It Takes Two

I finished this game with my wife.
Each level is a complete standalone game.
I really feel more connected to my wife after that.
The world needs more of these creative games made with love.

Bought this to play with my ex... we made it about half way through before stopping and later breaking up. Ironic given the story and theme. Game has lots of fun moments that require team work and problem solving. Not too challenging. I played on Mouse and key while she used controller and it worked great. Visuals are good, sound is good and the boss fights were challenging. Not much to complain about with it except the cheesy Book character! Story was a touching one and pretty good.

If you believe that playing games with your partner can strengthen your relationship, then It Takes Two isn’t just a game, it’s a full-blown course in couples therapy. The story is as simple as an IKEA chair manual: a couple on the verge of divorce is magically turned into dolls. To become human again, Cody and May must learn to work together. Sounds adorable until you find yourselves yelling at each other in perfect harmony.
The gameplay is a constant experiment. One level has you shooting nails and swinging on ropes, another has you steering a tiny minecart, or even fighting a talking vacuum cleaner. Yes, an evil vacuum cleaner. Probably the one I forgot to clean for years.
The visuals are bright and vibrant, as if the artists binge-read children’s books while drawing... and maybe took a bit of, let’s say, inspiration from Madagascar. The levels are so diverse that by the end of the game, you might start to suspect they tried to cram EVERY genre into one box. You’ve got platforming, racing, and even a marriage argument simulator.
But the real star of the game is Dr. Hakim, the talking relationship book. With his charisma and lines like "dance like a butterfly, love like a boss," he’s clearly aiming for the title of the most annoyingly wise NPC of the decade.
It Takes Two is a game that reminds you relationships aren’t just about "press a button and it works." They require teamwork, a little grease (literally and figuratively), and, of course, the ability to laugh at yourself, or at each other.

The elephant scene was a bit graphic, it has left a permanent scar in my heart. I can't believe we went through with such a plan.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Achievements only
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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An absolutely beautiful game to experience with your other half or loved one!

My spouse was kind enough to let me win one or two mini games to ensure that the divorce does not happen irl.

A healthy marriage is like the ultimate co-op game: You have to know when to give and take, when to push and pull, and when to talk and when to listen. But most importantly, you must always remember when it’s your turn to take the garbage out - something Hazelight Studios has certainly done during the development of the almost entirely garbage-free It Takes Two. This utterly superb co-op platformer manages to cram in enough unique and exhilarating gameplay ideas to give Shigeru Miyamoto a migraine, with not a single dud among them.
Centering around a pair of pint-sized parents, May and Cody, It Takes Two is a bit like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids if the director had been tripping on LSD. The world around you isn’t merely supersized, but augmented with all manner of fabulous contraptions and anthropomorphic everything. May and Cody’s journey from their garden shed back to their house takes them on dazzling detours through everywhere from outer space to a tiny nightclub housed inside an air conditioning vent (attended by grooving hordes of anthropomorphic glow sticks, naturally), and serves as a sustained, 10-hour-long blast of co-op platforming bliss that’s constantly conjuring up new ways to engage and entertain.