I've always thought I have a chef in me. Oddly my fascination with cooking doesn't come from watching real chefs work, or the food itself. Instead it comes from watching mobster movies. For some reason most of them had a part where an old Italian dudes cooked. I don't know, they just made it look cool. After burning regular rice, chicken breast, eating uncooked oatmeal, etc, I can confirm there is no chef in me. And now I relay on wife to keep me alive.
Overcooked doesn't particularly concentrate on the cooking itself, but rather on coordination to get the food ready on time. You will be given a set of meals to prepare and serve. You start by receiving the order, prepare the ingredients, cooking them, and finally arrange them for service. You'll also handle washing the dishes, and in case of overcooking fires will breakout and you'll have to extinguish them.
The whole process in itself starts simple by giving you easy orders of Onion soup or Tomato soup, but in no time you'll be cooking burgers. You will have to cook the burger, cut the tomatoes and lettuces, put it all in a bun, and serve it in a sandwich. The first difficulty comes when playing co-op is who will do which part to run the process as fast as possible. The need for coordination could test your relationship with the other player, as it tested my marriage.
The developers up the difficulty, brilliantly, with terrific level design. Some levels will have rats stealing any unattended food, floors made of ice, another level where the whole kitchen is on two moving trucks on a highway. The trucks move away from each every couple of minutes, splitting the kitchen in two. The level design is terrific and varied keeping the experience fresh.
The narrative part, which is odd for it to have one to start with, is really well done. You're a cook in the Onion Kingdom, which was invaded by a horrific monstrosity that will destroy the kingdom if not fed enough food, in a short time. You start the game by cooking for the monster, then beaten by the fact that you're not good enough. At that time the Onion King save you and travel back in time so you would have enough time to travel the world, and sharpen your cooking skills, so when the day comes you will be ready.
The biggest problem with the game is that it doesn't support online co-op. I get the idea that the experience is so much better as a couch co-op, but still why not provide a practical option.
Overall Overcooked is a simple game, with simple mechanics and graphics, put together to shape a smart, funny, couch co-op experience that will test your patience, and relationships, especially with your significant other.
The whole process in itself starts simple by giving you easy orders of Onion soup or Tomato soup, but in no time you'll be cooking burgers. You will have to cook the burger, cut the tomatoes and lettuces, put it all in a bun, and serve it in a sandwich. The first difficulty comes when playing co-op is who will do which part to run the process as fast as possible. The need for coordination could test your relationship with the other player, as it tested my marriage.
The developers up the difficulty, brilliantly, with terrific level design. Some levels will have rats stealing any unattended food, floors made of ice, another level where the whole kitchen is on two moving trucks on a highway. The trucks move away from each every couple of minutes, splitting the kitchen in two. The level design is terrific and varied keeping the experience fresh.
The narrative part, which is odd for it to have one to start with, is really well done. You're a cook in the Onion Kingdom, which was invaded by a horrific monstrosity that will destroy the kingdom if not fed enough food, in a short time. You start the game by cooking for the monster, then beaten by the fact that you're not good enough. At that time the Onion King save you and travel back in time so you would have enough time to travel the world, and sharpen your cooking skills, so when the day comes you will be ready.
The biggest problem with the game is that it doesn't support online co-op. I get the idea that the experience is so much better as a couch co-op, but still why not provide a practical option.
Overall Overcooked is a simple game, with simple mechanics and graphics, put together to shape a smart, funny, couch co-op experience that will test your patience, and relationships, especially with your significant other.
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