Psychonauts - Story So Far - What You Need to Know!

[@SuggestiveGaming]

What would you like to see covered on What You Need to Know?

[@CSnrgy]

A difficult one but Halo would be fitting right in time for it's Holiday release.

[@SuggestiveGaming]

I plan on doing Halo after Infinites release

[@CSnrgy]

@@SuggestiveGaming Yay! 🎉

[@niranjanp.s9807]

Far cry

[@SuggestiveGaming]

@Navy Rajyn I’d love to cover Ratchet and Clank! It’s a great series

[@chimerathekid]

I feel like the missing compass is a literal “moral compass” which is why he is so terrified by his actions

[@mr.cobalt1668]

Pretty sure the actual game actually calls it that outright.

[@EpicWinNoob]

"...her cold prevented her from sneezing..." I mean, Lilly's entire lack of a nose is probably the more likely reason lmao.

[@lou626]

YEAH-

[@GamerSawa]

LOL I THOUGHT THE SAME THING

[@Rosa-he6xb]

Dang, you didn’t have to burn her with Pyrokinesis that hard XD.

[@slynthehedgehog8061]

she does have a nose, but it's so squach you don't notice it much. Milla however, no nose at all.

[@HowDoYouTurnThisOn_]

@@slynthehedgehog8061 she does have one too, it is easier to see actually, look at this scene 0:48

[@teejmorrison]

I’m so happy I’m watching this before starting Psychonauts 2… this story is absolutely bonkers. Lol

[@jop8907]

Raz is voiced by Kaos's voice actor

[@bananacool8921]

Childhood flashbacks

[@stovetopsnowmobile8648]

Arrowheads… meteors… so What stand does ras have?

[@greob]

That's a solid summary. Good work.

[@thereviewer5307]

Is this game coming to ps4?

[@aCavemanNamedJaR]

Not going to lie I don't think I've ever understood this story so well and I played it three different times. I never found all the mental vaults I didn't know those back stories to some of the psychonauts. Even though it sounds absolutely crazy to say out loud, totally love the story!

[@luvdisneyv]

This whole game is absolutely insane but it's so good. The game series (cause yes it is 100% a series) has that perfect 00's cartoon charm and cheese.

[@SuperSecretAgentNein]

The whole game is entirely well put together from a plotting perspective. Fun fact (I only just learned through my most recent 100% play through) you know how Dogen is talking to the squirrels at the start of the game, and thinks they’re pressuring him to kill everyone? After you return Dogen’s brain and find him in camp to talk with him again he mentions that the squirrels were saying something to the effect of “the small guy is going to kill everybody”, he took it as they were telling him he was going to do this while they were ACTUALLY talking about Oleander! Poor squirrels.

[@SuperSecretAgentNein]

The whole game is entirely well put together from a plotting perspective. Fun fact (I only just learned through my most recent 100% play through) you know how Dogen is talking to the squirrels at the start of the game, and thinks they’re pressuring him to kill everyone? After you return Dogen’s brain and find him in camp to talk with him again he mentions that the squirrels were saying something to the effect of “the small guy is going to kill everybody”, he took it as they were telling him he was going to do this while they were ACTUALLY talking about Oleander! Poor squirrels.

[@zzxp1]

The main story is there, but to fully get the whole picture you have to explore absolutely everything.

[@looc4517]

Hearing “right around the corner” never gets old

[@vendettagrudge9501]

When tho?

[@Eay89]

@@vendettagrudge9501 august 25th

[@Explodinghairypotatocat]

@@Eay89 oh boy 7 days left

[@Eay89]

@@Explodinghairypotatocat IM SO READY

[@bringingtheace7461]

I just noticed that Raz has five fingers whereas the other characters have three to four, and rarely five. It’s a weird character design but really unique.

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

Raz is overall one of the most human looking characters I think its completely intentional

[@norafudgecake4863]

I completely agree with you but don’t you think it’s weird that raz and Lili started dating a day after they met

[@graygravity3856]

@@norafudgecake4863 i mean they're like 10

[@thelazypanzer]

Milla’s mind be like haha dance party woohoo and moments later there are literally children being burnt alive like holy shit

[@erichfiedler1481]

6:28 Raz: Okay, what the hell was that? Sasha: Hmm, I knew I shouldn't have gotten the cheap brain tumbler.

[@quartzossie]

EGGS

[@lou626]

Ughh why do i buy the CHEAP brain tumbler?

[@cynthiaedith4122]

@@lou626 It was a steal!

[@av_8596]

That line never gets old!

[@motivated7203]

"THE WORLD SHALL TASTE MY EGGS!"

