The Most Savage FREE Game On PS Plus Will 100% Test Your Friendships

It’s never been easier to play a game with a friend, no matter where they are in the world. Unfortunately, this also means that it’s becoming harder to find a good local co-op game. Games like Split Fiction and the Borderlands franchise still make it possible to play cooperatively with someone sitting on the couch next to you, but there’s an even better option already out there… that is, if you’re looking for a game that’ll seriously put your teamwork to the test.

Biped appears to be a cute little game that was released in 2020 by NExT Studios. But take just one step forward, and you’ll discover the true, surprisingly brutal nature of the co-op game. Getting through Biped will put your coordination and communication to the test and test the relationship between you and your teammate of choice—be it your spouse, significant other, or an unsuspecting friend.

Only The Strongest Bonds Can Survive Biped

Watch Your Step, Or Your Teammate Suffers

The idea behind Biped is deceptively simple. You control one of two adorably spherical robots by moving each of its two legs with the respective thumbstick or left and right mouse buttons. You can move in any direction by alternating between the two legs (as one does, when walking), and use the same simple controls to interact with different parts of the world by grabbing, pulling, or throwing various objects.

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The couch co-op is something of a lost art, it seems, but I’ve recently been having fun playing Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! with my partner on the Switch. The co-op functionality isn’t fantastic, but it’s passable enough for a delightful, nostalgic experience through the Kanto Region. I know Split Fiction is the big title in co-op gaming right now, but I’m curious if there are any other titles gamers still enjoy playing with friends in person.

Just when you begin to master the complicated art of walking, Biped begins in earnest. The game throws puzzles at players that require careful navigation through obstacles in tandem. This includes walking across color-coded paths that only allow one of the robots on, passing items back and forth to each other as you zip along a fast-moving track, and literally hanging on to a lifeline as your partner swings you across to the next platform.

“Whatever you do, you have to do it together.”

Some tasks test your reflexes and quick thinking, while others require coordination—like paths that vanish underneath you unless you time placing down your feet in unison. Whatever you do, you have to do it together.

Biped Has A Death Count Fit For A Soulslike

The Penalty For Not Working Together Is (Hilarious) Death

As you can imagine, the trials of Biped often result in death. And, more often than not, this death is directly caused by your partner. Putting your foot down at the wrong moment, failing to account for your teammate’s whereabouts, or experiencing brain lag all have the potential of leading to your partner’s hilarious demise.

Giving one player the power of life or death over the other also creates plenty of opportunities for shenanigans. Sometimes, it’s just too tempting to stomp down on a path you know is holding your friend up, or to leave your husband hanging just barely out of reach of where he needs to be.

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Levels are just challenging enough that a misstep can cause an unfortunate failure, but just simple enough that sometimes your “misstep” is entirely intentional. Either way, Biped will have teams of two flailing, yelling, and holding their breath in anticipation through the various cooperative puzzles that test how good you are at working together, and whether you can trust your partner as far as you can throw them.

We Need More Co-Op Games Like Biped

Bring Back The Era Of Couch Co-Op

The era of online co-op is upon us, with games like Fortnite and Call of Duty dominating. This has led to several ill-advised ventures into multiplayer—like the notoriously fast rise and fall of Sony’s ill-fated live-service game, Concord—and some more thought-out integrations of online multiplayer. Nintendo’s Switch 2, for instance, has a built-in social button that allows friends to play games together, even when they’re not playing the same game.

But just because it’s easier to play together online doesn’t mean that we should completely stop playing games together in person. There’s something incredibly nostalgic and magical about a good old-school couch co-op, and I hope that more games like Biped are on the way in the coming years.

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Games like Split Fiction are great news for fans of couch co-op. The success of Hazelight Studios’ newest hit (and previous games) shows game developers that there’s still a market for the old-school art of sitting down to play a game side by side. Just don’t start games like Biped unless you’re sure that your relationship will make it out of the ordeal intact!