You get about 3/4 of the way through the game and the difficulty abruptly sky rockets.

The last level is literally the worst thing ever. EVER. It stops being cute and starts being ball-stompingly demanding. I'll admit I never finished it. I kept dying and got fed up and youtubed the final boss and ending.

as above

Yeah the last level is controller throwingly frustrating.

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Since everybody managed to remain good and quite about the bad parts of Beyond Good and Evil until after it came back out.  And I consider a rerelease of Psychonauts an almost inevitability at this point.  I'd like to know (without spoilers) what are the things people didn't like about Psychonauts.  "

Hehe, I pretty much agree with what everyone said, but even with that level it's still totally worth playing. I really fell in love with that game back then.

I don't really see how a re-release is inevitable. 

I just didn't like the voicework.

I liked the game a lot. I only played it like 3 years ago. I don't remember the last part to be that difficult though. But I honestly don't remember much.

"I don't really see how a re-release is inevitable.  "

"
And I consider a rerelease of Psychonauts an almost inevitability at this point.  

" You get about 3/4 of the way through the game and the difficulty abruptly sky rockets. "

Simple the Fucking Meat Circus, seriously fuck that level

I didn't notice any skyrocketing difficulty =/
 
I did, however, notice a shitty camera, weird controls (well, PC version at least) and frustrating platforming sections. Oh, and there's a lot of collecting stuff...

" @YoungFrey: Are the Originals no longer available?  Good thing I've got Psychonauts on my 360 HDD. "

the game was really good except for: 
 
the framerate (on ps2 at least) 
the extreme difficulty spike near the end

I bet £10 of my cyber money that Psychonauts doesn't get a re-release.

"I bet £10 of my cyber money that Psychonauts doesn't get a re-release. "

Controls and camera are bad. Lack of checkpoints is stupid and bosses designs are horrible.

If you want to play Psychonaughts in 'HD' just buy it on steam and play it with an Xbox controller. I played it in 1080p 2 years ago. Love it. It's like a Saturday morning cartoon.

Haha, yeah the difficulty spike at the end was horrible.
So horrible that I made some videos showing how to pass that stuff quickly- I thought it was such a shame to ruin what was so awesome right up until that point.
>.>

I don't remember the last level being THAT bad. I remember the final boss was pretty tough, but I don't think it took me all that many tries to complete. The game had a lot going for it. It was charming and unique, though I must say I wasn't terribly impressed with how they handled the game's hub world.

Nothing. It is the most glorious game to have ever been created. 
 
On a side note, which is completely unrelated, the Censors are not the best enemies. The idea is great, but they're freakishly annoying. 
 
I actually never had a problem with the Meat Circus, thought it was a well earned detour, but the obstacle course part was a bit repetitive as I kept dying.

I'm just gonna replay it, see how hard the ending is now.

They aren't going to re-release Psychonauts when you can buy it on XBL Games on Demand.
 
The bad part of Psychonauts is you have to play it, and it doesn't control particularly well. Should have just been an adventure game, but that probably wouldn't have gotten out the door.

  it doesn't control particularly well.

The game has some awkward platforming segments. The difficult curve is all over the place. It also suffers from being from the time when games of this nature had a billion different collectable items that must be found, saved, and traded in to some NPC for one arbitrary reason or another.

This reminds me of Drakensang it does.

Framerate is jacked, frustrating difficulty, and overall poor gameplay.

I didn't have any trouble with the last level at all. I have no idea why anyone says it was hard. I completed that shit and thought there was going to be a sequel since..... 

I don't understand the complaints about the difficulty, I never had any problems with the game towards the end.

I feel really guilty that I never had the problems that other people seem to always say they had. I will say this, though: any problems that game has are eclipsed by how ingenious some of its design is. Everything fades into insignificance once The Milkman Conspiracy is beheld.

There's one jump on Meat Circus I had to try about 30-40 times.

@YoungFrey said:

D) As one of the examples people like to hold up as "games as art"

I have never seen anyone actually do this with Psychonauts ever.

I played through the game for the first time about a year ago and I really enjoyed it. The gameplay held up surprisingly well, all things considered.

Last level was bad, but I still loved and its one of my favorites. 

I honestly never had a problem with the last level. Apparently everyone else here aren't REAL gamers

Most people in here have said it, and I'll say it again: The last level is atrocious. I nearly gave up entirely half-way through it. and, unfortunately, it's one of the most memorable levels for me because of that.

Taken from the Double Fine FAQ:
 

"What’s up with Meat Circus?

What’s up with Meat Circus is that you’re a sissy. Sure, sure, invisibility is very important when Raz’s dad is trying to knock you off those tight ropes. And your shield will bounce the knife thrower’s blades right into those spinning target wheels. And also you can throw a confusion grenade at that bunny and then just go pick it up, instead of trying to grab it with Telekinesis. Those things are also true. But the main point I’m trying to make here is that first one, about you being a sissy."
 
That cylindrical fire cage is rage.

@YoungFrey said:

D) As one of the examples people like to hold up as "games as art"

I have never seen anyone actually do this with Psychonauts ever.

The problems in the game are minimal and easily overlooked because of the brilliance of nearly every trip inside a brain. Lungfishopolis and The Milkman Conspiracy are probably my two favorite levels from any game ever.

@MEATBALL said:

@YoungFrey said:

D) As one of the examples people like to hold up as "games as art"

I have never seen anyone actually do this with Psychonauts ever.

I'm not trying to argue that Psychonauts is art. But Psychonauts was one of the nominees for the Smithsonian's Art of Videogames exhibit. It didn't win (Halo 2 beat it and Jet Set Radio Future).

No thang!!

I kind of found the game a bit boring. It made an awesome first impression, but after a few hours I didn't want to play it anymore. I felt like I "got" the experience and didn't want to actually have to play through any more of it. I think it was mainly the out-of-level, HUB world stuff that got to me. 

I liked the last level. 
 
My only complaint is that after the final boss and the credits roll, that's it. It just dumps you back at the title screen. I was hoping it would put me back in the hub world and let me run around and redo any of the levels and collect all the items and stuff that I missed. I'm one of those people that doesn't feel like I've completed the game until I've 100%'ed everything. It also would have been nice to get to talk to some of the characters again at the end, just to wrap up the story a bit more.