Split Fiction’s invented sci-fi-vs.-fantasy rivalry gets in the way of a fun co-op adventure

Split Fiction, the long-awaited It Takes Two follow-up from developer Hazelight Studios, is a very fun couch co-op game in a gaming environment with fewer and fewer of those. The game has creative mechanics that encourage two players to work together and a large variety of settings and types of play, plus it’s relatively easy to pick up for players of many gaming backgrounds. But the game has a glaring problem that consistently takes me out of the fun: The central co...