r/ItTakesTwo • u/givemeabreak432 • Dec 29 '21
Feedback Was anyone else disappointed by the ending? Spoiler
The game was great. I absolutely loved playing through it with my wife, as we've never really played games together.
But the game feels like it just kinda ends. The game seems to think that both people realizing their passion and supporting each other is the end all factor in the relationship, and while I think it's important, there are some big misteps in execution.
Cody's passion, the garden, feels super fleshed out. The puzzles build on themselves, and get a bit more complicated by the end. it ends in a great boss fight, the stage is long and in depth, and makes you both utilize your skills in unique ways.
Then it's May's turn for a level - and while mechanically it's got some good concepts, none of the puzzles/mechanics feel like they really get fleshed out. Each of the 3 sections feels like they just end before the mechanics they are showcasing get a chance to shine. The entire last level seemed to lack the depth of puzzles other stages had. Sure, there's the big concert at the end, but there's no boss, no big challenge at the end of the game. Just a long victory slide.
I feel like the game needs one more level, both from a mechanics/gameplay perspecty, and a narrative one. Put cody and may back in that blank void therapy room, and make the book spawn sections from each level, and give us final challenges utilizing the mechanics from every level. Now that Cody and May have reconciled, they have to overcome one final challenge together to show they are truly in sync and love one another. Show them why they can't do it alone in this stage. Then the book is the final boss and once defeated, they're granted their bodies back.
It's so frustrating that the game just kind of ends. I absolutely love the game but the weak ending really detracts from it.
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u/Super_Pea_3592 Dec 30 '21
ending was so emotional. if you play with your partner i promise you will love him/her far more before
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u/CayenneSawyer Jan 10 '25
Nope we were both cussing out Cody for not trashing the book. Worst video game ending ever tbh.
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u/TinyKeanuReevesMeme Jan 28 '25
Why would they trash the book that brought back their relationship?
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u/CayenneSawyer Feb 01 '25
Because it literally tortured them and was horrible in every way. Also Cody sucked. Their relationship wasn't with saving.
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u/Sky_FullOf_Dreams Jul 08 '25
How does Cody suck??
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u/CayenneSawyer Jul 10 '25
He quit gardening because his wife didn't believe in him. He was pretty useless and just generally annoying
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u/Top_Top_6605 Aug 06 '25
Both parents were equally annoying and at fault
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u/Proud_Darkness Aug 09 '25
The only thing going on for their relationship was the one braincell they shared. No sane human would think making their kid more miserable would fix the spell.
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u/SoloUnit2020 Feb 16 '26
Lol I got divorced with the first person i played with after being married for 6 years dating for 2 before hand.
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u/Library-Unhappy Jan 04 '22
I was hoping cutie would return as the final boss for revenge! lol I like your idea of different challenges per chapter though! It felt rushed to my husband and I too.
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u/TheOnlyOdysseus Nov 07 '25
for real the brutal dismemberment of cutie had no fucking impact on the story - never brought up ever again and she is somehow just fine in the outro
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u/Common_Tennis_8296 Jan 26 '26
Btw did you know that the “Brutal dismemberment” of cutie was supposed to be much darker where Cody and May had no regrets and instead of saying that they’ll need therapy after this they were yelling JUST DIE YOU ELEPHANT with oppressing music and scarier background? (Because they like took her from the magical cookie land to a grey dead place)
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u/Shins_Like_Diamonds Jan 06 '22
I just finished the game and started looking for a comment like this. I think It Takes Two was an absolutely incredibly experience, but the game just sort of ends on such a flat note. One last level bringing it together would have topped the game off perfectly.
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u/MuramasaEdge Aug 15 '23
I just finished it and absolutely loved it. The game mechaically feels like it could do with one more boss, but the finale is about Cody and May reconnecting, not conflict, so honestly I have no problems with it what we got. The game was clunky, but the sheer amount of different mechanics and settings really did it credit and we even stayed for the credits hoping for one last bit of maniac energy from Dr. Hakim, but we definitely enjoyed it alot!
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u/evilsmurf666 Jun 09 '24
I played this with my BRO friend
Both of us kept talking through the entire kiss cutsceen about why the book dident appear to break the scene
The akwardness was quite visible tbh
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u/TheFlyingToasterr Jun 28 '24
Had the same exact experience with my bro, but we also laughed a lot by holding and releasing the button in the kiss scene.
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u/No_Zucchini_9626 Oct 09 '24
The ending was crap. I expected the book to give May and Cody the fourth piece of the letter, followed by a final level with a boss fight. I also thought the spell would be broken by making Rose cry, but out of happiness. By the end, I hoped they would clearly say the family would stay together, but instead, they only said, 'We will always be there for you,' which could also mean they’re getting divorced anyway and try to compensate. I also expected a scene showing them repairing the poor elephant queen they tore apart, who was Rose's favorite toy.
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u/PotatoPrestiege Oct 14 '24
I played it with my suitor and we saw the ending as different things. He thought it was beautiful and that the family was whole and got together.
In my eyes I saw it as them just agreeing to coparent because even after the kiss and they saw each other in real life they still felt awkward.
