Psychonauts

the game encourages and rewards experimenting and exploring. plays like an animated move full of charm and humour. I spend a bit over 21 hours on it but should be possible to finish it faster if you were so inclined. trust the ratings and treat yourself to this absolute gem

One of the beast platformers I've ever seen. Put it on your shelf next to the Sands of Time series and Super Mario Galaxy. Psychonauts has everything: a good story, funny characters, all kinds of situations, varied levels...Nowadays this game it's worth 29.99€, and it costs only 9.99€!!! Do not hesitate. You won't regret buying it.

A game for the man who wishes he could fight others demons. This is game is full of humor, character, and wonderful voice acting. The action, worlds, level design, and game mechanics are all brilliantly designed. A must have for all action-adventure fans.

This game deserved far better sales than it got. Like Beyond Good and Evil, it is an excellent game with fairly standard gameplay, lots of character, an entertaining story, and a fantastic style all its own, but it never met with much monetary success. It's a crying shame. The gameplay is a lot like what would happen if you took the Legend of Zelda series (from OoT on) and made it so Link could jump on command. You get several additional abilities that you can map to the controller buttons (or keys, if you're stuck with the keyboard), and have to switch between to deal with different situations. Nothing really new here. The game's environment, however, is a breath of fresh air, and makes the game one of the few brilliantly original pieces of gaming made in the last twenty years. The gameplay doesn't get in the way of your exploration of the wonderfully insane worlds you come across, and that's all it needs. If you utterly loathe 3D platformers, you might give this a pass as it is likely to cause controller-throwing frustration. Failing that, however, you have no excuse to not BUY THIS GAME BUY IT NOW NOW NOW WHY AREN'T YOU CLICKING BUY INSTEAD OF READING THE REST OF THIS REVIEW.

Created by Tim Schafer and the folks at Double Fine, Psychonauts delivers an interesting plot, excentric characters and very enjoyable gameplay. In this action/adventure, you will control Raz, a young lad who must master various psychic powers during a summer camp, but ends up stumbling upon a big, dangerous plot. By far, what I enjoyed the most was diving into people's minds, seeing how each one of them was wildly different from the other, based on that character's thoughts and personality. There's quite a bit of fun to be had here, with about 20 hours of gameplay, maybe a bit more if you would go out of your way to explore the entirety of the locations and seek out all the collectibles (of which there are quite a few). Overall, an absolute must if you enjoy adventuring, a nice story and funny, quirky characters.