I know this is an annoying level to play, but honestly, I genuinely love how this level is a cramped, small space where you’re on constant display, being constantly mocked, judged and commented on, with intense time limits and numerous hazards, surrounded by toxic Doubt slime, in the boss battle and out, chaotic and anxiety inducing, you really get a sense of Compton’s anxiety, it’s so good, if frustrating to play. And then you factor in that the puppets are on his hands? The judgement he fears is nonexistant and he’s the one judging himself! Brilliant!
not to mention that their main attack is vomit, making them literal bile-spewing critics, and by using ingredients found in their vomit, you make them essentially eat their own words.
I like the usage of the goat puppets, alot. Not only do they represent the overexaggerated judgment of Compton's associates, but at the same time represent his fear where while he can succeed, everything still may blow up in his face, even literally, and feels it's all from his hands.
I feel they also represent how anxiety truly works, its usually not something someone curses you with, many times its something you do to yourself by over thinking. The goats all seem to act on their own but in the end its just Compton being overly-judgemental to himself and thanks to Raz' help he realizes he always had control of the situation
What made me sad was that the second memory vault the player found, Compton was only trying to help all the stray animals, but once they all came to thank him, he had a panic attack from all the voices and killed them all in typical Boole fashion. Great, but sad, use of the previous gimmick of the previous game. This action ultimately sent him to isolation
Never thought he killed them the same way Dogen did. That's very interesting, I hope we get some lore of this exploding psychic ability in some later game or DLC.
This was probably both my favorite and least favorite part of the game. Ingeniously designed, and with some of the best dialogue in the game (I love when the chopper is asked to chop the pig). But man it was stressful.
Good news is that you get all the rewards in the mystery boxes after you beat the level anyway. So there's no real reason to panic, which is genius because it, much like the judges, is all in your head. The level's actually not that hard
@@charlesajones77 I really like that, though. There’s going to be times where you’re going to have to work a time limit, so you have to plan accordingly.
Something I learned after the first playthrough: complete the Sensorium level first. The Time Bubble power makes navigating all of those rotating blades much easier.
As someone who suffers from anxiety, this level is incredibly relatable. Even if it’s stressful to play, it’s my favorite level in the game so far. I love Psychonauts so much
Honey pepper bacon lumberstack with watermelon sounds bomb af. Somebody actually made it and the other dishes in real life, look up Chef Andy Lunique on Twitter.
So the trick to the third one is to multitask. The blender and the boiler need time to cook their product, but the chopper and the grill cook their food with little time. The grind rails and the levitation ball help cut seconds.
This level is probably one of the shorter ones but it’s definitely the most interesting in terms of setup. Most of the other levels are “here are three doors go through them and get three themed items then the level is over”
Puppets food inflation and explosions similar to conker this shows that this game had alot of creative freedom XD this game has everything it felt really original to me
It represents him being judged and overwhelmed. In terms of game mechanics, the timer and multitasking represents his lack of confidence in juggling duties and the pressure he felt. His hand puppet and the enemy judges shows he is his own worst judge and critic. The crowd could be due to social anxiety or the chaotic voices he hear from animals with zoo-pathy
Ok but I actually wanna try and make that Lumberstack. Honey pepper bacon with a fried egg and some pancakes with honey and watermelon in the batter sounds absolutely delicious!
I love how the time running out doesn't actually matter, giving an accurate insight to how anxiety can be for some people. As the timer gets closer and you make mistakes, you can feel such overwhelming dread- but then as it hits zero... nothing happens. You're not sent back to try again. You don't die, or even lose health. You can just... keep going. The only repercussion is that you don't get that mystery box- which you can go back and get anyway in the end. Sometimes people can get so engrossed in certain things that they either forget or don't realize are not necessary, and they can stress themselves out so much over it.
I’m starting to think Dogen got his hat idea from his grandpa. Pretty sure that bowler derby’s not just fancy but is some kinda limiter for Compton’s powers. Why else would it have a keyhole on it?
Compton has to be my favorite character, he thinks that the psychonauts judge him, which is why the judge enemy is in his head, and also why there are goats that judge Raz and Compton.
I don't know if you do video games, but if you do, I would like to see the Honey Pepper Pancake Stacker from Psychonauts 2. Or anything from the Ram it Down! Segments.
