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.
