My new year's resolution is to play more video games with my wife. Specifically co-operative games.
I hate playing competitively; it's rubbish to achieve victory at the expense of someone else. So I asked for recommendations and picked the cheapest things which looked reasonable.
Several people recommended Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime. It's a neat little game which is just short enough to not get too repetitive. You and your friend (and, I'm pleased to say, lover) have joint control of a space ship. You fly around the screen shooting baddies, rescuing bunny-friends, and upgrading your craft. There's a lot of "You fly left and I'll shoot" and "I'll move the shield, can you fly us through the asteroid" chatter.
It works, and is fun. But after a few levels it becomes clear that there isn't anything else to it. The three different ships and various weapon upgrades give it a bit of variety, but it isn't one for playing long into the night.
I suspect it's probably better with four players - with two you frequently have to deal with your inability to move the ship and angle the shield and fire the weapons all at the same time. So it gets a bit frustrating.
It is delightfully cutesy - and I particularly loved the way the "OK" button was replaced with "YAY!". Something I think more interfaces should do.
The game was a fiver or so when I bought it, which seems reasonable enough.
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Now play it with four 11 year-olds screaming at each other
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@Edent we played that a bunch with my spouse and oldest kid some years ago. That level with the timed explosion was rough for us. I enjoyed figuring out good upgrade combos. This makes me think we should play it again - thanks!
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Tully Hansen
In service of your co-op resolution (and if the budget will stretch) you might like to try the just-dropped ambulatory Antipodean silliness of BIG WALK: https://bigwalk.game/
Thanks. Although I note it says
Which sounds like we need to buy multiple copies of the game. And, uh, not sit next to reach other.
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