

You respawn quick and jump right back into the fun. Jump off a ledge or die by an enemy as many times as you’d like. One aspect of It Takes Two that makes the game more enjoyable and would probably be seen as a negative effect to many other games is the infinite lives given to each player. There are some very interesting challenges and boss battles which require the same amount of patience and participation. The puzzles don’t come off as too frustrating or difficult, but just enough to get players talking and coordinating their plan. Solving those puzzles with someone next to you is as enjoyable as anyone would have online. If you guessed one is hammering those nails while the other sets it up, you are correct. Playing as May for example allows you to carry a hammer in one portion of the story while Cody carries nails. The biggest emphasis for this game, as mentioned before is cooperation. Each character’s emotions are properly conveyed thanks to the voice acting and almost seems like the character models were motion captured to consistently maintain top quality. Omitting the voice acting as A+ quality would be a disservice and absolutely adds to the charm and love put into this game. The story beats and cutscenes go by quick so you can jump right back in the gameplay, meaning that it never overstays its welcome and ends up annoying at each scene. The story is enjoyably ridiculous and magical with a great sense of humor and charm.

Each player can play as any one of these two characters when they start up the game and have their own pros and cons throughout their journey of love, cooperation and understanding perspectives, all to break the curse. a Spanish book of love at that (the language of love). This affects their daughter Rose which inadvertently cursed them both into living dolls by a magic book titled Dr. Playing as either May or Cody, It Takes Two revolves around a married couple on the brink of divorce who continue to argue and blame each other for their mistakes. If or when there is no one by your side to play this fun co-op, you can still play online with anyone on your friends list even if they don’t have a copy of the game. Their latest game It Takes Two has a similar ideology that makes co-op games just as fun as they use to be.

Games such as Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and A Way Out encourage you to play with a friend side by side in split-screen co-op action. The developers at Hazelight Studios specialize in strictly making co-op games and have this idea of bringing the word “couch” back into the fold with a twist. Very little “couch co-op” games exist and when they do, they don’t fare well amongst Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Destinytype video games. Since the past few console generations, online multiplayer has been king.
