Took me ages of playing it, putting it down, forgetting about it, remembering I wanted to keep playing months later, picking it back up and repeating the process. Happy to say though, that after 2 years of that I finally finished it and it was great! The platforming was fun, the levels were imaginative, and its overall personality was pretty charming. Having each level be a character's subconscious made exploring each level gratifying as you felt like you were constantly learning more about each character. Some of the boss designs did feel unintuitive and its collectathon nature did make trying to 100% it a pain as finding 1 missing collectible in a level sometimes took me more than an hour, but the core gameplay and story were pretty fun so I can't fault it too hard. Very excited to finally try out the sequel now!

Reviewed on Jul 18, 2023


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9 months ago

Just FYI there's a VR-only middle entry called Rhombus of Ruin which depicts events that are referenced in Psychonauts 2. It's not super critical information, but it might be worth considering watching a playthrough if you don't have the gear to play it yourself, just to get the full experience.