Does it hold up?

Not enough forced diversity.

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Not enough focus groups.

The game was shit and people only like it because of it's art style, which is also mediocre but fresh at the time it was released.

>>386496405
Combat was a bit stiff and clunky.

Everything else was great.

>>386497468
what kind ofkids does microsot takes for their focus groups?

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>>386496405
kinda, is not a really complicated game to begin with, writing included, so it get away like a old cartoon show

>>386496405
It's still pretty great. Humor is funny. Levels are gorgeous. The characters are memorable.

I really wish the sequel wasn't some kind of VR shit. I still haven't played it

>>386497751
The camera for platforming can be fairly bad at times too.

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>>386497949
>I really wish the sequel wasn't some kind of VR shit. I still haven't played it
To be fair that's just a quick side-story connecting the two games.

The main sequel's coming out later. Not VR.

>>386496405
It's actually one of the greatest games of all time.

>>386498047
I think it got the job done once you got used to it.

Except for the timed sections during the meat circus. I still remember that being pretty bad. Especially pre-Steam patch.

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I want to fuck Milla and impregnate her while Sasha watches

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>>386497867
That's what it always reminded me of. Playing through an old atmospheric cartoon.

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Are Scafer's games forever doomed to be cult classics rather than big hits?

>>386498894
Post more Milla.

>>386496405

hol up

>>386496405
Yea, I played it for the first time a while ago and liked it.

>>386499632
That's the only one I have

>>386499523
I hope so, the last thing Schafer needs is a fucking ego trip. I'd rather he keep making what he's making than listen to the lowest common denominator because they'd suck his dick all the time.

>>386497468
Then again, he talked to a sock.

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>>386499523
Kind of?

I think they have more of a chance at life now through markets like Steam than they did in the past, but Double Fine's style has always been a bit more niche in focus.

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>>386498894
>looked up Milla porn all those years ago when the game was 2 burger bucks
>almost nothing
>today, still almost nothing

What is wrong with people?

>>386500043
Shit taste is a constant of the universe.

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>>386499632

>>386500043
She let them burn...

>>386496405
played it first time about a year back, gameplay was ok, at best but all the dreamscapes were cool and had a lot of originality to them.

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>>386499523
Shame that I don't expect a Brutal Legend sequel any time soon.

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>>386499632

>get levitation
>spend the entire rest of the game bouncing, rolling, and floating everywhere

Fucking 10/10

>>386497818
the kind that bought their xbox for halo and want to play more halo

>>386497818
the halo/CoD crowd

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>>386500645
Best power.

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>>386496405
played it for the first time last year
loved it, 101%'d it
Rhombus is the first VR game I'm going to get whenever I get around to getting VR
the short answer is yes
post millas

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>>386497468

So does Sasha actually like Milla? They seem to get along pretty well but all the romantic heat seemed one-sided.

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>>386501982
I wish there was more I wanted on PSVR to justify buying it, but I can't bring myself to buy it for one game.

The playthroughs I watched looked fun though.

>>386502105
I think it was implied that they were fucking.

>>386502152
yeah the fact that there aren't many games that look all that good to me is a big part of why I haven't bothered yet
that and it seems to still need some perfecting
and the cost

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>>386502105
I'd imagine so, based on a few of his lines about her and what we see in the memory vaults.

He seems like he'd be pretty repressive when it comes to romance though.

>>386502152
Maybe they'll port it to steam. Someday.

>>386502454
Why is this memory in third person?

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>>386501982

>>386502454
The memory vaults are the reason why I wonder. Sasha's experiences lead to the reasonable conclusion that he's not too into that. And that specific memory of Milla's is just her personal fantasies. So there's not actually that much we see about how Sasha sees her.

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>>386502671
Most of the memories are shown in third person for coherency's sake.

Hard to get a picture of what they're doing otherwise.

I played it for the first time this year. I think it holds up. The overworld exploration is the best part.

The last level is horrible though. Friend and I took turns trying to beat it and tearing our hair out. Really satisfying when its all over but I have to ask, how are you actually supposed to get past the part where you're climbing up around dad? We just realized we could jankily bounce on his head.

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>>386502823
>Sasha's experiences lead to the reasonable conclusion that he's not too into that.
I think accidentally tapping into his father's mental sexual imagery of his mother is part of why he's so reserved, but I wouldn't necessarily say that cements how he feels about Milla one way or the other.

>>386502152
desu the playthrough i watched didn't look very fun, it looked quite simple
however the writing is still decent and it felt like a continuation of psychonauts, not what i was expecting current schafer to shit out, so it gives me hope for 2 being good

>>386503290
You mean where you're fighting the butcher, or climbing to escape the water?

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>>386503567
Yeah, simple but densely interactive.

A big part of what I liked about the first game was simply finding all the random character and item interactions you get while randomly exploring and talking to people. The puzzles aren't really amazing, but I like that charming adventure game vibe.

