Stronger Together’ Offers Very Different Co-Op Experiences

River Tails: Stronger Together is a vibrant journey sport geared toward two gamers – a cat and a fish – that may have a really totally different expertise with the sport.

I obtained the possibility to play a few of this sport at EGX this yr, the place I had a good time. You can play as a bit fish or an enormous cat (or each, if you wish to take it on as a solo). These two totally different characters have totally different skills and options to them, making for an fascinating expertise. As a fish, you might want to keep within the water. As a cat, you hate water and wish to leap round on platforms. These two characters present an fascinating sport to play via as you possibly can choose which character and expertise you need. It looks like an ideal sport for a kid and an grownup to play, as you possibly can really assist your buddy and be certain that they’re guided via the sport. 

Playing because the cat, you will have to hop from space to space, opening up doorways in order that your fish buddy can maintain transferring ahead with you. Your fish additionally wants safety – if every other fish seem within the water, you might want to go close to them to scare them away in order that they don’t chase your pal. As the fish character (which is a better position), you might want to pull on ropes to open areas for the cat to leap to, in addition to maintain transferring ahead with the cat.

The sport requires working collectively, nevertheless it’s very clear the place you’re going and what must be carried out subsequent. If your fish does find yourself leaping out of water or getting attacked by one other fish, it’s okay as there are many checkpoints alongside the best way. It’s the identical with the cat getting caught in water – you’ll simply each be introduced again a bit bit. 

River Tails: Stronger Together is a stunning, well-made platformer that feels so enjoyable to play with your pals or household. It’s enjoyable, easy, and offers simply sufficient problem in puzzles so that you can have to suppose barely earlier than transferring on. 



River Tails: Stronger Together is presently in improvement, however within the meantime, you possibly can add it to your Steam Wishlist.

Jupiter Hadley

Jupiter is a prolific indie sport journalist, writing for Metro UK, Big Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and plenty of extra, all with a concentrate on smaller indie gems. She covers hundreds of sport jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each sport have a second within the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of all the sport jams happening on the planet, judges many jams and occasions. Jupiter can be the Adept Games Wizard at Armor Games.