MobyRank MobyScore
PlayStation 2
87
3.2
Windows
88
3.9
Xbox
89
3.8

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)

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User Reviews

Clear your mental cobwebs before playing! Xbox JazzOleg Bronze Star Contributing Member (53181)
Project your psyche into Psychonauts! Windows SDfish (1499)
Absolutely stunning... Schafer does it again! Windows Ludicrous Gibs! (40)
Very creative. Very well made. Very good. Windows Shazbut (129)
A not-so great port of a great game. Still enjoyable and worth buying, though. PlayStation 2 Benjamin Leggett (61)
Into the head of Tim Schafer Windows Little Yoda (111)
Different from all other games i have ever played. Xbox Todd Bello (32)

The Press Says

UOL Jogos Windows Jun 03, 2005 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
TeamXbox Xbox Apr 19, 2005 9.4 out of 10 94
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Windows Dec, 2005 91 out of 100 91
ActionTrip Windows May 13, 2005 91 out of 100 91
1UP PlayStation 2 Jun 21, 2005 9 out of 10 90
GameZone PlayStation 2 Jul 07, 2005 9 out of 10 90
GameSpy Xbox Apr 22, 2005 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Game Informer Magazine Xbox May, 2005 8.75 out of 10 88
PC Games (Germany) Windows Jan 23, 2006 85 out of 100 85
2404.org PC Gaming Windows Aug 05, 2005 7.2 out of 10 72

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
I hope the guy who made the final level gets fired 16 Matt Neuteboom (939)
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 (8842)
Jul 16, 2007

Trivia

The PC version was inexplicably delayed to April 27th, even after the announcement that both the Xbox and PC were shipping on their original release date. This is likely due to manufacturing complications.


This entry was contributed by Kabushi (39993) and Zack Green (1030)
 

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