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As soon as I’m introduced toSplit Fiction’s dual protagonists, I share a glance with my partner.

I know what you’re thinking.

Split Fiction screenshot of Zoe and Mio in a fantasy world

Mass Effect meets Fable?

I’m then faced with my first platforming challenge and you know what?

It’s not half bad.

Mio and Zoe get trapped in the simulation together in Split Fiction

Falling to my death in a platformer has never felt better than in Split Fiction.

That said, the traversal and puzzle system is way more forgiving than its predecessor’s.

That’s already a huge tick for me.

The two characters in Split Fiction dressed in fantasy gear each with a dragon on their back

Sometimes, though, I forget about it.

The one that gives me and my partner the most grief, though, involves scaling wooden poles.

The aim is simple: dash up one pole before leaping to another before the encroaching troll reaches us.

Mio and Zoe enter the fantasy world of the Underlands in Split Fiction

Of course, that “one of us” is not myself.

Zoe touches the glitch, and we’re whisked off again to… somewhere.

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Mio and Zoe encounter a Sandfish in a ruined sandy world in Split Fiction

Mio and Zoe holding a dragon during the trailer for Split Fiction.

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