@@dylanlynch3340 same here, it’s ok though. All you have to do is complete the game and then once it prompts you to continue to explore once you return the box will be gone only leaving the tag.
The difference is that if u complete within the time a mystery box opens but if u complete after the timer is done, story proceeds but the mystery box is not gonna open up
@@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419 You could get the prizes anyway after the end of the level by going back with the brain tumbler in Sasha's lab. The prizes would be just there without the 'mystery boxes', since there's no way to re-do the contest : forced to re-start the game.
I think even the utensils the judges use in the boss fight are symbolic with how they’re shark-themed. Judges can be just as vicious as sharks with how their mean comments can eat you alive.
I know this is an annoying level to play, but honestly, I genuinely love how this level is a cramped, small space where you’re on constant display, being constantly mocked, judged and commented on, with intense time limits and numerous hazards, surrounded by toxic Doubt slime, in the boss battle and out, chaotic and anxiety inducing, you really get a sense of Compton’s anxiety, it’s so good, if frustrating to play. And then you factor in that the puppets are on his hands? The judgement he fears is nonexistant and he’s the one judging himself! Brilliant!
not to mention that their main attack is vomit, making them literal bile-spewing critics, and by using ingredients found in their vomit, you make them essentially eat their own words.
Not to mention that they literally try to eat you alive during the boss fight!
Also, Tkdboy2000, 👍🤯👌‼️
The chef is a chaotic job with all those things except the mental stuff is all too real life
I found the battle annoying and not fun. Yes anxiety driven. I also was doing better before I “upgraded” razes moves or attacks. Very not cool
Not to mention the eagerness to please at the expense of himself represented by the ingredients.
I realized the hands underneath the puppets are not the people, but just Compton - meaning He’s judging himself for the things he do.
This represents his fear of failing or being judged by others
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But why goats?
I like the usage of the goat puppets, alot.
Not only do they represent the overexaggerated judgment of Compton's associates, but at the same time represent his fear where while he can succeed, everything still may blow up in his face, even literally, and feels it's all from his hands.
I feel they also represent how anxiety truly works, its usually not something someone curses you with, many times its something you do to yourself by over thinking. The goats all seem to act on their own but in the end its just Compton being overly-judgemental to himself and thanks to Raz' help he realizes he always had control of the situation
Why goats though?
I lost it when they went to use Mental Connection and ended up tossing the strawberry into space instead.
I lost it at the giant uncanny Slicer Pig actually feel a bit hesitant when told he's gonna have to slice a pig.
@@Cherrytangela it was his grandson no less
Imagine being a janitor and just walking in to see Raz t-posing over a guy having a panic attack
Probably don't pay them enough to deal with this
I just love how the Censors are like “SERIOUSLY! WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMMERCIAL! GET LOST!”
Its funny how the bees commercial has two regrets in it, because that’s exactly what you get when you break a beehive
What made me sad was that the second memory vault the player found, Compton was only trying to help all the stray animals, but once they all came to thank him, he had a panic attack from all the voices and killed them all in typical Boole fashion. Great, but sad, use of the previous gimmick of the previous game. This action ultimately sent him to isolation
@Swamp Expert Extraordinaire I figured, Ford seemed a little more together then
Never thought he killed them the same way Dogen did. That's very interesting, I hope we get some lore of this exploding psychic ability in some later game or DLC.
I live with anxiety. This level really speaks to me.
Something about these puppets chanting “EAT EAT EAT!” Killed me.
This was probably both my favorite and least favorite part of the game. Ingeniously designed, and with some of the best dialogue in the game (I love when the chopper is asked to chop the pig). But man it was stressful.
@P.G. Ferret Yeah, but you won't get the mystery gifts if you run overtime.
Good news is that you get all the rewards in the mystery boxes after you beat the level anyway. So there's no real reason to panic, which is genius because it, much like the judges, is all in your head. The level's actually not that hard
@@charlesajones77 I really like that, though. There’s going to be times where you’re going to have to work a time limit, so you have to plan accordingly.
Something I learned after the first playthrough: complete the Sensorium level first. The Time Bubble power makes navigating all of those rotating blades much easier.
