It Takes Two: A Co-Op Adventure Game, About Divorce

It Takes Two to get a divorce. The critically acclaimed co-op game to make you hate someone
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[@RTGame]

It Takes Two to divorce

[@thearsonistofarland3087]

I can get divorced from myself if I try hard enough

[@privatesectorsec]

Not necessarily

[@bootlegincognito8502]

Yes

[@thegooseking818]

Who gets chat in the divorce

[@Ari-8449]

​@@thegooseking818 chat caused the divorce

[@mechaswool]

I love the Game of the Year where the parents make their kid cry

[@jackshadowbrowse]

Does not narrow things down at all

[@donutlovingwerewolf8837]

By brutally murdering an elephant

[@iainemackay5681]

Legitimately one of the most distressing scenes in a video game

[@GoetzeLP]

*twice...

[@cagethelonewolf]

You forget the part when they ruin the ecosystem forever

[@jam_plays_games]

RT after killing thousands with a poop volcano: I see nothing wrong here RT after killing a single toy elephant: This is evil and I have been scarred for life

[@Mini_Squatch]

Its the intimacy of the act - RT didn't see the people drowning in sewage, whereas he had to directly act to destroy the elephant

[@Predator20357]

Like Mino Squatch said, it’s how you commit it. With the poop volcano, they could essentially be replaced with ken dolls. With the Elephant, you hear the Queen beg for her life as you go through the slow process of the parents joyfully killing her off

[@monkeychief1904]

I’m so glad that the feelings of horror and guilt over killing cutie is universal. There’s even merch of cutie that falls apart 😭 I saw the merch trailer and it was like ptsd

[@ThatDudeWithBoobs]

I mean, wasps are a menace to society that are fueled with violence and drink Satan's blood on the regular. They kinda deserved it. The elephant was a sweet monarch who loved life and anyone around her. The guilt is real.

[@mergy101dalmatians4]

Poop volcano?

[@djgames1472]

fun fact: i bought this game to take my gf’s mind off her parents divorce. I did not know what the game was until it was too late

[@rachelcookie321]

Next time maybe read what the game is about before buying it lol

[@moreclick978]

So what happen after that

[@boingooingo3317]

Reminds me of when someone said they got their friend/relative to play Stardew Valley after their grandpa died. Guess what the opening cutscene is...

[@BlockyBookworm]

so what happened next time on Dragonball Z

[@scottbecker4367]

​@@boingooingo3317 at least they got a cool farm out of this one...

[@TheBillJohnsonVarietyHour]

it normally takes a chat of thousands to run a joke into the ground. But just this once, it only takes two

[@eastoncreger4279]

...best comment here

[@Toru_Adachi]

So sad to see RT going through his divorce with Tetris

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

True!

[@CeHee123]

To be fair, that relationship was rocky from the start.

[@DapperDonkey]

​@@CeHee123There was always going to be an L...

[@strawberry-blues2924]

The fog

[@1th_to_comment.]

Von Karma burned his relationship with Tetris at the Don Tigre factory.

[@ghastlygavin]

Cody coming into the conclusion that to undo the whatever the fuck is happening is to make Rose cry again Is like if the Beast came to the conclusion that in order to break the curse he has to piss off another enchantress

[@cybercrasherstv]

The worst part about that "twist" is that it can only slightly work if the player believes it could work. But if you realize immediately that it won't work, then it is agonizing to go through all of the death and suffering of such kind and caring people just for it to be all for nothing. These two bathe in the tears of their daughter! I want them hanged more than the book, and that's saying something

[@Vrikrar]

Played this with my girlfriend of several years and had a blast. She decided to break up with me right before the end so I never got to finish it.

[@pagle958]

Damn mustve been the game

[@alwest4472]

Fucking got way too into the game,

[@rw8736]

R. I. P. Can we get a F in the chat for this dude?

[@FishuFineFish]

It takes two to break up.

[@shn636]

Hey, playing this started a convo with my and my bf. We finished it. . .and while we talked about it, he said it made him realize he wasn't getting what he wanted out of the relationship and broke it off. Still hasn't given me my stuff back, that KZbin

[@arandomperson3245]

The fact that the most coordinated they have been the entire time is when they were spelling “Fuck” on the Etch-A-Sketch is really funny to me.

[@ShockingPikachu]

You don't get between an Irish man and their swears haha

[@woomiiakarandomveemo5933]

@@ShockingPikachu unless youre youtube

[@assfuckerthejointpounder5834]

Jacksepticeye explained:

[@assfuckerthejointpounder5834]

Jacksepticeye explained:

[@timesnewlogan2032]

"Our daughter rarely cries, and this time was so bad that it trapped us with a marriage counselor. Clearly, the best way to reverse this is to make her cry MORE!" Seriously, have these parents EVER watched a movie?

[@nerdychocobo]

they don't even feel any remorse about it 😭 they joyfully bathe in the tears and are just confused that it didn't work

[@eldritchabomination9726]

Parents of the year!

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Am I the only one who doesn't like how the ending is unresolved

[@kathaai]

​@@Twinklethefox9022 right like I feel like they didn't specify if they're getting a divorce in the end or not all they said to the kid is that they'll always be there for her and always love her but the parents didn't say youtube to eachother and didn't show any affection towards eachother

[@lukadark9761]

@@kathaai pretty sure that’s on purpose. While they definitely understand each other a lot more, they don’t know if that’s enough to save their relationship. So rather than make another empty promise to her, they say something that no matter what is true.