[@motivated7203]

"I am the Milkman, my milk is delicious!" "Is that milk the regular kind? Or the exploding dream kind?" _"It's fortified with what the world wants. What the world deserves."_

[@richardgagnon2450]

Very well done, this was exactly what I was hoping to find before starting up Psychonauts 2. Not too wordy, still detailed and clear, little bit of humor tossed in as well, and the well placed use of gameplay and cutscene clips.

[@sillykola50]

WHOA!! I've watched playthroughs of Rhombus of Ruin half a dozen times, but I NEVER saw that blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment with the overhead compartment. I guess this explains how he ended up at Psychonauts HQ for the sequel!

[@SimplexPL]

What moment with the overhead compartment? I blinked and missed it ;)

[@sirtimatbob]

@@SimplexPL kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJPTd4Z5lM6eodE this one

[@BardBoss64]

THANK YOU! I was so confused about these plot details that kept getting dropped from Rhombus of Ruin. I'd heard it was only a tie-in spinoff and I don't own VR so I can't play it anyway. It's a shame they put so much plot-important stuff in such an inaccessible title. It takes away from the second game a little bit.

[@SimplexPL]

It is mistakenly called a spinoff but its not, it's a direct continuation of the main story. You can watch it all on KZbin if you do not have VR.

[@BardBoss64]

@@SimplexPL Being able to watch it on youtube isn't the best advertisement though. The games should stand on their own

[@SimplexPL]

@@BardBoss64 Any game can be watched on KZbin. Rhombus of Ruin totally stands on it own, I finished it twice.

[@theonegoldengryphon]

Psychonauts went to the Kingdom Hearts school of putting relevant plot in obscure side games

[@SimplexPL]

@@theonegoldengryphon That game is easily available on PS4 and on PC, so not that obscure. At least not to Psychonauts fans who follow gaming news.

[@gingerscarlet113]

The sentence "I am the Milkman my milk is delicious" is now my favorite sentence.

[@heisengeorge3613]

How’d you get the cutscenes to appear in such high definition? My cutscenes are always much grainier :/

[@SuggestiveGaming]

AI upscaling!

[@SimplexPL]

@@SuggestiveGaming Is it possible to put those AI upscaled versions back in the game?

[@KringleDingle]

@@SimplexPL if you're on PC, definitely

[@rfh9560]

This was a well made summary. And here I thought the VR game wouldn’t be as good, unfortunately even fewer people must’ve played it

[@Alastor255]

The VR game is a nice epilogue, for a 2$ games on sales

[@davidcorbett8896]

Notice how dr lobotomy has 1 green eye and 1 red for each parent. It's not the biggest thing but when you add them all up the details show a ton of love and care. The game is so devilishly clever.

[@mpcandies6455]

and also his father's suit is torn up where his heart should be, implying that he's heartless

[@thefancygoldfish]

Bobby Zilch also has 1 red eye and one 1 green eye.

[@javierlaguna6349]

I didn't know there was a Pyconauts VR game thank you for the recap it was great.

[@ExoShaman]

I'm so friggin excited for Psychonauts 2

[@JoshHite11]

Sameee, I’ve been wanting a 2nd one since I was a kid, and it’s finally here.

[@JuanMartinez-hf8eb]

It already came out

[@JoshHite11]

@@JuanMartinez-hf8eb it came out 3 weeks ago when I made the initial comment lol

[@AbsoluteADCC]

It's been 16 years since I played the first one, so thank you for the refresher as I remember my teen years and am starting a second installment of this masterpiece =)

[@LeeM0to]

Excellent recap. I just played through the first game recently and I didn't realise how many subtle story details I missed. Thank you. Looking forward to Pyschonauts 2

[@iBe_ImmorTaLiiTy]

I went into Psychonauts 2 a few days ago without having ever played the first. I was told I could easily follow along, no need to do any research on the first game. Yea, I was mighty confused after the intro of Psychonauts 2 and almost didn't continue. After watching this video I fully understand and grasp what is going on after the intro and the fun factor for the game just went up tenfold. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Really appreciate it!

[@MediaMunkee]

The one retcon I've noticed so far following the first game is just Raz no longer wearing the cool new outfit he got and you have to go through the second game's intro to get it again.

[@bolski6125]

I remember getting this game on the original XBox and falling in love with it right away. It's so weird, quirky, and just plan fun to play. I eventually got it on Steam as well. This was such a great game. I can't remember if it didn't get the love back then that it gets now and it was a shame. I first read about it in an XBox Magazine review. Just the strange environments, the weirdness of it all, puts this on a level that I haven't seen since. And the game still holds its own today and hasn't really age much. And so much to explore and find.

[@jeremytung1632]

I'm astonished that the entire franchise takes place over the course of a few days, a week at the very most.

