Gaming Confessions . . . (and seeking opinions) (Gaming)

by Kahzgul, Friday, December 11, 2015, 19:30 (3269 days ago) @ dogcow

Psychonauts has great art and design, a mediocre story, a few very, very cool tentpole moments/boss fights, and frustratingly unforgiving gameplay in the later levels. it is not worth it, imo, and is overhyped in the way that only an indie darling could be. There's also a clear point in the game where you realize, "oh, this is where they ran out of money, stopped doing interesting things, and forced the rest of the game to wrap up as quickly as possible." The feeling to me is like a more stylish Beyond Good and Evil (if you played that). Loads of promise and diminishing delivery as you progress.

Yes, it was a little flat for me after the Napoleon & black velvet levels, but everything after Oleander up through Napoleon was pretty good (for me).

Agreed. Once you start the hunt for brains it's all downhill from there. And dramatically harder.