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Pyschonauts Now Back-Compat on 360

Posted by Zonk on from the yay-for-psychics dept.

The much requested addition of backwards compatability for Psychonauts has reached the Xbox 360, reports the British Gaming Blog. The list also adds support for titles like Ultimate Spider-Man, Buffy, Shenmue II and ... Aquaman. The list was dropped early, so don't put the discs in quite yet and expect them to work. Still ... yay Psychonauts.

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  1. Go buy Psychonauts. by mbourgon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Like platformers? Go buy Psychonauts.
    Hate platformers but love adventure games? Go buy Psychonauts.
    Love those old Lucasarts games like Day of the Tentacle, Maniac Mansion, etc? Go buy Psychonauts.
    Have a PC? Go buy Psychonauts. Have a console? Go buy Psychonauts.
    Something for the girlfriend to help you play? Go buy Psychonauts.
    Want to support digital distribution? Go buy it through steam.
    Wanna help indies? Go buy it period.

    Yes, I'm raving about it - it's worth doing so. Yes, okay, technically it's a platformer - but written by Tim Schaefer, a damn funny writer. It's equal parts platformer, hysterical humor, and adventure gaming. It's not just fun to play, it's funny at the same time. The sense of joy, and the sense of humor, is astonishing.

    Ye gods, this sounds like a plug. Here - go play the demo. Then go spend the $20 or $30 or whatever it costs. I WANT MORE!
    www.gamershell.com/download_8864.shtml
    www.fileplanet.com/152193/150000/fileinfo/Psychona uts-Demo

    --
    "Sometimes a woman is a kind of religion, she can save your soul & set you free from all your sins" - Bad Examples
    1. Re:Go buy Psychonauts. by Jerf · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I just finished this game three days ago on the Playstation 2.

      I'd put it this way: If you have ever complained about the lack of originality in gaming, you are morally obligated to pick this up. New copies through Steam, other copies through the usual channels.

      And play it slow. Poke around in corners, soak up the details usually missing in games. This was very well done.

      Particularly pick this up if: You like stories that partially take place inside of characters heads, innovative platforming (you have got to see the level where you go inside the head of a paranoid schizophrenic, I have never seen a level like that, and man, did it ever fit...!), the humor of any of Tim Schafer's works (awesome games, each and every one).

      We don't get original games because when they actually come out, we punish the authors and publishers by not buying them. Guess why we get endless sports "sequels"...?