And, in old-school 3D platformer style, you’re also encouraged to find collectables and secrets, rewarding exploration and problem solving. As you traverse the brain’s terrain, a variety of enemies representing doubts, regrets, panic, etc. There’s a casino/hospital, a psychedelic music festival, a cooking show, an ocean dotted with desert islands, and many others. The game ends on a cliffhanger, with the kidnapping of the Psychonauts’ leader, and Psychonauts 2 picks up the kidnapping plot precisely where the first game left it 16 years ago.Įach brain Raz enters has its own theme and a unique visual style. To save the day, Raz must enter the minds of those who stand in his way (each brain is a separate level), healing their pain so they can help him progress. He quickly stumbles onto a conspiracy to steal the brains of his fellow campers and use them to power superweapons. In the game, a young boy named Rasputin (shortened to Raz) has run away from his family of circus performers to a psychic summer camp where he hopes his powers will be accepted and he can train to become an elite Psychonaut. The first Psychonauts reviewed well, sold poorly, and gradually became beloved by its cult following.

But in Psychonauts 2, the long awaited sequel to 2005’s cult classic Psychonauts, those who have been scarred by trauma provide a colorful inner landscape to explore, a unique puzzle to solve, and you can be on to the next one in about an hour. In real life, healing from trauma is a slow, complex process that, even when successful, leaves people profoundly changed.

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