Psychonauts

If people ask me what kind of game proves that video games can be artistic, I'd point to this 3D Platformer. It starts out like a Saturday morning cartoon, and not one that you'll particularly enjoy into adulthood. You get thrown into an open hub with the usual collect-a-thon stuff, and it's a little janky on top of it all. The first stage isn't even all that interesting, and has some pretty frustrating sections. It doesn't make a very good first impression. That's okay, though, because some of my favorite games get off to a bad start. Things start to get a bit better once you get to the second stage, but as time goes on, you start to notice all of those collectibles improving your basic abilities! That's right: they don't exist just for their own sake, and the reward isn't just one extra area at the end if you've wasted hours of your life getting EVERY SINGLE ONE; they have value that helps you out along the way. The main premise of the game is to explore the minds of others, which can range from creepy to downright hilarious. It's all really well written, though, and some of the areas are jaw-droppingly gorgeous. It even touches on mental illness a bit, and while it's in kind of a goofy way, there's still something to it. I'm not a big fan of 3D Platformers, but this is a worthy exception.

I tend to like Double Fine's point-and-click titles as they're cleverly written and contain genuinely memorable and what feel like genuine personalities and characters. But it tends to be in games like Psychonauts and Brutal Legend where this changes and Double Fine's quality goes down a bit. Firstly, this game is wayyyyyy better than Brutal Legend, that game is a cringe-fest and has a very unlikeable protagonist and I could not play it any further than I did which was a few hours. This game on the other hand is genuinely good, good in the sense that I acknowledge it's quality but personally, I don't enjoy it. The ideas and the way they deal with gameplay is really fun, like Mental Cobwebs, Emotional Baggage, Figments, it's just so clever and charming in the way that Double Fine's point and click's tend to be. But, there's no emotional core. I don't feel anything when playing this game, other than the occasional snort or "Heh, that's funny" I don't care much for this game in the way or the characters, the dynamics between characters and I get that it's a fun rollercoaster ride of 3D platforming but usually there's gotta be something triggering within the first few hours that REALLY makes you need to get into the head of your hero and sympathize with them but there is nothing remotely resembling a motivation for me. For the character it's that he wants to be a Psychonaut, okay, good for him. But I can't relate to my parents not wanting me to be a Psychic Soldier so I have to go out of my way to join a camp where I can be one, I can't even remotely fell any emotional connection to this game so I had to quit. But I acknowledge that this is not by any means a BAD game, I just personally couldn't enjoy it.

This game is well worth your time and money because I have beat this game 4 times and still want to play it again:P

This is one of the best game out there, my only problem is with the gog version, it has a tendency of crashing.

Good graphics, a good story and mostly fun gameplay. But the last level has a ridiculously high increase in difficulty. It is also an escort mission which makes it even worse. Had to use cheat codes in order to get through the level and still had a hard time. Why is this so bad? Because one of the top things about the game is the story and having such an annoying level at the end making it harder to see the rest of the story is a bit silly.