TLDR; If you really want to get this game for more Psychonaut content, achievements, and something to play around on VR, grab this game on a sale (I got it when it was 80% off). The game is more of a glorified tech demo as the VR craze was really taking off. If you want the story, it's short enough to just watch a couple videos on YouTube.
Taking place right after the events of the first game, this sequel is more of a 1.5 than a direct. We follow Raz, Lili, Sasha, Oleander, and Milla heading directly to a mission to rescue the Grand Head of the Psychonauts. You use a variety of psychic powers throughout the game to solve puzzles, navigate the world, and find out what happened to Grand Head Truman.
All the characters still have their wonderful charm and personalities, even after 13 years of a hiatus the Double Fine team continues to deliver. The dialogue still has a lot of it's wit, and the story was a fun little adventure that, while straight forward, had me sit through the entire thing in one go.
The gameplay itself is alright. The game is a point and click adventure in a VR space. There is no hand tracking, everything is done at the center of your vision to interact. There may be reason that this was due to limitations to PSVR, however I have not researched this. You have a five powers to use, you use them in combination to solve the puzzles that pop up as you follow along the story. A lot of these powers are limited, and one is mainly used just to traverse. There isn't much 3D space to play in, honestly it's more of a sitting game.
There isn't really much to say about Psychonauts in the Rhombus Ruins. At the original price tag at $19.99, I have to say it's a hard pass until a sale if you really want it. There isn't really much "wow" factor for this game, as the VR aspect is more of a tech demo. There is a point that since this is game about psychics who use your mind to control things, that this point and click adventure works actually well. However, around this time games like RE7 added it's VR mode, Beat Saber, and Robo Recall released, the Alien Isolation VR mod too. These games pushed the VR scene a bit more compared to Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin. If you really want to play this game yourself, then I would 100% recommend buying it on a sale. I would also turn this review into a recommend if the game's price dropped.
