Psychonauts

À la colonie du Roc-Qui-Murmure, Raz (nous), veut devenir Psychonaute, agent allant remettre en ordre l'esprit des gens en affrontant leurs peurs, cauchemars, qui les perturbent. Le coach Oléander va le former. Mais, tout ne va pas être aussi simple évidemment. L'histoire débute dans le camp, sectionné en plusieurs lieux, le reste de l'aventure se fera dans les différents esprits des personnages. Il faudra également collecter cartes, brides de souvenirs, étiquettes, pointes de flèche, afin d'augmenter son niveau, sa santé mentale et ses pouvoirs. Voici mes impressions: +Direction artistique/chara design magique +Personnages/casting super/ambiance épique +Univers exceptionnellement attirant +Humour ! +L'introduction +Menu principal +Level design/décors alambiqués/plateforme/puzzles +Razputine +Les badges/pouvoirs +Laboratoire de Ford +Bacon pratique +Les boss/Lunettor/Linda/Anna Joire/Edgar Teglee/Milla (son souvenir)/Mikhail (ours) +Baguette du Sourcier +Les cerveaux +«Pour la France !» +Les souvenirs +Les références +Monde mental/bagages émotionnels/étiquettes/bribes/les différents esprits +Techniquement assez solide +Écriture délicieuse/nombreux dialogues optionnels +Mise en scène/cinématiques +La Colo du Roc-Qui-Murmure +Doublages audio FR excellents +La voix du système de transport +Excellentes musiques et bande son +Difficulté unique bien calibrée +La fin +Durée de vie ≈ 15h00 ≈Compression des cinématiques ≈Histoire classique ≈Ergonomie des menus ≈La pièce de théâtre -Parfois, grosse difficulté d'évaluation des sauts/profondeur -Quelques sérieux problèmes de caméra/visibilité -Certains arrière-plans -Conflits manette/clavier -Modifier fichier .ini pour désactiver les vibrations •Manette conseillée Quel jeu ! L'ambiance est absolument grandiose ! Les gros points noirs sont vraiment les défauts de la caméra et la difficulté d'évaluer la position de Raz par rapport aux décors. Pour le reste, ça fonctionne à merveille, quel régal ! Aller, la suite :)

Psychonauts is an absolute gem of a game. It's brilliant, creative as hell, and will make you smile just about every time you start it up. But at the same time, it is riddled with moments that are confusing and need to be better communicated to the player. It is clear the team at this point came from a background of games where trial and error was not only entertaining, but encouraged by entertaining the player with what happened cause they chose wrong (aka point & click games). And as such, they didn't always get how to teach mechanics in an action-based platformer. Add to this a last level that simply lives nowhere near the quality of the rest of the game and you just can't ignore that this gem is flawed.

The game is charming, the characters are fun, and the world is great to be a part of. It's one of those games that jumps around all over the place in terms of level theming, but it works really well. With that said, the game is SUPER janky to the point where it would have stood out as janky even back in 2005. Ledge detection doesn't always work, the player "snaps," strangely to tightropes and other special platforms, it's almost impossible to intuit when certain special abilities will work and when they won't, the camera likes to spend half it's time behind walls and other geometry, and the platforming just feels all around sluggish. It wasn't that bad for most of the game and I didn't really pay much attention to it until the final level or so which felt straight up broken to the point where I almost quit the game (but didn't). All in all though it was a good game. I enjoyed the story, and even with it being a comedy game the overall concept feels like a nice breath of fresh air. If you don't mind a bit of jank, you could do far worse than picking up this game.

One of the best titles nobody ever heard of, Psychonauts is a fun, creative adventure game with an interesting twist, most of the action happens inside your head. Well, inside the heads of the games various wacky characters actually, as you go in to fight their various psychosis, neuroses and mental demons. You play a young cadet named Raz, who escapes FROM the circus to become a Psychonaut, a kind of psychic spy. Over the course of the game you uncover a sinister plot to steal brains, and go through numerous extremely fun levels. There are also numerous unlocks and hidden items which encourage you to retrace your steps throughout the process. The game has a gentle learning curve, guiding you through your hero's mental powers one by one, right up until the end that is. The last level of the game is an incredibly frustrating mess that replaces creativity with precision jumping puzzles, the absolute bane of third person action/adventure titles. It was the last level that caused me to put this game down and never pick it up again, as it didn't just feel cheap, it felt like a betrayal after so much excellent content. However, despite its flaws, you still should play Psychonauts, if only to see what you missed out on the first time around. There just aren't enough creative, colorful and most of all witty titles like this around.

Story and Characters: Witty, lovable, and at times genuinely funny. Totally unmatched in recent memory. Level Design: All based on psychological concepts and cliches. A few can be underwhelming but that's because the majority are truly innovative and clever! Gameplay: Like any platformer, it can be a bit frustrating if you're knocked off a ledge and die a few times. Some enemies are overpowered and others underpowered. Item collection can slow down the pace a bit. But the psychic powers ("magic") you eventually gain mostly make up for it. I played with no problem using a mouse and keyboard. Replay Value: Mostly if you want to re-experience the story, but it might also warrant a second playthrough if you want to be a perfectionist and collect every last hidden item. Overall: Totally worthwhile. The story, characters, and level design make it worth all the praise. I'm frothing for a sequel!