Date played: December 23rd
Platform: PS4
I've been meaning to try this one out for a while, but haven't had a chance until yesterday when my brother came over to hang out. Overcooked is a local multiplayer game where each player is a member of a kitchen crew. We must make orders to satisfy customers by picking up ingredients, chopping them, cooking them in various ways, putting a plate together, delivering it to the servers and washing dirty dishes.
It's simple, but getting a good score is very difficult. The levels are laid out in a variety of fun ways. The simplest level is just a kitchen with a couple of cutting boards, a sink and a couple of ovens. We had to communicate quickly and loudly to be successful. Then shit got really crazy when the orders got more complicated, or even worse when the levels started being insane.
For example, in one level, there's a conveyor belt that runs around the room. The two players are separated from each other by a wall, so they can never be in the same room or give each other stuff like plates and ingredients. Instead, we must do our part of the process (washing, cutting, cooking, etc), then drop the items on the conveyor belt for the other person to pick it up.
Another great level had us riding in a restaurant truck, cruising on the highway. The truck is fucked up though, since it's separated in the middle, periodically making the two halves of the kitchen divided by pavement.
It's all very crazy, silly and most of all, extremely hectic. It's also a shit ton of fun! I'd really want to try this with 4 players to see what it can really do, but it was amazing with two players. I definitely want to play this one again.
Platform: PS4
I've been meaning to try this one out for a while, but haven't had a chance until yesterday when my brother came over to hang out. Overcooked is a local multiplayer game where each player is a member of a kitchen crew. We must make orders to satisfy customers by picking up ingredients, chopping them, cooking them in various ways, putting a plate together, delivering it to the servers and washing dirty dishes.
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| I cook the soup while my brother serves the dishes and prepares the ingredients |
It's simple, but getting a good score is very difficult. The levels are laid out in a variety of fun ways. The simplest level is just a kitchen with a couple of cutting boards, a sink and a couple of ovens. We had to communicate quickly and loudly to be successful. Then shit got really crazy when the orders got more complicated, or even worse when the levels started being insane.
For example, in one level, there's a conveyor belt that runs around the room. The two players are separated from each other by a wall, so they can never be in the same room or give each other stuff like plates and ingredients. Instead, we must do our part of the process (washing, cutting, cooking, etc), then drop the items on the conveyor belt for the other person to pick it up.
Another great level had us riding in a restaurant truck, cruising on the highway. The truck is fucked up though, since it's separated in the middle, periodically making the two halves of the kitchen divided by pavement.
It's all very crazy, silly and most of all, extremely hectic. It's also a shit ton of fun! I'd really want to try this with 4 players to see what it can really do, but it was amazing with two players. I definitely want to play this one again.