[@thespaldo]

I watched this on twitch, and I have to say... The scene with the elephant was the most fucked up and yet somehow simultaneously hilarious scene in any game I've ever seen. A scene where you team up to scare, draw and quarter, and throw a stuffed elephant off a cliff. All while there's a cheerful tune playing in the background. Truly a moment for the ages. 😶

[@uhohspaghettios3801]

Like fr lmao, literally dismembering her then throwing her off a cliff

[@feliciaroseantonia]

And the music in the scene gets gradually more & more off key the whole time. Truly one of the most games to ever exist of all time

[@1049662]

The bud I played with and I were laughing hysterically the whole time at how messed up it was, genius gaming moment.

[@haruyanto8085]

This game is low key more amazing than elden ring in many ways

[@darkcrydotmrihavetoomanyst1440]

I'm sure they can fix the elephant anyway XD

[@MLGHazrad]

I love this game where parents bathe in their child's tears and not feel bad about it.

[@GTAVictor9128]

Sounds like a game CallMeKevin would enjoy 😁

[@Username-wh2ij]

I don't like how the game doesn't seem to address how quickly May and Cody decided to make their daughter cry. There was no hesitation and the way they acted when Rose cried about Cutie's demise made me extremely uncomfortable.

[@katsucandy]

@@Username-wh2ij tbh they are TERRIBLE parents who never even considered how she could be taking the divorce until they read her letter where she admitted to thinking it's her fault her parents hate each other like you'd think they would've have a conversation or five already about how Adults Just Don't Get Along Sometimes and nothing that happens between them is or will ever be her fault buuuuuut **waves at the game** truly A+ parenting there (/s)

[@Penguinmanereikel]

They didn't even show any regret to killing Cutie after it showed that it didn't work.

[@haruyanto8085]

​@@Username-wh2ij yes thats the point, terrible parents are terrible adults hence their divorce

[@415-k1ub]

So Cody came up with the idea of making his daughter cry out of a mere assumption of how the spell works, then both Cody and May decided to go through with that baseless plan with zero hesitation. There's no "hey is there another solution other than making our daughter cry? I feel bad about this. Rose already cried once today and I don't want to make her day even worse", instead Cody and May joyously bathe in their daughter's tears after tearing apart her favourite toy 💀

[@eldritchabomination9726]

Yeah, they do show some level of concern early on but then they just stop caring? It felt kinda jarring Edit: Something that makes it even worse is that they explicitly state she rarely cries. She's already so upset and they just decide to make her feel doubly bad

[@ShockingPikachu]

Seems neither of them want custody of the kid after the divorce 💀

[@bisexualBiznasty]

i mean didn't they initially assume it was a dream? it's not implied to be all 100% accurate to the actual house so... just sayin

[@eldritchabomination9726]

@@bisexualBiznasty when someone dies in my dream it still feels upsetting, even when I wake up and realize it wasn't real. They should at least show some hesitation when murdering

[@haruyanto8085]

It highlights how twisted they really are, and the problem in their relationship is that it didnt work out because they are both extremely selfish and goal orientated, putting their daughter as a distant priority. The game makes it clear Rose rarely cries which shows emotional detachment probably due to the lack of social bonding with her parents, we also see that Rose has no friends, shes fcked as an adult thanks to this

[@alec7452]

Maybe I'm just a horrible cynic, but I was so certain that this game was about Rose learning that it's okay that her parents are divorcing and it's not her fault. I was genuinely shocked that they kissed at the end.

[@CeHee123]

They still leave it up in the air whether they got back together or not in the end. We never got any confirmation that they stayed together afterward.

[@krazyfan1489]

yeah, its kinda disappointing

[@eldritchabomination9726]

Yeah, I personally would rather they just hug and become friends, but not married

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

The game is supposed to be about trying to fix a relationship, I don’t think it’s that much of a leap even if it’s undercooked

[@notscarlet8321]

the way I like to think of it is that Rose, a child who doesn't have the best idea of what a healthy relationship looks like, thinks that by kissing and being able to work together, her parents will stay married. so it makes sense that a kiss would be the thing to break the spell. ultimately, relationships are more complicated than that, so the more likely scenario is that even though the two of them kissed in the heat of the moment, they ultimately decide to get divorced anyway, but still maintain a good relationship with each other.

[@jonahisbird]

Fun fact! In the end credits of the game, you see Cutie fixed. So that makes that horrific scene a bit better.

[@ohnibboi3102]

Her body may be fixed, but her mind is forever broken.

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

@@ohnibboi3102 wounds heal, but scars remain forever

[@ShockingPikachu]

"Fixed" so in other words she's now suffering in constant agony for the rest of her life from the actions of the parents

[@kahlebhowarth-jennings9688]

She’ll never walk the same again

[@jam_plays_games]

5:16 The voice of a man who absolutely knows the answer to Kelly’s question and wishes he didn’t

[@kukui79]

Learning about the Onceler has broken him for life

[@Ttegegg]

@@kukui79 why didn’t you give him a snickers

[@sirBrouwer]

if it exist there is a porn version of it.

[@dazcarrr]

@@kukui79 when did he specifically learn that one

[@iggysmice3087]

My brother worked at a grocery store bakery for a few years, and in his first month there he got a request for a Divorce Cake. They wanted "I do, I did, I'm done" written on it. The head decorator had a good time with that one because it was different then the "happy birthday joey!!" stuff he usually put on cakes. So if not divorce parties, some people have divorce cakes!

