The name Aqua is in their last name. To expand on what you were saying, what if the hand that appears it just their subconscious mind controlling the water? Maligula was a powerful water psychic after all

@@BongWatah This is correct, the Hand of Galachio is entirely psychosomatic. Ford said that the curse was hyped up to the point where Raz's innate abilities tied to an irrational fear caused the hand to manifest. He then proceeded to mock Raz for believing in magic lmao

@@davidnalls9926 which is weird to me because like, I don’t think there’s a definitive or logical answer to the existence of psychic abilities in the games universe so it could very well be supernatural if you think about it, but that’s just my thoughts

@@BongWatah Ford says it is their own subconscious phobia that causes the curse and not an actual curse. However even non-psychic Aquatos are subject to the curse so it can't be just their own sub-conscious. EDIT: Though it's possible that "non-psychic Aquatos" are psychic without knowing it.

hydrokinesis, and yea that acctually makes sesnse since they now know the curse was psychosomatic shild to protect them

Loved the return of the BIG FIGHT.

It's also a call back

It’s Goggalor’s return

@@AlmightySmorg yes.

Like (step) mother like (step) son.

I mean on the one hand I'm tired of the "easily forgiven" trope and want to agree with you, but on the other hand the Psychic Seven have been doing very weird shit to their minds and as Raz points out here, she really couldn't control her darker instincts. It reminds me somewhat of a situation one of pioneers of anaesthesia - Horace Wells, faced later in life. He discovered that nitrous oxide could be used to painlessly extract teeth from patients. However, when performing such surgery in front of medical crowd he failed and was booed off stage. He then began working on other methods, but soon William T. G. Morton (Wells' former student and businesses partner) showed his own anaesthetic - aether (although it was first used in this role by Crawford Williamson Long, who simply never published his findings). Wells, who was also experimenting with this substance at the time, but remembering the humiliation wanted to perfect the method before showing it off, was outraged and decided to throw himself into work on anaesthesia - finding out that chloroform would also work, but became addicted to it due to intense abuse in proving its effects. One day, while higher than most kites, he run off from his lab and threw a vial of sulphuric acid at two prostitutes. He was arrested and tried for it, but while in prison he became sober enough to realise what he has done. Crushed by it, he requested escort to his house to retrieve his shaving kit and later committed suicide with the razor.

honestly I thing in this case the "Easily forgiven" trope is okay. Like what is the main work of psychonauts? Working with peoples psych and mentality, so they keep these "villains" close and helping them to reform or live a life where they can't be a harm to themselve or others anymore. I think if they just jailed them it would not help the actual problem. Considering how some prisons can be in real life, it propably would make them only worse.

@@toongrowner1 not to mention, given the context, there's a point between taking responsibility and pure revenge. Nona and maligula are essentially different people.

The lives she took in the war are fairly excusable, it's war after all. But the slaughter of the protesters? Pure evil. All they wanted was to live decent lives and they were doing it in a peaceful manner. It's not like they were storming the palace with weapons in hand.The excuse of "Ah but we all have a primative dark side which comes out when we're threatened and it's sometimes hard to put that genie back in the bottle" makes more sense when there's an actual threat. Considering who Nona is at the end there's no point in punishing her but Oleander is definitely correct. Of course Oleander would probably caused at least as much death and destruction if he'd been allowed to proceed.

​@@MrCompassionate01 I thought that she was just making it rain on the protesters, but the dam broke due to the extra water, (and possibly low maintenance), drowning the people, including her sister. Seeing her sister's body floating in the aftermath set her off, and to cope with the trauma, she didn't care anymore. Not even when her friends came to stop her. And because of her actions during the war when her mind was so weak, killing her sister, (even if it was an accident), was the final straw. Then again, I could be wrong, as I haven't played the game myself.

Such a cool detail, still not used to it. No more health loss is pretty chill

I'd been wondering about that. Haven't beaten the game yet.

Raz Great-nephew of Maligula. Maybe he can learn control water, considering his fear gone and the "curse" is lifted

@@xemnaseast2762 the curse was in his Head so if a Dlc or 3rd Comes to play Raz will learn it and that Cyro Ability Lizzie has

@@jonathonsirlord8251 he become next Maligula)))

Yea I mean honestly that what makes the best villains!

