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Is It Takes Two Appropriate for Christians?

Name: GodlyScore Review: Is It Takes Two Appropriate for Christians?
Item: It Takes Two
Rating: 3.6
Author: GodlyScore

It Takes Two (2021, Hazelight Studios) is a cooperative platformer that won the Game of the Year award at The Game Awards 2021. Players control a couple — Cody and May — who have decided to divorce and are magically transformed into dolls, forced to work together through magical challenges to return to human form and reconnect. It is exclusively two-player co-op.

GODLY

It Takes Two

Spiritually Safe

★★★★☆3.6/5 · GodlyScore 72/100

Award-winning co-op game with a surprisingly pro-marriage message — the entire game is about a couple learning to work together and reconnecting. Some moderate violence (cartoon/gameplay), mild language. The divorce-then-reconciliation narrative is actually encouraging of marriage commitment. 72/100 Spiritually Safe for adults and older teenagers.

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The Surprisingly Pro-Marriage Message

It Takes Two is remarkable in the current entertainment landscape for its central message: this couple should stay married and work out their problems rather than divorce. The entire game is structured around Cody and May rediscovering what drew them together and learning to communicate and cooperate again. The game's villain — a self-help book character named Dr. Hakim — functions as a parody of therapeutic culture that encourages divorce as self-actualization.

For Christian families who value marriage, the narrative arc of It Takes Two — difficult marriage → forced cooperation → rediscovery of love → reconciliation — is actually a positive message rarely seen in mainstream entertainment. The game rewards working together and punishes going it alone.

Content Notes

The game contains moderate cartoon violence (bosses are defeated in creative ways, some darkly humorous — a vacuum cleaner boss, a wasp nest), some mild language, and a few adult humor moments. Rated T (Teen). Best for ages 14+ or adult couples. See It Takes Two overview. Excellent for married couples to play together — one of the best co-op experiences available.

Available from EA Games.

What to Look for in Children's Media

Children's media shapes formation in ways adult media does not — children are not yet equipped with the critical distance to evaluate what they're consuming. The question is not just "is this harmful?" but "what is this teaching?" GodlyScore evaluates children's content with heightened sensitivity to family depiction, LGBT normalization, spiritual content, and whether the overall tone encourages virtue or passivity. Score: 72/100 Spiritually Safe.

Age Recommendations

See our Christian TV Reviews hub for similar content evaluated with the same framework. Common Sense Media provides detailed age-by-age content guidance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is It Takes Two appropriate for Christians?

72/100 Spiritually Safe. Award-winning co-op game with a surprisingly pro-marriage message — the whole game is about reconciliation rather than divorce. Moderate cartoon violence and mild language make it for ages 14+ or adults. Excellent for married couples to play together.

Is It Takes Two good for couples?

Excellent for couples — it was designed specifically as a two-player-only experience and has been called the best co-op game ever made. The pro-marriage narrative makes it particularly appropriate for Christian married couples.