This upvote is conditional on getting it on a big sale. For full price, this is a "not recommend".
I was wondering if I should put it at not recommended, but decided against it because it is a good game despite all what you will read further down. Just not worth the asking price. Nearly no game is worth that much.

It's a nice game all in all. It's pretty polished and so far I found no way to make it bug out or softlock. You are an aspiring psychic adventurer that goes in peoples brains and messes them u.. I mean fixes them.
On its own it's great, just compared to the first one it feels off.
And I'm going to complain about this in relations to the first game now.

Your powers are fun, but they're mostly the same ones as in part 1, and levitation was so nerfed they really just should have put in a third jump instead of dangling that carrot in front of you. Some quite interesting stuff gets introduced early just so the game can berate you for using it and it gets never used again, which is a shame, that would have been a fun mechanic.
You won't find iconic levels like the milkman conspiracy or whatever the goggolor level was called here, but the levels that are around are nice. But they all played the same, maybe with the expception of a cooking show. The variety we had in Psychonauts 1 is not here. They did look very different, looks wise they were not at all all the same, just gameplay wise, which honestly wouldn't be an issue if we didn't have part 1 to compare.
Also, in the first entry, the levels seemed to be very much connected to whose brain you are in. And now? They feel way more random. There's nothing connecting cruller to a mailman after all. Sure it has the framing device of a letter he apparently didn't send, but that's all there is to it. This is not to say most brains are random, just.. many of them are connected by the thinnest of threads.
In general it's a pretty linear pretty standard 3d platformer. Where you run way too slowly and invisible walls are aplenty.
It's also way less funny. Most humor is just "oh so random" and puns.
But I gotta say, having a way to know in which area you still lack collectibles thanks to the alien slug was a welcome addition.
The story was all in all pretty good, but they foreshadowed stuff so heavily I really kinda rolled my eyes at Razputin not putting it together and being surprised. I mean, even knowing there were 7 at the start and the 7th member of the psychic 6 is never mentioned is such a dead giveaway and that happens extremely early in the game.
The characters are also not that great. The best one are recurring ones. The interns you now get instead of the campers are just.. Yeah not great. that they did get promoted to junior psychonauts alongside you despite doing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but insult you for all of the game except the last fight felt like a personal insult. I did all the work, why are those token bozos being promoted?
All in all, as a fan of the first one, it's a bit of a let down but still a fun game.
Your standard part 2 that doesn't live up to part 1, I guess.

Oh, I should mention, it plays great with keyboard and mouse. I crap on games aplenty for not supporting the primary peripherals of where they sell, but this is not one of them.

But no where in hell is it worth the price they want. Maybe it's heavy on localized prices, but here it's 74$. After more than 4 years. Ludicrous. Play the first one or get another collectathon like Hat In Time.
Or, wait for a sale, don't get it over $30. Maybe 40 if you feel generous but..

The dude that made it, Tim Shafer, hates gamers anyway. He can't stand you. He used literal sockpuppets to make fun of you. Now that may have been 10 years ago but I doubt he got better. Screw this dude. I have a signed copy of the first psychonauts behind me in my shelf, I loved it so much that I actually bought it again with signature directly from double fine, despite international delivery. That was before that dude showed how vile he was just to gather sympathies of people that don't play games. That's why I waited 4 years for a big sale and it was well worth the 8 bucks I paid. But not 74 even if you don't share my contempt for the guy.

This upvote is conditional on getting it on a big sale. For full price, this is a "not recommend". I was wondering if I should put it at not recommended, but decided against it because it is a good game despite all what you will read further down. Just not worth the asking price. Nearly no game is worth that much. It's a nice game all in all. It's pretty polished and so far I found no way to make it bug out or softlock. You are an aspiring psychic adventurer that goes in peoples brains and messes them u.. I mean fixes them. On its own it's great, just compared to the first one it feels off. And I'm going to complain about this in relations to the first game now. Your powers are fun, but they're mostly the same ones as in part 1, and levitation was so nerfed they really just should have put in a third jump instead of dangling that carrot in front of you. Some quite interesting stuff gets introduced early just so the game can berate you for using it and it gets never used again, which is a shame, that would have been a fun mechanic. You won't find iconic levels like the milkman conspiracy or whatever the goggolor level was called here, but the levels that are around are nice. But they all played the same, maybe with the expception of a cooking show. The variety we had in Psychonauts 1 is not here. They did look very different, looks wise they were not at all all the same, just gameplay wise, which honestly wouldn't be an issue if we didn't have part 1 to compare. Also, in the first entry, the levels seemed to be very much connected to whose brain you are in. And now? They feel way more random. There's nothing connecting cruller to a mailman after all. Sure it has the framing device of a letter he apparently didn't send, but that's all there is to it. This is not to say most brains are random, just.. many of them are connected by the thinnest of threads. In general it's a pretty linear pretty standard 3d platformer. Where you run way too slowly and invisible walls are aplenty. It's also way less funny. Most humor is just "oh so random" and puns. But I gotta say, having a way to know in which area you still lack collectibles thanks to the alien slug was a welcome addition. The story was all in all pretty good, but they foreshadowed stuff so heavily I really kinda rolled my eyes at Razputin not putting it together and being surprised. I mean, even knowing there were 7 at the start and the 7th member of the psychic 6 is never mentioned is such a dead giveaway and that happens extremely early in the game. The characters are also not that great. The best one are recurring ones. The interns you now get instead of the campers are just.. Yeah not great. [spoiler]that they did get promoted to junior psychonauts alongside you despite doing jack shit but insult you for all of the game except the last fight felt like a personal insult. I did all the work, why are those token bozos being promoted?[/spoiler] All in all, as a fan of the first one, it's a bit of a let down but still a fun game. Your standard part 2 that doesn't live up to part 1, I guess. Oh, I should mention, it plays great with keyboard and mouse. I crap on games aplenty for not supporting the primary peripherals of where they sell, but this is not one of them. But no where in hell is it worth the price they want. Maybe it's heavy on localized prices, but here it's 74$. After more than 4 years. Ludicrous. Play the first one or get another collectathon like Hat In Time. Or, wait for a sale, don't get it over $30. Maybe 40 if you feel generous but.. The dude that made it, Tim Shafer, hates gamers anyway. He can't stand you. He used literal sockpuppets to make fun of you. Now that may have been 10 years ago but I doubt he got better. Screw this dude. I have a signed copy of the first psychonauts behind me in my shelf, I loved it so much that I actually bought it again with signature directly from double fine, despite international delivery. That was before that dude showed how vile he was just to gather sympathies of people that don't play games. That's why I waited 4 years for a big sale and it was well worth the 8 bucks I paid. But not 74 even if you don't share my contempt for the guy.