Josef Fares, the director of Hazelight's previous game A Way Out (2018) and Starbreeze's Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013), returned as the game's director. The trio then returns home with a new perspective on their relationship. Fortunately, they are able to find her at a nearby bus stop and assure her that she is not the cause of their arguments and that they will always love her no matter what happens. They reawaken in their real bodies and are shocked to learn that Rose has already run away. As May sings, the relationship between her and Cody is rekindled, and they kiss, which reverses the spell on them. Thinking her parents are ignoring her, Rose comes to believe that she is the reason their marriage is falling apart and decides to run away in hopes that will make them stay together.Īfter a long journey, Cody and May finally complete Hakim's final test, recreating the song May used to sing. Meanwhile, Rose continues to do her best to mend the relationship between her parents, but both Cody and May's real bodies have fallen unconscious and will not respond to her. As they travel all around their property, Cody and May are reminded of the positive memories they had together, as well as what originally drew them together to become a couple. They also come across magically anthropomorphic versions of their old possessions, who criticize Cody and May for their mistreatment and negligence of both their possessions and Rose.
However, Hakim continually interferes with their progress, often putting obstacles and tests in their way to force them to collaborate to progress. Hakim, who has assumed the anthropomorphic form of his relationship therapy book, tells May and Cody that he has been given the job of trying to fix their relationship as they try to reach Rose.Īt first, Cody and May are more focused on trying to reach Rose, who they hope knows of a way to return them to their human bodies. The parents find themselves trapped inside the dolls' bodies in consequence of a tear landing on the dolls. After telling their daughter Rose that they are divorcing, Rose takes her hand-made dolls, which look like her parents, into the family shed, and tries to repair their relationship by play-acting. Plot Ĭody and May, a married couple, are planning on getting a divorce after Cody argues with May about her working all the time, and May arguing back that Cody never shows even a little appreciation for her job. The game also features a large number of minigames.
Players have to cooperate with each other and utilize these abilities in order to progress. For instance, in one level, Cody gains the ability to rewind time, whereas May can replicate herself. These gameplay mechanics are connected to the story and the theme of the level. The game features a large number of game mechanics from various video game genres. It is specifically designed for split-screen cooperative multiplayer, which means that it must be played with another player through either local or online play.
It Takes Two is an action-adventure video game with elements from platform games.