What Obama is
Obama is a third-person action-adventure game set on an unknown alien planet called Dolus, now overrun with beasts. You clear the planet out, meet its quirky inhabitants, and dig into who is actually in command and what they are after. Combat is built around bullet-hell patterns translated into 3D, so fights are less about trading hits and more about reading what's on screen and staying out of the way. The game runs in colorful 3D with an atmospheric, platformer-leaning world to move through.
There are four bosses to work through, each fought with that bullet-hell style of combat. Between them you explore the planet, take on powerful enemies, and solve platforming puzzles. Your grappling hook is the main tool for traversal and for the puzzles, so expect sections where the hook work matters as much as the shooting.
Playing with your group
Obama supports online co-op, and the key feature the developer highlights is playing through it with a friend. Since the campaign is built around bosses, puzzles, and platforming rather than competitive modes, a pair can simply run the whole thing together instead of taking turns. Bosses with dense patterns tend to get more forgiving when two sets of eyes are tracking the projectiles, and the grappling-hook puzzles give you something to figure out jointly rather than one person watching.
There is also a singleplayer option, so anyone in the group who wants to go at it alone can do so. The co-op is described as a co-op campaign, meaning you share the run rather than dropping in and out of a side mode.
Before you start
Expect a mix of shooting, platforming, and puzzle sections rather than one loop repeated. The grappling hook is central, so some parts of the game will ask for timing and positioning under pressure, and bullet-hell bosses will test movement more than firepower. The world is presented as atmospheric and colorful, with an alien setting and a strange cast to talk to along the way.
The developer includes a note that any resemblance to real events, places, or American presidents is coincidental, and that playing with more than two people in a server is at your own risk. Stick to the supported online co-op setup for the intended experience.