[@zackglickert4495]

wtf??? people are insane dude, i hate how glorified divorce is in our culture

[@CABRALFAN27]

@@zackglickert4495 I dunno, I mean, I'd rather that than have a bunch of people staying in a failing relationship.

[@murpderpderpington4151]

@@CABRALFAN27 maybe its not divorce specifically, but i do feel like modern (Western/American) culture encourages ending relationships on bad terms and being generally unapologetic. Just listen to the pop music on the radio in your car and its all “you’re too good for them”, villifying the other party crap. That and how pointing at some monster on the screen and going “woah is that my ex?!” has been a low hanging fruit sort of joke for a while now.

[@iggysmice3087]

@@zackglickert4495 True, but it was only a generation or two ago that women could not escape any relationship, even one that was dangerous, so certainly the idea that it is so easy and women can do it themselves deserves to be celebrated a little! However, I don't think glorifying the 'bickering couple who stay together only because it will make their kid sad if they divorce' trope is a good idea either, I knew a lot of kids who were the kid the parents stayed together for, and wow were they miserable! I hope someday there's a game where the parents sit down with the kid and explain that even people who love each other simply cannot live together sometimes, and it's for the best of everybody including the kid.

[@JustAPerson-vm6ez]

@@zackglickert4495 wdym glorified lol, having a (romantic) relationship with someone and getting kids is basically seen as the purpose of life. Also if it's mutual why not "celebrate" divorce? Sometimes things don't work out between people, or they grow apart. Thats totally fine, staying in a hurtful relationship does more harm than good for anyone involved

[@StickMaster500]

The death of the Elephant is probably one of the most disbursing and heartbreaking deaths in video games, I’m not even kidding

[@ohnibboi3102]

Agreed. I actually had to pause the video and take a break after watching that part. The way the elephant was hunted down like an animal and then drawn and quartered as she begs for her life in pain and agony. The music in the background wasn't helping either. The worst part is how innocent the elephant was (offering the dad a hug and suggesting jump rope instead of an execution), and how she really didn't deserve getting killed like that. Absolutely twisted scene.

[@OceanTu-ps4wq]

@@ohnibboi3102 yes

[@okradiowise]

my jaw hung open for a whole like 3 minutes during that scene ive never seen something as horrific as that and its a stuffed elephant

[@pepo_idiot8502]

I was hoping it’d end with a sequence of them fixing everything they broke

[@tir3d_al1za]

@@pepo_idiot8502in the credits you do see that she has been fixed up and is being taken care of

[@MajorMilk]

I just recently played this with a friend, and the connect the dots mini game was definitely designed to make people hate each other.

[@madsandersen2740]

Oh yeah, I immediately had flashbacks to when me and my mate played through that.

[@whenfunnydancingcockroach4625]

Co-op games like this either strengthen a friendship or destroy one. Usually it’s the latter

[@PixelBrushArt]

Played it with a friend of mine, and her and I got through it without a hitch! Guess everyone's got different experiences

[@nedlooker9954]

It makes you want to divorce irl

[@jimbo9900]

1:55:24 I'd like to imagine that it all fades here, where Dan and Keli are both trapped inside the audiocable/blackhole and everything goes black, only for a pop-up to appear, saying: "You can now play as luigi"

[@cyncynshop]

Somebody needs to make an edit of that.

[@fangirlandproud6442]

luigi's mansion!

[@zvgamingandstuff7633]

I think we found the baseline for an insane mario & luigi game!

[@snowballtheanvil]

The scene with the elephant was genuinely the most messed up thing ive seen in a video game in a while

[@Fatal527]

When I played this game with a friend I made the joke at the start that the Book of Love was the bible. He became Mexican Jesus for the rest of the playthrough.

[@microchips834]

This is amazing

[@domesticcat1725]

So, he became Jesús?

[@baimhakani]

​@@domesticcat1725Jezú

[@ActuallyAthena]

​@@domesticcat1725soos

[@MH-hh6uz]

@@domesticcat1725 WHAT WITCHCRAFT HAVE I STUMBLED UPON

[@laundrybaskets4473]

My parents are actually having their divorce mediation today, and I’ve been stressed all day, but this was a lovely suprise, thank you Dan and Kelly Update: they’re now officially divorced, Thank you all for the support

[@naito9345]

Hopefully everything gets solved peacefully

[@Pepsiman379]

My parents didn’t resolve it peacefully

[@laundrybaskets4473]

@@naito9345 it’s not but thank you

[@naito9345]

@@laundrybaskets4473 well, sorry to hear... Then let's hope the future gets brighter

[@MiiPunchy]

I really hope your day gets better, it sucks to be in the middle of other people's problems

[@darthplagueis13]

I feel so bad for the elefant. Everything else you could argue was self defense or at least a fair fight, but the way they took out the elefant was first degree murder in the most gruesome way imaginable.

[@annatheblobfish9684]

The parents in this game are truly awful people haha. The elephant scene is legitimately traumatising

[@Joryax]

Fun fact: The narrator in the Stanley Parable is apparently canonically the incarnation of divorce...

[@OriginalGameteer]

So would that make the Narrator and Dr Hakim friends or enemies?

[@Joryax]

@@OriginalGameteer Enemies most likley... Then Stanley took the door on the... oh, wait a minute... OH, NO! GOOD HEAVENS, STANLEY! Stay away from that door! It's that blasted book again, Stanley!...

