Psychonauts is asking a lot from the player to be on board with its concept and goals. A level completely dedicated to a conspiracy mystery scavenger hunt on finding the "milkman" in a war between a group of girl scouts possessing cookie bombs and oddly item-specified detectives is enough evidence to back that sentiment up. And luckily for the most part, it works.
It does feel overbearing at times, which can translate into tedious or simply not fun gameplay with how deep it goes into a gimmick, and the overall structuring of events and mission set up is really odd, but Psychonauts takes a heavy risk and succeeds in providing a solid 3D platformer/collect-a-thon with a unique hook that stands it apart. Really invested now to see where Raz's journey goes next in Psychonauts 2.
It does feel overbearing at times, which can translate into tedious or simply not fun gameplay with how deep it goes into a gimmick, and the overall structuring of events and mission set up is really odd, but Psychonauts takes a heavy risk and succeeds in providing a solid 3D platformer/collect-a-thon with a unique hook that stands it apart. Really invested now to see where Raz's journey goes next in Psychonauts 2.