Split Fiction

My rating system: Gameplay 50% Graphics 30% Story 20% This is the best couch co-op there is and I wish there were more co-op games with this level of quality and production values. It's creative, always something different and unexpected, sometimes funky and ridiculous but always fun! Coordination is an absolute must. The puzzles themselves aren't too difficult, but be warned that for non-gamers this game will be too hard. While the controls are very smooth, responsive, platforming forgiving, it still requires fast reaction, running while moving camera, double jumping and dashing while guiding your direction mid-air. You have to have at least some action game experience to be comfortable. And later on, especially bosses will only get harder - with many fire and laser particles, crazy, dizzy camera movements and requirements to aim precisely during chaos. Level variation is great, graphics are 100% modern AAA and the story is multi-layered with both womens' characters developing over the course of the game. My only complaint is that there's no single player option even after beating the game, I wish to replay it sometime.

English : Split Fiction is great. Like any Hazelight game, you'll have fun with it cause it's what the studio is looking for. Even though, it's hard to challenge It takes two. This new story lacks fluidity, and feels more like little pieces of gameplay put together no matter what. The characters had a hard time growing on me, I even thought they were quite unsufferable in the beginning. The vision of what fantasy and science fiction are mainly relies on commercial cliches you can feel are an excuse for creating "gaming situations". It lacks subtlety. That being said, the environments and the music are exquisit and you'll have a good time. The emotions do not run as high as with ITT though. Français : SF est un bon jeu. Comme tous les jeux Hazelight, on s'éclate à le jouer car c'est la priorité du studio et cela se sent. Cependant, difficile de se hisser au niveau d'It takes two. Cette nouvelle histoire manque de fluidité et de subtilité. On sent davantage qu'on a mis bout à bout des situations de gameplay intéressantes et que l'histoire n'est qu'un prétexte. J'ai eu du mal à accrocher avec les personnages, les ai même trouvés lourdingues au début. La vision qui est donné de la fantasy et de la science-fiction repose sur des clichés commerciaux et sert de prétexte au gameplay. Ceci dit, les environnements et la musique sont incroyables, même si l'émotion n'est pas aussi forte que dans ITT.

I’m conservative with scores so this might sound like an 8 for some: Super fun from start to end with an almost insane amount of variety in game design. It’s basically a big bowl of candy and we definitely had a good time with it. In the same vein though, a bowl of candy tastes cheap and lacks depth. Split Fiction is a game about sci-fi and fantasy tropes, and it’s taking these tropes to ironic degrees. However, it doesn’t do this tongue in cheek, instead the drama is played rather seriously, resulting in cringing for me. The design also shares this trait of being ”too much” and comes across as a cluttered neon mess at times. Regardless of this, it is currently one of the best games in the co-op genre. Still quite far from the meta brilliance of It Takes Two, and not a genius party game like overcooked. But somewhere in between those two.

I’m completely disappointed with this game because of its length. The game itself isn’t bad, but it doesn’t come close to It Takes Two, which is way better. But 15 hours for a full playthrough definitely isn’t worth €45. There’s just too little content, and the publisher once again showed their greed.

The game does not support Arabic language. This makes the experience difficult and disappointing for Arabic-speaking players. Please add Arabic subtitles or full localization in future updates