So in this game, Hollis' levels are dedicated to showing just how badly recklessly trying to affect people's minds without their consent can go, and Sasha explicitly points out to Raz that because of the immense power they hold over a person's mind, the Psychonauts have to respect the boundaries of their patients and be careful not to overstep them. After that, he flees with the other patients, never to be seen again, and we never know whether or not he changed for the better. This is driven home especially in the "Milkman Conspiracy" level, where Boyd Cooper, thanks to Raz, changes from a paranoid gatekeeper to his old arsonist self, as he destroys the building near the end of the story. While the original game treats the patients with enough respect to make this a non-issue, Raz performing mental psychiatry for people who physically can't say no has implications that are questionable at best. While Edgar and Fred had expressed a desire to be helped, Gloria and Boyd couldn't ask for it due to their impairments. In the first game, Raz invaded the minds of the four mental patients of Thorney Towers under dubious consent.Additionally, the few Suicide as Comedy jokes from the first game were removed entirely, as most suicide jokes have drifted into offensive territory. Abusive Parents, which were frequently used in the campers' backstories as Black Comedy, are used extremely sparingly and always Played for Drama. Some of the humor in the first game has become unacceptable in the years since, as mental health awareness has become a more sensitive issue, and was (rightfully) left in 2006.Tim Schafer would acknowledge this backlash in a 2015 Reddit AMA, stating he was unaware of the word's history and that it would not be used in Psychonauts 2. As the years passed between the first Psychonauts' release, there was growing pushback against the game's casual use of the word "gypsy", which is considered a slur towards the Romani people.It just speaks in muffled voice lines instead. Even the pin that is meant to 'mute' the archetype doesn't entirely keep it quiet.
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However, getting the Chain Brain upgrade for your Psi-Blasts and attacking the Enabler that way (or any enemy around the Enabler and shielded enemy) will more often than not result in the other projectiles uselessly hitting the protected enemy, with Raz commenting over and over that the enemy is shielded from damage and that the player needs to attack the Enabler. If you attack an enemy being shielded by an Enabler, Raz will inform the player to attack the Enabler instead.
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