New years eve this year was spent in the best way possible. Me and @emuse just hung out at home, cooked traditional food, drank wine and beer and played video games together. We didn't put on any nice clothes. I was sitting in my slacks and t-shirt. At midnight we went up unto the roof of the building to watch the fireworks. This beats most other new years eve celebrations that I had.
Our plan was to play a little bit of Mario Kart then perhaps some World war Z. We instead decided to make use of the current Steam sale and get a game we've been oogling for a while. It Takes Two. We've both seen and heard good things about this game and we've been exciting to play it at some point. Yesterday would be the day.
First off I have to congratulate the developers on the fact that both players don't have to buy the game. @emuse bought it for her account and all I had to do was download a free version of the game called the It Takes Two Friends Pass. This lets me join and play the full game as long as I'm invited by someone who owns the full game. Fantastic.
First Impressions
The game starts out with a rather long cutscene explaining the theme and the backstory of the game. The short version is that there's this girl Rose who'se parents are getting divorced. She's made dolls of them and when she finds out about the divorce she cries and her tears fall on them. The parents are then transformed into these dolls and now have to find their way back to their bodies by working together.
My first thoughts was that it was a bit of a cliche story. That doesn't matter to me though as long as the gameplay is good which it definitely is. The whole game is basically about running around and solving puzzles to advance through the world. These puzzles are both intuitive and somewhat challenging and they're definitely increasing in difficulty throughout the game.
In some parts one of us has to hold a lever while the other goes through the open door to try and open it for the other person from the other side. In some parts one of us has to control the platforms the other one can walk on to traverse across a ravine to open the bridge for the other person. Some puzzles are simple and some require a bit more brainpower.
What's cool is that even if we're sitting in separate rooms and playing on different computers the game is still in split screen for each of us. We can always see what the other one is doing which I quite like. Sometimes we have to split up and we can still work together to figure out the puzzle the other person is working on. I was a bit skeptic to this at first but it turned out fine.
We played for 2,5 hours yesterday and I hope we're far from done with the game. We puzzled out way through the families toolshed yesterday fighting a vacuum cleaner and a toolbox for bosses. We started working our way through the yard before calling it a day yesterday. We're both excited to jump back into this today and continue the puzzles.
Seeing as two can play this game with just one copy I can safely say that this is a great buy at the current Steam sale. It's just $10 and you'll get a lovely experience out of those $10.
All images in this post are screenshots taken by me.
Amigo, muy felices fiestas. La verdad que es una novedad enorme lo que cuentas acerca de que solo hayq eu comprar unjuegopero que pueden jugar dos personas, en su momento tambien quise jugar esta entrega con mi novia pero aqui en Argentina el juego estaba realmente caro y comprar doscopiasno era una opcion ni remotamente cercana para mi asi que ahora me estas haciendo cambiar de opinion ya que solo meharia falta comprar una copia, lo tendre en cuenta. El juego se ve realmente genial y entretenido, desde que salio me ha llamado la atención.
It's on 75% sale for a few days still so hurry up and grab it!
I haven't played this game yet, but I've watched a lot of videos about it on YouTube and it's probably one of the best few games a couple can play, man. It's great to spend Christmas together with this game. I was alone as a loser.
It really is a gem. I hope we see more games like this in the future.
Dude this game is such an amazing experience. Not only the fun gameplay, but just the simple fact that it’s the perfect relationship builder. I’ve gotten halfway through it twice with two different girls. I hope that one day I can actually finish this game because I feel it should only be played with a significant other for the full experience.
Definitely! We're taking it slow and playing other games at the same time instead of rushing through it. Making it last as long as it can. Hope you get to complete it soon!
Un feliz año nuevo, yo tambien la pase asi en casa, en pijama y viendo los fuegos artificiales por la ventana, que gusto ver que otras personas tienen gustos parecidos en estas fechas :)
Este juego me recuerda uno que probe con mi esposa (ella estando embarazada, fireboy and watergirl), el cual tienen que pulsar botones para que otro pase y esquivar charcos de agua y fuego :) me hiciste recordar mucho a ese, por lo que voe fomenta mucho el trabaj oen equipo, eso es clave junto a una buena comunicacion :)
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A happy new year, I also spent it like this at home, in my pajamas and watching the fireworks through the window, it's nice to see that other people have similar tastes on these dates :)
This game reminds me of one that I tried with my wife (she was pregnant, fireboy and watergirl), which has to press buttons for another to pass and avoid puddles of water and fire :) you reminded me a lot of that one, so I voe It encourages teamwork a lot, that is key along with good communication :)
I've heard about the fireboy and watergirl game but never tried it. I hope you get to play this one day.
Very late I'm afraid but just wanted to confirm - AMAZING game. There's a remake of one of their old games coming out very soon if not out already. But I gotta get through my Final Fantasy's first, and then Elden Ring DLC comes out... argh!
It truly was. We had a lot of fun all the way through and will probably play it again in the future. We all suffer from this mate. To many games, to little time. The curse of the gamer.
what a curious game, I find it very interesting.
You heard a great new year eve and the movie is kind of interesting but you did not tell us whether they were able to work together or not. Am sure after everything they will not wish for the divorce again. Happy new year.
Well it's a video game and not a movie and as I stated in the post we didn't finish it yet.