Electronics Arts is currently hosting its summerEA Play event, a digital presentation alternative to the canceled E3 convention. In addition to major announcements forApex Legendsand other prominent franchises, several of the next EA Originals indie games were announced, too. One such game isIt Takes Two.It Takes Twois the next game from Hazelight Games, the studio behind the co-op action-adventure gameA Way Out.
It Takes Twois also a co-op game, as well as an action-adventure-platformer. But it’s also going to be something entirely different thanA Way OutorBrothers: A Tale of Two Sonsbefore it. Hazelight’s Josef Fares says thatIt Takes Twofeatures “uniquely varied gameplay” as well as the studio’s now-staple emotional storytelling to create something both gripping and exciting to play.
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The game starts with a small family unit. The parents are named Cody and May and they have a daughter named Rose. Unfortunately, Cody and May are separating, with Rose obviously feeling very unhappy with the situation. She doesn’t want her parents to divorce but feels powerless. As such, she makes two dolls out of cloth and debris at hand, surrogates for her divided parents. These dolls then miraculously come to life, with players taking control of them and perhaps theiremotions, too.
The short amount of gameplay shown shows that levels inIt Takes Twowill be at the scale ofToy Story. One level featured a fort or a treehouse of sorts, with mattresses laid out, a sheet for a roof, and an extension cord being used to plug in a TV and a video game console. Another level showed the inside of what looks to be a grandfather clock.
As for gameplay, there’s little information beyond Fares' description ofIt Takes Twobeing anaction-adventure-platformer. However, he does mention one further interesting mechanic. He says that in some levels, there will be a specific mechanic for controlling/manipulating the doll characters' emotions. How exactly that works remains to be seen.
Fares describesIt Takes Twoas a “crazy rollercoaster ride” where at the end therollercoastercomes off the rails and explodes, with players launching off into space. Hopefully, players come back down to Earth afterward.