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

​@@Joryax "fine Stanley , just one thing if you dislike being in a relationship with someone break up with them don't listen to the book"

[@yeetmyselfoffacliff965]

That was more of a joke, they’re weren’t being serious.

[@Joryax]

@@yeetmyselfoffacliff965 Yes, ty i am aware of that, lol...

[@xxunknownloserxx]

The way they coordinated so perfectly to spell "Fuck" has me deceased

[@heyheyitsjae2475]

My first exposure to this game was seeing someone do a modded playthrough, so seeing actual humans instead of the cast of Bob's Burgers is a trip (Though around 1:44:50 is as far as I got into that lets play.) 56:58 I know A Way Out and It Takes Two have similar gameplay, maybe even the same devs, but both having a prison break through the toilets is quite funny 1:40:00 Player 1 dies to something, warns player 2, player 2 dies as well. Such a mood.

[@immabethehero1486]

I love that modded series!

[@SentientIrisu]

I need to see this.

[@Octobris]

Not Bob and Linda???

[@majoryoshi]

They are published by the same people

[@Brian-tn4cd]

Led by same guy, so yeah similar peeps

[@mcdanzy8379]

This game really makes you FEEL like you're watching your parents getting divorced -IGN

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

10/10

[@crinklyonion1410]

This game really makes you FEEL like you want to make your child cry. -The Completionist

[@timothycarney9652]

My favorite part of this game was how every little corner of the the world felt like part of the real home the parents knew, just alien in scale, and then expanded into a weird toyland scenario for each level. My least favorite part was how it felt like it rushed the reconciliation between the Parents at the end, made me wonder why the heck they were divorcing if it was that easy to make up, or rather if they had made ANY attempt at seeing a councilor or something, which they probably haddn't but that just made them seem dumb. To be fair their idea with the tears and the elephant did the same thing.

[@Mikescool444]

Legit the story up until the second half with the couples therapy was fine. After that… my lips inverted like I had sucked a lemon and my eyebrows went down like a hammer. It felt kinda uncomfortable that the book won. I feel they definitely did work it out, but the problem is that they never got to that conclusion in their own. The book was not only pushy, but purposely made it more difficult to them just because they “need to work on it”. He was funny, even in the second half, but by god was he in the wrong.

[@fangirlandproud6442]

Yea, I agree that the way that the environment is created really adds to Cody and May's character. it was funny to me to watch them battle through Rose's toys and have May keep asking Cody why he bought her x toy. It added a lot to both of their characters, it made their relationship seem more real, and kept us as the audience more enraptured with the story.

[@hedgehog3180]

I think it's just a fundamental issue with this kind of plot. In order for them to decide to stick together at the end the issue they were divorcing over has to be trivial so it can resolved in the runtime the story has. However by writing it like that you end up at the implication that these two are so bad at communicating that they could end up arguing in the drive way over something trivial, which doesn't exactly bode well for their relationship going forward. Not to mention that it also raises the question of why they didn't try couples therapy? I mean surely if you've been together for years, gotten married and had a child you'd try to make some active effort to get through the rough patch. Like the issue kinda is that establishing a believable relationship in fiction always takes quite a bit of time and character growth and that also counts for re-establishing one and if it doesn't then it just doesn't seem believable that this issue could have brought them to the point of divorce.

[@timothycarney9652]

@@hedgehog3180 I think it could work with a few changes to highlight the flaws that lead to them avoiding said therapy. The garden level did a good job showing not only what the husband was passionate about, but the flaws, in him and in the relationship, that lead to that passion fading. The wife's respective level fell flat there. Ultimately the real issue was that they weren't willing to work on their issues, they had both shut each other out and dismissed each other's objections. I wish more of the levels tied into that a bit. . I still prefer my imagined ending where they have to end rush a resolution the book will accept when their Daughter runs away, or try to get to her as dolls since he won't- With the actual ending being they need to try and work things out and not give up for their daughter's sake. That being said, its still a very fun game

[@crinklyonion1410]

@@Mikescool444The book is the embodiment of what the kid doesn’t understand about love and marriage, you can’t just push two people who lost their love for each other back together. It just doesn’t happen as easy as the girl thinks it does, and the book does exactly that. He pushes and pushes and pushes to the point where he can be labeled as the antagonist of the game!

[@chizzicle]

you guys really nailed that "couple on the brink of divorce" energy. Real professional work right there

[@paulthemailman9915]

The last time I touched this game was the last time I saw my best friend a little over 6 months ago. We had been playing this game over the summer and we’re coming close to the end, but while I was on vacation he got hit by a train while on his bike. It’s been tough to recover and seeing this video has brought up old memories. I’ve still never seen the ending of this game because he is the one who owned it, so this video means a lot to me. Sorry for the dump I just have a lot of feelings at the moment. I’m glad I watched to the end, it really lifted me up

[@Hypogean7]

A train?!

[@tetra_kirby5691]

I'm so sorry to hear that. Glad you kept going.

[@paulthemailman9915]

@@Hypogean7I was surprised too

[@paulthemailman9915]

@@tetra_kirby5691thanks for the support. Rough summer

[@soulhunterbill9529]

how do you get hit by a train???

[@dannymdrew]

That book really was prepared to let rose get on that bus if the parents weren't fast enough

[@misirtere9836]

"No, do you not see? I gave them time travel... eventually... and then took it away from them afterwards..."

