You guys need to keep at this.
I had a mind section that went on far too long but my next mind is fantastic.

Yeah I'm done for now. I'll definitely return to it as reviews are too strong but I might ruin it for myself if I try to push through right now.

It's been a 8-9 for me so far, probably closer to 9.

87 out of ten, or 87 stars?

But that's like 78 more

The ideas in this are fantastic. Enjoying it a lot more now I'm just mainlining the story and ignoring any side quests.

It's fine. Just nab some cards when you see them. Combat is rare and isn't that difficult.

Having a good time with this. It’s just full of fun ideas, has sharp writing, and it looks lovely without the need for bleeding edge visuals. Quite a fan of the fact straight lines and stuff are almost entirely absent, everything has the wonky.. Just met Jack Black, he’s having fun.

Been away all weekend and itching to get back on it. Stayed up until 2am Thursday playing it, something I've not done for a very long time. It's just so charming and full of character.

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There's a world in this which is absolutely fucking stunning. Fair play

Which one you at? I am just doing the stuff after Feast for the Senses, it’s so good.

The bot you just mentioned. Where you get the violin.

So, so beautiful to look at.

I've not played the first but had twenty minutes on this last night and hmm far from convinced but will give it longer cos y'all keep liking it

I gave myself a big chunk of the day yesterday to play this as a treat to myself, and it was worth it.

It's definitely still Psychonauts, for better and worse. It's retained that "3D platformer with the soul of a Point and Click adventure" feel.  Which means, yes, long cut scenes, and even longer conversations.  But on the other hand those conversations are usually wonderfully written, and there's so much more invention than the usual platforming fair.  Better still, so far at least, that invention ties into the plot in surprisingly thoughtful ways.

I'll admit to being luke warm at first.  The opening stages were, fine, but a little too familiar, but having finished... ...I'm now convinced that they've nailed it. Just wish I had time to spend all day wallowing in it again.

I think I must totally be into this kind of pace for a platformer, because I haven't found the cutscenes overlong at all. I'm just generally happy with meandering through it all at my own pace, exploring everywhere and collecting everything.

Yeah, it’s the stop start nature that was initially irritating me. There’s also far too much extraneous stuff thrown at you all within the time frame of when I should just be finding my feet, rather than feeling overwhelmed. Now I’m settled in though I think it’s lovely.

The overall aesthetics are lovely and Tin is spot on with how the game world joins beautifully to the plot and the invention that allows. I have issues with the colours and shapes of the collectibles (the ones that look like hand drawn neon signs) as these can disappear and be too easily dismissed as background noise for me (I’ve tried the different colourblind options but I’m a mixture of a number of types of colourblindness so though it’s nice they’re there, they just don’t really ever work for me). The camera can also be a little unkind at times - certainly with some of the platforming in the open world sections but again, it’s minor stuff and almost adds to the scrappy charm of the thing.

I was going to say that, alongside Deaths Door, it’s the best exclusive on this new gen of Xboxes but then realised it was crowdfunded from ages ago and so it doesn’t count.

Cannot believe that Moot doesn’t like it.

This violin level is the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen.