The menus themselves, while serviceable, don’t offer much in the way of user-friendly design.
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The problem becomes worse too when you think about how this was originally a PC game, and the controls for some of the puzzles don’t translate as well to a controller. This is where the premise starts to show some cracks.
This didn’t stop us from hitting roadblocks, however, and frustration set in when I struggled to understand what he meant, or I felt like he wasn’t truly doing what I asked (not his fault mind you). My friend and I are not puzzle game experts, so we brought in our better halves to assist in the efforts, which helped to be sure. For others, it will simply elevate the challenge and sweeten the prize. To be fair, the game provides this kind of signposting in the environment, whether its symbols, colors, or words that you can use to help your communication, but when you’re dealing with something like levers or switches that have multiple outcomes, your conversations can get tangled pretty quickly.įor some, this will create frustration. Where he would struggle with something, we could swap places or I could come see what he was confused about, but once you’re apart, you really have to become excellent at describing your surroundings and the mechanisms of what you’re seeing. In the first chapter, I could run to where my partner was to get a look at their side of a puzzle, but all of this goes out the window when you’re separated. It’s the struggle of conveying the right information at the right time that proves to be your true nemesis. It’s not that the puzzles themselves are especially difficult (though they are challenging).
I knew it would put communication skills to the test, but the reality was even more difficult than I anticipated. The concept of a puzzle game that separates the players and requires them to communicate via walkie-talkies is something that intrigued me. An Uneven Experience That Requires Communication and Patience Above All Else We joked, we cooperated, and we argued, but in the end was it all worth it? Let’s find out. For this review, I played the third game in the series, We Were Here Together, with a friend of mine several states away.
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The We Were Here Series has made its way to PS4, with all three games now available. In the case of We Were Here Together, that last part is the entire point. I love split-screen as much as the next person, but there’s something special about having the whole screen to yourself. As someone who loves cooperative games, I know it can be a hard sell when a game requires two copies and only offers online co-op.
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