And despite the amount of busywork involved, I do have to praise developer Stonewheat & Sons for coming up with a unique concept. It’s an adorable-looking game, and it’s impossible not to fall in love with the two kiwis – especially when you’ve dressed them up in a range of unlockable outfits. Being able to choose what challenges you play would make KeyWe much more enjoyable, I think. You can’t choose what levels you play either you’ll simply work through a calendar, with each level predetermined. Sorting through incoming and outgoing mail is deeply satisfying – but having to type out a letter before passing it to a delivery bird who first needs feeding quickly becomes rather tiresome. And with different types of tasks available, it’s likely you’ll enjoy some more than others. You’ll frequently encounter bugs that steal your letters, for example, and so you’ll need to chase them down before you can complete the task at hand. Struggle to co-ordinate and it’s nothing but frustrating.Īdding to the frustrations are levels that add extra obstacles and pests to overcome. Get into a rhythm with KeyWe and it can be satisfying, but in a very ho-hum, business-like sort of way. It can get messy – but it’s not quite chaotic enough to recreate the sort of messy hilarity that comes from playing something like Overcooked, for example. Typing out a word, for example, with one player dealing with half the letters and another the other half, requires you to pay close attention to what the other player’s doing. In co-op – which can be either online or local – you’ll need to co-ordinate effectively and communicate in order to succeed. But there are no allowances made for single-player if you’re going for gold on each level, you’ll really need another player on board. You’ll also need to synchronise up their movements in order to hit buttons and activate switches that require both birds – thankfully, holding down a button on your controller will allow for both kiwis’ movements to be synchronised. This has been very much designed with co-op play in mind, so if you’re tackling the game alone, you’ll need to switch control of the two kiwis regularly. And so, in practice, KeyWe isn’t quite as fun as it ought to be. You’ll need to use your butt to hit a letter on a keyboard, for example, so even a simple execution takes time and patience to complete. Except, since you’re a bird, tasks are made a little more complex. It sounds like a dream come true for someone like me. You might have to type out messages, correctly label packages before they’re sent out, or sort incoming and outgoing mail. Playable either solo or in co-op, your goal is to complete a number of postal-related tasks. The part of me that loves sorting and organising gets absolutely giddy at the thought of KeyWe. That said, the concept of KeyWe still very much appeals to me. It’s a whole lot of busywork for very little reward. Having spent some time playing KeyWe however, a co-op game about a pair of kiwi birds working in a post office, I now realise my parents might have had the right idea by not buying me that pretend post office. I was obsessed with stationery (still am), and so the idea of sorting through letters and envelopes, stamping stuff and charging imaginary customers for the privilege is something that really appealed to my younger self. When I was younger, there was one toy I really wanted, but never ended up getting: a play post office.
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