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Co-op blunder sim Chained Together now lets you make your own hellish mapsNo, after you, I insist
No, after you, I insist
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Anegar Games
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun / Anegar Games
“This update is designed to unleash your creativity,” say developers Anegar Games in thebrief patch notes. The editor will let you place moving platforms, swinging axes, pulsating spikes, and all the rest of the game’s horrendous machinery. There are a few levels already up in the Steam Workshop, including the one pictured above, in which I slipped to my death five times before quitting to desktop. You win this time, spinning log.
We at RPS have already enjoyed a brief foray into the fiery pits. It was a journey that saw Edwin, Nic and Ibickering about the correct way to perform a countdownbefore committing to deadly leaps and scrambled sprints. The darkest place in hell is reserved for those who run into a gauntlet of lasers insisting “let’s just eyeball it, boys”.
As aco-opmultiplayer platformer Chained Together is cheap, silly, and unsurprisingly janky. In other words, pure streamer bait - the video game as meme. But I often admire games like this for their playground simplicity. It reminds me of Sen’s Fortress as much as it does Bennet Foddy’s cauldronised clamberer. Nic called it a “layer cake of fuckery”, a description both accurate and pleasing.