It Takes Two follows Cody and May, a couple transformed into dolls by a magic spell and stranded in a fantastical world. Their effort to save their fractured relationship gives the adventure a personal throughline, while its tone pairs heartfelt storytelling with comic surprises. Hazelight designed the game purely for co-op, so its central premise is also a play commitment: the journey is made to be shared.
Rather than sticking to one kind of platforming challenge, the game introduces new character abilities in each level and asks the pair to put them to work together. Its set pieces range from confronting a rampaging vacuum cleaner to piloting underpants and bobsledding through a magical snow globe. That changing mix of obstacles and abilities gives the adventure its genre-bending character, with gameplay and relationship story intended to work hand in hand.
Players can take on the journey through couch or online co-op, with split-screen play; the Steam listing also identifies Remote Play Together. The appeal is not simply reaching the end of a platform adventure, but coordinating through varied challenges as Cody and May learn to overcome their differences.
