The creator of It Takes Two has revealed his new recreation, and it seems to be to be a really related type of co-op journey with a sci-fi and fantasy theme.
Given the every day leaks that nearly each different nook of the video games trade is topic to, it’s unusual that nearly nothing was spoiled about The Game Awards 2024 earlier than it occurred. One of the few exceptions was Split Fiction, the brand new recreation from It Takes Two creator Josef Fares.
The solely purpose that leaked is as a result of it’s out surprisingly quickly, on March 6, with Fares’ potty-mouthed reveal making it clear that the fundamentals are nonetheless similar to It Takes Two, with a boast of a singular gameplay mechanic for each stage.
As the title suggests, the sport makes use of the same split-screen impact to It Takes Two however with a very new story that includes two writers who find yourself being caught in the identical digital actuality world that’s designed to recreate their fictional worlds – one fantasy themed and the opposite sci-fi.
Although the mechanics are meant to be totally different every stage – you possibly can see every little thing from snowboarding to being trapped on an enormous’s axe within the trailer – there appears to be an emphasis on evolving the situation from one stage to a different, somewhat than it being utterly totally different every time.
So, for instance, in a single stage you discover some dragon eggs and hatch them, then within the subsequent stage the dragons are greater and might crawl round on the bottom capturing what seems to be like acid out of their mouths. Then, within the stage after that, they’re absolutely grown and also you’re in a position to fly on their backs.
Another instance entails rolling round inside a Metroid type morph ball, earlier than it breaks aside and turns into an exosuit for you within the subsequent stage. Fares additionally talked a couple of stage the place you play as a pig after which a sausage however we’re unsure if that was speculated to be a joke or not.
When will Split Fiction be launched?
Split Fiction will probably be launched on March 6 for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC. Unlike nearly all the opposite video games at The Games Awards it was playable on the evening, so there doesn’t appear a lot probability of a delay (it most likely would’ve been introduced earlier however we suspect Fares was ready for the awards present to disclose it, as he’s a pal of presenter Geoff Keighley).
As with It Takes Two, you’ll solely want to purchase one copy of the sport to play with a pal, so that you don’t each must pay with the intention to benefit from the on-line co-op. With It Takes Two that concerned sharing a code that the one which does purchase it’s free to provide to whoever they like – which is a really welcome money-saving function.
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