Psychonauts

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I first played it on the PS2 and have played it several times since. It is funny, creative, and fun. Same writer as Portal, Eric Wolpaw, so if you like that humor and early 3D platformer gameplay, then you should like this game and it's sequel.

Gret fun. Wonderful level design. I played this for the first time in 2024 and it still holds up. Absolutely perfect!

So, this game gets a lot of love from the critics and it's good. Considering it's age it has tight 3D platforming mechanics and plenty of different abilities for you to learn. It all takes place in this quirky world with quirky people and has something of the Tim Burton claymation about it, and it's style means it has aged beautifully. The premise is fun, the creativity is immense and the humour is on point most of the time. However, there are two times when I had to pause the story and go collecting items (magic arrowheads and psychic cards) in order to progress. The first time was at the six hour mark, and I think this is why the average player time is just over six hours...however, don't be super put off, with the help of a magic dousing rod you can buy from the main cabin, both of these detours into collectathon only lasted around ten minutes but still that isn't perfect and feels a bit grindy. I suppose for the 11 hours I've played, 20 minutes of grind isn't a bad trade-off but that 20 minutes wasn't fun. Also, there's a level where you have to find a milkman, and goddamn I'm glad the internet exists to show me how to progress, or I would've been stuck on the 'puzzles' in this level. Do I reccomend it? Hell yeah. A classic for sure with memorable moments and laugh-out-loud characters. Is it perfect? Not quite.

A true masterpiece even in 2024