[@vinalrecordxx106]

There was one line that made me laugh through this entire video: “I am the milkman, my milk is delicious”

[@Subpar1224]

I remember when I first found milla's room. Shit is so creepy and heartbreaking

[@AwesomVideoGameClips]

Excellent recap! Loved the first two games and currently working on psychonauts 2 while laughing through the funny parts

[@kungfuvoodoo9889]

I really appreciate this recap, I got Psychonauts 2 and started playing it but felt a little lost. It had been many years since I played the original so I booted that up to refresh my memory but still had questions on how we got from the ending of 1 to the beginning of 2. I didn't even realize there was a VR game with fairly crucial story, plus I actually didn't pay too much attention to all the memory vaults so this vid really helped iron out the details. Looking forward to going through 2 now!

[@BPAxrom]

What a nice summary, very well explained. Also, a pretty complex story for a platformer. Very unique.

[@crosscottonwood5984]

As a guy, this is my favorite summary of Psychonauts.

[@TheBlakamon15]

Microsoft's evil?

[@KoPLeaderKiactu]

I'm all for bashing Microsoft for buying Double Fine games and limiting the capabilities for everything but the Series S/X, but it's more of a business thing than an actual evil thing.

[@MagicSparrk]

I mean microsofts the only reason we get to play pn2 at all

[@theorangecandle]

Bayonetta situation all over again. At least it's not in development hell

[@vt4979]

@@KoPLeaderKiactu what do you mean by "limiting the capabilities for everything but the series s/x"? I thought the game are available on multiple platforms?

[@tomcurl8034]

this explores psychology in a very interesting way and id love to see the characters for therapy for my daddy issues

[@cynthiaedith4122]

Honestly daddy issues would probably be just a boss fight

[@lou626]

SAME

[@fireangel2275]

All of psychonauts takes place over 2 days First night and day is psychonauts 1, day 2 is rhombus of ruin, and day 2 continued and night 2 is psychonauts 2, I would claim raz as one of the best of the agency

[@mr.walnut0669]

but he takes so fuggin long in other peoples minds. The others are just master speedrunners.

[@fireangel2275]

@@mr.walnut0669 well he is trying to rise the ranks fast

[@mr.walnut0669]

@@fireangel2275 Yeah i mean he is still probably higher up in the agency but just imagine how fast some of the top people are

[@fireangel2275]

@@mr.walnut0669 fair but think about it, things in ones mind go faster than the real world, so it may look like a few seconds outside, but it probably feels like hours inside

[@Violinrocker12]

This game was way ahead of its time. Never played it but love the story and the idea of healing other's minds.

[@quartzossie]

This show deserves its own cartoon.

[@msjonyba1234]

This could have easily been a horror. How they made this so lighthearted I’ll never know. E: Came directly from Charlie’s MoistMeter review of Psychonauts 2

[@xlAdvancedlx]

LOVE LOVE LOVE - GREAT JOB, JOSH ❤️

[@bukitcengkeh1]

Hey Chris

[@aj_wlyms3117]

I agree Chris

[@GrimmySan]

I LOVE THAT HE SAID “I am the Milkman, My milk is delicious” that line is so DAMN funny.

[@ZekeTrailblazer]

I had to come here to finish up the story since I lost my save on PC right after clearing the Napoleon level. Now, I can play the second game without going through the entire first game again lol

[@davidsoria9717]

I just bought Psychonauts 2 and wanted a refresher before I started playing. This video was exactly what I was looking for. Very well done, thank you!

[@XxXenosxX]

So glad someone you made this video as I was worried about having to delay playing the second until I could push myself through the first.

[@DannyWhizzbang11803]

This was really helpful! I don’t own a ps4 or any sort of vr headset so I couldn’t play rombus of ruin, so having the story explained really helped!

[@TheRockDK]

Thank you! This is what I needed before the sequel comes out!

[@jaicoricarty3139]

Love The Vids especially this one. Put could you do Far-Cry franchise's or Zelda or Forza Horizon or Dying Light and Horizon Forbidden West btw Love u so much wish u could upload every day : )

[@jaicoricarty3139]

love u not in a weird way and like ur voice

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Is it me or does psychonauts looks like it should have been done by Tim Burton.

[@ChronicSynchronizer]

Thanks for this summary, I played this when I was younger but never fully grasped the story. Currently downloading psychonauts 2 catching up with this

[@omarsaed1425]

That was an awesome summary, good job

[@twistedtick]

Fantastic summary of a fantastic game.

[@alexaad78]

Thank you so much for this great summary! Very useful to watch before diving in P2, to recall the details of P1, which I played many years ago, and to know the plot of Rhombus of Ruin, which I didn't have a chance to play.

