3/5 ★ – Nazo_KG's review of We Were Here.

We Were Here, a co-op adventure for two that will probably have you and your friend screaming, laughing and maybe even crying at each other throughout its runtime. It's a fun, albeit underused concept that I hope the creators have expanded upon in further entries. One person plays the role of explorer, and the other librarian. The problem is that librarian's role is mostly just giving guidance to the explorer who actually has to physically carry out and solve the puzzles. I mostly just wish that both players could swap roles for each puzzle or balance it somehow so the librarian has something else to do other than giving instructions the whole time. My friend and I still had fun, but felt there was very little replay value once the puzzles have been done once, regardless if you play explorer or librarian. Other than the co-op experience, the game doesn't offer anything too special. The artstyle is pretty, but not particularly unique. The sound effects and music, or what little there is of it, is okay, it fits the game but again, won't knock your socks off or anything. There was also one or two bugs we ran into, nothing as bad as some of the other reviewers have had to go through but the chess puzzle was being unresponsive at times, which obviously made me fail at it. Also, whose bright idea was it to cover up 90% of the screen during that puzzle....? I get it, I'm dying of hypothermia but at least let me see what I'm doing. The puzzles themselves were engaging for the most part and my friend and I enjoyed what was there, the theater puzzle was really clever especially.