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It Takes Two

Developer Hazelight

Publisher Electronic Art

Format PC (tested), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series

Release Out now

Towards the end of Hazelight’s latest, we find ourselves wondering if Josef Fares considered an alternative tagline: divorce has never been so much fun. The tale of unhappily married couple Cody and May, transmuted into doll form by despairing daughter Rose as they’re about to separate, this delightfully silly splitscreen co-op adventure is ostensibly a romantic comedy about reconciliation. The throwaway plot, however, is little more than an excuse to take our two protagonists through a succession of fantastical setpieces set around their household (much scarier at this scale) or loosely themed on heavy-handed relationship metaphors. Which means,

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