I know that my opinion is kind of controversial, but this game is not as good as it is believed to be. Not even remotely.
It's not bad per se, mind you: just way too overrated. And, well, it is not that different from almost any other 'artsy-fartsy' indie platformer' you can think of: simplistic stylized graphics, primitive and not really engaging gameplay, obscure (or just rudimentary) plot, and occasional tear-jerking moments that simply feel cheap and unimaginative.
Yeah, I get it, this game is almost 10 years old. But it should have aged way better if it is as good as it's said to be.
The only thing that somewhat makes this game interesting is the coop gimmick, that relies entirely on the fact that another player is not some kind of аsshоlе who would abandon you in the middle of the level. Yeah, it sort of works. Half of the time. And even when it does, this hardly elevates the game beyond just another pretentious indie game with a semi-interesting gimmick.
There have been quite a few artistic casual games over the last decade that have done so much more with so much less.

I know that my opinion is kind of controversial, but this game is not as good as it is believed to be. Not even remotely. It's not bad per se, mind you: just way too overrated. And, well, it is not that different from almost any other 'artsy-fartsy' indie platformer' you can think of: simplistic stylized graphics, primitive and not really engaging gameplay, obscure (or just rudimentary) plot, and occasional tear-jerking moments that simply feel cheap and unimaginative. Yeah, I get it, this game is almost 10 years old. But it should have aged way better if it is as good as it's said to be. The only thing that somewhat makes this game interesting is the coop gimmick, that relies entirely on the fact that another player is not some kind of аsshоlе who would abandon you in the middle of the level. Yeah, it sort of works. Half of the time. And even when it does, this hardly elevates the game beyond just another pretentious indie game with a semi-interesting gimmick. There have been quite a few artistic casual games over the last decade that have done so much more with so much less.