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The fact the game still works well when you canвЂ™t lose at combat is testament to its solid level design, story and worldbuilding.

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They also change subtly depending on the psyche Raz is exploring вЂ“ for example, the Censors in a level themed after a late 70s/early 80s TV cooking gameshow wear gold lamГ© jackets. The enemies Raz faces are all elements of peopleвЂ™s psyches вЂ“ chiefly things like Censors (who look like bureaucrats with giant rubber вЂNoвЂ™ stamps), Regrets (who are lumbered with heavy weights they like to drop on Raz) and Bad Moods (who have an attached вЂsourceвЂ™ which needs to be found and eliminated). There are a range of enemies for Raz to face in Psychonauts 2, along with different ways of dealing with them. While the вЂњgit gudвЂќ crowd on the internet might complain about the existence of an invulnerability mode, I loved that it was there because it meant combat didnвЂ™t feel like a frustrating obstacle standing between the player and the next experience. Psychonauts 2 gets bonus points for being family-friendly and accessible, too. Raz has a range of psychic powers he develops over the game, including levitation, telekinesis, clairvoyance, and being able to make вЂњmental connectionsвЂќ вЂ“ all of which prove useful for solving problems and fighting enemies too.ДЄt its heart, the game is a platformer вЂ“ but itвЂ™s an inventive and imaginative one, with a cast of quirky and engaging people with some really interesting stories of their own too. I also really enjoyed a level designed to look like a theme park rideД®ven within the levels, there are some great sub-sections one where Raz navigates the pages of a book to reach key information was well done and fit nicely in the context of the level. The audio in the game is really good вЂ“ particularly Richard HorwitzвЂ™s voice acting as Raz вЂ“ and the visuals are particularly impressive I reviewed the game on a Samsung QN900A Neo QLED 8K TV and it looked absolutely amazing from the neon glow of the casino-hospital to the intricate detail on some of the character costumes, the game looked as nice as it played.ДЄs with the previous game, the level design was excellent and imaginative вЂ“ one of my favourites was a psyche that had warped into a combination of casino and hospital, while a psychedelic 1970s rock concert themed level was delightfully trippy too. The game has a distinct, вЂњSpy-FiвЂќ inspired style. I really enjoyed Psychonauts 2 it was funny, it was quirky, it was imaginative, and it was well designed all around. In a very broad sense, think a family-friendly spy-fi themed humorous combination of Inception and Control, with some offbeat 90s animation art inspiration, and youвЂ™ll be in the same postcode, more or less. Raz explores physical world locations around Psychonaut HQ (known as вЂњThe MotherlobeвЂќ) and peopleвЂ™s psyches to unravel the mystery, developing his psychic powers and piecing things together, in an environment of fun humour, enjoyable gameplay and really interesting visuals. Psychonauts 2 opens with the organisationвЂ™s head kidnapped and Raz & Co trying to work out who did it and why вЂ“ and what the potential return mysterious entity known as вЂњMaligulaвЂќ might have to do with it.

The game casts you as Razputin вЂњRazвЂќ Aquato, a 10-year-old psychic circus performer who has run away from his family to try and join the Psychonauts superagent team.

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THE sequel to 2005вЂ™s cult favourite Psychonauts is about to launch on August 25, and a lot of people are going to be wondering if itвЂ™s been worth the wait.Дeveloped by Double Fine Productions and published by Microsoft for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, Psychonauts 2 picks up literally right after the last entry in the series ( Rhombus of Ruin) left off.

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