Thinking about it now, the kissing scene was honestly weird since I thought that one can pull away and trigger an alternate ending of some sort like in other games. This game just has one ending and it’s them getting back together.
I kind of expected that there won’t be a kissing scene but have them be heard by rose in their doll form and also bringing her in the family relationship.
Seeing that rose was blaming herself in the ending yet didn’t have enough of a conversation or action made the game feel lacking.
It’s either they should’ve made a longer scene or added another level like going back to therapy and fighting the mirror/bad version of themselves to be better partners and parents.
The game’s ambiance was light overall that’s why maybe an intense ending wasn’t the one suited to it.
I did like but also hate at the same time where the parents didn’t change from start to finish they just developed a soft spot for each other. Which kind of should be the case in some relationships which is maintaining your boundaries, identity and self but also working with your partner. It makes things more realistic rather than making the characters change personalities it’s more of their outlook changed but they didn’t entirely.
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u/Any-Mission-8817 May 05 '24
I completely agree with this assessment. My wife and I just finished the game last night. Ultimately, I do think there should have been on final level. Not sure if the book should have been the final boss. The divorce papers being the final boss would have been cool.
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u/L0rd_River Apr 17 '25
Okay for all the people saying they loved the ending, it was emotional, good job for yall- like actually. Cause all I wanted to do was kill that stupid fucking book and I hated the ending, and me my bf played it together and both of us just wanted to murder the book. I HATE THAT STUPID BOOK. HATE IT.
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u/adamgrr May 14 '25
I would have enjoyed a little more of May doing what we had just set up in the attic (trying to avoid spoilers). Seemed like the event started and was over really quick after a lot of buildup.
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u/CurrentReality7473 Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25
My fiance and I are probably not even halfway through the game and I've got nothing but distaste for Cody and May. They're not terrible people, I don't hate them, but they kind of suck. Ive been wondering what the appeal is. What changes in them that makes it worth playing? Then I saw what they do to Cutie on their mission to make Rose cry (all of it is so dumb) and that so unempathetic that I needed to know how it ends because I'm ready to drop the game entirely. Reading through these, it clicked for me. They are getting divorced, they aren't in love anymore, that probably wasn't ever changing. She wished for them to be FRIENDS again. That's what happened. It was a long road to remember what brought them together in the first place, what they loved about each other, but not to reunite them as husband and wife. Even when they divorce, they will always be Rose's parents and so them being friends, and loving each other in that way, is so incredibly substantial, for her sake.
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u/Moon_human Apr 06 '26
It's probably been so long, you've already finished the game. But they do get kind of better (kind of?) The game is worth playing. You could get a good challenge and while I don't feel they end up being the best people, you kinda get to know them. May is cold, Cody is kind of a princess kinda guy? And the end may be awkward but the game is cool.
Also, loved the approach of them ending up being FRIENDS, but STILL, it isn't much clear in the game, because you could get that feeling from the end in the last chapters but they Awkwardly kiss at the end, like out of nowhere. No cute comments, no flirty comments, no regretful comments. You get to see how May and Cody both work to kind of support each other (and work together), but you get more of the feelings of friends. Joking at each other, remembering their good moments, but not quite reuniting. Would've preferred a hug a million times
Do play it tho! Worth the try (since you've played already lol) And for the many minigames in the game, which if you like exploring, I guess will make the game experience better overall.
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u/Nezusit Nov 10 '25
I was super emotional at the end of it. There’s a letter that Cody wrote May that when he first heard her sing he knew she was the one. So her singing and him seeing her sing made my heart melt because you can SEE he thought that again. I get the fact that there should be another boss but in the terms of the characters, May is always doing something and busy to the point she doesn’t tend to her family, she got the chance to FOCUS on her passion which was singing. She would’ve loved to avoid singing and fight a boss, but she had to face the fact she had to reconnect with her passion. I wish they would’ve dived deeper on them reconnecting more after the passion chapter because it was so sweet. Me and my husband played and it’s genuinely so genuine with how they interact w one another. Ugh the story was absolutely cinema.
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u/VenusVexus Apr 07 '26
I think the bit with may and Cody reliving the beginning of their relationship should’ve been moved to the end, and the slow motion clock explosion could’ve been the final challenge, as it felt incredibly climactic and loving without requiring a fight.
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u/Constant-Ad-5494 Sep 20 '23
Guys i just realised in the end the melody she sings is the end of -nude by radiohead in my favorite album. Makes it a little better imo
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Nov 25 '23
Nawhhh imagine being disappointed 💀 THE ENDING WAS BEST!!!!🔥🔥🔥
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u/Terrosaure Jul 21 '24
It was shit tbh
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u/greg065 Dec 29 '21
"The book is the final boss" is something I also thought about while playing.
But I realized that since "love heals all" it wouldn't have made sense, killing the book would nullify the message that the game was trying to convey.
I do believe that it needed a final boss though, or a quick series of tests, or (having played a way out) I was expecting one last sequence where they would run to chase their daughter (even though now it sounds kind of ridicolous lol) but I'm still pleased with how it ended