Nowadays, you are more than likely to come across a cutscene or two while playing a game. From the games that required pure imagination such as Galaga in the arcade, or ones that used text and short scripted scenes such as The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past on the SNES. I was genuinely looking forward to trying out this title with a buddy since the days of couch co-op have more or less been laid to rest, but having each player control their own brother completely took away the only challenge the game once offered.The methods of storytelling in video games over the years has certainly evolved. Originally, the game director told Game Informer that he would rather cut his hands than make Brothers a co-op game because it was very important to him that one player control both brothers, and after seeing the game through in co-op mode, it’s easy to echo this sentiment. It simply wants to be tedious and hopes that’s enough to keep you entertained. Brothers wants you to have to work through the difficulty of coordinating the two characters, but it doesn’t want to provide any exterior complications or true obstacles. The most challenging puzzle in the game involved each player picking up one side of a log and moving it around like a piece of furniture, which should be a tell for how ridiculously easy the rest of the puzzles were. Often, the “puzzles” the game presents are little more than holding down two triggers at the same time and moving the brothers at a snail’s pace as they drag an object around, with no overthinking required to get through the levels.
Though the concept of controlling two brothers and having them perform in harmony seems cool at first, it grows old quickly, as the game tends to rely on the challenges caused by coordinating two different brothers as the only thing it needs to maintain your interest.
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