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>>386497468
>Humor should be simplified and made immediately apparent

>>386503487
Of course it doesn't, but there's still not much indication on his part about how he feels regarding Milla. Hopefully it gets expanded on in the sequel. It won't

>tfw no Spaghetti Western level inside the mind of the cowboy kid
>tfw no Siberian Winter level inside the mind of the Russian kid
>tfw no Raz Shrine level inside the mind of Lily
18+ only Mind Invader is no fun

This game is a real work of art, not necessarily the best videogame ever made but an unforgettable experience.
Some of it is extraordinary, like the idea that Raz's journey into maturity is consolidating negative memories with his Father and realizing that his fears/problems stem not from what's been done to him but the way he's chosen to perceive it.
There really seems to be much more under the surface when you play it, the themes of mental illness, good and evil, emotional happiness, self-esteem, are all examined in a beautiful juxtaposition of the power of the human brain.

>>386496405
Its pretty good

>>386503487
Sasha is the epitome of Mommy issues

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>>386504143
>Everyone know girls only good for one thing: wrestling!

Russian kid was 10/10.

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>>386504106
They didn't get too much screentime together in the first game in retrospect.

Guess we just have the teases in Rhombus of Ruin at this point.

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>>386504504
>can't find a bear to fight
>proceeds to beat up all the camp bullies instead

neighbor rented game, never go to really play it, just loved the "I am the milkman, my milk is delicious" part

>>386504143
>tfw no Manic Depression level inside the cheerleaders
>tfw no pyromaniacal concert level inside Phoebe
>tfw no old library/storybook level inside Vernon
True that.

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>>386504143
>no Raz Shrine level inside the mind of Lily
Don't think she quite reached Helga Pataki levels of stalker.

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>>386504607
>Camilla, I have to tell you something!

Picked this game up on the last winter sale, is it better on keyboard or controller?

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How do you know that Gamergate is dead...?

>>386503575
The water, when you're the flaming circular thing.

>>386505894
Either works fine. I first used keyboard and mouse.

>>386506240
Any particular part where you're stuck?

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>>386505894
Might depend on what you're used to, but I always aim to play 3D platformers with the controller.

>>386503704

cruisin' for a ban

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>>386506240
That was the worst bit for me too. I think it was just a matter of getting as high as you can get and using the levitation ball to attempt to float to the next grate.

>>386504867
I am on the road crew, this is my stop sign

>>386505894

I actually played it on keyboard with no issues but my gf played it with a controller and it seemed easier.

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>>386504867
I think the milkman memes are what convinced me to get the game back in the day.

>yfw the sequel just shoves literally every single camper back into the story even though it makes no real sense.

This is the best game ever made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt11ebsFNh4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iZWAsRyQl4

>>386500645
I actually hated that shit, since that ball ruined the difficulty curve of the platforming in the game. Once you get it, there's zero reason NOT to use it everywhere, rendering 90% of Raz's movement options obsolete. It's bad game design.

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>>386497250
What is
>Mikhail
>Milla
>Luchadore level
As for it holding up, I played it for the first time about 6 months ago and I had a ton of fun with it. The story is very entertaining. Don't think I'd play through it again because most of it's charm was getting to know the characters but maybe if I played it when it first came out I'd play it again. Probably gonna buy the sequel.

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>>386506625
If I get to go into their minds

>>386506682
>fun is bad game design

The game worked as a sandbox because it was a summer camp where you were literally learning the tricks of the trade.

How the hell will the sequel do it? They're going to be on an outright mission from the start.

>>386496405
one of my favorite games I played last year. Waterloo level was top tier.

>>386506925
IIRC, you get to explore the woods outside the facility, so you'll probably get the time to do that.

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>>386506625
I think they've said that they're going to try and avoid just recycling everything we liked about the camp from the first game.

But I admittedly wouldn't mind a reference to or cameo involving some of them.

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>>386506925
I don't think the hub area will be as charming as the first game's.

But the level structure will probably be similar meeting new characters and entering relevant minds to learn and see new things.

>>386507076
So you didn't even finish the game did you?

>>386506836
but it is. A good comparison point of levitation is to Yoshi in Mario Galaxy 2. Yoshi is just better at platforming than Mario and can be fun, but there's a reason why your access to Yoshi is restricted only to certain areas and circumstances. It'd be incredibly repetitive and remove most of the depth and strategy in the platforming if you could just use Yoshi in every single level in the game.

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>>386506682
I did kind of feel like it trivialized some of the scavenger hunt puzzles back at the campsite. But I still had fun rolling from place to place.

Maybe they'll structure more of the initial game around it for the sequel now that you'll probably have it as a power from the start.

>>386507363
What? I meant the woods outside of the Psychonauts facility in the sequel.
And yes, I completed the first game. I got level 101 and everything.

>>386507564
Why would they explore the woods in the area when the end showed them heading into an aicraft and flying off to the city?

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>>386507672
Different woods. Maybe the HQ is on the edge of the city or something.

>>386507672
They're not headed to the city. They were going on a wacky VR adventure before going back to their Foresty HQ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjirhAZsZNo

>>386505894
I'd vote for the controller since it's a platformer at heart and the analog movement control is less awkward, and you don't really ever need the pointing speed or accuracy of the mouse.