[@haruyanto8085]

That book was based, it knew if the parente cant communicate with each other respectfully and honestly then Rose is better off without them.

[@Mikescool444]

@@haruyanto8085 yeah, but escaping on a bus? Alone?

[@CinnPai]

this game was amazing but I genuinely do feel like we should have had a moment where we controlled the real parents at the end coming to get Rose

[@xninjaxassasin]

These parents are terrible and should definitely have gone through with the divorce. That kid deserves better. #JusticeforCutie

[@Personwtcats]

That scene was honestly hard to watch

[@thisberichard]

You see, it was I, von Karma, who gave the child the magic book!

[@Onyrooliver]

Can't believe Von Karma became a divorce lawyer after he got out of jail for murder

[@ariathai9107]

von karma, no!

[@ActuallyAthena]

​@@ArshadZahid_nohandleideasfor you see toad, it was i! Who let toadette take the kids.

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

@@Onyrooliver Oh God, my mind is flashing back to some guy in Dan's chat asking him to roleplay Toad and Toadette arguing over their "divorce shares" with von Karma as the lawyer I am not shitting you.

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

@@ActuallyAthena And this is why I headcanon them as siblings Over this in its entirety, to specify

[@takkamek]

It Takes Two: it takes too many technical issues to play the game It Takes Two: a game that takes two

[@Mikescool444]

It takes two: a game where it takes two to play it

[@noogidoo2217]

The Dan-splaining arc was one of the best side plots in this divorce

[@gabe456]

You see, Kelli-

[@Mikescool444]

Rumble tumble

[@noogidoo2217]

@@Mikescool444 Tumble Rumble?

[@xXxXxXxAllianaxXxXxX]

I remember being live for this. God the technical problems were so well timed I thought they were part of the experience.

[@GTAVictor9128]

The same glitch of May falling under the map happened when I was playing that chess piece sequence - so it almost feels like part of the experience.

[@PajamaPantsStudios]

I have never heard of this game helping a relationship. I have heard of MANY people breaking up over it though.

[@ShockingPikachu]

Highlighting the inadequacies of their relationship lmao

[@haruyanto8085]

The game does a good job of it, it was never aboit fixing a relationship, it was about showing how two terrible people make a terrible couple.

[@fangirlandproud6442]

Yea, that seems to be the pattern, at least from what I've seen in this comments section.

[@fangirlandproud6442]

@@haruyanto8085 Part of me is inclined to say they aren't terrible people but they also made their kid intentionally cry by destroying her favorite toy simply to benefit themselves so ...

[@JuliusCaesar2005]

​@@fangirlandproud6442 _To be fair,_ breaking a child's favorite toy isn't THAT high if a price to pay if it means not being stuck as a doll for the rest of,, however long dolls live lol I mean the kid still needs the actual,, human versions of them 😭

[@doodlewreck]

They could have made Cutie's murder quick but no they had to make it slow and painful

[@slycooper1001]

It also plays discordant music to tell you that this is bad and you should feel bad about this. Sometimes players are too moved to even finish killing her Because it is so emotional The game makes them feel so bad about it and they can't move on But sometimes the curiosity about of the rest of the game pushes players forward.

[@sheemy1008]

This is the second game Dan played this year where the main focus is a divorce

[@rachelcookie321]

What was the first game?

[@OriginalGameteer]

​@Rachelcookie321 Facade

[@ephemeralmoments5075]

Maybe Dan can make it a trend, play a bunch of games about divorce, make a divorce playlist

[@slycooper1001]

I remember that game I think the game would end if you mentioned watermelon Like the first thing you say is watermelon and the people would kick you out

[@connectedgamers1753]

@@slycooper1001 To clarify. The game ends if you say melon. Because Melon is slang for breasts. The game just works off trigger words. As such you can easily get by the game just by saying random sentences or rude sentences with certain words/phrases in it. Melon is banned because the only appropriate reason you'd ever use the word Melon is if you're talking about Grace's parts, which naturally wouldn't be appropriate.

[@SnivyTries]

I fully expected the game to end the second they said "we'll always be here for you" and then just BUS takes them both out

[@ShockingPikachu]

Mean girls style 😂

[@PAR4SIT3]

“You can now play as Luigi!”

[@MillyKKitty]

Either Dan's pc was being kind or also had arachnophobia that caused the save file to disappear.

[@dusklunistheumbreon]

Most computers tend to be afraid of bugs

[@makuru_dd3662]

@@dusklunistheumbreon Mine seems to attract them tho.

[@ITBEurgava]

"Get that thing out of my screen!!" "Don't worry, master. I am way ahead of you."

[@fangirlandproud6442]

I love that you can clearly tell may is some sort of scientist simply through her dialogue (the infection in the garden, her comment about the big bang in the space level). I love that kind of writing, where you can learn something about a character simply through their dialogue/actions instead of the author/creator simply just telling/showing you they are whatever they are.

[@deionel]

my parents with a failing relationship played this game and afterwards they decided to file for divorce

[@anko_dtm]

oh no

[@MazeOfMyDesign]

I bet it was the connecting dots game that did it

[@ShockingPikachu]

Good

[@haruyanto8085]

A relationship fails because either one or both parties arent attracted to each other anymore, people think love is important but in actuality, attraction is ever more important in a healthy relationship.

