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Anaxite posted:Them's post game spoilers, friend. At least tag it. Sorry, because that's a gameplay mechanic and not story related it didn't occur to me that it could be considered a spoiler. Also I thought they were replayable at any time, not just in the post game. E: update on prev page
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No worries. I've planned to show off the various game features as they come up, which happens to be at the end, so I was keeping it under wraps.
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Apr 15, 2022 14:57
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And now back to the Questionable Area for the real collect-a-thon, and a few interactions to wrap up.
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Apr 16, 2022 18:19
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Blah. Sam was the only really enjoyable intern.
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Apr 17, 2022 19:38
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The interns all seem pretty undercooked compared to your fellow campers back in 1.
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Apr 18, 2022 05:08
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Yep. Sadly, we've seen all their major characterization. All that's left is in these cleanup/exploration videos. As far as the game is concerned not a lot of time has passed in the overworld, so not much changes at this point. For those of you who've played Psychonauts 2 already, the game has a reason why we won't get more dialogue out of the interns, but we'll get there soon enough. A few lines or extra characterization beats would've been nice, but the game is switching our focus away from the interns.
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Apr 18, 2022 11:42
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It really feels like they were supposed to play a larger role that had to be cut down.
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Apr 19, 2022 03:37
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 And that's (mostly) a wrap for the Questionable Area.
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Apr 19, 2022 18:50
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Welcome back to plot.
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Apr 24, 2022 23:41
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This is also the order I did it, despite it clearly intending you to do the barber, then bowling alley, then mailroom, despite bowling alley making the most sense to do first. This level's nice and straightforward, though pretty gross!
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Apr 25, 2022 03:01
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Welcome to Ford's Fractured Mind. I mentioned before that the aforementioned Compton's Cookout and Psi King's Sensorium are structured to not require completion of each other to access either and this collection of Mental Worlds is why since both are required to access two of these Mental Worlds as Anaxite noted in video. This also makes this multi-Mental World analogous to the aforementioned Thorny Towers trio of Mental Worlds since like Cookout and Sensorium, there isn't a required order to these to the point you can do Cookout and Sensorium between segments of Fractured Mind. In fact, I'm almost certain the game expects you to do this hence why Ford has a prominent role in both Cookout and Sensorium. Chimera-gui fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Apr 25, 2022 |
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Apr 25, 2022 03:43
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We'll see how the three levels are different in theme and tone for sure. You won't get the complete picture from any single level, but the order you do them in changes how you interpret all the facts; it's quite clever!
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Apr 25, 2022 17:28
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Romance broke him?
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Apr 25, 2022 23:26
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Buller posted:Romance broke him? I don't think the romance itself broke him, but something else that broke him as a whole, and either the romance played a big part, or that romance was a big part of him. It could also just be a painful memory like the hidden room in Mila's Dance Party from the first game.
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Apr 26, 2022 11:05
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The game isnt particularly subtle about it but your lover turning into maligula might do a number on someone.
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Apr 26, 2022 14:06
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Miz Kriss posted:I don't think the romance itself broke him, but something else that broke him as a whole, and either the romance played a big part, or that romance was a big part of him. It could also just be a painful memory like the hidden room in Mila's Dance Party from the first game. They really didn't do too much with hidden rooms like that in this game, did they? It's not that there aren't side rooms, but nothing quite like Milla's.
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Apr 26, 2022 19:37
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So did all the friendly 1950s germs all die then? 
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Apr 26, 2022 20:00
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Yes. They are all dead. Unless you go back there using the Collective Unconscious, then they're alive again.
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Apr 28, 2022 08:49
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point of no return.. its getting hairy
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Apr 28, 2022 15:02
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And this is why Anaxite did that collection video before tackling the Fractured Minds of Ford Cruller.
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Apr 28, 2022 19:40
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Makes sense. I can also see why Anaxite is doing the Ford minds in this order. The way I'm seeing the backstory is:
Can't wait to see what the 3rd mind is gonna be.
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Apr 29, 2022 06:40
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You've got many of the points! There are a few details that we'll see in the third part of Ford's mind 
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Apr 29, 2022 18:03
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 I'll let this sit for a bit before I give my thoughts. Next video, though, I'll be doing something I've been super stoked to show off.
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Wait, is that last bit in the real world and no longer in Ford's mind? When did we exit Ford's mind?
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Carbon dioxide posted:Wait, is that last bit in the real world and no longer in Ford's mind? When did we exit Ford's mind? Yup, it's one of the few times the game doesn't show you the transition! The fade to white at 40:35 is where we jump ahead.
