15 Reasons Why Psychonauts Is The Greatest Game Ever Made

By Richard John Dorricott /

10. Character Backstories

Hidden away in each level are memory vaults, small pig shaped vaults that can be smashed open by the player to reveal slideshows of various character€™s memories. As a storytelling device, the vaults really are pretty ingenious; they communicate important information without the use of expository dialogue, and help better characterise the cast of characters in the most subtle and unobtrusive way possible.