It Takes Two

Electronic Arts Inc
Available on
PS5PS4
Released 25/03/2021
  • PS Plus required for online play
  • Supports up to 2 online players with PS Plus
  • Online play optional
  • 1 - 2 players
  • Remote Play supported
Language, Violence
Game overview

Only one thing is for certain in It Takes Two: we’re better together.

Embark on the craziest journey of your life in It Takes Two, a genre-bending platform adventure created purely for co-op. Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass** and work together across a huge variety of gleefully disruptive gameplay challenges. Play as the clashing couple Cody and May, two humans turned into dolls by a magic spell. Together, trapped in a fantastical world where the unpredictable hides around every corner, they are reluctantly challenged with saving their fractured relationship.

Master unique and connected character abilities in every new level. Help each other across an abundance of unexpected obstacles and laugh-out-loud moments. Kick gangster squirrels’ furry tails, pilot a pair of underpants, DJ a buzzing night club, and bobsleigh through a magical snow globe. Embrace a heartfelt and hilarious story, where narrative and gameplay are interwoven in a uniquely metaphorical experience.

It Takes Two accolades

5/5
Game Rant
5/5
VentureBeat
9.5/10
Game Revolution
9.25/10
Game Informer
9
IGN
5/5
GamesRadar+ UK
5/5
VG24/7
10
God is a Geek

Key features

Pure co-op perfection

Invite a friend to join for free with Friend’s Pass*, and experience a thrilling adventure built purely for two. Choose from couch or online co-op with split-screen play, and face ever-changing challenges where working together is the only way forward.

Gleefully disruptive gameplay

From rampaging vacuum cleaners to suave love gurus – with It Takes Two, you never know what you’re up against next. Filled with genre-bending challenges and new character abilities to master in every level, you’ll experience a metaphorical merging of gameplay and narrative that pushes the boundaries of interactive storytelling.

A universal tale of friendships

Discover a touching and heartfelt story of the challenges in getting along. Help Cody and May learn how to overcome their differences. Meet a diverse cast of strange and endearing characters. Join forces, and go on an adventure you’ll treasure – together!

More from the developers

It Takes Two is developed by the award-winning studio Hazelight, who have spent years crafting innovative new ways to experience cooperative play.

A Way Out

From the creators of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons comes A Way Out, an exclusively co-op adventure where you play the role of one of two prisoners making their daring escape from prison. 

What begins as a thrilling breakout quickly turns into an unpredictable, emotional adventure unlike anything seen or played before.

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Share in the epic journey of two brothers, as they set out to find a cure for their dying father. Travel across beautiful vistas, through dark and foreboding forests, down perilous rivers, up hazardous mountain sides and experience the wonders of Nordic mythology along the way.

Use the unique control system to control each brother with a stick, for concurrent gameplay throughout the adventure. Use both brothers cooperatively to solve puzzles, explore the environments and in boss encounters.

Friend's Pass

Invite a friend to join the adventure in It Takes Two for free*, even if they don’t own the game! Because whether it’s splitting an ice cream sundae, grabbing a drink, spending the night on the couch, or going on the craziest adventure of your life – everything is better when we do it together. Also, flying through a mob of angry rodents in a plane made of underpants is 1000% more fun when you have a co-pilot.

Frequently asked questions

Friend’s Pass is included It Takes Two, releasing on March 26, 2021. It allows the owner of the game to invite another person to join online co-op with them for free.

Yes. There are some alterations to the implementation, but in spirit, Friend’s Pass allows you to play with a friend for free.

Friend’s Pass offers cross-gen but not cross-platform play. For example, Player 1 can be playing on PlayStation 5 and invite Player 2 on PlayStation 4. But Player 1 playing on PlayStation 5 cannot invite Player 2 on a non-PlayStation console. The save system also works cross-gen.

Yes. Friend’s Pass is available on all platforms.

Yes, both players will need primary PSN accounts.

Yes. No internet connection is required to play couch co-op.

Yes, save progress will be carried over. In addition, if they've joined a game session and the game was saved, it will automatically unlock all chapters up until that point for the joining player. So if Player 2 purchases It Takes Two for themselves and then host a game, they would either be able to continue from their last session's save, or select any of the chapters before that save to play.

Only someone who owns It Takes Two can host their own games. Player 2 won’t be able to play the game through their own incentive, as they don’t own it. They are dependent on playing with Player 1, or being invited by anyone else who already owns the game.

The point where play starts is determined by Player 1's progression. Player 1 would be able to choose whether to start a new game, continue from their previous session's save, or choose from any other chapter Player 1 has unlocked.

Hosts can only invite one friend at a time, but they can invite another friend once the previous friend has stopped playing.

Yes, both players will need a PlayStation Plus subscription to play together online.

 

*Friends join online co-op for free.

Platform:
PS4, PS5
Release:
25/3/2021
Publisher:
EA Swiss Sarl
Genres:
Unique
PS5 Voice:
English
PS5 Screen Languages:
English, French (France), German, Italian, Spanish
PS4 Voice:
English
PS4 Screen Languages:
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish
To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. See PlayStation.com/bc for more details.

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