It Takes Two - 10 Things You Need To Know Before You Buy

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00:00:04.799hazelite studios a way out

00:00:06.640might not have been a flawless

00:00:08.320experience but it was certainly unique

00:00:10.880with its focus on co-op gameplay and

00:00:12.719storytelling it delivered a kind of

00:00:14.480experience that we don't see a lot of in

00:00:16.400video games if at all

00:00:17.760and with their next game hazelite are

00:00:19.359looking to continue down that path

00:00:21.439it takes two's launch is right around

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00:00:24.800we're going to talk about 10 crucial

00:00:26.640details that you should know about the

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00:00:42.960the way let's begin

00:00:45.600setup like a way out before it

00:00:48.640it takes two's story is going to put the

00:00:50.399focus on two leading protagonists

00:00:52.719players will be stepping into the shoes

00:00:54.000of cody and may an estranged couple

00:00:56.399who's been going through

00:00:57.440a bit of a rough patch after they find

00:00:59.440themselves transformed into dolls

00:01:01.120they must work together with each other

00:01:03.039and with the help of a magical book

00:01:04.720named dr hakim

00:01:06.320turn themselves back into their human

00:01:07.840forms and find a way to fix their

00:01:10.840relationship a

00:01:12.320genre-bending experience hazelite

00:01:15.200studios are describing it takes two

00:01:17.200as a genre-bending experience and based

00:01:19.600on what we've seen and heard of the game

00:01:21.200so far

00:01:21.920it seems to be taking that description

00:01:23.520to heart platforming seems to be a big

00:01:26.240focus of course

00:01:27.360but we've also seen plenty of puzzle

00:01:29.119solving shooting and

00:01:30.400all manner of other gameplay mechanics

00:01:32.079being thrown in it definitely

00:01:34.000looks like there's going to be a lot

00:01:35.360going on here speaking of which

00:01:38.000variety variety variety

00:01:41.119something that hazelite studios seems to

00:01:43.119be emphasizing a lot with it takes two

00:01:45.360is variety in gameplay which doesn't

00:01:47.680come as much of a surprise given that

00:01:49.439that was something they did with a way

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00:01:52.560speaking to gamingbolt in a recent

00:01:54.240interview the famously outspoken and

00:01:56.479passionate joseph fares

00:01:58.000the director of it takes two and founder

00:01:59.840of hazelite went as far as to say that

00:02:02.079it takes two will quote

00:02:03.439take the world record and actually how

00:02:05.119much variation is in the game he went on

00:02:08.560to elaborate

00:02:09.520on that in typically enthusiastic

00:02:11.760fashion saying quote

00:02:13.120i can guarantee you i'm ready to give

00:02:14.959you one thousand dollars if someone

00:02:16.720genuinely thinks that they get tired of

00:02:18.480it takes two

00:02:19.599it's impossible because there will be

00:02:21.200something new around every corner for a

00:02:23.200story reason

00:02:24.160or for what cody and may go through so

00:02:26.959whatever happens or whatever they meet

00:02:28.959you're playing it which i think is

00:02:30.239awesome

00:02:30.959and yes from a production perspective

00:02:32.879you know my team

00:02:34.000is not always happy about this but

00:02:35.680they've gotten used to this because i

00:02:37.360love variation

00:02:38.400and of course it takes time however

00:02:40.720we're used to it and we love it

00:02:42.480this is the kind of game that we want to

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00:02:46.000marrying narrative in gameplay faires