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>>386507873
I really like the style, but I hope it's not too big.

That was one of my issues with Brutal Legend. Great looking environments, but the things you could actually find and interact with were few and far between.

Little bit. Writing is still top tier and platforming is decent but combat is trash and most optional collectible abilities are useless.

>>386510373
Chain psi-blast and regenerating health were pretty good.

Not really necessary to win though.

>>386506693
Luchadore level is cultural appropriation and I said FORCED diversity.

>EL ODIO

>>386510882
>cultural appropriation
Wasn't Edgar Spanish?

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>>386499632

>>386506776
>bobobo-bo-bo-bobo
good taste

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>>386499632

>>386513806
They are too cute together.

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>>386497468
Wait so microsoft denied publishing for Psychonauts but released voodoo vince?

>>386514945
How was that game? Was turned off by the art style when I was younger, but I guess I felt the same way about Psychonauts before I actually played it.

People talking shit are stupid, I played this as a kid and never beat it and recently beat it about 3 weeks ago and it was great, I liked the jokes and the story, the character progression and the maps, 9/10 for a ps2 game

>>386514945
Maybe that's why they denied it?

3D platformers weren't raking in the FPS dollars.

The psychedelic references are great

>>386515432
As a kid who only bought the xbox because of halo 2, it was extremely mediocre platformer but had good graphics at the time.

He occasionally says a few witty one liners through-out the dull experience, don't waste your teen-adult life on this game.

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>>386507132
Best camper.

>>386515432
I liked it. Gameplay isn't anything special, but it has a lot of personality. Fun New Orleans theme, amazing soundtrack, fun characters.

Would love a sequel that doe more with the voodoo theme gameplay wise.

>>386496405
yes, even meat circus

it's really not that bad once you figure it out, unfortunately figuring it out takes a bit due to the pressure of time limits

>>386497468
>storyline
>overly complex
on what fucking planet?

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>>386516218
>Milla will never give you a sexy, motherly hug

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Wanted to post this for a while.

>>386517880
>She will never hug you and accidentally smother you in her breasts because she has none

How's the sequel progressing?

>>386496405
Have you tried playing it?

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What was his problem?

>>386520995
He was forced to watch a bunch of garbage plays. He did nothing wrong.

>>386520995
He never grew out of the teenage phase, and saw everything as shit.

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>>386498894
Why did you let us die though?

>>386506470
I got stuck there and just never finished the game.

>>386522261
Because such was your destiny!

>>386496405
it was never good to begin with. also writing is subpar. just play grim fandango. tim Schafer is a hack.

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>>386506470

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>>386496405
It's a time piece. It has all the characteristics of a second-wave 3D playformer. If you like that kind of game you should play it, but make damn sure you play it on a CRT. These games were designed without input lag and if you try to play them with any at all they feel like shit

>>386515432
i love the world design, the music is pretty great too. standard fare for platforming as far as gameplay wise goes but its fun it's cool and it's unique. they remastered it for xbone & win10 so i'd try it.

>>386496405
i bought the steam version of the game.
but i can't even browse the menu (press esc during game) properly.
some buttons can be clicked with mouse, some can't.
and i even stucked on an option where i can't click anything, can't move selections via keyboard, and can't even quit it by pressing esc or anything.

any solutions to that?

I wish there were more Psychonauts threads that didn't die so quickly

>>386525837
We'll probably have more threads when the second game is closer to completion
I dread what the threads are going to be like if it turns out to be shit, I really hope it's gonna be good

>>386526696
To /v/ anything Tim touches will always be 100% shit.

Anyone had difficulty being able to be able to even see the collectibles?
For some reason my CRT Monitor makes them way easier to spot

>>386527219
Milla's race........... fucking damn it!

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>>386527474
>slowly crawling through the race looking for figments over and over

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>>386496405
>>386515432
>>386515450
>>386515714

Speaking of Psychonauts, how did you guys feel when early-mid 2000s gaming and culture concluded in 2006? Sad? Bittersweet?

>>386527717
Indifferent I guess. I didn't even realize it was happening at the time.

>>386527717
>That image.

STOP. ALL THOSE GOOD TIMES, GONE.

>>386522261
Man, that shit was disturbing.

>>386527717
The CW still showed kids cartoons on saturday mornings? Hell I remember first watching the TMNT Forever movie there, fuck, it was glorious. (Or was it 4kids)

>>386528536
But nobody watched the new Kids WB on the CW, it was not popular and mostly had shitty shows like Johnny Test. So for all intents and purposes, Saturday morning cartoons really died in 2006, popularity-wise.

>>386497468
He sneers, but Psychonauts was a pretty big disappointment sales-wise when it released to the extent that it (alongside Advent Rising) basically killed Majesco.

>>386528670
What about CW4kids? i recall watching that for years, and I swear I've never seen Johnny Test appear.

>>386527717
Excited. Everything felt new and shiny, with consoles doing way, way more than they'd ever done previously. I do miss it now retrospect.