It Takes Two
It Takes Two is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Hazelight Studios. It centers on puzzle, maze, or device solving, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.8 / 10
About this game
It Takes Two is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on puzzle, maze, or device solving, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Constantly inventive cooperation with an uneven relationship story.
Each player receives a complementary tool, and puzzles and bosses ask them to coordinate. Split screen is not two copies of a solo game; communication and simultaneous action are the route to progress. Across a substantial campaign, settings, gadgets and even genres keep changing. Optional minigames reward detours, so the pace remains inventive, although some cutscenes temporarily suspend the cooperation. Household objects expand into imaginative worlds with lively sound and scale. Early arguments and some stiff acting can make the relationship unpleasant, so presentation is less consistently inviting than the play itself. The PS5 pair test finds simple, consistent controls approachable even for a less practised partner. A second PS5 test reports smooth 60fps despite the divided screen, supporting clear cooperative play.
Strengths
- Complementary tools reward cooperation.
- New ideas arrive throughout the campaign.
Weaknesses
- Early arguments grate.
- Cutscenes sometimes interrupt play.
Who it is for: Players with a committed partner who enjoy communicating through puzzles and varied action stages.
Play notes: Two players are required. The technical judgment uses 2021 local PS5 tests, not current online availability.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Across a substantial campaign, settings, gadgets and even genres keep changing. Optional minigames reward detours, so the pace remains inventive, although some cutscenes temporarily suspend the cooperation. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Each player receives a complementary tool, and puzzles and bosses ask them to coordinate. Split screen is not two copies of a solo game; communication and simultaneous action are the route to progress. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Household objects expand into imaginative worlds with lively sound and scale. Early arguments and some stiff acting can make the relationship unpleasant, so presentation is less consistently inviting than the play itself. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The PS5 pair test finds simple, consistent controls approachable even for a less practised partner. A second PS5 test reports smooth 60fps despite the divided screen, supporting clear cooperative play. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Hazelight Studios
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- Mar 26, 2021
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genre
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsReplayableStory-drivenShootingLocal Co-opExplorationFantasyThird PersonReal-time CombatFast-pacedDodgeHumorousLinear LevelsPuzzle SolvingPlatforming
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Co-opMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideMar 26, 2021
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideNov 4, 2022
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Sources
- news.ea.com