Why do we need a DF breakdown of Psychonauts, exactly? It isn’t all that impressive of a game wrt tech graphics.
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That’s not the point. Every single release deserves attention.
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…not from DF.
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Not particularly true. That has never been the case.
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I think psychonauts does enough interesting stuff and the reviews are pretty high, its a very polished stable game, if ratchet and clank got like 4 videos, I think psychonauts deserves one at least
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Yeah, I mean, it’s the big 2021 release with the highest critics score, made by industry legend, probably the most polished UE4 3D platformer, etc…at least one video is warranted imo.
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Their last video is about No More Heroes 3 and it’s about 20 minutes long (also commenting on the game itself) so there is definitely enough content (comparison between versions, 120hz mode, maybe how much it improved from the earlier videos to the final version e.t.c.) and quality if they want to make a similar video about Psychonauts 2. Game may not be a powerhouse tech-wise but it is still a gorgeous game that deserves a mention in their channel IMO.
R&C is a graphics tech showcase…this isn’t about ‘fairness’ or whatever. It is about what games make sense for DF to actually look into. They can’t do every single game out there so they gotta choose what makes sense. Nobody is going to complain on the other side when there are loads of game design-focused videos analyzing Psychnonauts and not R&C.
NMH3’s vid is based on seeing how well it runs on the Switch and warning customers that it doesn’t run great.
I just don’t think it makes sense since the comparison is between a non-bespoke XSX version and a PS5 BC version of a game that isn’t even attempting to do anything special wrt game tech. There isn’t anything to really cover here. If it ran poorly, or had some interesting performance profiles or something then sure, but Psychonauts doesn’t have any of that.
They have already done numerous comparisons of even smaller games in past that are insignificant and do not “make sense”.
There are not many platformers at 120hz, they made such a fuss for a fake 120hz mode for Ratchet and now there is an actual 120fps 3d platformer they don’t even talk about it, come on dude.
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I think John likes the game and enjoying his time playing. He probably forget to make a video about it cause he is sucked into playing it 
Its so depressing to see the usual ‘wah DF aren’t covering this game wah’ stuff going on. Psychonauts 2 is a brilliant game that looks really good and runs really well. But its not pushing new tech, its not really worth doing a comparison since there is only an Xbox and PC native current gen version and its not all that relevant a game for a TECH focussed group like DF to cover. Ratchet and Clank was a AAA game and the first to really take advantage of the PS5 and its new tech in the round. So of course they covered that, like they did for Flight Sim.
But PS2 is artstyle and solid IQ - there isn’t blinding new tech or cutting edge stuff to cover - and as pointed out nor is there an interesting platform comparison to be done either.
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Using this reasoning, no Switch game should ever “be worth” of a DF video, the platform itself is a repurposed NVIDIA Shield and no Nintendo game is pushing some cutting edge technology, come on, they always do videos about legendary series/creators even if they don’t push any boudaries (there is even a retro series), it’s an odd look not having a Psychonauts 2 analysis.
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Damn oddworld soulstorm must have pushed the ps5 to it’s absolute limits, your reasoning is out of touch
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Making stuff run on the switch is interesting from a technical point of view and covering how games perform on there is clearly something DF do.
Do they cover every game released? No. They pick things that are of interest to them or they can build interesting content around. What interesting content from a technical perspective would you like them to cover in Psychonauts 2?
They did one for Oddworld though. Which is not particularly interesting in gameplay or tech wise, nor it had a great audience.
And a DF video, specifically one that highlights it’s a technically sound game could give it even more exposure so it’s not unusual for fans of the game to want one made.
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Having just watched the oddworld video they clearly had good reason to look at that game as its a highly innovative use of unity and a lot of the video focusses on physics and AI.
Come on now, are you really dying on the hill of “Oddworld is a technical marvel”?
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