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 After 15+ years, Psychonauts is getting a sequel! Originally released in 2005 for the Xbox and PS2, it had a Fig backer campaign to fund the sequel. 24k backers pledged $3.8 million dollars in 2016 to fund 116% of their goal (then they were bought by Microsoft). Now it is 2021 and the game comes out in a few days on August 25th on Steam, Humble Bundle, Microsoft (including Xbox Game Pass), and Playstation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghO7GcYfrjc There have been a number of videos put out by Double Fine in the last few days showing some of the gamplay basics leading up to the release of this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mn0iT-zZkM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqIQrZYq3zA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhkwSGUR1kI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJo3G__TPek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch2_e2RK-EA
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Aug 23, 2021 01:31
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Played the first when it first released, and multiple times over the years. I still can't believe it's actually happening. Bein honest I have doubts it'll live up to the original, but I'm going to remain hopeful. Please please be good
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Aug 23, 2021 01:40
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I'm so excited. Been playing through the original a bunch this year, even learned a speed run route. I'm really liking the changes they've shown off with combat and enemy diversity. Platforming also looks a lot tighter from the footage.
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Aug 23, 2021 05:37
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I'm actually still sort of stunned I'll be playing Psychonauts 2 this week. I hope the Motherlobe or whatever the hub is has a bunch of interns and agents I can stalk for their tiny story arcs like the campers of yore... Also it'd be pretty great not to do the meat circus again.
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Aug 23, 2021 06:01
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Is this page new? https://www.gog.com/game/psychonauts_2 I remember searching on gog a short while ago and not finding it on there Cantide fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Aug 23, 2021 |
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Aug 23, 2021 06:40
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Please be good please be good  The first game was just so... fun! I really, really want them to knock this out of the park.
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Aug 23, 2021 07:24
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the first psychonauts' strength was the ridiculous amount of reactivity you'd get from every character, with every item, and every power, at every act of the game. all the campers were great and then the (sadly defunct) blogs just made them better the actual jumping/collecting/puzzling part was just a vehicle for more quippy dialogue at best and meat circus at worst, and it doesn't seem to have changed, like, at all if previews are anything to go by. on the positive end, double fine did release that weird little VR interlude in 2017 and it showed they haven't lost their touch with the characters also i'm just glad richard horvitz gets another swing at raz. that guy's great and he really dropped off my radar for a little while
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Aug 23, 2021 07:32
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Oxxidation posted:the first psychonauts' strength was the ridiculous amount of reactivity you'd get from every character, with every item, and every power, at every act of the game. all the campers were great and then the (sadly defunct) blogs just made them better They better bring back Mr. Pokeylope so I can introduce him to everyone in the Motherlobe.
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Aug 23, 2021 08:26
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I have a lot of confidence in this. All the videos they've put out have looked excellent, the characters and humor and writing in general all feel exactly the same as the original, combat looks better and more elaborate. I suspect/hope it's going to be very, very good but ultimately we've seen very little of the brain levels and those will have a big say in how good it ends up being. I also hope it's solid on a technical level, and that my very old cpu can handle it okay. I'm glad the requirements are on the lower end of the scale. If you haven't already it might be worth watching a no-commentary playthrough of Rhombus of Ruin (or playing it yourself if you've got a VR set) just to get up to speed, or reading a plot summary since those events are relevant to 2.
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Aug 23, 2021 10:06
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I've been replaying Psychonauts 1 in the last few days, but I don't think I can finish it before 2 comes out. I just went through Milk Man Conspiracy, but I'm 100%ing the levels. That and I have a n 8 month old daughter, so priorities have changed. The fun thing is that back in 2005 I was so into this game that I made a loving Figment guide on Gamefaqs as my only guide I've ever done. I never finished it, but did the most difficult levels first. I had to open it up for a few of the figments I missed. I never would have thought that guide would be used 16 years later.
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Aug 23, 2021 14:34
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IUG posted:The fun thing is that back in 2005 I was so into this game that I made a loving Figment guide on Gamefaqs as my only guide I've ever done. I never finished it, but did the most difficult levels first. I had to open it up for a few of the figments I missed. I never would have thought that guide would be used 16 years later. The one that always tripped me up was the chimney in Waterloo World. And re-doing the race in Milla's Dance Party a few times was a little annoying cause it was so easy to overshoot some of those. Reviews for P2 are coming out now and looking very positive, that's nice. I only skimmed them though cause I don't want too many spoilers.
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Aug 23, 2021 14:41
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Oxxidation posted:the first psychonauts' strength was the ridiculous amount of reactivity you'd get from every character, with every item, and every power, at every act of the game. all the campers were great and then the (sadly defunct) blogs just made them better the reviews all say the platforming & combat, while not great, is still a fair improvement over the original & nothing's ever meat circus-level bad
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Aug 23, 2021 14:54
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drat easy allies gave it a 9.5 https://youtu.be/iE7VXKL4vP4
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Aug 23, 2021 14:58
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Man, I really want this to be good. I don't think I could play the original anymore - it's still funny and atmospheric, but the gameplay has aged badly. But honestly the sequel could just be exactly the same game with updated gameplay and it would still be 10/10 for me. They don't even have to invent much, just make it play like a game from 2021. But the reviews are sounding positive so far, right?
