Delve into people's minds as Raz, a powerful young cadet at a psychic summer camp. While working on his merit badge in levitation, Raz discovers that someone is kidnapping psychic children and stealing their brains. To foil this evil plot and earn the title of Psychonaut, Raz must project himself in...
Delve into people's minds as Raz, a powerful young cadet at a psychic summer camp. While working on his merit badge in levitation, Raz discovers that someone is kidnapping psychic children and stealing their brains. To foil this evil plot and earn the title of Psychonaut, Raz must project himself into the mind of one bizarre character after another to battle their nightmares and inner demons. He does all this while continuing to earn psychic merit badges in subjects such as telekinesis, clairvoyance and fire-starting.
This amazing 3D platformer adventure, full of brilliant humor, trippy setting, and surreal action, became famous for its originality and excellence of design. If you're looking for a unique gaming experience, this is a fine pick. More than just fine, as a matter of fact--double fine!
A brilliant story that will not let go of you until you finish the game
An absolutely unique atmosphere with a psychedelical level design by Tim Schafer's famous Double Fine team
One of the greatest titles of the platformer genre
Imagination? Check! Narrative? Check! Gameplay? Check! Style? Check!
There is very little that Psychonauts does wrong and so many things that it does right. This is one of the pinnacles of storytelling in video games (and just video games in general).
The many varieties of worlds that are encountered are excellently crafted and very fun to romp around. All mechanics are implemented with precision and enjoyment. The love that Double Fine Productions put into this is easy to spot. When you play it, you really feel like you're in for a treat; an experience that the developers WANT you to play. Not just a cash grab.
I'm not a platformer fan, but the great writing, unique visuals, and sense of humor make this a great game for anyone who appreciates well made games. The platforming action and puzzle solving integrates well with the entire gaming experience, making it an all around enjoyable experience. One of my favs of all time.
I never was sure if i should buy it, it didn't bother me for long, this was a great mistake. But when GOG had a deal on it i just had to try it. This game may appear dark and gloomy, but trust me and treat yourself to one of the best games you will ever play. It's fantastic and basically everything to everyone. It starts to repeat itself, but just when you think you seen it all, it comes up with something new. If you like godzilla - it got that, if you like a little bit of romance - it got that, if you want humor - it got tons of that too. On top of that many creative and new ideas and visuals, it's one of the very best games i ever played, and i never even was into 3D jump&run and such.
I could have stopped there but i love talking about it so i go on:
It's visual style is really appealing, it fits the game very well, the soundtrack is a bit one-sided, but it blends in very well and never gets really annoying, it sure is linear, but it often rewards you for acrobatics, you feel like you break the system a bit, by going a bit nuts. You can "level up" to "level" 100 if you want to, it doesn't really have role playing characteristics though, and you will improve your talents automatically by that which is still very motivating. Most new talents are introduced with a bit of a tutorial level, this may sound boring but it's huge fun. I remember when i got levitation, i don't spoil it if i say: Get out those dancing shoes and get ready for a really funky ride. Right down to every character, each of them is memorable, and i love them all.
Beautiful just beautiful, i could go on forever, but just take my word for it:
It's simply brilliant, and one of the games everyone should have played! This plays in a league all of it's own.
What felt great is that I found all the charm, the poesy, the humor and the depth that I loved in Grim Fandango more than ten years ago. Five stars !
What felt less great is the gameplay, it can be confusing or annoying more than a few times. I take back a star for that.
But it made me remember the good not-so-old times when this kind of game was not crippled by those bloody fun-spoiling quick time events. Okay, I give back the star.
I wish they made a sequel.
I was only recently introduced to Psychonauts when I decided to purchase it during one of GOG's flash promos. The game lives up to the reviews I had read before purchasing the game: fun, humorous, and twisted.
Game play is very fluid. The music is spot on. The characters are great. The cutscenes are a riot ("My parents let me watch R-rated movies..."). The attention to detail is astounding.
Many have suggested that a gamepad is the best way to play this game, but not having a gamepad that would handle all of the controls in the game, I use the keyboard and mouse, and that seems to be fine so far. The Basic Braining course definitely helps you become acquainted with the controls and the basics of the game.
I definitely recommend this game to anyone who enjoys or would like an introduction to 3D platformers.
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