If Joel and I ever do a podcast we could call it "doubleplusgood"

I played a bit of Trine 2 on the Xbox with AJ, and we thought it was no great shakes m'afraid.

Hint: whoever is the wizard can just summon a crate, that beats almost every puzzle. :(

I can agree with the point that the game feels quite empty. The puzzles are streamlined, the fights are simple, and the music is almost interesting enough to stop me from replacing it with a random J-pop album. Worse still, the game is offensively easy; every other puzzle can be bypassed with clever manipulation of the grappling hook, and you can literally bunny-hop through poisonous pits knowing that checkpoints are *everywhere*.

But, in the context of a co-op game, all of these aspects make it *better* (except the mediocre music; they could've used ranchera music and it would all be the same). Even with three idiot players stepping on each others toes -and the thief occasionally popping bubbles beneath the under-evolved land dwellers- the game goes by at a good pace. It's silly and ridiculous and fun.

But, yeah, an upgraded wizard totally takes the fun out of the puzzles. I'm playing the thief and Richard the knight, so we kinda dodged this situation.

Edit: So, I take it that ya'll didn't want to play on account of the game? If it means that someone will jump in, I could be convinced into making Richard buy multiple copies of whatever people want.

Oh, but, admittedly, Trine 2 is a pretty mediocre co-op game. For 2 bucks a person, though, I've no complaints.

I dunno about any game to build a clan around if you're avoiding an MMO. I do know some games that would almost be good for that, but at the cost of steep learning curves.

I am excited for your speed twine though!

I have decided my problem with Trine 2 is that it's too pretty. It's a beautiful looking game with ornate greenery and shiny lights and I have no idea what I'm looking at. I can't tell what are platforms, interactable objects, etc--I should be able to tell that instantly!