Notch Volunteers to Fund Psychonauts Sequel - UPDATED
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Really? Because I don't think there was much around in the 70s at all... Maybe Pong...viranimus said:
To be honest, I doubt it would. Having a linear, story based game being buggy as hell results in a bad time for all. Minecraft only got away with it's bugs because due to the nature of the game you were never obstructed from advancing or having fun.Fawxy said:
OT: Should probably be good! Played Costume Quest recently, as Schafer's still got the good humour going on, so I'm looking forward to this.
Pffft...it was the VCS in the 70s. 2600 after 82.pope_of_larry said:
Still, you'd be struggling to find much more than Combat in the 70s, especially in 4k. Space Invaders didn't arrive til the 80s.
This game needed a sequal more then Call of Duty or Modern Warfare. Not only did it leave off on a cliff hanger, but it had a lot of potential for psychodelic mind buggery.I played through the original years ago, and was dissapointed that they never tried to continue.
I really liked Psychonauts, so it would be awesome if this happened. Kind of wishing someone would do the same with a sequel for vampires the masquerade bloodlines.
He sure does like the attention doesn't he. But he seems like a genuinely good natured person.
Out of sheer interest, I'll be getting this game in a discount or a demo first, but I never played Psychonauts so I can't say I'll get it's apparent sequel.
Out of sheer interest, I'll be getting this game in a discount or a demo first, but I never played Psychonauts so I can't say I'll get it's apparent sequel.
I know Psychonauts gets a lot of love in certain circles, and I appreciate its weird sense of humor (what I've seen of it, anyway), but I've tried to get into it several times and just can't do it. The combination of the awkward control/perspective scheme and the lack of clear direction in certain areas meant that I was falling to my doom (and thus having to repeat sections many times over) while trying to get to places I wasn't even certain would lead to progress in the level. Something like Prince of Persia feels positively hand-holding by contrast, spiked death-traps and all.
I'd be happy to see another Psychonauts just to have another entry into the market that wasn't a cookie-cutter retread of a stagnant franchise, but if it happens, I really hope the essential game mechanics are a little friendlier.
I'd be happy to see another Psychonauts just to have another entry into the market that wasn't a cookie-cutter retread of a stagnant franchise, but if it happens, I really hope the essential game mechanics are a little friendlier.
Well there wasnt much to offer, but there was some. Space war, Space invaders, Asteroids, Galaxian,(No wonder I want more space combat games now). None the less, it wasnt much, but its more than you might think , and it was mostly in arcades.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Psychonauts 2 does have a possibility to still be a unique game, the end of the first one shows that things were going to be different for every character.
Just saying that arcade-wise, you'd be very lucky to play anything other than Invaders - and that was late 78.viranimus said:
Us oldies tend to forget dates at times
Bison, what do you have to say about this?
But seriously. I literally just finished Psychonauts yesterday for the first time. And this is everything that I've ever dreamed of. (The purist in me is grumbling about Notch keeping his filthy hands off development.)
I agree that the game wasn't perfect. The difficulty spike was weird and the freaking Meat Circus is going to stay in my nightmares for a few months to come. But I thought the gameplay was far from "terrible". And as far as storytelling in gaming and gaming as art goes, it's unmatched by any game I've ever played before.
What about the gameplay did you hate so much?
But seriously. I literally just finished Psychonauts yesterday for the first time. And this is everything that I've ever dreamed of. (The purist in me is grumbling about Notch keeping his filthy hands off development.)
Idk, seems to work out well for Shigeru Miyamoto. (I kid. Sorta.)viranimus said:
I agree that the game wasn't perfect. The difficulty spike was weird and the freaking Meat Circus is going to stay in my nightmares for a few months to come. But I thought the gameplay was far from "terrible". And as far as storytelling in gaming and gaming as art goes, it's unmatched by any game I've ever played before.
What about the gameplay did you hate so much?
Allow me to link to you some history. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games#1970s]The_root_of_all_evil said: