Top 50 Video Game Moments: Number 23

Today's moment comes from Psychonauts. Since that game isn't going to be on my "Top 50 Games" list, this is as good a time as any to air my grievances regarding it.

If the list was 'Top 50 Funniest Games' or 'Top 50 Games With Best Dialog', Psychonauts would be near the top. I laughed harder during Psychonauts than almost any game I've ever played. Unfortunately, as I went on, I realized that I was slogging through the gameplay, just to get to the parts where the writing shone through. Once I got to the infamous "Meat Circus", the suddenly psychotic difficulty got in the way of what was already some fairly uninspired gameplay.

To be fair, there were sections that had excellent and rewarding video game action (Lungfishopolis springs to mind), but even then, the gameplay isn't what made it good. As a written story, it's close to the best video gaming has to offer. As a video game, it just kind of gives me a 'meh' feeling.

I can see why critics loved it - Lord knows I wanted to.

Now that I got all downer, let's go on to the good times.