There is no way I would be able to get through this with humans thinking it was weird each time I slipped on a banana peel. As you clumsily waddle around these areas, you arouse suspicion from fellow humans if you do things out of the ordinary, it isn’t as frustrating as it sounds and the mechanic can be tweaked to your liking if it is too punishing. There isn’t a dedicated “blub” button, which is a let down, but oh well.Įach stage has a different setting and tasks range from making your morning coffee to stealing the last box of cereal out of an unsuspecting shopper’s trolley. This can be used to grab items such as keys, collectibles, activate switches and the like. Using the triggers to control your “regular human legs”, you stride around using the X button to control your dominant arm. It is aided largely by the humour and this is complemented by the silly gameplay and control scheme, not reliant on it.
It doesn’t require complex jumps, precise arm movements or switch pulling, and that was a smart choice. I was never too daunted to give it a shot.
#OCTODAD DADLIEST CATCH THEME SIMULATOR#
Octodad surpasses the likes of Human Fall Flat and Surgeon Simulator by making the tasks asked of the player reasonable. I aren’t usually a fan of these “whacky” simulator games, crafting bad controls not capable of the precise movements required to beat it is not game design. How does it play though? Well, from someone who got far too angry with Human Fall Flat, pretty good. I mean, the main campaign lasted about 3 hours for me, and I am terrible at games like this, I’m not expecting an epic original soundtrack by any means. This also stops the game being so busy since traversal in this game can be a hilariously frustrating nightmare.Īside from the aforementioned title track, there is only one other track in the game which is note-worthy, it happens at a moment I won’t spoil here in case you decide to pick it up. Environments look plain and bland, which is the point, being grounded in reality. Thankfully, these oddities do not carry over to our protagonist who looks cartoonish and expressive in all the right ways. Character models are odd-looking, particularly eyes and mouths, it looks like a Nickelodeon cartoon mixed with those old cutscenes from Theme Hospital. The dated and janky feel to it all actually served to reinforce the silliness of the whole thing. Being from 2014, made with a presumably tiny budget, this isn’t a knock against the game at all. It is so catchy and you should check it out on Spotify when you get a moment.Ī lot of the appeal of this game is in the humour too, if this doesn’t sound like your bag, I can’t imagine you having a great time with this, I’ll say that from the top.įrom a visuals and aesthetic perspective, the game is dated at best. After seeing the trailer for Bugsnax, I should’ve expected a brilliant theme song, but it did take me by surprise. It is a fantastic plot which I’m sure could carry it’s own web comic for years. It is a novel premise for sure and leads to some of the hardest challenges in the game simply being to climb a ladder or mow the garden. You play as an octopus and father of two, juggling the trials of fatherhood with the secret of your maritime origins which remains hidden to the rest of the world. Octodad is developed by Young Horses, the minds behind the recently revealed Bugsnax, which looks great by the way and released in 2014. Thankfully, Octodad was there to greet me for the irresistible price of £2.89, an enticing sorbet to cleanse the palette of dread and violence instilled over the 25-hour run time of The Last of Us. Octodad can also pick up and throw objects, with a grunt that beautifully encapsulates his frustration at being so hindered by his own flimsy anatomy.Coming hot off the heels of The Last of Us Part II, I needed something a little lighter, something a little more cheerful. Moving the left and right sticks (we strongly recommend a joypad for playing Dadliest Catch unless you fancy a game of finger-twister on your keyboard) controls one of Octodads arms, while holding down the triggers at the same time will switch analogue control to his legs. Octodad's continual goal throughout the day is to get by without revealing his secret by wrecking the place with his clumsy body.ĭadliest Catch shares commonalities with the likes of Surgeon Simulator and QWOP, in that it has a deliberately unwieldy control system which, combined with the heavy use of physics, is used for the purposes of physical comedy. Unfortunately for Octodad, his attempts to integrate himself into normal human society are constantly threatened by his distinct lack of skeleton, meaning that accomplishing the most straightforward jobs making a cup of coffee, mowing the lawn, cooking burgers for his family, is at the mercy of his floppy limbs and haphazard gestures.
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