Publishing Rights to Psychonauts Now in Double Fine's Hands

THE ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE HAS BEEN RESTORED.

Downloading it now. Never played it and I've only seen the first level or so, but I hear great things about this game and DF is a company worth supporting. This was the last push I needed.

makes you wonder when you buy on steam is it really to the developers or to the publishers based on that tweet.

I've already played it on console but maybe ill add it to my Steam account to add to that collection.

If you said that you didn't like anything about Psychonauts, you either never played it, hate 3D platforms (yeah right...) or are too busy playing the latest CoD re-release under a different name (Black Ops, MW2, MW1, all the same shit...)

Dude, Psychonauts was an average game. Just like everything Double Fine has ever released. Time for GB to stop sucking up to them. 

Great game! Well, alright maybe not the game part so much. It got a little better when you got the levitation bouncy-ball power but overall kind of...not even bland or bad just not that interesting. I specifically remember combat being a bit of a disappointment.

The story though, oh and the characters, the freaky worlds. Milkman stage is thebestlevel. Godzilla/Ultraman level was cool too I guess, and that Napoleon board game one, even though I got stuck on it.

Don't think I'd ever would want to see a sequel for it though, I feel it stands well enough on its own.

Great news! Congrats DF

I really like the end of this article.

I like to trim hedges.

Good thing I waited!

Hopefully there will be a sequel (one that doesn't involve shitty gameplay o:)

I finally played it last year. A little janky, but overall a great game. I'm looking forward to what they do with this.

I really liked Psychonauts until that impossible jump in the last Boss. I also really liked Brutal Legend until 3/4  of the way through. Maybe Doublefine just can't make endgames?

Am I the only one thinking Double Fine is over rated?

Like sure they have cool ideas and Tim Shafter is a creative genius.. but man I haven´t had much fun in any of their games.

Did this ever come out on the handheld market? If it hasn't, then with required specs now being low DF may be looking at sales there.

Great, now I feel a lot better that my money from buying Psychonauts is going to the right people.

Damn, I already own a retail and Steam copy of Psychonauts. Shame, I like the idea of the developer getting paid.

Am I the only one thinking Double Fine is over rated?

Like sure they have cool ideas and Tim Shafter is a creative genius.. but man I haven´t had much fun in any of their games.

@DonPixel: Yeah... Doublefine games always sound really fun to me, then I play them and it's a complete chore.

THAT SAID

Psychonauts is their best outing. Best writing, best "joke density", most original art direction and realization, some innovative and mind bending level design.

Why isn't it fun? Hard to say.

-The controls are kind of floaty and the character movement is sluggish. Just navigating the game world feels unpleasantly constipated.

-The levels all end up feeling stale because the game reuses the same gimmicks repeatedly in a level. The gimmicks themselves are twitchy trial-and-error exercises, rather than puzzles with an underlying system that can be observed, mastered, and applied across the game in varying situations.

-The collectibles (of which there are many, and on which plot advancement depends) require significant backtracking into levels that you've already cleared, and the plot moves forward by way of tedious fetch quests that force you to cover the same ground over and over again. Any mechanic that incentivizes redundant repetition is fucked. The gameworld's main "hub" is fun the first time, not the 15th.

@Korne: Yeah I played pyschonauts back in my PS2.. OK game in my book. And don´t get me wrong I´ve been trying to like their games, I do enjoy and try to support different ideas, I also love eastern european games and a lot of PC indie stuff...

Nevertheless I do feel Double Fine gets a shitload of coverage I find hard to justify...

For me they some kind of Arcade Fire of Vid games, They suppose to be indie and stuff but you know what? not really.

@Jumanji said:

@DonPixel: Yeah... Doublefine games always sound really fun to me, then I play them and it's a complete chore.

Yeah same here.. I would totally buy a Blu Ray of a weird animation indie movie by Tim Schafer... Can hardly say the same about their games.

  Obligatory amazing Psychonauts intro post. Great news, however I'm still conflicted whether I want a sequel or not.

I want more Psychonauts.

This makes me happy.

cool beans Charlie  brown B)

I'm 1/2 tempted to buy it again off of Steam. I know some people gripe about certain aspects of the game, and I respect their opinions. But for me Psychonauts was a great game. One of my favorites of the last generation. Hope to see a sequel.

Cool news. Way to go DF!

coincidence, i'm watching a playthrough of Psychonauts on youtube right now! well not RIGHT now, but you get the point.

this is awesome. hopefully they can do something with it in the future.

Great! Now I have even more incentive to buy it on GOG. :D

A HD-remake would be great, and maybe some tweaking of the platforming. God only knows how many times I died in that Meat Circus level.

Given the massive volume of sales Psychonauts rakes in these days, this means absolutely nothing for either Double Fine or Majesco.

One of my favorite games ever and would be extremely excited to see a sequel.

I will buy it now (AGAIN) on Steam just to say I want a sequel to this amazing game.

Agreed. Hd remake, and a complete slash and burn of the horrendous meat circus. After like 2 hours, stuck on 3 minutes of gameplay, I watched the damn ending on youtube, and I really loved this game too.

Psychonauts is one of my favorite games of last generation, and I'd love to see a sequel. Especially after all the great downloadable stuff Double Fine has been doing.

Guess I should pick this up now then. ;d

I liked everything about Psychonauts except the platforming.

Anyone else remember the battle of Waterloo boardgame in there? That was such a great concept, but such a pain to play.

i would buy it again for an HD version.

Thank you Alex. If it wasn't for you I'd never know of this beautiful wonderful game.

There had better be a return of the milkman

Fuck the Meat Circus. That is all.

i am the milkman, my milk is delicious.

I've already bought it 3 times before (including on Steam), however now that the money goes to Double Fine...

MUST BUY A COPY ON GOG.COM!

I've played through Psychonauts three times and would love a HD remake to play through again. The levels based inside the characters minds are very unique and the amazing music/sound design is often overlooked.

This game is hugely overrated. Characters and story? Endearing and charming. Gameplay? Chunky, frustrating and boring. I bought in on the Xbox Originals and played it and was not terribly impressed.

Brilliant! 
 
sequel please guys!

Fuck the Meat Circus. That is all.