There's three things you need to know. One, the game has no matchmaking, you need to bring your own friend, with their own copy of the game. Two, if you want to play this to save the cute cat, don't - you'll watch the cat die over and over and over, because this game is insanely difficult. And three, because the game's so hard, it will test your bonds to their absolute limits - mainly your ability to make random associations with the same stuff, but also your ability to forgive each other for minor mistakes that jeopardize the entire run.
The main point of difficulty is that the features of the bugs are purposefully made similar to each other to force you to be very specific. For example, let's say that Sonny says "the bug is wearing a pirate hat". And then Daddy looks at his list of features... okay, there's a tricone, there's a black admiral hat with a skull, there's a red sailor's bandana... which one is the pirate hat?
Or shapes of the bugs that are simply hard to describe. We had to use phrases such as "top of the bone", "egg-potato", "hanging lamp from Ikea", and "fat Estus flask". Eventually, you'll develop a dictionary of sorts - but the process that takes you there is painful and full of annoyances. At least you get some tools to make these things easier later on.
Then there are the bugs themselves. All of them have some kind of gimmick that make them annoying or dangerous - some less than others. It starts with bugs that simply run away, or perhaps leave behind easily identifiable decoys... but then you have bugs that leave run-destroying traps, bugs that heal others, bugs that chase you and blink you to another floor... and worse. And the clock is constantly ticking! Every moment, every hit Sonny takes gets you closer to Mimi's demise. Luckily, successfuly killing a bug resets the timer.
And finally there's the issue of the special abilities. Every time either player uses one of those, the other player gets punished somehow. Your controls get reversed, you get part of your screen covered, the ground turns to ice, a decoy shows up... but all things considered, this isn't so bad. Eventually you learn to work around those issues.
Do you get it? The game's hard. And that's what makes playing it so freaking satisfying. Making mistakes, figuring out what went wrong, adapting your strategies, attempting to describe an ikea lamp with 90s cool kid hair... it's just so much fun.
And that's what it boils down to. It's hard, but fun. Fun, but hard. Play this only if you have someone you really trust, and have patience for failure. Because if you can make it work, you'll get an amazing, satisfying experience; somewhat rough around the edges, but unique and very engaging.
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