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Psychonauts 2 I finally took up Microsoft on that $1 month of Game Pass to play this. Before I get to the game, I just want to say the PC client for Game Pass is a piece of crap. It spent hours getting errors every time I tried to download a game and I eventually had to completely reset the app settings for gaming services and app installers on my brand new desktop for it to work, and MS didn't even suggest that solution on their own tech support. I had to go looking in forums for the answer. It's a Microsoft app on a Microsoft OS. Why do I need to jump through hoops to get it to work? Anyway, putting that aside, Psychonauts 2 was totally worth the wait. After so many years I'm sure a lot of people will be wondering if it could possibly live up to the hype and I'm here to say that yes, it does. I love the first Psychonauts but this sequel is no doubt a better game than its predecessor. The cartoony graphics look great and remind me of the puppets used by Laika, the platforming is tight, the levels are wildly imaginative and mind bending but never frustrating, the enemy designs are very clever, the writing is more mature while still being very funny, and the themes on display here are really thoughtful and heartfelt. It's just a great game that anyone who enjoyed the first Psychonauts is going to love, not to mention one of the best platformers in years. Double Fine stumbles sometimes with their games but this might be the best one they've ever made. All those years of development were not put to waste.