Don’t Break Up in It Takes Two | Game Review
Put your relationship to the test in It Takes Two, an unromantic co-op game that explores life post-marriage. Will it all end in divorce?
It Takes Two Features
What is It Takes Two All About?
Team up with a friend or loved one to play as May and Cody. Their daughter Rose is so upset by the news of her parents potentially splitting up that she unknowingly turns them into her toy dolls.
It’ll take a little bit of therapy from Dr. Hakim, a passionate book, to help this warring pair play nicely together if they want to find their way back to their daughter, and their human bodies.
Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two, a genre-bending platform adventure created purely for co-op. Play as the clashing couple Cody and May, two humans turned into dolls by a magic spell. Trapped in a fantastical world, they’re reluctantly challenged with saving their fractured relationship by the suave love guru Dr. Hakim. A huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges stand between them and their return to normal.
It Takes Two – EA
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Our Experience of It Takes Two
It Takes Two opened up conversations about topics we’d never discussed as a couple. It moved us both to tears and made us roar with laughter.
This was my fiance’s game-pick. He discovered it and introduced it to me.
Splitscreen Couch Co-op
I tackled May while my fiance played Cody. Each character possesses unique abilities and follows their own path throughout the game. Sometimes split screen gives me a headache because the UI is so small, but I didn’t have that problem with It Takes Two.
Storyline and Characters
Each character in It Takes Two is relatable. Cody is a stay-at-home dad who feels like a failure, May is the family breadwinner who buried her passion to support her family and Rose is all of us, just wanting a normal family. From the main characters to the NPCs you come across on your journey – each one adds value to this action-packed game.
Visuals and Levels
It Takes Two is truly genre-bending! Each level had its own unique style which kept us on our toes. It was hard to put down, similar to binge-watching a new series on Netflix, we just wanted to keep playing. It was impressive how seamlessly it blended innovation with a hint of nostalgia, creating an experience that feels both new and familiar at the same time.
Compared to Games like A Way Out and Portal 2
It Takes Two truly stands alone and has one many awards for being incredibly innovative but there are 2 games that spring to mind that I can draw comparisons from – A Way Out and Portal 2.
Created by the same studio as It Takes Two, A Way Out is a game that also requires two players to work together but instead they need to escape from prison and navigate through various challenges.
Portal 2, while it’s more puzzle-focused than It Takes Two, offers a fantastic cooperative mode where players must solve intricate puzzles using portal technology, requiring communication and teamwork.
Is It Takes Two Worth Buying?
I didn’t want the story to end. I spent more time hunting for the mini-games than advancing the main story and each chapter changed the game mechanics. I didn’t know what to expect next as the game rarely repeated itself.
Unsurprisingly, this game has won 3 awards from The Game Awards 2021 – Game of the Year, Best Family Game (which more often goes to a Nintendo game), and Best Multiplayer, among a host of other awards.
Hazelight weaved a heartfelt story, suitable for all ages, with mind-bending gameplay and came out winning.
My fiancé and I plan on going back and replaying the chess mini-game among others. It was like playing Wizards Chess!
Pros: Unpredictable and heartfelt
Cons: None
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Sounds like a very cute game for couples, but why would it not work for Switch? Don’t know if the author nows this, but you can pair more than one set of joy-cons to have full controller capabilities. My son usually plays on a Power A (budget friendly line that makes X-Box, PS, and Switch controllers for around $25) Pro Controllers while I play with the Joy-Cons in a grip.
They have sell Mario Party, Mario Kart etc. So it’s silly to assume they wouldn’t port a game because some people might now have more than on controller.
Hi Tiffany 🙂 Thank you for your comment. I would love It Take Two to be ported to Switch but the Game Devs have said they have no plans to do so sadly.
Here’s Josef’s full response in an interview with GamingBolt:
“No, we don’t have [any plans],. Not sure we can do it actually. I’m not sure, because people forget sometimes, we do split screen games with a lot of s**t in it. Like, there’s a lot of s**t going on. Trust me, it takes a lot of effort to make this work on the old-gen consoles, because there’s so much going on.”