As someone who suffers from anxiety, this level is incredibly relatable. Even if it’s stressful to play, it’s my favorite level in the game so far.
I love Psychonauts so much
Dang, it's so disappointing you can't replay Ram It Down when you revisit Compton's mind, this level was so fun!
As disturbing as this is, with the food being excited to be cooked, the food described looks and sounds delicous.
Honey pepper bacon lumberstack with watermelon sounds bomb af. Somebody actually made it and the other dishes in real life, look up Chef Andy Lunique on Twitter.
Just noticed that after Raz BSd his way into getting the judges to eat the dishes, they literally “ate it up” as the truth
I’m glad they made the mental energy heal more. Instead of just 1 half
So the trick to the third one is to multitask. The blender and the boiler need time to cook their product, but the chopper and the grill cook their food with little time. The grind rails and the levitation ball help cut seconds.
The grill can also be left on its own and not take too much time
@@ivan_ivankovich yes but you gotta factor in that the grill shifts which one is on
This level is probably one of the shorter ones but it’s definitely the most interesting in terms of setup. Most of the other levels are “here are three doors go through them and get three themed items then the level is over”
Yeah, that‘s what kinda bothers me about this game. I miss the different objectives, rather than just different themed worlds from the first game.
Cooking games always gave me anxiety. This did too! awesome level
This stage's boss is my favorite in this game. It's basically a Hat in Time boss and those are some of my favorite bosses in any 3D platformer.
The battle chef brigade sequel we never knew we needed.
I wonder how much fun the actors had with this level especially during “The Double Down Round” boss fight
That third one was pretty tough. When i first saw the time limit, i tought it´s impossible, but i made it with 30 secods left.
Puppets food inflation and explosions similar to conker this shows that this game had alot of creative freedom XD this game has everything it felt really original to me
Glad I'm not the only one who felt that boss fight came from Bad Fur Day, love it!
I totally blew the third meal. Thank God you don't actually have to ace this.
Yeah the third cooking segment is the hardest
Almost did it, but somehow it didn‘t throw it on the plate… TWICE
I was only late by a second, damn that pissed me off so hard.
Weird thing to say but i like compton's hat
I wonder why Compton's mental world is a game show.
It represents him being judged and overwhelmed. In terms of game mechanics, the timer and multitasking represents his lack of confidence in juggling duties and the pressure he felt. His hand puppet and the enemy judges shows he is his own worst judge and critic. The crowd could be due to social anxiety or the chaotic voices he hear from animals with zoo-pathy
As someone who tends to be their own worst critic I relate to this level alot.
I love all of Tincan Zanotto's dialogue during the boss fight. He openly admits this might get very dangerous and messy.
This level made me cried of laughter, so unexpected
The key of doing it in time is to start with the beehive and the watermelon, then do egg and bacon.
Ok but I actually wanna try and make that Lumberstack. Honey pepper bacon with a fried egg and some pancakes with honey and watermelon in the batter sounds absolutely delicious!
THE PORK CHOPPER COMMITED FRATRICIDE
Wow. You must've really hated that onion. Ya just kept chopping at it after the fact.
Yeah this is one of my favorite levels in the game lol
I love how the time running out doesn't actually matter, giving an accurate insight to how anxiety can be for some people.
As the timer gets closer and you make mistakes, you can feel such overwhelming dread- but then as it hits zero... nothing happens. You're not sent back to try again. You don't die, or even lose health. You can just... keep going.
The only repercussion is that you don't get that mystery box- which you can go back and get anyway in the end.
Sometimes people can get so engrossed in certain things that they either forget or don't realize are not necessary, and they can stress themselves out so much over it.
I’m starting to think Dogen got his hat idea from his grandpa. Pretty sure that bowler derby’s not just fancy but is some kinda limiter for Compton’s powers. Why else would it have a keyhole on it?
As someone with anxiety, this level nails it on the head
Psychic cooking show well this was crazy level may have.
I have emetophobia, this level was a literal nightmare. I had to turn the sound off, lol.
Best Boss fight in the Game well except the last one of course
Really? I thought Maligula was easily the worst boss in the game. And I agree, this was the best.
Never has a game perfectly nailed the feeling of adhd like this one
"We’re old friends! He boiled my dad and grandfather!"