No kidding. Im not used to a modern piece of entertainment having this much heart and kindness. I think i may be getting too cynical lol

It also treats mental illness with respect. The patients in the first game aren't ridiculed or treated as freaks, and Raz takes time to help them with their illnesses. The second game also respects more minorities, including physical disability, sexuality, war refugees and veterans, etc.

@@thebiolibrary5572 Right, but it importantly it doesn’t treat everything like fine crystal ether. Like let’s boldly face it, sometimes the symptoms and manifestations of mental illness are humorous! When someone with dissociative identify disorder starts talking like Napoleon Bonaparte, both the person themselves and observer can still acknowledge it can contextually be funny (if it’s a moment where the person isn’t suffering) in a humane way, without laughing “at” the person or illness. It’s usually not even healthy to not be able to see some levity in it all.

Yeah like forgiving someone that has murdered tons of people with no repercussions. Neither for Ford that destroyed the minds and cause so much shit

Like First Game like Second Game. Ending with everything they've got and Gaining a Giant form.

@@mitchellalexander9162, Well yes but no. In Psychonauts, you did become giant and you did fight a giant boss at the end, but not in the same level. I actually liked the giant hulking lung fish level, a Kid Kaiju with psychic powers, Yes Please!

@@nickpossum3607 Well I was talking about Two headed Dad the boss where you have to defend till you're giant and can attack the boss. Augustus also pulls the Giving his son everything he's got thing to do it to Raz.

Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot

THE FEELS

She was broken, her death led to her madness

actually that was something that bugged me but I think I know why. It's a coping mechanism. She was so close to breaking the only way she could rationalize is "well I killed lots of people, she is no different". Its not true, but she is a stand in for a extreme fight or flight response. It's not madness, its that part of her suppressing her guilt.

I think at that point she was mostly isolated from the rest of Nona, seeing as how they were finally able to split apart. That was only the dark part of her remaining

She just goes "Oh no... anyways"

It's pretty telling since Raz had found out that his real grandmother died because of Lucy, and he was upset with Ford for putting those projections or false memories into his dad and the whole family. But in the end Lucy is still family to Raz, I hope we do get dlc where we see how he and his family are feeling after Lucy's mind has returned

Raz: Bruh

I'LL TAKE IT!

You get paid in experience.

I hated Raz being an intern at start but seeing the organization run, from Janitors to Top Agents it’s not bad

To be fair, that's probably only because they are still minors.

Well, there isn't ALWAYS a reason - at least one that can be understood and apparent (some folks really do seem to have a 'seed of evil' in them) - but the whole thing is a really good look at humanist and Jungian philosophy; archetypes, conquering the beast, and whatnot.

Yeah me too

@@pozytywnawibracja17 I personally would love it to reveal who Loboto's SON is, maybe even having raz go on a mission to fix him even farther... Like find out that Loboto's condition could be reversed at least slightly, which actually makes him a better dentist and surgeon. Using psychic powers to do his job.

@@electrobob992 Loboto son? *cough* Bobby *cough*

electrobob992 its Bobby Its so obvious

Hopefully with Microsoft funding the studio you won’t have to

Honestly oleander should be glad he wasn't sent to jail or some prison for doing those terrible things. Atleast the psychonauts let him stay but doesn't mean they'll forget what he did at camp

@@BanishedSilentShadow3318 considering how some prisons are run, it propably is the better alternative. A lot of people and prisons forget that prison are supposed to reform the people, instead of just punishing them. That often is sadly not the case, and prisoners are treated in a way that they become even worse. Not to mention societies stigma against people who went to jail. So this game instead going the route to keep these "villains" around and helping better them selve in the mental and real world is certainly a good move.

@@toongrowner1 forget? some people hate the idea.

Best ship in history

Raz: "I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!"

@@mrdeun3655 for the memes! :D

16:17 🤣

Raz does have a good soul, so Sam probably just liked what she saw lol.

And promoting rehabilitation over retribution.

Its meant to be what they were going for since it has the same graphics style from Psychonauts but there are some good rendering that wasnt in the first game that I like here. :)

Don't go giving me ideas now I just might try and do it

@@imperielgenecist1317 Do it, coward.

Goggalor is immune to bullets. And love.

