![]() ![]() ![]() These adventures into the consciousness of others result in some of the most gorgeous and ingenious levels you’ll ever play in a videogame. Even though he’s just an intern, he gets to know each one of them intimately, exploring their minds and helping them regain their confidence (and sometimes sanity) while seeking out a mole who might be working with Maligula’s followers. Raz is completely starstruck by the Psychic Six, in the way a 10-year-old comic book fan in the ‘80s would have been if they somehow got to work with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Rasputin Aquato, the 10-year-old whiz kid who we first met as the hero of Psychonauts in 2005, is once again in control of the situation, even if he just barely got accepted as an intern. Especially when the Psychonauts get warning that Maligula might be making a surprise return any day now. Today it’s a bustling, well-funded international agency with a prestigious internship program, and although most of the Psychic Six have disappeared, retired, or gone senile, their legacy still looms over everything the agency does. Decades ago they came together to save the world from an awesomely powerful psychic known as Maligula, and stuck together to form the Psychonauts. Psychonauts 2 is a hilarious, warm-hearted, all-ages platformer that does a better job of exploring real human emotions than any grim, pretentious, AAA cinematic game.Īt the heart of Psychonauts 2 are the organization’s original founders, the telepathic rock stars known as the Psychic Six. That’s the goal, at least, one that the game easily achieves. Along the way you might find yourself genuinely caring for some of these broken characters and their histories of grief and self-doubt. ![]() You’ll travel into the heads of several people in Psychonauts 2, helping them overcome their fears, anxieties, and insecurities, and hopefully putting them on a path towards healing. They just slap a tiny door onto the back of somebody’s noggin and then their astral self dives right in. The secret squad of psychic agents at the heart of Double Fine’s cult series make a living protecting the world from paranormal threats, and when they aren’t on a mission, there’s nothing they love more than diving into each other’s brains for a little look-see. You never know what’s going on inside somebody else’s head-unless you’re a Psychonaut. ![]()
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