Hazelight Studios’ latest action-adventure game game, Split Fiction, is the first EA-published 90+ scoring game on Metacritic in over a decade.
The reviews are in, and Split Fiction has received universal acclaim from game critics, resulting in an aggregate score of 91 on Metacritic. As such, Hazelight Studios’ new action-adventure game has become the first EA-published 90+ scoring game in over a decade.
For those wondering, the last EA-published title that received a Metascore 90 or above was 2012’s Mass Effect 3, with a score of 93. Coincidentally, both the latter and Split Fiction released on the same date, only more than a decade apart. Since 2012, games like DICE’s Battlefield 1in 2016 and Hazelight Studios’ previous title, It Takes Two, in 2021 came pretty close to hitting the 90+ mark, but ultimately fell a bit short.
Given the high praise, it appears that Split Fiction offers an even more engaging co-op experience than the award-winning It Takes Two. It was recently revealed by the game’s director Josef Fares it takes around 12 to 14 hours to complete, depending on whether the player does all the side content. This duration comes in at around the same length as that of It Takes Two.
Furthermore, Fares mentioned that players will not want to miss the side content in Split Fiction, and he wants fans to trust him on his claim. He also guaranteed that there are things in Split Fiction that fans have never seen in a game before. As for post-launch content, he said with certainty that Hazelight Studios has no plans to release any DLC for the game. Regarding the Friends Pass, the Split Fiction director shared that it supports crossplay, meaning that players can invite their friends from any platform for free.
Similar to Hazelight’s previous titles, Split Fiction is designed exclusively for split-screen cooperative multiplayer, requiring two players to participate either locally or online. The game is now available for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Players take on the roles of Zoe and Mio, two authors who find themselves trapped within their own narratives.
