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Re: the interns (not really spoilers but whatever): The Psychonauts intern program absolutely sucks. Everyone is shoved onto staff who don't want them or don't know what to do with them, and they're either ignored or given useless busy work so their mentor doesn't have to deal with them.The person who's ostensibly teaching them is too busy running the entire organization, and frequently leaves them alone with "independent work" for long stretches. A large part of why the interns are jerks is because that's what kids and teens do when they're not acknowledged or taken seriously, and it's why they change so quickly once Hollis gives them a real mission.
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Captain Oblivious posted:Of the interns, Adam seems basically fine. He offers to go to bat for you if anyone gives you a hard time. The rest never really stop being dicks. the interns are really bad at the start but the next couple of missions + clairvoyance opened them up well enough for me. sam is cool with you from the beginning (and sure enough her clairvoyant view of raz is the only "positive" one before mission 2), she's just odd. likewise, norma's hostile even after the heist because she still sees raz as the mole. the others all readjust their perspective of raz, but several of them are still kind of naturally unpleasant so it doesn't come through as strongly as it could
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Aug 27, 2021 16:45
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I actually really enjoyed how consistently obnoxious Norma and Lizzie are, and the rest (besides Sam) are kinda dull by comparison. Gisu has big Poochie energy at least
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Aug 27, 2021 16:55
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Gisu also gives you legit props for the first boss fight. Her telling you to remember everything she taught you like ten minutes later...not so much.
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Aug 27, 2021 17:09
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I can't really believe this is a kickstarter game. Finished it just now and credits are rolling and I have no idea how it managed to live up for the most part. Bonus points for not super relying on callbacks either. Only thing that I kinda found myself bummed out about is that there weren't any like... puzzle minds? Closest was the cooking show I guess. That and while I enjoyed all the worlds to some extent a lot of them didn't feel as zany. Probably because everyone in the asylum of 1 was crazy but still. Led to a minor *minor* nitpick but mann no unique npc's really in the minds was a bit of a bummer. Everything was just object with squiggly face and arms it felt. Nothing like the drama kids, the critic, girl scouts etc. Eager to do cleanup if I can.
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Aug 27, 2021 17:11
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PsychoInternetHawk posted:Re: the interns (not really spoilers but whatever): The Psychonauts intern program absolutely sucks. Everyone is shoved onto staff who don't want them or don't know what to do with them, and they're either ignored or given useless busy work so their mentor doesn't have to deal with them.The person who's ostensibly teaching them is too busy running the entire organization, and frequently leaves them alone with "independent work" for long stretches. A large part of why the interns are jerks is because that's what kids and teens do when they're not acknowledged or taken seriously, and it's why they change so quickly once Hollis gives them a real mission. So basically you're saying it's exactly like a real-life internship program.
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Aug 27, 2021 17:12
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Speaking of the (first half spoiler) cooking show level. I found it really weird how they gave the character who is known to love and communicate with animals the level where you chop up pigs, and boil eggs and beehives. I get the "idea" behind the level is to help him overcome his fear that everyone around is judging him, but still, could probably have been presented differently. Edit: Also, the Judges are cool enemies, and I wish they appeared in more stages. Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Aug 27, 2021 |
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Aug 27, 2021 17:28
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King Vidiot posted:So basically you're saying it's exactly like a real-life internship program. You said it first Broken Cog posted:Speaking of the (first half spoiler) cooking show level. I don't really think that was the idea behind the level and saw it as more of a person who's got some different opinions / wants than what they put out into the world. I just beat it. It had some really weird pacing issues/scene-cuts at the end that makes me believe they had a bigger plan for how things were going to play out and time caught up to Tim Schafer again. It doesn't really ruin the experience and I do believe like 3/4th of the game is super fleshed out but once you hit the point of no return it's very quick to just move things along. There are some complaints about just gamifying game things, like the pin system, but overall it felt like a logical improvement from Psychonauts and I really hope they get the green light to do a 3. I had a very fun time playing this game as it was just super joyous to jump back into it and Double Fine really nailed "it's only been 3 days" instead of the 16 years it's actually been. Usually after time you get a bit worried when a sequel is so far from it's original but is a really really really solid game. I'd have to look over what has released in 2021 because I think it might be the most fun I've had all year.
