Lead designer Tim Schafer and his team wisely give you nearly all the powers you earned in the first game right from the start, devising creative ways for you to use them rather than excuses for their absence. Unlike the first game, each of the minds you explore tie directly into Psychonauts 2's larger plot, which helps this installment feel more cohesive. Layers of deft symbolism help the story tackle serious issues without getting overtly grim or explicit.

But they're also built from a deep empathy for each character's struggles with mental health, which gives the game a surprisingly poignant emotional punch.

These levels are frequently funny, with killer dialogue and a gleeful willingness to poke fun at the game itself and the threads it carries over from its prequel. You'll trip through a rock n' roll land of candy-colored psychedelia, spin a roulette wheel of babies in a hospital-turned-casino, race the clock competing on a sadistic cooking show, and so much more. Like the first game, these mental landscapes represent each character's dreams and fears, and playing through them reveals their personalities and develops their stories in astoundingly creative ways. But the actual 'levels' take place when you enter the brains of various Psychonauts members whose histories intersect with the villain's. In Psychonauts 2's impressively huge 'real world,' you'll hunt for prizes, power-ups, and side quests in the Psychonauts' headquarters, along with other areas that open up as the story progresses. Worse news: The other interns won't stop making fun of you. If you haven't, a quick, amusing intro sequence will catch you up on everything you need to know to enjoy this game.īad news: Someone's trying to resurrect the psychic witch who cursed your entire family. If you've played the original, jumping back into the sequel feels seamless. Psychonauts 2 nurtures narrative seeds planted way back in the first game, carefully growing them into a more epic, emotional, and higher-stakes story.

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