Psychonauts is $2 on Steam

booB · 01-27-2010, 11:44 AM

Anyone interested in well-written, entertaining third-person action-adventures should drop the two bucks and pick this game up!

wildcat · 01-27-2010, 03:22 PM

It's also a £1 for UK users. Must buy people

DustyShinigami · 01-28-2010, 05:15 AM

Sold.

That's what I call a deal. I mean, just one whole pound!

HaroldO · 01-28-2010, 06:40 AM

I wasn't supposed to be buying games now but I just couldn't say no to this deal. That's what I pay for a 1,5 liter coca-cola.

Periglo · 01-29-2010, 03:34 AM

BG&E for $4.99:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/15130

I already own Psychonauts, but I bought it again. Reason: I lent it to my brother-in-law, and it's more expensive to drive to his place!

booB · 01-29-2010, 09:14 AM

What a great deal. BG&E is one of the best games ever made!

Periglo · 01-31-2010, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by booB

What a great deal. BG&E is one of the best games ever made!

I agree. Right now, it's on sale at a nearby convenience store for 1€! I just bought one for my nephew.

Maquisard · 01-31-2010, 04:21 PM

I had once borrowed psychonauts and played through it, and would buy it now for a replay, if it weren't for all the frustrating game design faux-pas, that I dread living through again..

Periglo · 02-01-2010, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Maquisard

if it weren't for all the frustrating game design faux-pas, that I dread living through again..

Such as?

Maquisard · 02-01-2010, 04:03 AM

Well, if I recall correctly, after equipping certain items (that would stay in hand after use), there was no option to map a quick button for unequipping them. This proved especially frustrating with the web-remover, as you couldn't interact with the world while holding it (unless it was a web, of course). So that after each use of said item, I'd have to go back into the item menu and select another, single use object (like bacon, for instance, thus going through the dialogue that involved), for it to go away. Because even there I couldn't pick "nothing".

Oh, and I hated the whole running around the camp digging for arrows thing.

Periglo · 02-01-2010, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Maquisard

Well, if I recall correctly, after equipping certain items ...

Ah, you are right. Item handling is not comfortable at all. I remember wasting precious time at the place where an item must be used for the first place.

Quote:

Oh, and I hated the whole running around the camp digging for arrows thing.

That too. Just the kind of feature I don't mind using cheats for.

geggis · 02-01-2010, 05:04 AM

I loved Psychonauts but my biggest problem with the game was the last couple of levels which pushed my patience to the limit (and I'm a fan of Demon's Souls and F-Zero GX). Seriously they weren't even fair, they were just tedious and beyond frustrating. Other than that the game was a blast. It's also home to the finest level design of all time: The Milkman Conspiracy.

Pie-making Wife G-Man: Although over time, my husband will desire me less, sexually, he will always enjoy my pies.

jbunniii · 02-05-2010, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by geggis

I loved Psychonauts but my biggest problem with the game was the last couple of levels which pushed my patience to the limit (and I'm a fan of Demon's Souls and F-Zero GX). Seriously they weren't even fair, they were just tedious and beyond frustrating. Other than that the game was a blast. It's also home to the finest level design of all time: The Milkman Conspiracy.

Pie-making Wife G-Man: Although over time, my husband will desire me less, sexually, he will always enjoy my pies.

I just started The Milkman Conspiracy this morning. Still trying to work out how to get into the sewer. (Don't tell me, anyone!)

I'm getting a big kick out of the comments from the various "workers" in this level. Their deadpan style and voice reminds me very much of Joe Frank, who is probably the best radio performance artist ever:

http://www.joefrank.com/

Periglo · 02-08-2010, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jbunniii

I just started The Milkman Conspiracy this morning. Still trying to work out how to get into the sewer.

Me too! This level is hilarious. My favorite comments are from

Spoiler:
the grieving widows, also the baking housewives

.

I'm having an easier time playing the game now, after having played some other action games. I've found that moving the camera really helps a lot.

01-27-2010, 11:44 AM	#1
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01-31-2010, 04:21 PM	#8
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	I had once borrowed psychonauts and played through it, and would buy it now for a replay, if it weren't for all the frustrating game design faux-pas, that I dread living through again.. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

02-01-2010, 04:03 AM	#10
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Well, if I recall correctly, after equipping certain items (that would stay in hand after use), there was no option to map a quick button for unequipping them. This proved especially frustrating with the web-remover, as you couldn't interact with the world while holding it (unless it was a web, of course). So that after each use of said item, I'd have to go back into the item menu and select another, single use object (like bacon, for instance, thus going through the dialogue that involved), for it to go away. Because even there I couldn't pick "nothing". Oh, and I hated the whole running around the camp digging for arrows thing. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

02-01-2010, 05:04 AM	#12
geggis the midnight rambler Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 218	I loved Psychonauts but my biggest problem with the game was the last couple of levels which pushed my patience to the limit (and I'm a fan of Demon's Souls and F-Zero GX). Seriously they weren't even fair, they were just tedious and beyond frustrating. Other than that the game was a blast. It's also home to the finest level design of all time: The Milkman Conspiracy. Pie-making Wife G-Man: Although over time, my husband will desire me less, sexually, he will always enjoy my pies. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Now playing: Demon's Souls & UFO: Enemy Unknown Next game: AI Wars: Fleet Command, Sanitarium or Broken Sword. Favourite games: Planescape: Torment, Day of the Tentacle, Portal, World of Goo, Thief: The Dark Project

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