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TRISTOY Co-Op Review

John Bardinelli

Action adventure games are usually a solo affair. Drop a player into a dark world, give them some swords to swing and some things to upgrade, then let them run around for a few hours before showing an ending. Hooray, you just metroidvaniaed! If you want co-op, though, the genre usually sends you elsewhere. Enter TRISTOY, a short platform adventure ...

Co-Op Metroidvania TRISTOY Releases on Steam

John Bardinelli

Here's the set-up: you and your friend play as Prince Freedan and Wizard Stayn, two characters who are trapped in an ancient forest in the middle of the Sea of Shards. They escape from the dungeon and, logically, want to get out. That's where insane traps and bloodthirsty monsters come into play. The dungeon's twisted passageways mean you'll do a lot of exploration, and as a team, you'll help each other out of a lot of binds.

TRISTOY Introduces Co-Op to the Metroidvania World

John Bardinelli

It's pretty daring to release a game that doesn't have a single player mode, but TRISTOY looks like it might pull it off. The game is set in Tristoy, an ancient fortress in the Sea of Shards. You and your local (or online) buddy play as Prince Freedan and the Wizard Stayn as they escape the dungeon. Traps, puzzles and enemies lie between them and their common enemy, Witch Ink, but since you have the power of magical friendship (not the characters, you and your co-op friend), you can totally win.