Psychonauts 2 review thread

Those are really great scores, but I am not surprised, I knew it would be a goty contender.
I've played the first one on Steam ,after sitting in the backlog for years, and I was quite surprised how good it was, it became one of my top favorite adventure/platformer games.
 
Punished Miku said:
Light platforming with multiple powers. More exploration and dialogue than most platformers. Light puzzles involving using the correct items at certain times.

It's comparable to Mario and Astrobot, but it doesn't control as smoothly as Mario. Has more story than both of them. The art style and general creativity carry a lot of it. Some levels are like Space Channel 5, some like Mario Galaxy, some are like X-files but hilarious, some like a crazy Mexican graffiti fever dream. It's a basic platformer / collect-a-thon though in terms of gameplay.
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Might be worth giving it a whirl. I watched some bit of a video review and seeing it, it looks like it has charm to it. Often times properties like these need to be experienced to be understood. :messenger_smiling_with_eyes:
 
Very happy to see such positive reviews!
I'll play the shit out of it!
Shame Rhombus was vr only. Doesn't it bridge the story gap between 1&2? Probably best check youtube or something.
 
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Looking forward to this, hopefully it's my type of game. Still a slight shame it's not got a PS5 version, feel like Microsoft should have done this and of goodwill for the gamers.
 
I'm very happy for this Game, and sincerely I was not expecting such great scores. VERY HAPPY. Only one thing, I had in my mind this Game exclusive to XBox and PC...I was wrong, it's also available on PS4 and can be played on PS5 right ? But I believe the XSX should be the best version together with good PCs... how the graphics on XSX compare to Ratchet, just curious. Basicly they are both day one for me.
 
Negotiator101 said:
Looking forward to this, hopefully it's my type of game. Still a slight shame it's not got a PS5 version, feel like Microsoft should have done this and of goodwill for the gamers.
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it's the same graphical quality and 1440p at 60 fps. It's better than being stuck at 30 fps and more than they *had* to do..
 
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Game is an absolute stunner :messenger_fire:
 
I was surprised when I opened up YouTube today and saw Ben Moore's review of Psychonauts 2. I was also surprised to hear that the game isn't just good, but near masterpiece-level. For a sequel coming out MANY years later, this sounds awesome.

Psychonauts 2 is officially a cynicism killer.
 
Duchess said:
2021 has been a pretty great year for games, eh?

Anyone else's backlog getting even more out of hand?
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My backlog was out of hand four years ago and host only gotten more ridiculous since.

Anyone who complains about not having anything to play is out of their mind. We're basically at market saturation and really good stuff is still coming out. We still have games that are instant classics, regardless of budget.
 
This being on the coat-tails of the Ratchet MC score is a great indicator of the current healthy state of platformers. Hope it continues, it's a genre I really really enjoy. Can't wait to play this soon.
 
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dcmk7 said:
This being on the coat-tails of the Ratchet MC score is a great indicator of the current healthy state of platformers. Hope it continues, it's a genre I really really enjoy. Can't wait to play this soon.
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Ratchet is on the coat-tails of the P2 OC score ;)
 
Ok the positive buzz with this one finally convinced me to pick up the first one.
It was almost free on GOG anyway ($0.38 with regional pricing)
 


Psychonauts 2 reviewed by Tom Marks, also available on Xbox and PlayStation.

As the long-awaited sequel to Double Fine's original 2005 Psychonauts, as well as its 2017 VR follow-up The Rhombus of Ruin, Psychonauts 2 brings a bit of that mid-2000s action-platformer clunkiness along with it, but it's still an excellent successor that has just about everything I could have hoped for from a sequel.
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Double Fine were always great at the story and character part. if MS combine DF with the technical prowess of Rare they will have a super studio in their hands.
 
dcmk7 said:
This being on the coat-tails of the Ratchet MC score is a great indicator of the current healthy state of platformers. Hope it continues, it's a genre I really really enjoy. Can't wait to play this soon.
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We definitely need more platformers.
 
The thing thats surprising to me here is just the sheer confidence the game has whenever it isn't being actively played as a platformer. The focus isn't on glitz but just insanely good writing and emotive animation on those characters and the choices(in the narrative there are sometimes 6+ questions or points) just feels almost mini RPG like if that makes sense. It makes it smooth, it just flows from one moment to the next. Though that first 15 minute looks rough.
 
Fantastic kudos to Xbox game studios yet again.


MS first party on fire this year. 2 back to back critical darlings. 90 rated game.

Newly acquired studios will change MS image forever in future when it comes to quality games.


343 only black spot in their portfolio. Burn em.
 
Can we put to bed once and for all the garbage notion that somehow if a game is on gamepass day one its somehow inferior?
 
So close to pulling the trigger on this - and I WILL in the future - but my backlog is out of control!!! Trying to plat spiderman on DLC2, still haven't done Miles, in the middle of Doom Eternal and Mass Effect 1 Legendary....
So glad this turned out well.
 
I'm curious how this would have turned out without MS funding. I'll check it out for sure. I couldn't get into the first one but I tried it years after.
 
Microsoft is definitely funding genius risky titles.

The writing in this will be unparalleled, especially for the platforming genre.

Cant wait to play!
 
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