Play Cookie & Cream with a friend and have great fun, even though it's one of the most god damn difficult games ever
The premise is very innocent, it relies on cooperation, and the big draw of the game is its multiplayer mode, trying to play by yourself is near impossible. You play as either Cookie or Cream depending on which player you are, and you solve various puzzles on a vertical timed stage. Most of these puzzles are quite easy to figure out, but executing them properly is a monumental task, and boss fights tend to be nearly twice as painful. Although you'll be cursing in anger most of the time, you'll often be enjoying yourself at the pure madness of it. In the later stages, there's nearly always something going on, and with a good friend it can turn into frantic fun as you both vocalize loudly at the pure chaos on screen.
The levels themselves are quite interesting, although the graphics are mediocre at best. You go from chocolate lands, to mechanical landscapes, to strange musical realms, and forest meadows. The stages all look nice in respect to design, and the characters that inhabit them are usually never out of place, and most of them are quite cute. They won't be so cute when you find yourself wishing you could wring their damn little spry necks.
A playing session of Cookie & Cream with a second player can go down much like this.
Bob: Okay, the Music World, this isn't so bad right?
John: Looks pretty easy so far.
Bob: Jump on that lever so the platform will come across.
John: *Narrowly misses the lever and falls into a black abyss* Agh!
Bob: Okay try it again.
John: *Is once again thrown into the black abyss by a flying shoe* BASTARD!
Bob: God, just do it already!
John: I'M TRYING! *Is blown into a black abyss by a giant tuba* YOU #$@$.
Bob: *Dies from swinging tamborines* #$@$
John: *Jumps on the lever* QUICKLY! GO GO!
Bob: I'm coming! *Falls into black abyss as platform jumps to one side* NO GOD DAMNIT!
John: WILL YOU STOP $%#%ING AROUND!?
Bob: I'M TRYING FOR GOD'S SAKE! *Is beaten to submission by flying shoe*
John: $@#$@ YOU, YOU SON OF A #$@$ *Is thrown into black abyss by giant tuba*
Bob: Damnit, this time we're getting it.
John: *Jumps on lever*
Bob: *Jumps on platform to the other side* YES!!!
John: WHOOOO!!
Bob: Okay, now I need to step on this lever to bring the platform over to you!
John: *Thrown into black abyss by flying shoe*
As you can see, accomplishing anything in Cookie & Cream is a massive task, but the satisfaction in finally managing to properly time your movements together with someone else is immense. It's cooperation at your best, and your survival depends on your ability to work together.
The biggest thing I can complain about in Cookie & Cream, (aside from the difficulty) is that the sound is horrendous, most of the menu music can hardly be classified as music, and many of the character voices are hideously annoying, to the point of making your ear rings as some random bunny shrieks like a siren.
On the other hand, lots of the music is catchy, and some of it is very relaxing. Although by the end of a few hours of play, your head will be throbbing from the constant assault of cartoony noise.
If you can handle the immense difficulty, and find a friend who'll actually play this cutesy game with you, you could have some immense fun. Just remember to keep a calm mind, or you might find your controller lodged in your TV.