15 Reasons Why Psychonauts Is The Greatest Game Ever Made

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.
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