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Aug 23, 2021 14:59
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I just saw Ars Technica put up an article where they call it an early game of the year. DoubleFine is also retweeting a ton of places giving it positive reviews. I haven't actually read any of them though. I'm going into this game as blind as I can. One thing I did see suggested though is that if you haven't/can't play Rhombus of Ruin, get a no-commentary LP of it. Does anyone have one that's good and not nauseating (thanks to the VR)? I can stick that in the OP for people who want to catch up on that (myself included).
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Aug 23, 2021 15:57
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:Man, I really want this to be good. I don't think I could play the original anymore - it's still funny and atmospheric, but the gameplay has aged badly. But honestly the sequel could just be exactly the same game with updated gameplay and it would still be 10/10 for me. They don't even have to invent much, just make it play like a game from 2021.
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Aug 23, 2021 16:20
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Just popping in to echo that the original Psychonauts is one of my favourite games of all time, and now I'm leaving until I've beaten 2 because I do not want to be spoilered in any way at all. Peace.
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Aug 23, 2021 16:25
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I haven't filed my review yet, but as someone who loved Psychonauts (warts and all) and enjoyed the story in Rhombus of Ruin, I love Psychonauts 2 a whole lot. There's some little things you could nitpick about, but the story is good, the humor is as corny and amazing as you'd expect, and gently caress, it's Psychonauts 2.
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Aug 23, 2021 18:11
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Here's a story review that includes RoR. Haven't watched it though because I'm at work. https://twitter.com/DoubleFine/status/1429812073479819266
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Aug 23, 2021 18:40
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https://twitter.com/DoubleFine/status/1429806782218600458?s=20 Looking like a midnight UTC launch.
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Aug 24, 2021 00:48
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:I haven't filed my review yet, but as someone who loved Psychonauts (warts and all) and enjoyed the story in Rhombus of Ruin, I love Psychonauts 2 a whole lot. gently caress yes, I have avoided basically all media on this and done my best to forget it was coming out until recently and I am really, really excited now 
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Aug 24, 2021 00:54
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Fingers crossed they can bottle that lightning again. I usually don't care for platformers but Psychonauts was something special I still call cute things Pokeylopes from time to time
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Aug 24, 2021 01:25
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reviews are insanely good for this, thats awesome.
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Aug 24, 2021 01:25
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I literally just randomly opened the Steam store this morning and saw you could pre-order Psychonauts 2. Baffled, I checked its store page and learned it comes out of the 25th. Glad I didn't need that $60. I will see you all on the other side after the game gets beaten. also IUG posted:Here's a story review that includes RoR. Haven't watched it though because I'm at work. holy poo poo this video is amazing, watch it even if you have played both games.
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Aug 24, 2021 01:58
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Double Fine said that video is going to be at the beginning of 2. I 100%ed Gloria's Theater and Waterloo, so maybe tomorrow I'll try to do Black Velvetopolis, the tower, and Meat Circus before the new game. I managed to get the upgraded confusion grenades before even unlocking them (RIP confusion grenades, not making it into the sequel).
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Aug 24, 2021 03:34
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IUG posted:Double Fine said that video is going to be at the beginning of 2. If you're going for achievements there's an upgrade in Black Velvetopia that's permanently missable. Make sure that Dingo's poster gets put up.
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Aug 24, 2021 04:55
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IUG posted:Here's a story review that includes RoR. Haven't watched it though because I'm at work. i like the lowkey gag of raz finding the time to write a detailed letter to the editor/scrapbooking project within, like, two hours, on a submarine
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Aug 24, 2021 05:16
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I'm going through the basic braining videos DoubleFine have put out a little whole ago and Psy powers spoiler, Raz can summon a little mental projection clone of himself for puzzles and distractions, and dear lord it's voiced by Ricky Simmons aka the voice of GIR.
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Aug 24, 2021 15:07
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The midnight UTC release time is very rude to those of us not in the Americas imo.  Would be a good night for my insomnia to do its thing.
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Aug 24, 2021 15:32
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https://twitter.com/isthereacrab/status/1429936593448706048?s=20
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Aug 24, 2021 20:31
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Just got my key from Fig, which was handled by Humble Bundle. It's in my Steam library, but it won't let me pre-download it.
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Aug 24, 2021 21:10
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"Install" now available on Steam, gogogo! ...and wait for the download. Why the heck doesn't Steam have preloading..
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Aug 25, 2021 01:00
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It's downloading for me.
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Aug 25, 2021 01:04
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ITS HAPPENING
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Aug 25, 2021 01:18
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I am downloading this game. Update: I am playing the game. HMS Beagle fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Aug 25, 2021 |
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Aug 25, 2021 01:20
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Gog has it now too if you like that kind of thing.
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Aug 25, 2021 01:50
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90% on Steam now. Sorry Black Velvetopolis and Meat Circus, some other time.
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Aug 25, 2021 01:52
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Just finished the first level, got dumped into the lobby of the open-world exploration part of the Motherlobe. This loving rules, but don't obsess over collectibles yet. There are explicit gates you can't get past yet, but you can come back later. Good mixture of abilities after the tutorial This game is UglyPretty. They made the original psychonauts style work in HD. 10/10 so far, I am over the moon 
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Aug 25, 2021 02:25
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Is anyone else having the game freeze every time you pause the game?
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Aug 25, 2021 02:37
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Played since it unlocked and very happy with it so far. Big fan of the original too.Doctor_Acula posted:Is anyone else having the game freeze every time you pause the game? As in small stutters? Yeah I have that every once in a while.
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