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Aug 27, 2021 17:47
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I just beat the game and had to look up if the interns were some kind of backer reward because they were so superfluous.
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Aug 27, 2021 17:48
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Asema posted:I don't really think that was the idea behind the level and saw it as more of a person who's got some different opinions / wants than what they put out into the world. The ending to that level where he removes the last judge puppet from his own hand made me think he realized he was beating himself up, and worrying too much about what others think of him. Edit: Still, chopping animals is very weird for that character, even in his head.
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Aug 27, 2021 17:55
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LostRook posted:I just beat the game and had to look up if the interns were some kind of backer reward because they were so superfluous. No moreso than most of the campers in the first game. They help fill in the world and give Raz some peers to compare and contrast to.
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Asema posted:There are some complaints about just gamifying game things, like the pin system, but overall it felt like a logical improvement from Psychonauts and I really hope they get the green light to do a 3. I had a very fun time playing this game as it was just super joyous to jump back into it and Double Fine really nailed "it's only been 3 days" instead of the 16 years it's actually been. Usually after time you get a bit worried when a sequel is so far from it's original but is a really really really solid game. I'd have to look over what has released in 2021 because I think it might be the most fun I've had all year. LostRook posted:I just beat the game and had to look up if the interns were some kind of backer reward because they were so superfluous.
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Aug 27, 2021 17:58
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LostRook posted:I just beat the game and had to look up if the interns were some kind of backer reward because they were so superfluous. I believe the list of brains in the brain vat are the backers. The interns, I think, you're supposed to think are little teenage jerks, even after the casino mission. They're not irredeemable, but they do need some psi-power-assisted humbling. I kinda like them as characters in a story, even if they're being crap to Raz.
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Aug 27, 2021 17:58
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The campers filled in the world, the interns bloat it. They get focus in points that actively detracts from scenes without ever really adding anything or being anything.
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Aug 27, 2021 18:00
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Oxyclean posted:I really wonder if they're even considering a third, since this one wrapped up pretty nicely. They've put a lot of breadcrumbs for potential sequels. The scene in the lab after you complete the game is a good one. I of course won't force Double Fine at gunpoint to make a third one, but if they did I'd be pretty excited for it. LostRook posted:The campers filled in the world, the interns bloat it. They get focus in points that actively detracts from scenes without ever really adding anything or being anything. I disagree with this entirely but everybody is entitled to their opinions. Megazver posted:I kinda like them as characters in a story, even if they're being crap to Raz. They are teenagers who just got a new member in their circle. They do some very nice things as they get to know Raz but they are also just smartass's who think they know better: End Game spoiler: like when they get the Junior Agent tag, one of them gasps and acts upset over the term Junior while Raz is like "hell yeah" and also to be honest (more end game spoilers here) They literally thought that Raz was the mole since again, they didn't know much about him. They just acted like standard teenagers to me lmao v  v Asema fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Aug 27, 2021 |
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Aug 27, 2021 18:23
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the interns are horrible little shits and that's also their purpose.
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Aug 27, 2021 18:27
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:the interns are horrible little shits and that's also their purpose. everybody is a little poo poo in their teenage years and if you try to do a nose in air look back at your life to go "no I wasn't" then you are still a little poo poo sorry to break the news to you boomers :')
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Aug 27, 2021 18:30
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Asema posted:everybody is a little poo poo in their teenage years and if you try to do a nose in air look back at your life to go "no I wasn't" then you are still a little poo poo sorry to break the news to you boomers :') Somehow I managed to make it through my teenage years without locking an elementary schooler in the closet in their underpants. It's not like the bar is super high.
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Aug 27, 2021 18:32
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:the interns are horrible little shits and that's also their purpose. Also as setup for a possible 3rd game would be my guess.
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Ok, I've just done two of the trio of those worlds, and I had to stop playing as much cause I felt like I was buring through the game. It's everything I could have hoped from a sequel and clearly this is a thing doublefine does very well. I definitely want a third. E: Having the interns around more would have been a plus, but I guess the abrasiveness of them would have turned some people way off after a period.