00:02:49.040has also gone on record on multiple

00:02:50.720occasions to talk about how there needs

00:02:52.319to be less of a schism

00:02:53.760between gameplay and narrative in games

00:02:56.319good old ludonarrative dissonance is

00:02:58.159something that games have been

00:02:59.120struggling with

00:03:00.000for a long time after all but it seems

00:03:02.480hazelite are going to continue to

00:03:04.000try and fight against that with it takes

00:03:06.000two just as they did with a way out

00:03:08.319depending on what's going on in the

00:03:09.680story players will be contending with

00:03:11.519different mechanics and gameplay

00:03:12.879segments

00:03:13.519which will tie in one way or another

00:03:15.519with the narrative elements of that

00:03:17.200section as well

00:03:19.360in our recent interview with fares he

00:03:21.280described one particular example

00:03:23.120in which a particular section of the

00:03:24.560game talks about how mei feels there

00:03:26.560isn't enough time in her life

00:03:28.159to do everything she wants while cody on

00:03:30.720the other hand feels time

00:03:32.000is limitless and that translates to

00:03:34.159unique mechanics particularly for that

00:03:36.000part of the game

00:03:36.959with cody being able to control the flow

00:03:38.799of time in may

00:03:40.000existing in two places at the same time

00:03:43.760length exactly how long can players

00:03:46.560expect it takes two to be though

00:03:48.720well it seems like it's going to be a

00:03:50.319pretty meaty adventure

00:03:51.840fair has confirmed to us that the game

00:03:53.840will be about 14

00:03:54.879to 15 hours long which is quite a leap

00:03:57.360from hazelite's previous outing

00:03:59.280a way out was a six to eight hour long

00:04:01.439game and that didn't feel shorter than

00:04:03.280it needed to be by any means

00:04:05.040so having a game that's significantly

00:04:06.720meatier is an exciting prospect

00:04:08.720especially if you can keep up the level

00:04:10.400of gameplay and narrative variety

00:04:12.159that is being promised mini games and

00:04:15.760activities

00:04:17.120across that 14 to 15 hour run time

00:04:19.759players are going to be

00:04:20.639doing a lot of stuff according to faires

00:04:23.120there will be about 25 different

00:04:24.880mini-games spread out throughout the

00:04:26.320game

00:04:26.880there it remains to be seen what form

00:04:28.560they will take and whether they will be

00:04:30.000reoccurring things or just one-off

00:04:31.840affairs

00:04:32.960meanwhile though there aren't going to

00:04:34.639be any collectables faires does say that

00:04:36.560there will be side content

00:04:37.840and secrets for players to discover

00:04:41.040performance it takes two is launching as

00:04:43.919a cross-gin game when it releases

00:04:45.600towards the end of march

00:04:47.040as most games releasing nowadays are but

00:04:49.520it seems like players can be assured of

00:04:51.360solid performance regardless of what

00:04:53.120platform they play on

00:04:54.800ferris told us that even though it takes

00:04:56.800two will benefit from the improved

00:04:58.320hardware of the xbox series xns

00:05:00.320and the playstation 5 it will run well

00:05:02.800on all platforms and target a frame rate

00:05:05.120of 60 fps on both the ps4

00:05:07.520and the xbox one friends pass

00:05:12.000like a way out before it it takes two

00:05:14.320will also come with a friend's pass

00:05:16.400what exactly is a friend's pass you may

00:05:18.479ask well

00:05:19.600in a nutshell if you buy the game you

00:05:21.520can invite a friend to play it with you

00:05:23.039via online co-op

00:05:24.400for free even if they haven't purchased

00:05:26.479the game themselves

00:05:27.919friends pass can be used as many times

00:05:29.680as you want with as many people as you

00:05:31.280want though

00:05:32.000of course only with one friend at a time

00:05:34.560meanwhile

00:05:35.199just like a way out on steam it takes

00:05:37.600two will use remote play together

00:05:39.440instead of friends pass no cross play

00:05:44.000friends pass is an excellent initiative

00:05:46.240but it's not limitless

00:05:47.759the one restriction it will impose will

00:05:49.440be through lack of cross play

00:05:51.360which means someone who purchases the

00:05:52.880game on say a ps5

00:05:54.560cannot invite a friend who's playing on

00:05:56.319an xbox series x

00:05:58.000that said friends pass will support

00:06:00.000crossgen so a ps4 player can invite a

00:06:02.319ps5 player

00:06:03.360and vice versa while crosston saves will

00:06:05.759also be supported

00:06:08.080no plans for a switch release okay but

00:06:11.440is it coming to the switch

00:06:12.880is a question that many of us have asked

00:06:14.960countless times

00:06:16.000about a ton of games in it takes two's

00:06:18.400case the answer is

00:06:19.680probably not when we asked faras about a

00:06:22.240potential switch port

00:06:23.440he told us that hazelite has no plans

00:06:25.440for that and that getting the game

00:06:26.880running on nintendo's platform

00:06:28.319might not even be possible owing to its

00:06:30.479split-screen co-op nature

00:06:32.240and how in his words quote there's a lot

00:06:34.479of stuff going on

00:06:35.759in the game at all times except he

00:06:37.919didn't say stuff

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