Psychonauts is win!

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 24th, 2006, 12:16

I fancied a change from shooting people in first-person and NOT jumping on platforms so I bought this, now I can shoot people in third-person with mind-bullets AND jump on platforms.

I've only played a few hours but so far it's a great game on par with any of the Marios but without the sickly sweet niceness. Also despite being a console game as well it still looks pretty good on the PC. If you fancy a change I recommend it and it's only £18 from play.com or free elsewhere

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » February 24th, 2006, 17:02

Hoorah it's finally out then?

It's been delayed about 4 times, and me and the missus have been wanting to play it for ages.

Once the review section is up, I utterly fucking demand a review

Post by **FatherJack** » February 24th, 2006, 21:55

I saw Psychonauts for PS2 in Tesco this evening, and nearly bought it, but I already had Black and We <3 Katamari in the basket.

Having just got City of Villians going on the US servers and determined to put in a little bit of Eve time I didn't anticipate having enough time to play it. At least not until tomorrow, anyway.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 24th, 2006, 22:05

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Once the review section is up, I utterly fucking demand a review

I'll get working on one but I need to play it a bit more so I can do a proper review. It's a pretty big game by the look of it.

FatherJack wrote:but I already had Black and We <3 Katamari in the basket.

Have you played the first Katamari? I was pretty disappointed when there wasn't a euro version of it. Havent played either myself.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » February 25th, 2006, 3:41

I have wanted this for so long... I shall get it as soon as I can.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » February 25th, 2006, 17:41

Me and Mrs Woo are stuck already.

We seem to have misplaced a button we were given that's needed in a thingy, and we can't work out what we did with it.

Time to retrace our footsteps I think. Haven't done anything past the training yet to give a fair opinion on the game.

Post by **FatherJack** » February 25th, 2006, 20:40

spoodie wrote:Have you played the first Katamari? I was pretty disappointed when there wasn't a euro version of it. Havent played either myself.

I haven't played the first one, I've wanted it ever since I saw it described on Penny Arcade but never found it, it seems to be much the same game, though. I grabbed a copy of Psychonauts for 25 quid today, too.

Post by **FatherJack** » February 26th, 2006, 21:37

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Me and Mrs Woo are stuck already.

We seem to have misplaced a button we were given that's needed in a thingy, and we can't work out what we did with it.

Time to retrace our footsteps I think. Haven't done anything past the training yet to give a fair opinion on the game.

I got stuck in the training, had to have three attempts at the 'punch 20 targets' bit and can't get up the tank cannon thingies sticking out of the wall.

My spatial awareness seems to spack out when there are 2D objects in a 3D game. I had tremendous difficultly with Piglet's Big Game for this reason. Not because it was too scary.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » February 26th, 2006, 22:18

How did you two get stuck on the early stages?! This has got to be one of the easiest games to get into that I've played.

Post by **FatherJack** » February 26th, 2006, 22:26

Bah. Say that to my deagle.

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » February 26th, 2006, 22:46

I saw the demo of this. It looked very funky. Its not like any other games out there, well not much. I'd be pressed to part with beer-tickets for this game, I may get out my broom and look on the floor.

From your other posts I'm guessing the overall opinion is good?

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » March 5th, 2006, 15:38

Huurah, I've rented this. It is at the same time fucking brilliant and the most annoying thing ever.

*screams at telly*

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 5th, 2006, 16:11

Stoat wrote:*screams at telly*

What's Kojak ever done to you?

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » March 5th, 2006, 16:24

Roman_Totale wrote:
Stoat wrote:*screams at telly*
What's Kojak ever done to you?

He car-jacked me. The bastard. He took photos of himself doing it.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » March 5th, 2006, 18:53

I'm nearly finished. This game is great!

Gunslinger42 · Post by **Gunslinger42** » March 5th, 2006, 19:22

I remember hearing very good things about Psychonauts a few weeks ago. Hmm...

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 5th, 2006, 22:10

Stoat wrote:
Roman_Totale wrote:
Stoat wrote:*screams at telly*
What's Kojak ever done to you?
He car-jacked me. The bastard. He took photos of himself doing it.

Yes, but still - he loves you baby.

Post by **deject** » March 5th, 2006, 23:54

Roman_Totale wrote:
Stoat wrote:
Roman_Totale wrote:
Stoat wrote:*screams at telly*
What's Kojak ever done to you?
He car-jacked me. The bastard. He took photos of himself doing it.
Yes, but still - he loves you baby.

he's the one...

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » March 7th, 2006, 1:52

Raz's dad is an arsehole.
He's got me all wound up, hard as a pack of muffins.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 10th, 2006, 22:47

Would I be right in thinking that this game is better played with a console controller than with keyboard and mouse? Most platformy type ones seem to be in my opinion, but haven't actually tried this one yet.