Do not sleep on this game. I repeat. DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS GAME. Early in the year I had the Ori games pegged as my GOTY, and until Psychonauts 2, nothing really impressed me enough to dethrone them. Psychonauts changed that, and while I'm still not sure where I'll land as there are also a lot of games scheduled to come out this year, this game is a contender.
The basic gameplay loop is this. You enter different characters heads, either to learn something, or to fix something. These are your levels. Think of the castle in Mario 64, each painting is it's own level. Same premise here, except you enter characters heads. Some are dealing with split personalites, others PTSD, others paranoia etc. etc.
At it's core this is a platformer, but it has a few open world segments and a nice environment to explore. The voice acting is top notch, the score is memorable and the gameplay is overall quite relaxing. Combat is not the games strong suit, but it's more a game of exploration than combat. I only struggled once that I can remember, and that was at the final boss level.
My only criticism is that the game is very chatty. There are a lot of cut scenes, none overstay their welcome, but you do end up watching a lot. I'd dare say 30% of my 12 hour playtime was spent watching vs. playing. Still, I cannot recommend this game enough. Xbox needs more of this.
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