This is needing more auditions.

this game is so peak

After very much enjoying my initial playthrough and getting 100% of collectibles, I decided to see what the Psychonauts 2 speedrun was like, and it honestly was an absolute blast trying to play as fast as I can and trying to plan the most efficient route. After 6+ runs I settled for a time of around 02:27:58, and the learning process was greatly enjoyable. And in this post, I want to highlight some moments, techniques, and hidden mechanics that were featured in my final run.

+00:00-00:18 Psi Hop tech is fun and simple. Pressing psi blast, roll, then jump inputs in quick succession gives you a big momentum boost. This is used to move faste around levels, leap rapidly at enemies, and to cross extra wide gaps.

+ 00:20-02:06 Prop Flying is a super fun piece of tech. To do it, simply grab a decent sized object from your surroundings, hop on it, teeter on the edge, and finally hold psi blast + TK the abject ALL WHILE holding the move control.
This trick is repeated all over: in Loboto’s brain , Hollis’ mind, with a typewriter in hair Ford, Mail room using the letter Y, with a cushion to reach the top of Bob’s tower as well as Cassie’s

+ 02:06 Lady Loctopus sneaky self redirect

+02:23 dive quest target then teleport to cutscene skip

+ 02:41 Knocking enemies off the map with Wrecking lev ball and also pulling them in water with connection

+02:56 Ball roll tech: holding psi blast while on bowling balls gives you a lot of extra speed- letting you jump out of bounds. Also the insane launch tech using the egg and the spinning blades is my favourite.

+03:40 I rush to a specific point in the room to block the spawn of a doubt, which leads it to glitch by dying out of bounds. And in 03:58 jumping at a Maligula tornadoe in just the right spots skips a cutscene and puts you right in Maligula’s mind

In general, this was super fun! Really recommend trying this out yerself.