Ripping everything off from all your favorite things certainly helps write you into a weird corner when you want to flex the idea of choice.

If you kind of just accept it as just playing through a movie, it's a blast with your buddy. The set pieces aren't particularly hard, the game's checkpoints are super forgiving, but there's a distinct charm to its interactivity. Living in an old couple's house for like 30 minutes while one of us played guitar while I ate cookies, watched TV, and cleaned up the dishes is certainly unforgettable.

It's just a shame choices and upsets always result in the same exact outcome. You're always stuck in a certain path, and maybe there's some metatextual thing to say about that given the ending. But that ending REALLY kills the story.

It's a pretty unique co-op game. This is by far its biggest strength. The puzzles are generally really simple and the story is nothing mindblowing but the game has a pretty good style, great visuals, solid gameplay and decent writing. But it's the co-op-only nature of the game that really makes it memorable, it's what seals the deal. It's what makes the game more than the sum of its parts. It's pretty short, too, which makes it easy to recommend as a game to play through casually in a couple days. Even better in local split screen.