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Aug 27, 2021 18:43
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I also had to stop myself before doing the last of the "trio", this game is delicious and im a glutton. Gotta try to savor it
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Aug 27, 2021 19:23
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I admittedly kinda burned through the game - stayed up late to finish it last night, but don't really regret it cause now I can hang with my friend when they stream the tail end of the game.
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Aug 27, 2021 19:27
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Can you get up on top of that waterfall somehow? I got the (three levels) slowdown power and managed to get onto one of the logs quite easily, but then I just got insta-killed once it floated up to near the top. That isn't how you do it?
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:Can you get up on top of that waterfall somehow? I got the (three levels) slowdown power and managed to get onto one of the logs quite easily, but then I just got insta-killed once it floated up to near the top. That isn't how you do it? Not to the top, no, but if you can slow down a log in the middle and jump onto it, you might find a little surprise further up.
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Aug 27, 2021 19:47
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Hyper Crab Tank posted:Can you get up on top of that waterfall somehow? I got the (three levels) slowdown power and managed to get onto one of the logs quite easily, but then I just got insta-killed once it floated up to near the top. That isn't how you do it? Behind not on top.
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Finished the game last night and just wow. The art in this game is amazing and I hope Double Fine gets the greenlight to go nuts next time as well. There were some problems here and there with cut scenes, characters, and boss fights, but they didn't ruin the experience for me. I think this is my GOTY.
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Aug 27, 2021 19:51
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Btw, does anyone else's game freeze up if you try to click on any of the items on the first page of the journal?
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Aug 27, 2021 19:59
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The game runs really smoothly for me despite being on a 1060 with the exception of when I enter/leave the vending machine menu. Any recommendations on a single graphic setting that might alleviate that?
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Broken Cog posted:Btw, does anyone else's game freeze up if you try to click on any of the items on the first page of the journal? Yep, hardlocks the game, noticed that a couple days ago.
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Tanreall posted:Finished the game last night and just wow. The art in this game is amazing and I hope Double Fine gets the greenlight to go nuts next time as well. There were some problems here and there with cut scenes, characters, and boss fights, but they didn't ruin the experience for me. I think this is my GOTY. yeah i'm excited to see if proper funding and a proper management (lol) of time would allow them to just go hog wild. There's still a lot of breadcrumbs out there for them to expand upon if they want to. But I want a Brutal Legend 2 first 
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Aug 27, 2021 20:37
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Asema posted:everybody is a little poo poo in their teenage years and if you try to do a nose in air look back at your life to go "no I wasn't" then you are still a little poo poo sorry to break the news to you boomers :') I was a little poo poo but as an introvert I kept my shittiness to myself, and just quietly resented everybody.
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Aug 27, 2021 20:56
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Broken Cog posted:Really wish Loboto would have had a little more spotlight, he's somehow the sassiest person in the game. Thanks, DAD.
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Caidin posted:Thanks, DAD. Edit: SirSamVimes posted:This is one of the funniest games I've played in a long time imo. Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Aug 27, 2021 |
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Aug 27, 2021 21:24
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This is one of the funniest games I've played in a long time imo.
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Aug 27, 2021 21:28
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Broken Cog posted:Btw, does anyone else's game freeze up if you try to click on any of the items on the first page of the journal? It's a common bug. If you alt+tab and back you can close the journal at least, to continue playing until it autosaves. But yeah, you need to restart the game after that one if you want to do anything in the journal.
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Aug 27, 2021 21:52
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Near the end of the game when I reached the flea circus I had such a visceral reaction that I shouted "NO!" at my monitor.
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Aug 27, 2021 22:13
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Meatbag Esq. posted:Near the end of the game when I reached the flea circus I had such a visceral reaction that I shouted "NO!" at my monitor. Because of the fleas or because of meat circus tramua?
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Aug 27, 2021 22:45
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Caidin posted:Because of the fleas or because of meat circus tramua? It took me stepping into the Aquato tent to give me meat circus dread.
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Aug 27, 2021 22:54
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This game. Holy poo poo.
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I've beaten the game, and started the postgame, but all I'm missing in the final physical area is one loving Psi-card that I cannot find for the life of me. I've been everywhere, but can't find that one card.
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