88
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.5
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Adventure game legend Tim Schafer deviates from his traditional design formula with Psychonauts, a traditional console-style platformer with a very unorthodox style. At a summer camp for up-and-coming psychics, a young boy with a very unusual level of psychic ability inexplicably shows up. The boy, named Raz, is allowed to stay at the camp until his father comes to pick him up, but his arrival coincides with very strange circumstances.

Soon, evidence that someone is psychically tampering with the campers' minds reveals itself, and Raz is the only one who can stop it. As Raz, you must psychically project yourself into the psyches of several different people in order to figure out what is going on and who is behind it.

Each mind features a highly unique and stylized environment and varying gameplay, ranging from standard platform jumping to playing a Risk-like board game against Napoleon.

Alternate Titles

  • "ζ„θ―†δΈ–η•Œ" -- Chinese title (simplified)

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
PsychoNauts PlayStation 2 $16.94  
GOG
Psychonauts $9.99  
ebay.com
Psychonauts    
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User Reviews

A not-so great port of a great game. Still enjoyable and worth buying, though. Benjamin Leggett (117) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars

The Press Says

Digital Press - Classic Video Games Mar 23, 2006 10 out of 10 100
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network Jul 26, 2005 95 out of 100 95
GameLemon Jul 24, 2006 9.4 out of 10 94
Worth Playing Jul 20, 2005 9.1 out of 10 91
GameZone Jul 07, 2005 9 out of 10 90
GameSpot Jun 20, 2005 8.7 out of 10 87
Game Informer Magazine Aug, 2005 8.5 out of 10 85
Game Informer Magazine Aug, 2005 8.5 out of 10 85
Jeuxvideo.com Jan 31, 2006 17 out of 20 85
GameSpy Jun 23, 2005 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Just Finished it (sort of) 1 Joe Price
Apr 29, 2009
Windows or XBox? 10 non finito (339)
Mar 04, 2009
I hope the guy who made the final level gets fired 16 Matt Neuteboom (941)
Aug 07, 2008
Does the last level drag the game down a little? 2 Atomic Punch! (139)
Nov 05, 2007
I feel disappointed 10 Zovni (9138)
Jul 16, 2007

Trivia

On October 10th 2006, Psychonauts won a BAFTA Video Game Award for Best Screenplay.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (48619), Parf (4789) and Zack Green (1024)
 

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