

The therapy angle is heavier in some levels than in others. Show me where that appears in a textbook, and I’ll eat my hat. “Therapeutic underpinnings,” might be a bit generous, considering that in one stage you are literally fighting alongside squirrels decked out in full military outfits. Each level sees May and Cody attempting to accomplish a specific task that has therapeutic underpinnings. Blake picked May, a snarky, exasperated Englishwoman, while I picked Cody, an easy-going house husband. Structurally, It Takes Two is divided into nine levels, each with its own themes, unique assets, and gameplay mechanics. Big talk for the guy who ended up minutes behind me in that part in the ice level. But having to drag their partner’s dead weight around for countless hours? I wonder what that must feel like, Andrew?įor sure. The story in It Takes Two is of remarkably good quality, and the script is well written.Īs you might imagine, the process of them finding common ground is one hell of an adventure, to be sure. Hakim that they’ll need to fix their relationship to have any hope of reclaiming their fleshy forms. Her parents, May and Cody, awaken in doll bodies, only to be told by a terrifying book monster named Dr. Why, that sounds like something a witch would say, Blake. How was the kid to know she was inadvertently practicing voodoo? Her tears just so happened to fall on dolls that she made of her parents. The poor little girl just found out her parents were splitting up, so she was crying. To be fair, I think it was a bit more earnest than that. All for the purposes of torturing them due to their impending divorce. It Takes Two tells the story of a little girl named Rose who uses witchcraft to turn her parents into dolls. Has anyone ever told you that you worry too much? It took two of us to play it, so why wouldn’t it take both of us to review it?īlake: I would just like to state for the record that this is a terrible idea. Mercifully, the review-writing process is a single-person experience.Īndrew: Not so fast, Sonny Jim. Luckily, our friendly, neighborhood Reviews Editor Andrew Farrell had a bit of free time this weekend too, so we both dove in. Recently, I had the chance to play the entirety of Hazelight Studio’s most recent co-op exclusive showcase, It Takes Two.
