Bokura cover art

Bokura

A two-player puzzle where describing your different world to your partner is the mechanic.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    3/10

    Light platforming with forgiving timing windows

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    1/10

    Your co-op partner is an ally, not an opponent

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    3/10

    Each player sees a different world - asymmetric hidden information

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    5/10

    Communicating to merge two perspectives solves each puzzle

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2023
Developer
tokoronyori
Platforms
PS4, Android, PC, iOS, PS5, Mac, Switch
Modes
Multiplayer, Co-operative
IGDB critics
90/100
IGDB users
80/100
PlatformPuzzleAdventureIndieActionDrama