The PC game of the week is... Psychonauts

[AdamK47]

I feel bad right now, really bad. Watch this video review to understand why. I never purchased/played Psychonauts. Not because I didn't want to, but because I kept telling myself I'll get it eventually. Eventually never happened. It'll be on order this Friday along with Grim Fandango.

 

[Ika]

Psychonauts was a fun game. It's a great 3rd-person explorer (à la Zelda: Ocarina of Time) and was very original. The art is great, even though the style many not be for some (like me)...

but for some reason I got bored towards the end and stopped playing. I don't know if this is the game's fault, but I stopped playing after I got about half the brains.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Aflac
Psychonauts was a fun game. It's a great 3rd-person explorer (à la Zelda: Ocarina of Time) and was very original. The art is great, even though the style many not be for some (like me)...

but for some reason I got bored towards the end and stopped playing. I don't know if this is the game's fault, but I stopped playing after I got about half the brains.

I raved about it to my younger brother, and he ended up in the same boat as you.

I loved the themed levels - the three insane asylum members were absolutely stunning.

 

[Billyzeke]

Great game. Its the only platformer Ive enjoyed on the PC.

 

[gorcorps]

Fantastic game no matter what system you play it on. The only drawback is there isn't a whole lot of replayability. There's stuff to collect and all, but once you finish the game there wasn't a way to go back and try and find the rest of the stuff you missed, which most platformers let you do.

 

[Craig234]

It's one of those games I want to like more than I like; I bought it at the time to support Schafer and his creativity. I didn't enjoy it that much, but I want to see him make more creative games like that. I like his older ones a lot. As much as I like 'far out weird', I just didn't like this particular content too much.

 

[BladeVenom]

I think that guy is taking too much caffeine.

I think the game didn't suceed due to poor marketing. I don't remember them building any level of interest in the game. Good reviews are nice but you have to have developed some interest amongst gamers before the reviews come out.

 

[raystorm]

Wonderful game, fun characters and excellent gameplay. My only gripe with the game is the last level which I thought was terrible and not very fun but the game is well worth buying.

 

[jonks]

For some reason I didn't take to Psychonauts. Really colorful characters and great graphics, and I really wanted to like it. I can't articulate why I didn't, but for some reason, I just didn't. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who even remotely enjoys platformers, as I think the problem was with me and not the game.