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Doubts

Duh, they're right over there. Luckily they're HIGHLY FLAMMABLE!

Lili to Raz

Holds you back

–Raz's notes

Doubts are an enemy encountered in mental worlds in Psychonauts 2. They are the meta-physical manifestation of their host's doubts, and often spawn in groups the more their hosts doubts themself. They first appear in Loboto's Labyrinth. They are particularly weak to fire damage.

Appearance[]

Doubts are small, slimy, purple creatures that have short arms, glowing orange insides and eyes, and tiny sharp teeth. When attacking their mouths can enlarge.

Strategy[]

Doubts are slow, support enemies that lack damage but have rather high health. They mostly attack by attempting to bite on Raz with their expansive mouths. Their most notable move is spitting out globs of residue that can drastically slow Raz down. Doubts leave a splatter of residue when they spawn in.

Doubts do not stagger when attacked by most attacks, including PSI-Punches or PSI-Blasts. However, they're incredibly flammable and weak to Pyrokinesis, as told by Lili. Doubts set on fire take considerably more damage than normal enemies from the flames and run in panic, potentially spreading the fire to other enemies. Doubt residue is also flammable.

Trivia[]

  • Doubts vaguely resemble Nightmares from the original Psychonauts, as they're both purple amorphous entities with swirling orange glows for their eyes and insides. Doubts were likely inspired by Nightmares in some way.
  • The doubts used to called "regrets" during production. The two enemies had their name switched to better match what their respective mental afflictions typically do to a person (doubts hold you back/regrets weigh you down).
  • When using Clairvoyance on them, Doubts see Raz as a very anxious version of himself.
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