Age Twisters is a genuinely charming co-op game hoping to bridge the generation divide - and one of my loveliest surprises at Gamescom
Despite the horrors its name might imply, Age Twisters it's a surprisingly nifty little thing.
Despite the horrors its name might imply, Age Twisters it's a surprisingly nifty little thing.
The short version
- I had the opportunity to check it out at Gamescom, and to my delight its co-op adventuring provided a lovely tonic to the various violent delights the show provided elsewhere.
- Developed by Piccolo Studios in Barcelona, Age Twisters - if you're wondering where the name comes from - thrusts two players into the shoes of a grandfather or granddaughter after they receive a strange message from a long-gone mother / daughter.
- That message arrives with two bracelets enabling the titular age twisting: the ability for our pair to change to various points in their life - child, teenager, adult, elder - at will, each stage providing abilities that can help them solve puzzles.
What happened
What follows is a witty adventure that, as you've probably assumed by the premise, is accessible to practically anyone. Piccolo Studios co-founders Jordi Ministral and Alexis Corominas told me the team wanted to make a more cheerful adventure after their last two titles - Arise: A Simple Story and After Us - delved into darker subject matter.
Why it matters
"The story is tied to the generation gap," says Ministral.
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