Does this game play well with two players.

[KevorkianMD]

Does this game work alright with two players? I'm going to grab it for 4 player co-op at some point but if I cant play it with just me and my girlfriend its not worth it right now. Whats everyones experience with two players?

Thanks.

[tursel]

~2 hours in, 3 worlds completed. Getting stars becomes pretty hard after first two worlds, and we have tried many levels a few times until even getting through. Not sure how the stars are calculated though, I guess that only time matters... Overcooked, especially 2 was a breeze with two, but here we haven't even completed the first world with all three stars.

Very enjoyable. Pretty hard but not frustrating - though three stars might be even impossible with two. Pretty sure every level is beatable with just two.

I would say 3-4 is better, and we actually tried to get one of our friends to play with us tonight, but if not, we'll continue with two.

[Darkness]

I tried it yesterday with a friend playing it using Parsec. We played 20 levels, mostly just fine. Had to redo like 2 stages once only, but the 21th stage gave us a hard time and we gave up like 3 or 4 times, hehe. We probably were burned already and decided to play something else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C1HEabZEeQ

I enjoyed the game much more than Overcooked, as it's more straightforward than preparing the dishes and fighting the stage. I didn't like as much the stages that were divided between the two players, though.

[Jin Tannis]

The difficulty is BRUTAL with only 2 players. We can't get past level 3!

[Darkness]

Originally posted by chevmech:

The difficulty is BRUTAL with only 2 players. We can't get past level 3!

I only had difficulties on 5-1. If you need tips, check my video above. I play all levels in two-player co-op until 5-1. We weren'r worried about stars or anything, just passing through the levels. We only had to repeat like 3 levels at most.

[Qured]

I would say this game needs balancing towards two players. Me and my partner are completionists and wont go to the next level until we have 3 stars. At level 2-3 we threw in the towel because it's becoming impossible. At least without crazy good RNG.

It's still an enjoyable game though! Just needs clarification what the star times are and balance depending on # of players! We will revisit when those things are in place!

[tursel]

Now, playing with both 2, 3 and 4 players, I would say:

- 3 stars after 1-5 are quite impossible with 2 players
- 5-1 to 5-5 most levels seem near impossible with 2 players
- 6-5 (end boss) seems impossible with 2 players

6-1 to 6-4 seemed quite a bit of simpler and easier than 5-1 - 5-5, which seems odd.

Needs balancing for two players if 3 stars should be achieved, but personally I don't really mind other than getting through the game somehow with two...

[inertiasoft ltd]

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for sharing all your feedback, it's been incredibly useful to us!

Just wanted to update you to let you know that, while the game is balanced to adjust the difficulty depending on the number of players, we are very much listening to what everyone has to say about the difficulty now the game is released and taking note of all the feedback we're getting (especially about 2 players!), so thanks for sharing that.

The stars awarded depend on the time taken to complete the level, so getting your team as streamlined and efficient as possible can help you make it there!

There isn't any limit to the strategy you can use to get three stars (e.g. focussing on certain guns) so feel free to play around and figure out which strategy works best for you.

We've taken note of the fact people have been asking about this lots, and we're working on getting a patch in that would make this clearer in the game as soon as we can!

[TheSambassador]

It definitely feels like the game was not thoroughly tested with 2 players. There are several levels that are VERY difficult with only 2, and then a few random ones that are ridiculously easy with 2. The difficulty is really all over the place.

I still had lots of fun, we got to world 6 (and then 6-1 and 6-2 were again extremely easy and we passed them on the first try before we stopped). But I think that the average 2 player team would have a really tough time on some of the levels.

[pinappleSquid]

been playing this with my sister, we're at 6-4. we got 0 stars in all of chapter 4 and most of 3, 5 and 6. we must have made at least 50 attempts at 6-4 so far, absolutely can't beat it. it REAAAAALLY feels like we can't do this with 2 players. but idk. wth do i know. i really wanted to finish the game but at this point, im gonna walk away. maybe i'll come back to it when i can scrounge up more players.