Laboto, the deranged dentist come brain surgeon who had kidnapped him. Psychonauts 2 kicks off with Raz and the world-renowned Psychonaut agents Sasha Nein, Milla Vodello and Coach Oleander having just saved the leader of the Psychonauts, Truman Zanotto, and capturing Dr.
Thankfully, the game does an excellent job of retelling the story of the previous games through a wonderful artistic cutscene, so for newcomers, this is an essential recap to watch.
#PSYCHONAUTS 2 LEVELS SERIES#
As such, I have absolutely no nostalgia for the series but can easily understand why it is beloved by a section of gamers who have been eagerly craving a sequel for many years!Īs previously stated, Psychonauts 2’s narrative picks up directly after the Rhombus of Ruin, therefore around 3 days after the events of Psychonauts, and you once again play as the 10-year-old psychic Razputin “Raz” Aquato. To become familiar with the series, I played the original game and literally just completed it on the day the sequel was released. This was rather surprising as even back then I knew who Tim Schafer was and his involvement with the game, having previously loved Grim Fandango and the first two Monkey Island games that he was a writer on. I admit that back in 2005 when the original game launched, its abstract visuals and characters didn’t interest me in the slightest and the game passed me by. Psychonauts is renowned as a cult classic due to its bizarre concept of exploring the strange and imaginative minds of the characters you meet, which allows the game to go crazy with its level designs and humour. It is, however, still an important entry to the series as the events in the game help to bridge the gap between Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2. Technically, there was a direct sequel to the story of Psychonauts with the 2017 release of Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin for the PSVR, however, this played out as a first-person adventure game rather than an action-platformer.
The creative and mind-bending 3D-action platformer Psychonauts finally has a true sequel with Psychonauts 2 – 16 years in the making after a successful Fig campaign and including additional budget from Xbox after they acquired Double Fine Productions in 2019.
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