It Takes Two

Item: It Takes Two
Rating: 92
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-12-01

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Summary

Dynamic, varied gameplay mechanics with constant evolution.
Masterful, mandatory two-player cooperative experience.
Heartfelt, relatable narrative focuses on relationship repair.
Vibrant, imaginative visuals create a captivating world.
Difficulty balance uneven, often dependent on partner skill.
Disturbing elephant scene significantly impacts player emotions.

Emotions

Satisfaction27%Joy21%Excitement9%Frustration6%Admiration5%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 63%
Unhelpful reviews: 36%
Protest reviews: 0%

92%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
8%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 5310
Negative points: 1002
Gameplay points: 906
Perf. points: 98
Rec. points: 757
Misc points: 364

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	3330.6% Avg playtime 1h	1,0251.8% Avg playtime 1.1h
> 2h playtime	1,8953.3% Avg playtime 17.1h	53,95294.3% Avg playtime 21.5h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	33.4 rev/day
Last 30d	92.4 rev/day
Quarterly	2,044.4 rev/qtr
Days covered	1,711.2 days

Point	Description	Importance
Dynamic & Varied Gameplay Mechanics Description Players highly appreciate the game's relentless creativity, with each chapter introducing entirely new mechanics, abilities, and even mini-genres. This constant variation ensures the experience remains fresh, engaging, and never repetitive throughout its duration, offering immense replayability. Importance 99%	Players highly appreciate the game's relentless creativity, with each chapter introducing entirely new mechanics, abilities, and even mini-genres. This constant variation ensures the experience remains fresh, engaging, and never repetitive throughout its duration, offering immense replayability.	99%
Masterful Cooperative Gameplay Description The game is universally praised as a pinnacle of cooperative design, uniquely built around mandatory teamwork that requires constant communication and synchronized actions to progress. It is frequently cited as one of the best co-op games ever, perfect for couples, friends, and families. Importance 57%	The game is universally praised as a pinnacle of cooperative design, uniquely built around mandatory teamwork that requires constant communication and synchronized actions to progress. It is frequently cited as one of the best co-op games ever, perfect for couples, friends, and families.	57%
Highly Accessible & Socially Engaging Description Praised for its accessibility, including a 'Friend's Pass' and moderate difficulty, the game is ideal for introducing non-gamers to the hobby and for shared experiences. It's frequently recommended for playing with friends, partners, children, or family, fostering bonding and creating lasting memories. Importance 44%	Praised for its accessibility, including a 'Friend's Pass' and moderate difficulty, the game is ideal for introducing non-gamers to the hobby and for shared experiences. It's frequently recommended for playing with friends, partners, children, or family, fostering bonding and creating lasting memories.	44%
Heartfelt & Relatable Narrative Description The narrative delves into themes of relationships, communication, and personal growth, often resonating deeply with players, particularly couples or families. It effectively blends humor, drama, and heartfelt moments, making the story both thought-provoking and touching. Importance 43%	The narrative delves into themes of relationships, communication, and personal growth, often resonating deeply with players, particularly couples or families. It effectively blends humor, drama, and heartfelt moments, making the story both thought-provoking and touching.	43%
Vibrant & Imaginative Visuals Description Players consistently commend the game's stunning and imaginative art style, vibrant graphics, and meticulously designed environments, often compared to Pixar animations. Each distinct world is visually rich, creating a magical and engaging atmosphere that enhances the gameplay experience. Importance 27%	Players consistently commend the game's stunning and imaginative art style, vibrant graphics, and meticulously designed environments, often compared to Pixar animations. Each distinct world is visually rich, creating a magical and engaging atmosphere that enhances the gameplay experience.	27%
Abundant & Engaging Mini-Games Description The game offers a rich collection of competitive and interactive mini-games scattered throughout its levels. These diversions provide fun breaks from the main story, encourage playful rivalries, and add significant value and replayability to the overall experience. Importance 22%	The game offers a rich collection of competitive and interactive mini-games scattered throughout its levels. These diversions provide fun breaks from the main story, encourage playful rivalries, and add significant value and replayability to the overall experience.	22%
Polished Technical Performance Description The game receives high marks for its excellent optimization, running smoothly with stable frame rates even on older hardware, and being largely bug-free. This technical stability contributes to a seamless and highly enjoyable gaming experience. Importance 14%	The game receives high marks for its excellent optimization, running smoothly with stable frame rates even on older hardware, and being largely bug-free. This technical stability contributes to a seamless and highly enjoyable gaming experience.	14%
Immersive & Emotional Soundtrack Description The game's soundtrack and overall sound design are highly praised for their quality, perfectly complementing the game's atmosphere and enhancing emotional moments. The music dynamically adapts to gameplay, deepening player immersion and connection to the story. Importance 9%	The game's soundtrack and overall sound design are highly praised for their quality, perfectly complementing the game's atmosphere and enhancing emotional moments. The music dynamically adapts to gameplay, deepening player immersion and connection to the story.	9%
Responsive Controls & Satisfying Platforming Description Reviewers appreciate the game's smooth, responsive, and intuitive controls, which make character movement and platforming enjoyable and precise. This technical refinement contributes to an overall fluid and engaging gameplay flow. Importance 9%	Reviewers appreciate the game's smooth, responsive, and intuitive controls, which make character movement and platforming enjoyable and precise. This technical refinement contributes to an overall fluid and engaging gameplay flow.	9%

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