Even worse is that rumors of a horrifying old enemy of the Psychonauts returning begin swirling, causing major fractures and mistrust. However, his rescue causes ripples in the organization as there’s a hidden truth behind his kidnapping and a mole within the Psychonauts. Sixteen years after the original debuted, the moment has finally arrived for fans to play Psychonauts 2 and the big question is: does it live up to the hype? The answer, hell yes.Īlthough a lot of years have passed, Psychonauts 2 takes place mere days after Raz (voiced by Richard Steven Horowitz) and the Psychonauts, a government agency of psychics that protect the free-thinking world, rescued Truman Zonato (voiced by Darin De Paul), the head of the Psychonauts. The only drawback from Microsoft backing Psychonauts 2 was the new pressure it had being a first-party Xbox title and the elongated waiting game fans had to endure. Once they had Microsoft’s backing though, they were able to re-add all that cut content and create a more robust sequel. Then suddenly, the game went from being a crowd-funded indie sequel to a first-party Xbox title after Double Fine was acquired by Microsoft in 2019 – which was a huge deal.īy that point the game didn’t have a big publisher like Microsoft behind it and even had to cut out content because the budget wasn’t there.
Since the original game wasn’t a big financial hit, developer Double Fine had to initially finance the game through crowdfunding and fans ended up raising nearly four million dollars, proving the genuine love for the original. Few cult classics have gone to hell and back to get a sequel off the ground like Psychonauts has.
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