Such is the effectiveness of Overcooked’s emergent gameplay - from forgetting to take a boiled pot of rice off the cooker (perhaps even setting light to and inevitably ruining your ingredients), to not washing up used plates so that future dishes can be served on them. Fortunately this is where the Mario Party-esque tarnishing of friendships blossoms into something both aggravating but delightful in equal parts. Obvious a statement it may be, co-op is the way to go if you intend to get the highest score per level but are also desiring to get the most out of what Overcooked 2 has to offer. Particularly when later levels are intentionally designed so that one player may be temporarily blocked for large periods. It’s a shame then that once again Ghost Town refuse to adapt the story mode to those who simply want to go it alone netting anything more than a solitary star come timer’s end beyond the second “world” proving impossible due to how much one is required to keep track of, keep tabs on or simply sprint back and forth between.
While the core gameplay remains unchanged, these novel gimmicks keep Overcooked 2’s array of multiplayer-themed levels within its main story mode from feeling tired.Įven if the challenge - or rather the peril of buckling under the growing stress - of racking up a high enough score serves as better enticement than simply seeing what ounce of jest or annoyance Ghost Town mean to cook up out of shot. Some levels literally transitioning from one form to another - the developer trying their best to distract players in an ironic fashion. Conveyor belts, bustling pedestrians and even splitting the work area into many pieces are just a few of the dilemmas players must find a solution around, one way or another. The bright, colorful aesthetic and cartoony presentation is back to facilitate the silliness on display, as are the surreal ways Ghost Town attempt to throw many a spanner in the works to trip their players up. On the surface, the 2018 sequel that is Overcooked 2 is essentially more of that same prying desperation for order among the hectic chaos that is a busy restaurant. Despite the taken liberties spun about its predominantly kitchen-based premise, basing this generally around the stress of restaurants of varying culinary types - orders flying in at every turn regardless of theme or setting - it proved a fitting match. That one wrong move, or simply a lack of following through on a sound strategy, could spell disaster for not just your own personal success, but the victory of your entire team. Exceptions do fortunately exist within the independent community particularly, “couch co-op” has seen a fair amount of resurgence over the past few years.Ģ016’s Overcooked, by developers Ghost Town Games, was one of these such games that not only celebrated pre-online multiplayer, but reinforced the idea of teamwork and genuine communication between players. A hollow extension of mere single-player mechanics wherein co-op simply replicates this aspect and nothing more. For the most part, co-op is often used as an excuse to shoehorn anywhere up to eight players onto screen or at least the influence of live play. There are few games out there, AAA or niche alike, that integrate co-operative gameplay in a meaningful fashion.
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