored it and it became one of my favorite games of all time.
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I did mull over playing it with the Duke when those came up haha.
Oh cool, I think I've seen a speedrun or something with Tim talking about it while playing, but I don't remember watching too much...
Yeah, I was disappointed after seeing this trailer and pulling it down from game pass only to find it is the original 30 FPS, low-resolution 4:3 version on Series X. I'm good.
It is just the PC version. I agree, I wish the Xbox version was the same one as that with widescreen support and everything, but I don't know how they would do it for people who already own the game on the Original Xbox. They've done something similar with Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but those were for their respective Original Xbox and Xbox 360 versions.
This new remaster is something like Voodoo Vince. The original disc is out there for the Original Xbox but nothing happens when you put it in an Xbox One or Xbox Series X; you have to actually buy the remastered game on Xbox One/Windows 10 PC.
Well the resolution is pretty good it's just sucks that it didn't have widescreen support and yeah the 30fps was disappointing although it runs pretty decently.
Yeah that's a tough one, they do have assets from the VR game & now Psychonauts 2 so maybe they can do a full on remake using those at some point. Given Grim Fandango and some of their older catalog was remastered maybe they'll remake/remaster Psychonauts 1 at some point.
Yesterday I started my first playtrough to prepare myself for the second one. I'm really liking the game with all his craziness and weird stuff the only thing that bothers me is the use of the g-slur (in german it's the z-slur) für romani people.
Is there some statement or interview from doublefine where there talk about this topic and how they handle it in psychonauts 2?
Is there some statement or interview from doublefine where there talk about this topic and how they handle it in psychonauts 2?
Hope that everyone playing this for the first time enjoys this masterpiece! It can be clunky at times compared to other 3D platformers, but it's one of the few games where I can confidently say that the presentation and writing truly outweighs the gameplay. Each level is so unique that you really don't have time to get bored - it immediately zips away to a new bonkers idea. Also, I'm not entirely sure but I know that the PC version at least had Meat Circus patched to be significantly easier?
Cant wait for the sequel in any event!!
Cant wait for the sequel in any event!!
Dealing with the milkman level is fun and infuriating because I've either got stuck doing the wrong thing, or did the right thing but it didn't work. At times it feels random and clunky.
Did you get to a point where you had no idea where the next item was? I ran into a bit of a blockade because I thought I exhausted all the places to visit and still didn't have the plunger or telephone that seemed be remaining, but then I visited the main character and he gave me a hint.
I owe it to Tim Schafer to finally finish this masterpiece in anticipation of the sequel.
I used to watch videos on level design in Psychonauts.
What Made Psychonauts Special?
I used to watch videos on level design in Psychonauts.
What Made Psychonauts Special?
loved this game back when it came out. i backed 2 and am pretty excited for it. i am not sure i have the time to replay it before the sequel is released, but i might sneak in some of doublefine's playthrough on twitch.
Double Fine is my favorite developer and Tim Schafer my favorite game creator, but I never had played Psychonauts – I didn't have an Xbox and it just fell by the wayside. With the recent addition to Game Pass, I finally had a chance. I loved it from beginning to end. It's amazing. So fun. So charming. So funny. The gameplay is exciting, good and interesting at every turn. Even the Meat Circus, which I read was really difficult, I found really fun – your PSI Powers really make a difference.
Go play it! It made me even more excited for Psychonauts 2!
Go play it! It made me even more excited for Psychonauts 2!
With Psychonauts 2 being so close to coming out I decided to replay this game for the first time in... 7 years?
I beat the Steam version today with all achievements unlocked. The graphics can look a tad dated (especially during the pre-rendered cutscenes, where the picture goes to 4:3 and becomes SD) and the platforming controls can be a little clunky (like, for example, why can I only double-jump during the first second or so of being airborne?), but other than that it was about as charming and fun to play as I remember.
Guess I should look into Rhombus of Ruin before the sequel gets released since I do have a PSVR. It is on sale for 50% off on the PSN store, so I just grabbed that.
I beat the Steam version today with all achievements unlocked. The graphics can look a tad dated (especially during the pre-rendered cutscenes, where the picture goes to 4:3 and becomes SD) and the platforming controls can be a little clunky (like, for example, why can I only double-jump during the first second or so of being airborne?), but other than that it was about as charming and fun to play as I remember.
Guess I should look into Rhombus of Ruin before the sequel gets released since I do have a PSVR. It is on sale for 50% off on the PSN store, so I just grabbed that.
