Split Fiction is one of the most creative, inventive and downright delightful action-adventure games I’ve ever played. The team behind It Takes Two has once again crafted a genre-defying cooperative romp. However, the overly earnest and clunky story grates and acts as a barrier to all the madcap fun.

Split Fiction is an obligate co-op game. For this review, my husband Travis and I hopped between Mio’s futuristic cities and Zoe’s fantastical kingdoms like walking through the cars of a passenger train. In each section, we got a new set of powers designed to work only in that particular world.

Hazelight Studios follows up It Takes Two with another stellar co-op experience, delivering genre-bending fun in Split Fiction.

Playing through Split Fiction's mix of fantasy and sci-fi worlds is a refreshing experience in the often-lonely world of gaming.

Split Fiction from developer Hazelight Studios and EA boldly stands nearly alone in its effort to bring quality local multiplayer to the forefront of an engaging game.  Granted, this unique effort stems from the folks behind cooperative multiplayer heavyweights such as It Takes Two,

Hazelight's latest co-op game is here at long last, but does Split Fiction live up to the hype? Here's what reviewers say.

What is it? A world-hopping co-op adventure with a pair of aspiring authors.

What’s more, Split Fiction’s cooperative gameplay never felt phoned-in, with interactive levels that facilitated gameplay synergy (and tons of trial-and-error platforming and boss fight deaths), clutch timing,

The best way to understand co-op-only adventure Split Fiction is with a list of its top moments. These include teaming up to take on a futuristic gameshow's robotic host by whisking ticking bombs through an assault course,

The next game from EA's Hazelight Studios is full of puzzles and action, carrying a pair of players from one exciting set piece to the next.