From: Majesco Sales Inc. Average Rating: Binding: Video Game ESRB Age Rating: Teen Model: 96427013983 Number of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox Release Date: April 20, 2005 Special Features: Memory Card Studio: Majesco Sales Inc.
Features:
Enter people's minds and use your powers of levitation and Psi-Blasts to face people's worst fears
Rise up in rank as you collect figments of other people's imaginations, sort their emotional baggage, clear out their mental cobwebs, and crack open their memory vaults
Complete special training missions to earn new powers like telekinesis, pyrokinesis and more
Fully interactive environments - use tightropes, trapezes, ladders, poles, ledges, trampolines, climbing walls and rail slides to your advantage
Multiple paths and sub-challenges - the nonlinear gameplay offers greater depth and better gameplay
Product Description: Psychonauts are special psychic operatives with powers they use in service to the world's governments. When students begin disappearing from Psychonaut boot camp, a young recruit begins tracking down the mad scientist responsible. Face inner demons and wrestle with other people's nightmares, while accomplishing your mission -- all without going insane. Immersive story injected with lots of humor and lots of imaginative environments Challenging puzzles with alternate solutions that self-tailor to your strategies & abilities
Amazon.com: Following in the footsteps of the award-winning titles Full Throttle and Grim Fandango, visionary designer Tim Schafer delivers his newest creation--the bizarre, psychic adventure, Psychonauts.
For years, the Psychonauts have deployed their psychically-armed operatives all over the world, but now there is trouble brewing in their own boot camp. A deranged scientist is abducting camp cadets for their brains! One student, a mysterious and powerful new arrival named Raz, stands alone against the lunatic. Raz must develop and unleash an arsenal of paranormal powers, including his most powerful weapon of all--the ability to launch himself telepathically into the minds of others. Ultimately, he must enter the psyche of his worst enemy and destroy his dark plans at their source. Entering the mind of madman has its challenges, and Raz must struggle to preserve his sanity while he battles to save the day.
In this third-person shooter, you will explore 13 levels--three that are set in the "real" world, and ten that are set inside the mental jungle-gyms and terrifying prisons of dementia. Journeying through the mind of a lunatic, Raz, you will rise through the ranks as you collect figments of imagination, sort emotional baggage, clear out mental cobwebs, and crack open memory vaults. After you complete special training missions, Raz will learn new psychic powers, such as levitation, telekinesis, invisibility, pyrokinesis, clairvoyance, and confusion.
With tightropes, trapezes, ladders, poles and other dynamic environmental features, you'll zip through an engrossing story injected with humor, vivid characters, and a spectacular range of wild, imaginative environments. The non-linear plot offers incredible depth of play, loaded with multiple paths and strange sub-challenges like digging up imaginary atomic elements, finding lost brains, and telekinetic canoeing.
You'll thoroughly enjoy the journey with Raz as you make your way through weird worlds and the dark recesses of Schafer's creative, squishy gray matter in this oddball, puzzle-game shooter. Psychonauts delivers monsters that slink like cats in the night and puzzles that will bend your brain like string theory--you'll be dazzled, confused, and challenged.
Entertaining ^ I received this game as a Christmas gift some time ago, but never got around to playing it because it looked kind of childish. I needed something to fill a space gap until my next game came out so I gave it a try. Overall, I was surprised. All the characters have their own thing going throughout the game which was fun to eavesdrop from time to time. Although the land itself, the campgrounds and the asylum, weren't very big, they made up for it with extra effort in everyone's mind. No two brains are alike and it's kind of fun sorting out peoples emotional baggage and looking for past memories. I found several of the brain worlds entertaining and the stories were a nice touch. I'm not going to ruin anything so I'll leave it at that. It's a nice change from the other games I play and worth buying. If you ever get stuck, remember to use your bacon.
One of the Best Platformers Ever ^ I know I am late to the game with this review, but forgive me...if this review manages to help one person decide to buy this game even this far out after the fact I will be happy.
This game is amazing. The graphics have held up over time and range from childlike to surreal to terrifying depending on the levels. The level design is fantastic, which each level being its own universe with nothing repeating. The dialogue is hysterical, the plot is inventive and smart and funny...there is seriously nothing wrong with this game...
A fantasic game, even today ^ 3rd person action/adventure and puzzle game, Beautiful art and character design, excellent game play and puzzles. 88% meta score (91% user rated)
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You owe it to yourself to check out this brilliant game.
My absolute favorite game to date! ^ Welcome Psy-Cadets, and get ready for the trippy-est ride you'll ever take!
Play as Raz, and hop from mind to mind in order to save your new friends. I must say that when I first played this game I did not expect the variation that I found in each of the minds. One of my favorites, The "Milkman Conspiracy," is the type of experience that you can't describe and can't get in any other game. My absolute favorite mind is that of Edgar, the artist. Upon first seeing Edgars "Black Velvetopia" I was awe struck. The amount of work that goes into the creativity and outright beauty of these stages is dumbfounding. Even today, there aren't really that many games that take what they do to a new level like psychonauts did.
Now, the controls are also of note. Moving and fighting as Raz is very intuitive. The only problem I had was deciding just how I wanted to map my abilities, seeing as how they give you free reign in that as well. The number of abilities you can unlock, and the pace at which you unlock them is perfect. The ability to dodge when locked on is a great addition, even if I didn't find myself using it all that much. Another very thoughtful addition is the ability to use "smelling salts" to pull your character out of another characters mind at any time. The characters and voice acting are zany. Boyd Cooper and Lily have to be my favorite characters. Boyd for his outright insanity, and Lily for her pint-size vitriol. This game has some of the best acting I have seen in any game I have played, and hands down the most memorable. I find myself playing it over and over just to see the appearance of "The Milkman" again. Yeah, play and find out. This game alone has given me faith in Double Fine's upcoming ode to metal, Brutal Legend.
Psychonauts has becoming even more available for enjoyment with its addition to Xbox lives Games On Demand, so now you have no excuse. Buy Psychonauts, now. I, personally, got my copy used, and not digitally. However, I see no reason for this game to be skipped, even in 2009. Get it, and say hello to The Milkman for me. Watch out for the bottles.
Non-stop fun ^ This game is whimsical, funny, fun, and action packed. An excellent buy and with controls that will be extremely intuitive for anyone familiar with the ratchet and clank franchise. Loads of fun
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