Finally started Psyconauts yesterday. Some of the writing at the start felt a bit awkward, but I'm just on my way to learning levitation and the game had really found the strong footing I expected. I love just walking around, talking to the other kids at camp and scoping out the world. One of the first people I talked to was the Russian kid who babbles about bears, and I've been hooked on the silly conversations ever since.
The platforming is definitely a bit dated, and that double jump is infuriating, but everything is really consistent. I like that double jumping is more of a decision than a requirement most of the time though, and some jumps are much easier with just the first hop.
I groaned when I realised it was going to be a 3D platformer collect-a-thon, but now that I'm getting into it a bit more I can see this is exactly what's been missing from my life. I fucking love games like this. I can tell this is going to be a 100% game already.
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