She looks like Yzma with a sorta Cruella de Vil aesthetic and I love it

And he's Zim, which once you hear it you'll never unhear it.

@@WittyProfileName and his astral projection is voiced by Gir too!!

@@WittyProfileName dont forget kaos from skylanders

Richard is Kaos from Skylanders

@@aderose I could have sworn the little gf was original gaz voice actress too.

Same

ABSOLUTELY. If it loses to something more generic or doesn’t even get nominated, I’m gonna be VERY pissed off

@@aderose its gonna probably happen because bullshit game awards

I'm not a game of the year contender, but yeah Psychonauts 2 definitely is

Tbh I did enjoy this game alot so hopefully this'll get the recognition it deserves where the first game didn't, even though I heard the first and know the first game is good but I don't know of the sales at the time didn't do well

What? But Grulovia is like Russian-Minor like country (Ukraine or Bośnia)

@@pozytywnawibracja17 Raz is half grulovian from his fathers side, his mother is probably the Psychonauts universe's equivalent to italian

Nona is like a feminine sounding name in russian. Probably a nickname for his real grandma.

It’s nonna, not nona

@@titovelez989 Yep, especially since his Mom has an Italian name and she has the slight accent.

Still kind of hated them at the end, except for Sam. They're all a bunch of try hard wannabes in my book lol

The Booles all reign supreme

By the end there I actually really liked Lizzie, Sam and Adam. They ended up being ok. But they're all still jerks

I was actually convinced Adam was the mole since he knocked Raz out of the window during the Lucktopus mission then seemingly dissapeared. Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but I never ran into him again until finishing the game.

What was the easter egg

@@nekogamer2508 in one of the chapters, i don’t remember which one, i played it a real while ago, in a secret passage there’s a skeleton, that skeleton resembles the main character

I don't know but it got the biggest laugh out of me in the whole game

I think she just likes messing with him.

Well I think the best option for a future story is finding Helmut's body, I'm also curious if Raz's grandfather is actually dead, his name is often defined as "coming back from death" we don't know if Lazarus was psychic or the limitations psychic powers have so he could returned as an antagonist.

@@azurengamer9392 I think we already had the "Raz family backstory" adventure, and I still think it's a bit contrived to have it tie into the founding of the Psychonauts too - less "right guy wrong place" and more "chosen bloodline", you know? Again, I just hope the next game (god willing within our lifetimes) goes for uncharted ground. Helmut's body is a start...

@@D3wd20p maybe they could do something with Otto since he was the only member who’s mind wasn’t explored also if I remember correctly he did say something about going deeper into the human mind then ever before so maybe that could play into it

Either making True Psychic Tales defictionalized. Or the only other Creative directions you could take Psychonauts IMO: A LOT of study of Spy Thrillers, Mental disorders, psychology, classical conditioning, brainwashing, etc for inspiration.

This turned off the soundtracks

Hopefully without another 15 years

@GoTi4No I’m sure we will get some form of dlc. Waaayyy too much money for ms

@GoTi4No If you talk to Agent Foresight after the credits, you can see hints of a possible third game story.

Billy is probably his most well known roll

richard horvitz, the guy who voices Raz, also voices Moxie

After you eat the game you can actually go to the green needle gulch and see her hanging out with ford

Her full model is seen walking (from behind) at the end of Tomb of the Sharkophagus. I think that's the only time she doesn't have the water around her.

Also the voice of grrr is his paper double

@@ToyGuruMan Omg, I how did I not notice this before xDDD But this game was REALLY self aware with some jokes, the devs really knew what they were doing.

I kinda hope they don't. Waiting that long for a sequel waa frankly obnoxious. And now they don't have to since they don't have to crowd source to fund their games anymore.

aka Goggalor! >:3

He is. He’s been in a lot of stuff.

It is the 25 for those who didn't pre order or got an advanced copy to build up the hype as for the people who pre ordered they got to play it at 8pm on the 24th

Yep and the same guy who voice Zim in Invader Zim.

Nona's case is complicated

It's the same VA he's returned from the first game that happened 16 years ago (in universe 2 days ago) he also did invader Zim, Chaos, Billy, and your alien shop dude from destroy all humans (i forgot his name sorry)

Same voice actor

They turned it off

Why?

KZfaq's copyright policy. It's so fucking obvious.