Game Review: Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime ★★★☆☆

My new year's resolution is to play more video games with my wife. Specifically co-operative games.

I hate playing competitively; it's rubbish to achieve victory at the expense of someone else. So I asked for recommendations and picked the cheapest things which looked reasonable.

Several people recommended Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime. It's a neat little game which is just short enough to not get too repetitive. You and your friend (and, I'm pleased to say, lover) have joint control of a space ship. You fly around the screen shooting baddies, rescuing bunny-friends, and upgrading your craft. There's a lot of "You fly left and I'll shoot" and "I'll move the shield, can you fly us through the asteroid" chatter.

It works, and is fun. But after a few levels it becomes clear that there isn't anything else to it. The three different ships and various weapon upgrades give it a bit of variety, but it isn't one for playing long into the night.

I suspect it's probably better with four players - with two you frequently have to deal with your inability to move the ship and angle the shield and fire the weapons all at the same time. So it gets a bit frustrating.

It is delightfully cutesy - and I particularly loved the way the "OK" button was replaced with "YAY!". Something I think more interfaces should do.

The game was a fiver or so when I bought it, which seems reasonable enough.