by Hazelight Studios looks exactly like the kind of game my husband and I would love. We are a gamer couple always in search of more games to replenish our ever-dwindling supply of couch co-op games.
If it exists on the PS5 and it has couch co-op—true couch co-op, not «girlfriend» or drop-in co-op—we've probably played it.
So when was announced during The Game Awards, we should have been ecstatic. Like the two previous games by the studio, the upcoming title from Hazelight is specifically made to be played by two people.
It's a cooperative experience, made all the better by literally sitting near each other on a couch and discussing how to bypass certain puzzles or where to go next.
The trouble is, we've played and while it was a good game on a mechanical level, the writing nearly stopped us from finishing the game. From a purely gameplay aspect, was a fantastic game.