[@guesstime6445]

That’s where the milk man meme came from. 13:15

[@DavidBatson]

I loved this game. Can't believe it took so for a sequel.

[@supersuccfcy5863]

* i am the milk man, my milk is delicious *

[@bobjim245]

So if they made arrowheads out a meteor do they all get stands too?!

[@joshsfox6266]

I played this game again just a few months ago but I still like the refresher.

[@MalificPlaza]

1:18: love the sync up u did with that, nice touch

[@jbkeebs]

I'm so upset I didn't play this when I was a kid. The second one has been fucking amazing so far.

[@dantederi5062]

I absolutely love psychonauts. It handles generally mature and dark themes like trauma, addiction, and mental illness with such deep understanding and whimsicality. It's exactly what they said at the start of psychonauts 2, it is essentially a game about self healing and acceptance. I really hope they make the 3rd game soon.

[@magicalvideo1237]

I like how he says the the experiment is over so you think the doctor/dentist guy is good but then he said he's gonna blow the place up

[@fearandloathingmedia2051]

This is a kids game. No, no definitely isn't. Okay well maybe it i- nope, molotov cocktails and a kid reliving the experience of his father plowing his mom. Hot damn I can't wait to play the new one.

[@HWYADOIN]

When the milkman’s milk is delicious:

[@Gossy1239]

Man psychonauts was an fun puzzle game hope the second game was as fun as the first game

[@happyhammer1]

This is the most Tim Burton esque game ever.

[@DatGameCollector]

You always follow the white rabbit.

[@SuggestiveGaming]

*Jefferson Airplane plays*

[@marcusviniciusfernandes3619]

Hi, sorry for the inconvenience but the Brazilian creators aren't making any video about the history of this game, so if you can add a PT caption it would help the audience a lot and give views!

[@Slipy61]

Thanks for the detailed recap with great editing

[@aj_wlyms3117]

A surprise, but a welcome one

[@blazethefirefox-yr3cs]

You telling me I played the whole game just to get stuck on the meat circus

[@Xcyper33]

thanks for this! Its been 10+ years I forgot

[@magnusm4]

Hate to be the red shirt nerd in the room but they did a sort of retcon in Rhombus Ruin. As in Psychonauts Raz couldn't enter Dr Loboto's mind specifically because of the showering cap, when you try it bounce back and that point this out. But there they did just that in Rhombus Ruin.

[@Galilupottepeak]

I'm the milkman. My milk is delicious.

[@Fone_Fortress]

Great review!

[@rossalexander2722]

I thought this was a kids game wtf

[@buggzo]

Was going to watch this to refresh my mind but decided I'd rather just play it again

[@Sarah12471]

Personally i feel like the hands are actually there, and is what the curse is

[@dirppin_ditto]

5:18 I wonder what he saw on that memory

[@MaddyOverture]

This is one of the games that makes me feel old

[@CandyFlossWizard1928]

13:14 so thats Where the meme came from

[@connormclernon26]

Does anyone else think a remastered Psychonauts would be interesting?

[@archnemesiesplayz4855]

I am the milk man, My milk is delicious

[@TEKKENKING23]

Psychonauts is one of the hardest and weirdest games I've ever played

[@ThisguyQuake]

Wow I had no idea this story was so deep

[@VzlaLeo]

Thanks for the recap. Game its darker than it looks

[@shlimeball475]

It took me a minute to realize that RoR was a vr game

[@Sweet_Z_Official]

My all-time favorite game when I was growing up! Thank you for bringing me childhood memories. 😊

[@GodlessxHeathen]

13:12

[@lillotusplays]

well planned and edited video, helpful and enjoyable to watch - great summary video

[@mohammedsaleh7345]

Thank you for this amazing recap

[@NarutoKing1520]

I’ve never played this game but wanted to see what it was about… I can only sum it up in one word. Weird.😂

[@skootergirl22]

The only reason why this game is so popular because of a charity pack of different games that double fine sells on steam every year for around I guess 5 dollars, that goes to help people in need. This game was part of of one of the packs. It wasn't even that popular when first sold.

[@absolutelypro4612]

Sold for 40+ during its launch too. Dumb ass lmao

[@alcoholically4280]

I find it sad how they called this psychonauts n yet they didn’t have mad trippy game scenes or any referring to psychedelic usage

[@asmova5803]

2:50, hmmmm seems almost familiar, how bizarre

[@bug1gub225]

12:12 curiosity: the word Linda in Portuguese means pretty. Ironic

[@Dontcareidc]

Me watching this cause Psychonauts is broken on pc and constantly crashes

[@eujoaquim6685]

i finished this game about 2 weeks ago and the plot twist that edgar is el odio was mind blowing

[@Pangaming.official68]

"I am the milk man, my milk is delicious." -Mr. Milkman