There’s plenty to collect throughout Psychonauts 2, so you’ll never really feel like there’s nothing to find for the duration of your playthrough. There’s an addictive sense of exploration to every hub and stage in Psychonauts 2, as each secret gets you closer to ranking up. The new powers are no slouches either, as they can be used to navigate areas to find additional collectibles and bonuses. Improving upon your powers is especially pleasant, as they all grow and become more powerful as you rank up. You can fight from afar with PSI Blasts and Incinerate, or use melee and Thought Links to take out enemies up close. Platforming is tight and combat is fun thanks to the many ways in which you can approach it. You start with your main powers from the previous game, so anyone jumping in from the first game will be comfortable right off the bat. Right from the start, Psychonauts 2 gets you comfortable with its gameplay. “ No two stages feel alike, as each level represents their character in vibrant and well-designed ways.“ A special mention goes to how, through Clairvoyance, you can see that Sasha Nein views Raz as a younger version of himself, which made me very happy. To go deeper into this point would spoil some great moments, but I really have to say that Psychonauts 2 ’s way of filling in its narrative with extra details deserves acclaim. You’re practically platforming over manifestations of each character’s mental health issues, so by playing the level, you immediately gain a better understanding of the story and its cast. The shapes of the various figments in each mind say a lot about the character’s state of mind, as do the enemies present. The way that Psychonauts 2 conveys supplementary story details through gameplay and level design is remarkable. It’s a grander story than that of the first, but it follows up on many of the original game’s threads in satisfying and surprising ways. Raz and his fellow Psychonaut interns, as well as the Psychonauts he’s come to know, must try to stop Maligula from returning while discovering the identity of the mole. There’s a mole in the Psychonauts who’s helping a malicious group called the Deluginists bring back the evil Maligula– a Grulovian psychic who killed many people using hydrokinesis before being killed by Ford Cruller.
In Psychonauts 2, you play as Razputin Aquato, a young acrobat and Psychonaut-to-be fresh off the heels of his adventures in the original game and The Rhombus of Ruin. But I was ecstatic to find out that these worries were for naught, as Psychonauts 2 is everything I wanted from a sequel and more. Even when we knew it was coming, I was concerned about the quality, as sequels made over a decade and a half after the original product’s release are rarely what we hope for. For so long, it felt like we’d never get a sequel to one of the most creative and charming games of the sixth console generation until it got crowdfunded. The first Psychonauts is a real marvel of a game.
PSYCHONAUTS REMASTERED PS4
Platforms: PS4 (reviewed,) Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC There are a few bugs to be patched out, but I highly recommend playing this game, no matter who you are.
The story-telling is brilliant, the level design is enthralling, the aesthetic is impossible to mimic, and it’s just plain fun to play. Psychonauts 2 is one of the best and most creative games to come out this year.
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