Two Against the Legion

EDIT: YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO PLAY IT ALONE. There were scenarios where one character was in combat while the other was solving puzzles. I still think the game's more charming cooperatively, but if that's not your jam, you're in luck, and you're still my friend. The time in my review reflects the amount of time I spent playing it with my wife, plus seven minutes screwing around on my own. So yeah, it's a short game! Frankly, probably half that time was trying to work out one specific puzzle; we might have been able to beat the game in a half hour if we were really on the ball. You will play with a pal. One of you will (awkwardly!) control a human with a keyboard only, and the other will point-and-click with a mouse. On occasion, the human player will have to defend the robot, and since it's both hands on keyboard to fight, plus the mouse, you're not going to do it solo. Most of your time will be spent solving puzzles. If you dawdle long enough, you can ask the game for hints, which we didn't do. They're not necessarily the most challenging puzzles, but I will say they were more inventive than usual. For $3.50 (because it was discounted), I don't begrudge the purchase price, but if you're a dollars-to-time ratio person, this IS cheaper than goiing to the bar or going to watch a movie, so you're still ahead. Anyway, it was kinda charming, and my wife and I had fun, and if these guys put out more puzzles or a sequel or something, I'm very likely to go it. If that's not a ringing endorsement, I don't know what is. PS: You really do need a coop partner. But it plays well enough with Steam's remote play feature.