The lovely uncertified dentist (and even more uncertified brain surgeon plus mad scientist!)
She was my "How Walter White became Heisenberg" character, one of my first true 2D loves of all time, ever since 2020-2021 till this day (3 to 4 years!) even if it has fizzled out. Where do I even begin?
My first ever exposure to Dr Loboto was through the game Smile For Me, most likely due to how the first psychonauts game inspired (mostly) the art direction of Smile For Me and that there was a running crack/crossover ship that involved both game's main antogonists, Dr Habit and Dr Loboto.
When I finally started to get interested in Psychonauts, which was a while til more new information about Psychonauts 2's development and release date, I actually innitially didn't pay any mind to Loboto! Crazy to think about now...
I honestly think it was because 1. I was obsessed over other characters at the time, namely the Thorney Tower squad (Fred, Boyd, Edgar and Gloria) and 2. I was self concious over my favourite character being, at the time, the most popular and "overrated" character of the franchise, not helped by Loboto being the secondary "Tumblr Sexyman" character.
The point of no return was in early 2021 where after a (more or less) traumatic incident occurred in my life, I fully mentally latched on Dr Loboto for comfort and joy, I indulged even more in media of her in any way I could find and it generally fueled my obsession towards her for the remainder of my Psychonauts interest.
It may seem funny to say, but Dr Loboto is one of the few fictional characters in my life that made it just a little better, her presence comforts me even til this day. Cali will always have a spot in my heart.
On a side tangent, anyone raise your hand up if you were just a little disappointed Psychonauts 2 seem to completely forget Dr Loboto's character arc established from Rhombus Of Ruin, cause I know I was. It's really unfortunate how ROR became "optional" material in the Psychonauts franchise, especially considering how important that game was to Dr Loboto's character!!!
I understand to an extent the limitations they had with contineuing Dr Loboto's arc, but still it was really sad to see how her redemption arc was completely undermined past her level, same with how not present she was during the entire Psychonauts 2 story campaign :-[, for shame...
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