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Apr 30, 2022 20:32
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What a twist! But when did we learn that Lucrecia is Razs great aunt?
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It's a good thing we only had 3 Fords to reintegrate here. Can you imagine if we had to do that at the summer camp? How many Fords were there?
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Apr 30, 2022 23:15
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Ranger Ford, kitchen Ford, Boathouse Ford, laboratory Ford.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:What a twist! I didn't catch the exact relation, but some connection was definitely alluded to by, I think, Raz's dad? also: I really like how the way the address is written on the Raz-envlope actually looks like a drawing of Ford. Akratic Method fucked around with this message at 06:08 on May 1, 2022 |
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Buller posted:Ranger Ford, kitchen Ford, Boathouse Ford, laboratory Ford. I don't think Laboratory Ford counts, that's the same one Raz summons with bacon and the first Ford he entered in this game. Raz didn't have to grab a mirror shard for him, it was already placed in the mirror frame. However there was a Janitor Ford you missed so it's still four.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:What a twist! Yeah, I'm trying to remember if there were any details or clues, but all I remember is Dad saying that Maligula was the one who cursed the Aquato family, and that Mom mentioned there being a huge rivalry or bad blood between acrobats and psychics, which is why she doesn't like them. I'll probably go back to an earlier episode and see if there's anything we missed. I understand Raz being absolutely pissed at the plot twist. I would be too.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:What a twist! I didn't realize that missing story beat until now. After replaying the section, the only real references I see are that in Tomb of the Sharkophagus, Raz remarks that Grandma Marona drowned in the Valermo Dam disaster, and then Ford remarks that Lucy was placed in her family. Which means that either Ford said something outside of the cutscene and we didn't get to hear it, Raz is totally spitballing due to the resemblance, or that's a small mistake by the writers. The connection comes up later in the game and it's way more impactful then. So, uh, I guess the game spoiled something that could have waited? Or I already forgot something Raz's dad said which may not have been essential dialogue anyhow. And speaking of impactful, I overall like Ford's mind:
But there are some slightly sour notes...
Minor flaws IMO. Good levels.
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Cruller's Correspondence clearly centers around how Ford lost touch with Lucy as she became Maligula - the connection is quite blatant. Strike City refers to that bowling date and how, inevitably, it led to the eventual outcome. The connection with Ford's Follicles isn't quite as obvious, but it's all about cutting away the unnecessary, bothersome parts of something to leave behind what you want, although it's quite literally all for appearance's sake and doesn't generally lead to an actual practical improvement. (Admittedly, I'm very far behind on watching the videos, so that may not be what you meant.)
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Buller posted:Ranger Ford, kitchen Ford, Boathouse Ford, laboratory Ford. whitehelm posted:I don't think Laboratory Ford counts, that's the same one Raz summons with bacon and the first Ford he entered in this game. Raz didn't have to grab a mirror shard for him, it was already placed in the mirror frame. However there was a Janitor Ford you missed so it's still four. Okay, so it's not much more than what's available in this game. I do wonder what we would see in each of those minds if we could explore them. Ranger Ford could be about the creation of Whispering Rock summer camp, Boathouse Ford could be about Ford and Otto (and later on Lucy) exploring the lake to dig up Psitanium, Janitor Ford I guess could be about him cleaning up after Lucy/Meligula, and Cook Ford... his love of bacon, I guess? Mraagvpeine fucked around with this message at 20:21 on May 1, 2022 |
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One thing I don't quite like is how the timeline... Doesn't really make sense? I could understand Ford doing this as a young-ish man, but according to how many years have passed between the incident and now it he'd be well into his thirties... Just doesn't feel quite right to me.
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Plot twist: psitanium has aging effects on your body  We never really get the age of most characters, but I'd say the Psychic six/seven calling themselves young is relative.
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Anaxite posted:Plot twist: psitanium has aging effects on your body That'd be a terrifying turn of events.
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I mean I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Psitanium is the asbestos of the Psychonauts world.
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I figured that was implied in the first game Also I just realized that it makes complete sense that Ford didn't punish Hollis for scrambling her boss' brain and instead recruited her because he literally did the same thing. In fact, all 3 of the brain scramblings we've seen so far have been for self-serving reasons: Raz wanted to go on a dangerous mission; Hollis wanted her boss to pay for stealing her work; Ford could not bear to see Lucy die, even after she destroyed so many lives.
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