MILD SPOILERS:
The scene with the elephant is THE WORST thing a game has ever made me do.
Did anyone struggle to view Rose as an actual child? Being vapidly stone-faced and voiced by an adult certainly didn't help, but her dialogue didn't exactly feel like a kid either. Was she 5? 11? Human? Android? A metaphorical manifestation of the two protagonists' faults? Who's to say.
It's really interesting how this miserable couple leaves a trail of destruction and suffering everywhere they go until they begin to emotionally reconnect near the end, and suddenly they start having a more positive effect on those around them.
It's a solid game with plenty of variety, and it nails the core concept of cooperation. But even though my wife and I had a great time playing it together, I was never itching to pick it back up. It's a very good game full of references to other games (some of these are REALLY overt) but I didn't find anything to be exceptional.
Except Dr. Hakim. That guy rules.
The scene with the elephant is THE WORST thing a game has ever made me do.
Did anyone struggle to view Rose as an actual child? Being vapidly stone-faced and voiced by an adult certainly didn't help, but her dialogue didn't exactly feel like a kid either. Was she 5? 11? Human? Android? A metaphorical manifestation of the two protagonists' faults? Who's to say.
It's really interesting how this miserable couple leaves a trail of destruction and suffering everywhere they go until they begin to emotionally reconnect near the end, and suddenly they start having a more positive effect on those around them.
It's a solid game with plenty of variety, and it nails the core concept of cooperation. But even though my wife and I had a great time playing it together, I was never itching to pick it back up. It's a very good game full of references to other games (some of these are REALLY overt) but I didn't find anything to be exceptional.
Except Dr. Hakim. That guy rules.