The guy who went from being a film director into a games creator doesn’t hold himself back, but his appearance in the news is justified: his comments provide a breath of fresh air in all the PR-like statements.

Fares, the founder of Hazelight Studios, isn’t praising the players and the media who keep harping on the games’ replayability. Polygon created an extensive review with Mr „F___ The Oscars,” and here, the publication brought up that Red Dead Redemption 2 on the PlayStation only saw a 28% completion rate, going by the trophies. Here’s what Fares had to say about it:

„Even reviewers, what is going on? One of the things they talk about is the replayability factor. Who cares! Who cares when it’s … listen to me, percentage-wise 30 per cent of people might finish the game, and we have maybe two per cent of people who replay. Are you kidding me? Do you know how much time people put in to make these games that people don’t even finish? And everybody’s in the industry right now going like Crunch, blah, blah, blah. Well, stop talking about replayability!”, Fares said. At this rate, we seriously wonder if he is slowly becoming the Tommy Wiseau of the gaming industry.

A Way Out, the previous title from Hazelight, saw a high % of completion, and Fares wants to keep things short in It Takes Two. It will take about 15 hours to complete, and it will feature about 25 different minigames to keep players’ interest. According to Fares, the gameplay offers „twists and shifts and then goes upside down.” The game is co-op focused, though, keep that in mind!

It Takes Two will launch on March 26 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC (Steam, Origin), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Source: PSL