, and no longer requires the EA App to play: It now makes use of the Steam friends list for sending game invites and joining up with other players, and uses Steam Cloud for saves. That's good news for players but also bad news for anyone relying on EA App Cloud Saves, because, well, they don't work anymore.
It Takes Two, the tale of an unhappy couple who are turned into dolls by a talking book in order to save their relationship , was a surprise hit in 2021: We called it"Until now, the Steam release of It Takes Two has required the EA App launcher, which is kind of a headache, so it's good to see that gone.
That's almost certainly a very small slice of the total It Takes Two player base, but EA isn't leaving them hanging: As a workaround, it's posted adirectory. Once that's done, you can fire up the game and then use the Chapter Select menu to start playing from any chapter in the game. It's not a perfect solution, and EA apologized for the inconvenience, but you know what? It works. And it's really not all that unusual: I'm sure most of us have seen requests for completed saves posted on Reddit or your gaming forum of choice by gamers whose saves have met an unfortunate, unexpected end. This just cuts out the middleman.
Even with this new update in place, you will still need an EA account to connect to servers for online play—but it's not necessary for local play or using Steam Remote Play Together. If you're accessing the game via Friend's Pass, you can continue to do so using the EA App Friend's Pass, or install the newKeep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.