![]() ![]() ![]() #It takes two chapter list professionalI struggled to complete the game ahead of this review - and admittedly didn’t in the end - because my co-op partner, a medical professional who has been working long, COVID-filled hours on top of being on call this week simply had to work. While a unique experience for sure, It Takes Two‘s very nature could potentially make it troublesome. Again, if you play online, it’s best to do it with someone you’re quite familiar with. If you can’t go the local co-op route - and that’s certainly understandable in a time of varying COVID-19 lockdowns around the world - a special Friend’s Pass means you’ll be able to purchase the game once and share it between two players. Just like Cody and May bicker with one another, you’ll certainly find yourself doing that with the person you play with… so it’s better if you can read body language and take a quick break when you start seeing a vein pop out of someone’s temple due to frustration. While you can play online or local co-op, it’s for this reason that I’d suggest local play wherever possible communication is key. There are a couple head-scratchers as you progress, but always in the way in which you’ll find yourself nodding in appreciation and respect when the answer finally comes to your duo. It Takes Two does a wonderful job in teaching you how each level’s new powers work, slowly upping the difficulty on the puzzles that unfold. While puzzles and enemies requiring teamwork will dot the landscape of any chapter, each feels unique and fresh. You’ll start out jumping and dashing in chase of a handful of sentient fuses but before long will be manipulating gravity, time and space or tag-teaming to shoot sap and rockets at wasps. This deviation from realism provides It Takes Two numerous opportunities to change level settings, Cody and May’s powers and also introduces a themed boss for each major chapter. The items in May’s toolbox come alive, while the woodland creatures around the family home all gain voices and motivations and vaccuum cleaners seek revenge for sucking up too many champagne corks. While the pair gain magical abilities - like the ability to cheat death, double jump, dash and the like - so too do the objects around them. It Takes Two starts off as photorealistic, but quickly shifts to a stylised, childlike view of the world that befits the clay and wooden bodies of Cody and May respectively. Guided by Dr Hakim, a literal Book of Love, Cody and May are forced to work together to return to their bodies… and if Dr Hakim has anything to say about it, to repair their relationship as well. The pair break the news to their daughter Rose, whose grief with the situation inadvertently causes the displacement of her parents’ souls into two dolls. You and a friend play as Cody and May, two parents who are beginning divorce proceedings. Though with this one, of course, you’re in control of the characters you see on the screen rather than just watching them from afar. ![]() The idea of two-player puzzles and mini-games may have ultimately come from A Way Out, but It Takes Two ditches notions of realism for a magical romp that could double as Pixar’s latest animated treasure. Decent enough, it almost worked as a proof of concept that It Takes Two has improved upon tenfold. While Brothers placed its two characters in the control of a single player, A Way Out enforced the two-player requirement through a gritty, realistic narrative that revolved around a prison break. Or, as It Takes Two‘s MacGuffin, Dr Hakim, puts it: “this is a story of collaboration!” If you’re unfamiliar with Hazelight’s shtick, it’s relatively simple: a wholly two-player affair, you and a partner must work together to covercome whatever obstacle is in your way. It’s also the studio’s first contribution to EA’s indie-styled EA Originals label, joining the likes of the iconic Unravel. It Takes Two is the latest from Hazelight, a title we described as “a further evolution of Brothers A Tale of Two Sons‘ groundbreaking co-op style gameplay and the realism added by A Way Out,” earlier in the month. The Pixar film treatment gets an injection of varied gameplay. ![]()
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