[@fangirlandproud6442]

@@haruyanto8085 attraction, communication , and collaboration are all key and are all things that, at least in my experience, no one can ever seem to do/have.

[@mandridhugh9555]

Now Dan truly knows what it's like to be chat

[@imploreyoutoreconsider5092]

there were even times when it sounded like he was parroting some of the more back seating comments

[@danielhale1]

The elephant scene was twisted, showing what they're willing to do to get back to their lives and why they're not ready. Fantastic storytelling. I love that the game is every game. You get to briefly experience pretty much everything out there.

[@fangirlandproud6442]

Yea, it is definitely a very telling way to tell their story. It shows the extend not only to which Cody and May want to get back to their human lives but also what they'd do to get back to their kid as I feel like that was also one of their other motives of getting through this game. But maybe that's just my personal reading of it.

[@JemaFox]

The ending is so ambiguous if the parents go through with the divorce or not. After playing this game with my fiancé, we both agreed that the parents should go through with the divorce. Throughout the game they try to make Rose cry, ruin her childhood toy, and she (and Dr. Hakim) is just an obstacle for them to get things "back to normal". How can they reconcile all that built up resentment in just one day? Who's to say things won't go back to the way they were where they are arguing and yelling at each other in the driveway? An unhealthy, unhappy marriage just makes things worse for kids. They can both at least put their feelings for one another aside for the sake of their daughter (who seems like she's starving for love and attention) and be there together for her as a team, but not necessary be together with each other. Sorry for the rant... really enjoyed the game up until the ending and I just get so worked up over it when I think about it. 😅

[@LanceyDanceyPants]

Somehow the "make rose cry" goal feels like her interpretation of the divorce? She feels like they *want* her to be upset, given how she desperately wants their attention and their getting along. They're very aggressive too. All of their 'trials' are about breaking things or fighting enemies, which seems to be how Rose views it all.

[@JemaFox]

@@LanceyDanceyPants She probably thinks that her parents are mad at her and ignoring her because, in her mind, she is the main cause of their marriage falling apart, which I don't blame her.... a lot of kids feel that way and it's very sad. I agree. It is a very aggressive way to go about solving the various problems they come across. Maybe this is her and, through her wish, Dr. Hakim's way of interpreting their current relationship and how they need to fight together and overcome challenges to be friends again? I personally don't think it's the right way to go about it and I think this might be one reason why the book was found in the trash.

[@malachi5893]

Honestly felt the same way after my first time seeing the entire game. I think they gained respect for each other through the game but there's no way it could fix a marriage that's so unhealthy, maybe just enough to remain friends. I like that they realize they need to be a team to support Rose, but I believe they don't need to be together to do that nor that they should.

[@Dolthra]

Given that they were still talking about divorce right up until the second to last level, I think it's probable they still go through with it. If anything, the game is about them learning to respect each other and see each other as people again, and whether or not that ends in the marriage staying together or divorce and co-parenting is deliberately left ambiguous because it doesn't really matter, in the end.

[@Nevernamed]

Trauma bonding over almost getting eaten by moles.

[@sawyerawr5783]

The segment where it became Street Fighter for a second actually broke me. this is gold. That poor elephant though...not so much. Pardon me while I dig out and hug my stuffed animals I haven't seen in years.

[@ARockyRock]

Played this game with 3 other friends where we each held half a controller. we called it "it takes 4" yeah it didnt go well

[@Mikescool444]

Jesus. How was the “Cody/May control one half of a character” moments?

[@ARockyRock]

@@Mikescool444 Not quite as bad as you'd think but definitely rough. We got pretty good at working as a team and only occasionally walked off into a bottomless pit. Those parts made it confusing bc we kept forgetting things were reversed.

[@fangirlandproud6442]

Very interesting added difficulty to the game tho!

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

3:57 Ironically, he put that in the ONE HOLE that CANNOT electrocute you in a socket.

[@Lily-dd4lc]

Can't believe you played a co-op game about divorce and didn't reach out to DougDoug

[@ActuallyAthena]

Imagine doug and chat playing this

[@lzrshark617]

I hereby rate this game -3/10 for the complete and utter lack of Divorce Island

[@dusklunistheumbreon]

Hopefully we one day can get sir DouglasDouglas and Parkzer, the lawyer cop, to play this game together to mend their failing relationship

[@failure4452]

TODAY, I TEAMED UP WITH MY TWITCH CHAT TO GET DIVORCED. BY TYPING CERTAIN MESSAGES INTO CHAT, THEY CAN SIGN A DIVORCE PAPER WHICH WE CAN THEN SEND TO PARKZER TO GET VERIFIED

[@totallynothatguy1698]

@@dusklunistheumbreon Mediocre streamer and Lawyer-Cop-Koala-Gun Owner together? I think Parkzer can do better.

[@erikekvall6417]

1:30:16 Kelly’s embarrassment with that joke was too good

[@julianfan5794]

34:11 I have never seen anyone perfect that fight. She just absolutely demolished the chief Kudos🎉

[@dess8815]

She did say she plays melee lol

[@julianfan5794]

@@dess8815 that explains her tendency to default to aerials, which had an uncanny resemblance to Link’s Nair….

[@dess8815]

@@julianfan5794 exactly lol

[@MCshadr217]

This game me realize that if I was forced into a situation like this, I would end up hating my partner even more before and go ahead with the divorce.

