Worthplaying | PS4/XSX/XOne/PC Preview – ‘Psychonauts 2’

Pre-order Psychonauts 2

I loved Psychonauts from the moment it came out. I preordered it based on the strength of the demo, and I still have the free Psychonauts-themed playing cards that came with it. It was such a quirky and immensely memorable game that it quickly became one of my favorites. It was also the very definition of a cult classic, and any future games seemed impossible. Here we are 15 years later, and Psychonauts 2 is just around the corner. We got some hands-on time with several of the levels, and we can summarize it with three words, intended in an entirely positive way: It’s more Psychonauts.

Psychonauts 2 opens up just after the VR spin-off, Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin. Raz and his fellow psychic spies have rescued Raz’s sort of-girlfriend Lily’s father (and head of the Psychonauts) Truman Zanatto from the evil Dr. Lobato. Unfortunately, Lobato appears to have…