Shenmue Dojo

shredingskin wrote:

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Wow, that's sick.

Huh, interesting..

I don't think they'll fuck the few investors they had.

But they certainly covered their asses pretty damn good.

Sounds like a pretty dumb idea to invest in Psychonauts 2. Crowdfunding is stupid anyway -- only did it for Shenmue 3 because, as you all know, I had too. This crowdfunding thing will die out in a few years, when nostalgia runs dry and expectations aren't met. One penny lost too many and people won't bite. At least I hope they won't bite, for their sakes.

Anyway, that said, I bought Psychonauts on steam like 3 years ago, and never played it (it was like $1). Started playing it yesterday and it's pretty damn fun. Looking forward to the rest of the playthrough.

I think the idea of crowdfunding is pretty much a very anticipated preorder.

The thing that fig tried to do is interesting, but wow, it's sketchy as fuck.

I did get some nice games from KS though, tex murphy was a game I was REALLY glad I could back (those people tried really hard to make it happen, and the game with 1m did quite a lot), dreamfall is another one.

Oh my gosh.. Dreamfall Chapters! I completely forgot! Thank you for reminding me -- I had been waiting for that game for so long. Can't believe I forgot it was coming out.

It has come out, I stopped at book 3, it's pretty consistent so far (better than the original dreamfall, not quite the longest journey). There are some points that it tends to drag a little though.

The branching narrative is handled in an interesting way, while binary there's not "kill this guy or this other one", but seems kinda organic. Let's see how everything ends.

Psychonuats is in my top 10. Still shocked we're getting a sequel. Would have preferred adult Rez and all but I'm fine with what we're getting.

Fucking phones and auto correct.



Yeah it looks underwhelming to me so far because it looks too familiar? It doesn't help that Psychonauts HQ is right by the camp, so naturally it'll have a similar environment. My hope is that you'll be able to control multiple characters in this one to spice things up. Playing as Milla Vodello who was always a favorite would be awesome.

Yeah, that's how I felt. Looks very much like the first game so far.. but it's too early to tell whether the whole game will feel like that. I'm also wondering why Raz switched back to his "not-yet-a-psychonaut"-outfit after having changed his look at the end of the first game. I mean yeah, he's a mascot-style platformer hero I guess, and those don't really change their basic look much at all (brand recognition and stuff), but I had really wished for more evolution there. I would have liked to play as full-blown psychonaut Raz. Similar to how Himuro would have liked a grown up Raz. Oh well. Wait and see, I guess. I'm still very excited it's coming.

A couple of things give Psychonauts 2 the advantage here despite looking very similar to the first. For one thing, we don't know the full premise do we? I've kind of been on black out for this game beyond the initial fund raiser. Psychonauts HQ is a great place to explore more of the Psychonauts world, which was already riddled with amazing lore. Man, I need to replay Pyschonauts. Since adventures are back in style now, I'm really hoping the game is more adventure-game styled Milkman Conspiracy-esque in its gameplay than Meat Circus 3d platformer style. The platforming was the weakest aspect of Psychonauts and while the later levels are fantastic (especially Milkman Conspiracy and Black Velvetopia) the best parts about them are the exploration and adventure game elements. Never mind the entire motif of exploring the camp and solving crap. I always enjoyed that way more than the platforming.

Jesus, I'm getting myself hyped just thinking about Psychonauts.

Favorite conversation in Psychonauts?

Raz: "Where do you buy your clothes? I was wondering because my sister is really fat and has a hard time finding clothes that fit."

Girl: "WHAA-AT?!"

Easily.

We need you Raz. We need you.