[@silosilo2326]

I honestly didn’t expect the elephants death to be so cruel and brutal😭

[@ShockingPikachu]

They didn't play it up enough. It should have been so much more brutal, constant screams of pain, stuffing slowly falling out onto the table

[@AstroIsAlive]

No joke the cutie elephant scene was fucking traumatising for me and my friend we were crying, we felt so bad-

[@nopenopenopesomuchnope4137]

Honestly, this game has a pretty awful message at the core of it. Yes, couples therapy _can_ work for couples that are having issues with each other, but it's a slow process, it doesn't just take an afternoon to sort out months or even years of problems. But sometimes, it doesn't work and the couple is better off seperate then desperately trying to patch up a marrige that doesn't work. But that fucking book basically put a gun to our character's heads and said "make up or else I'll kill you with my death traps." Honestly, I'd give Cody and May a few weeks before their issues start popping up again. They only got back together because they literally had no choice or else they would die/stay comatose forever. The only good message is at the end where the parents say it's not Rose's fault for the divorce, because that can be hard for kids to grasp that their mom and dad just don't get along like they used to. Cody and May are better off as just friends with joint guardianship rather than trying desperately to fix their marrige.

[@lzrshark617]

New headcanon: the book is actually Jigsaw, after he decided to switch his focus from ppl who 'don't appreciate life enough' to struggling couples who would probably legitimately be better off seperated and on platonic terms

[@eldritchabomination9726]

Agreed and well put

[@zackglickert4495]

i agree to an extent about the book, but i hate this idea of “we just don’t love each other anymore and that’s fine” you can’t just give up your wedding vows and the promise you made to your partner for life because you’re a child and can’t get along, especially if you have a kid

[@scottbecker4367]

​@@zackglickert4495 if you're just constantly fighting and aren't able to work out any differences, then it's better to separate, especially if you have a kid in the equation. It's often worse for everyone if people stay together in a souring relationship just because of their kid.

[@zackglickert4495]

@@scottbecker4367 The solution is to stop fighting, not separate. People act like making up is impossible

[@davidwatt2875]

The snow globe level where they each have half a magnet only works because they're not in the real world. Otherwise they'd each have a magnet half the size of the original magnet, instead of two individual poles.

[@youarepu3]

That's something they comment on in game if I recall correctly

[@hedgehog3180]

I'm pretty sure you can time travel if you had a magnet with one pole, but I guess time powers are a thing in the level before.

[@husky0098]

@@hedgehog3180 Please explain, I'm curious

[@chandra_creator]

@@hedgehog3180 i mean yeah I guess if you decide to say "fuck physics, monopoles DO exist" then you may as well say "fuck physics, time CAN go backward"

[@nahtothenope]

The elephant was probably the most terrible thing I've ever done in a video game, And GTA 5 is one of my favorite games

[@ShockingPikachu]

The NPCs in GTA games are legitimately terrible people if you stop and listen to what they say so I don't care about killing them... but youtube me that elephant didn't deserve that. I do with they instead had the elephant screaming in pain the whole time to just sell even more how youtubed up the whole situation is

[@BMWM3GTR2001]

​@@ShockingPikachuwhat visting Los Angeles does to a mf

[@door1722]

Leave it to the Drift King to masterfully drift out of relationship troubles

[@Mikescool444]

It took two drifts for that one.

[@daandanx]

"Mom, what's up with dad?" "No honey, he's Cody to you.." Wait, that's not how divorce works, is it

[@ocal123]

probably not

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

definitely not

[@frew5757]

No it isn’t I’d know

[@fangirlandproud6442]

Not necessarily. The parents can obtain shared custody of the kid but overall, they'll still be mom and dad, at least to the kid. But my parents aren't divorced so maybe I shouldn't be the one to speak on it.

[@JuliusCaesar2005]

​@@fangirlandproud6442 Well my folks ARE divorced and I can confirm that is not how it works LMAO

[@SeriousApache]

3:58 if you get electrocuted from ground port, you have bigger problem then parents divorce.

[@hedgehog3180]

This house is definitely not compliant with standards.

[@door1722]

Did you know that they used to call him the Divorce King back in college?

[@Mikescool444]

It took him two years to finally divorce the principal and his wife.

[@DauntlessFool]

49:21 It amazes me the sheer dedication of a craftsman when they work on their masterpieces: the decision with every line, the determination in the voice when commanding it's helpers create. And even knowing that his work might be censored by false phoneys and imitators, that does not stop the craftsman, it only fuels it's soul with determination for their work. Absolutely amazing work mr ReallyTreacherousGames (RTGame), I impatiently expect your upcoming work on the art "KZbin"

[@a.rustici1972]

A true artist at his very soul!

[@vector-cloudgaming8397]

This game has the energy of a bad early 2000s CG family movie and I love it

[@hedgehog3180]

I have definitely watched this as a child and the book character was equally obnoxious back then.

[@frasechico]

"Our daughter is crying. Is this the fault of our poor way of talking to her during this divorce which might be making her think she's at fault?" "no, we need to make her cry MORE"

[@scottbecker4367]

*bathes in child's tears* *doesn't profit* What are we doing wrong?

[@ShockingPikachu]

The good ending is their kid being taken by CPS 😂

[@haruyanto8085]

​@@ShockingPikachu i swear, the game doesnt do enough to point out how horrible her parents are, under the guise of cutesy toy aesthetic her parents are actually horrible people

[@kubamcmillan3078]

​@@haruyanto8085yep they are the bad guys

[@shaunrutherford7764]

The parents were being a real couple of KZbins to each other and their daughter

[@Quizzicall]

We Were Here Forever is also an amazing coop puzzle game. Would just love to see that played next and in no way want to see them struggle on some of the more difficult puzzles in that game.

