This week we played T.I.M.E stories, a fun cooperative game where we are traveling through time to complete a specific goal. It honestly gives me escape room vibes. This was a very fun start to the game. In my group, there were only two players so I got the chance to play as two characters throughout the game: Madeleine who gets anxiety attacks and Fredrick who has shock paralysis. My teammate played as a bitter woman and someone else who I’ve forgotten
The challenging part about the game was that there was not much instruction on how to play the game. The tutorials were trying very hard not to spoil the narrative, so a lot of the info we received didn’t fully encapsulate the game. I also found it hard to navigate certain information. For instance, one of the characters I played, Fredrick, had a certain problem fighting when there are 1-2 shield in play. I didn’t realize this until playing the game a few times, so I ended up playing my character wrong (oh well).
This game uses a lot of leadership since it is a cooperative game. Luckily for my team, there were only two of us (and my teammate took the leader role). We didn’t have any quarrels or trouble, and I like that my teammate took the lead since I was a little lost with the play through. But if there were more team members, I think this game would’ve really tested our cooperative and communication skills. We have to convince each other which characters go where and battle obstacles together. All in all, it’s a very fun game. It’s one that I am recommending to my family and will absolutely convince them to play.