![]() ![]() And a quick journey into Loboto’s mind in an attempt to find the mole reveals that a group of fanatics might be involved, ones who want to resurrect Maligula, one the world’s most powerful and dangerous psychics, and the most devastating foe the original Psychonauts founders, the Psychic 6, have ever faced. It quickly becomes clear that Loboto couldn’t have acted on his own, however, and Truman couldn’t have been kidnapped without a mole in the Psychonauts. Psychonauts 2 picks up right after the VR interquel Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, with our kid hero Raz having saved Psychonauts head Truman Zanotto from being kidnapped by evil dentist Dr. I bring all of this up because I want to establish just what this series means to me, and that my hopes were high for Psychonauts 2, which after such a long wait, has finally arrived. After all, imagine what a sequel to one of the most innovative games of all time must look like these days. It was heartbreaking to learn that Psychonauts was a commercial flop, but it made it all the more exciting when a sequel was announced in 2015. After you’ve traversed an entire level made of black velvet paintings or battled evil scouts in a topsy-turvy suburbia, mere “desert” or “ice” levels just won’t do it for you anymore. ![]() The unique, well-written characters, the sense of humor and of course, the bonkers yet phenomenal level design was all a joy from beginning to end. Psychonauts was unlike any other platformer at the time. To say that the world of Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp was a thing of beauty would be an understatement. Then when I saw screenshots and footage of it, something just clicked. The moment I heard that it would be the newest game from Tim Schafer, who at that point I primarily knew as the man behind one of my all-time favorites, Grim Fandango, I was intrigued. ![]() It’s hard to explain just how revolutionary Psychonauts was and the impact it had. ![]()
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