[@microchips834]

Agreed. There are a total of four We Were Here games, and all of them are really good in my opinion, especially WWH Together and WWH Forever, like you said.

[@samdal420]

Ah yes, the best way to keep your parents together: Give them shared trauma!

[@TTDundee]

Killing Cutie is just so horrific and messed up, got me tearing up the first time and it still gets me now

[@andhispalmugman6314]

This game goes from funny to heartbreaking in seconds

[@blueducky1]

Josef Fares really is a genius. Not only does he make a brilliant story about couples therapy, but also represented how one wrong move can easily reset all the progress you've made in a simple cut to black bad ending.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

6:32 Dan has SHIT Rythm. The fact that Kelli was SO MUCH WORSE at a basic timing challenge Really says something

[@14thdoctor37]

Kelli performing worse than Dan came up a lot I swear

[@ardsam6922]

I saw this right before 50:05

[@ShockingPikachu]

​@@14thdoctor37 she's just got performance anxiety

[@moodiddywow]

Alert!! The girls are fighting!!

[@NyanNegotiable]

Oh no oh no they’re gonna get divorced!!

[@moodiddywow]

@@NyanNegotiable Quick! Someone sound the divorce siren!!

[@ShockingPikachu]

​@@moodiddywow All youve done is summon dougdoug's twitch chat

[@Trainboyz1.]

​@@moodiddywow*insert divorce siren noise here*

[@IronDino]

13:00 "Imagine marriage consoling but your child just locks you in a room until you work it out." You mean like the entire plot of The Parent Trap?

[@inoob26]

using every time they say "it takes two" is going to be the worst drinking game ever

[@arrontheprotogen9276]

It takes two To kill your liver

[@Tokoton]

& if you want to do it properly...you have to _take two_ shots each time

[@markus5120]

I played this game with my sister and we were sobbing during the elephant scene. We had to take a break from the game for a week. 10/10 game

[@annsparks3101]

It Takes Two to deal with all the technical difficulties; from audio issues to game crashes erasing save files.

[@math9172]

There were so many gameplay changes I'm surprised the game didn't just pause and give you a 50 picarat puzzle. Follow by an updated autopsy report obviously.

[@sonofpears4691]

“Point of view Lee Harvey Oswald” hasn’t even got into the game and this video is already hilarious

[@phoxphorus761]

Smart game design to make a co-op game for a story about divorcing. Experience the fun of arguing over someone not doing what you want them to do.

[@PeteQuaint]

jumping spiders are really sweet. just think of them as a tiny little puppy with a lot of legs. the more they can steppy with!

[@bells5524]

Played this with a friend because he randomly wanted to do something co-op...that was a WILD fever dream for like 3+ hours 💀

[@persona3chainsawman]

I knew the divorce arc was coming

[@iceninja1997]

"let's just tell him we're divorcing" "No, let's be friends" Little Timmy has a good way of describing divorce ngl

[@DB-cn6rw]

Kelly made SO MANY THINGS a sexual innuendo, to the point where I think Dan missed some LMAO

[@agntt-]

I played this game with my girlfriend (before we got together), and it made a strong foundation that helped us blossom into a beautiful relationship. Even though we trolled the shit out of each other quite a bit, it made us realize how much we needed each other.

[@Onetruefreeman]

ok so all I’m getting from this is that children are elder German folklore creatures who curse adults to an endless purgatory where they have to complete trials and challenges to escape all while being tormented by demons who resemble everyday household objects.

[@LycanMOON]

"I'm like sonic grinding on a rail while playing splatoon" If you had any knowledge on splatoon that would of been the funniest joke,flashbacks from fighting 2's final boss

[@baldkafka6357]

I kid you not that line played just as I saw this.

[@devin-xp]

made me think of sunset overdrive or whatever thats called! zombie game i think

[@emperororthopox1691]

Dan has more commitment to the divorce than I do to my own marriage

[@Monochrome2004]

honestly im surprised that they were so desperate to return to normal then entire time like after the fidget spinner bit i wouldve been like "hold on what else can we do in this house before we turn back this is fun as hell" like it's not like they can die or anything

[@AKA253]

I saw a couple cosplaying as Cody and May at ComicCon last year, honestly we need more cosplay options like those

[@danielbrugovsky6018]

I think the technical problems were caused by OBS or something else running on Dan's PC. I played this game with my friend on a "bad" PC and it hasn't hitched or crashed once. And we've done most of the side content, so it's not like we were dodging the crash areas.

[@Beanz-on-Toast]

I played this on a whim with a friend of mine and was surprised at how well we worked together and now I don't like playing coop games with anyone else

[@madmanwithaplan1826]

Weirdly there is some absolutely solid Marriage advice here. Especially about passion you have have to have something to be excited about and your partner should be supportive about it

[@0hpossum]

Being entirely honest here. I teared up watching the scene with the elephant. I assume there’s probably some childhood trauma involved in making it so sad for me, but I almost started crying.

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

My sister and I played this game together, our parents were never married, and have been separated for as long as we could remember. It was sincerely good for our relationship. Highly recommended.

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

i love how creative and diverse this game is, the different worlds are so cool and the aesthetic is quite pleasant