That is some cooking
Plot twist: Compton is a furry
I loved this level every level to be honest just never seen anything like this in a game before talk about original
If there was a full fledged cooking styled video game that was like Ram It Down, I’d play the hell out of it.
Compton has to be my favorite character, he thinks that the psychonauts judge him, which is why the judge enemy is in his head, and also why there are goats that judge Raz and Compton.
Pork chopper being offended by cooking pig is funny
The fact that literally the pig chopper is killing its own son, basically 37:33
This man is bizzare, he beat the boss without levitation ball.
this level was always the hardest
I know this is based off American cooking shows, but all the obstacles and insults from the judges remind me more of Japanese game shows
I don't know if you do video games, but if you do, I would like to see the Honey Pepper Pancake Stacker from Psychonauts 2. Or anything from the Ram it Down! Segments.
A worthy level for me who mastered psychonauts 1
I went back into the level to grab that steamer key and the box is locked, anyone have this issue?
Having same issue and no closer to finding a solution
@@dylanlynch3340 same here, it’s ok though. All you have to do is complete the game and then once it prompts you to continue to explore once you return the box will be gone only leaving the tag.
@@CCola24 that’s brilliant! Thank you
@@CCola24 The whole game? Or just that one world, and then at some point the game will tell you to explore?
@@CCola24 I didn't finish the last food dish in time. Would it open for me after finishing the story too?
Thanks! Whats the third prize?
A luggage tag.
Literally just the hand puppets
God this level was frustrating, and pretty gross. Btw I like how Raz just throws the plates at their faces during the boss battle.
No pressure but this is Fords favorite dish lmaoooo 22222 funny
I hate how you keep going backwards with the memory vaults.
They didn't do the vaults backwards in this video
The time limit ran out on my with the last challenge but the game just ignored it 🤷🏾♂️
The difference is that if u complete within the time a mystery box opens but if u complete after the timer is done, story proceeds but the mystery box is not gonna open up
@@weplayshit1849 thats actually a good compromise i was not satysfied without doing it in time and the prizes were pretty nice
@@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419 You could get the prizes anyway after the end of the level by going back with the brain tumbler in Sasha's lab. The prizes would be just there without the 'mystery boxes', since there's no way to re-do the contest : forced to re-start the game.
@@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419 ikr!!
@@goblinounours that's true
I think even the utensils the judges use in the boss fight are symbolic with how they’re shark-themed. Judges can be just as vicious as sharks with how their mean comments can eat you alive.
What about the hippo, the cat, the frog and the pig?
26:32 does anyone otto mentalis might afraid of bees in the real world
This level is creative Im not a fan of time trial missions but this level is fun tho
Bossfight was bullshit. I had too wait 10 minutes for a pig to spawn.
ten minutes for one fucking ingredient.
My bread won’t go into the plate it doesn’t latch in to the spot
Use the levitate to take away the purple goo
If only the game had told us this. Smh.
@@breadordecideIt technically did at the beginning by saying you can use levitation to cross hazardous terrain
actual IGN reporter gameplay.
I don’t like this level. Not because of the difficulty, but the controls are just annoying.
HOW DO YOU PUSH THE BUTTON TO CHOP THE ONION?
I'm playing this for the first time using game pad (never have used gamepad before) and it gives me hard time.
I misread 'master chef' as 'master chief'
What's in the last box?
Baggage tag. The steamer trunk one I believe.
the boss fight is dumb hard : (
Use levitation to walk over the vomit
@@marfdasko yeah I think it also get rid of it with the roll levitation
this is like the best shit in the game, wtf, people don't like it?
Plays like garbage
Git gud, maybe?@@breadordecide
Wait does the beehive not have to be cooked? Lol
This was so annoying not sure how people enjoy these i had to keep doing it again cuz the game kept glitching
The gameplay in this level is so JANKY and unpolished. Good grief.
The game is very good but i hated this level
개빡치노 ㅋㅋ
WHY DOES NOBODY GIVE ME ANY BREAK'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫
I can’t make the third dish!! It’s **** impossible!!
Tried 100 times now. Most boring game ever
How do i throw the food at them like at 50:32???
I press Y to get the hands and then nothing works
@Swamp Expert Extraordinaire THANK YOU!!!
You'd think that if you press "Y" again it would disengage