Lady Luctopus Casino |
–Milla Vodello
The Lady Luctopus is an opulent casino built to resemble an enormous purple octopus covered in neon suction cups and wearing a crown. The establishment is seemingly located somewhere in the middle of the ocean. Psychics are not permitted inside. The casino is guarded by anti-psychic detectors.
Psychonauts 2[]
–Hollis Forsythe
The Psychonauts, led by Hollis Forsythe, go on a covert mission to the casino, known internally as "The Casino Mission". Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello take part in this operation. Hollis initially considers the mission too dangerous for interns to participate in, but after Razputin uses Mental Connection to change her mind and render her less conscious of safety, the interns also come along. Razputin's actions unfortunately also result in Hollis developing a gambling addiction, and the Lady Luctopus itself taking root in Hollis' Mind as a representation of that addiction.
Points of Interest[]
- The Lady Luctopus: The entirety of this casino is build in the shape of an octopus; at the top of each tentacle there is at least one big or small building featured either they can be other hotels or perhaps different areas for the casino. To reach some of these areas, besides elevators, trams exists to make this translations to a place for another more easily.
- High-Roller’s Suite (Hotel): This is where the Psychonauts for this mission use this place as a base of operations. Outside, nearby the building an elevator is spotted as well as a helicopter landing pad where The Pelican remains. Inside the hotel itself a lot of the furnitures is composed of sea elements: an upper area features two mirrors with the shape of a shell including a bed with the borders featuring splashing water shapes, the small bar close to the exit of the hotel also has the shape of a large shell and the couch in the middle of the room has the form of a wave. Other than that, other features to point out are the usage of purple, pink and blue colors only.
- Crown Casino: The biggest and main place of entertainment in the Lady Luctopus, located on the highest area; this is the main center for gamblers and more importantly this is where Forsythe goes to gamble to get all the money for the Psychonauts.
- Casino: Back when the mission is resume, pass some neon rails Raz finds himself with Morris and Norma on the outside of a chained entrance for what looks to be an elevator. After norma melts down the chain Raz lands inside the elevator leading to a casino hallway with multiple slot machines and craps tables. There’s people around but on the top of the place multiple PSI Detectors roams in looking for any psychics.
- Bottom Construction Site: Right after being thrown off a window by Adam’s Yo-yo, Raz slides through an under construction area that a bit later Lizzie helps him out by freezing the water. Finishing on a large ice platform where Sam appears along with her pet whale, Esmeralda to sent Razputin high in to the air to reach the penthouse they are looking for.
- North Tower Penthouse 3896 (Hotel): After landing on the balcony of the place, Raz enters an elevator that leads to a room similar to the one they were setting the base of operations for the mission. However, this one is in a deteriorated state: infested by the smell of rotten caviar and many of the objects thrown into the ground.
- Secret Passage: Behind a large painting of an octopus, there is a secret passage to a room with evidence of the Deluginists, already in the tunnel there were many photos of the organization as well as photos of some of the agents. Strangely enough, there is a slip of paper with information about Lili Zanotto.
- Heart Island: A distant island that can be spotted on the horizon, from the perspective of the Lady Luctopus it should be on the left side. This island has mostly pine woods but the most strikingly is the large heart symbol placed in there for no reason. Perhaps it could work as an indicator for cruisers or planes that they are not far from reaching the casino (Mostly speculation).
Trivia[]
- In the Holiday Update 2020 video on the Double Fine Youtube channel, the developers are seen discussing a section where a moving tram brings Raz closer to the casino. They decide to remove the tram for time reasons, and replace it with a rail slide.
- In French, "Lady Luctopus" is called "Dame Poulpatine".