![]() Sometimes swabbing the deck aboard a violently rocking ship or doing a jig to prove your sea credentials are their own reward. None of them feel in any way integral to the level, but that's not the point. The flashback sequence Sea Legs, for instance, has been bulked out considerably with six new objectives. It’s charming and funny, and the PS4 version builds atop the PC original, tweaking level layouts and adding in new objectives to help flesh out some of the leaner missions towards the end of the game. Elsewhere, there are mini-games to test your tentacle-eye coordination, ventilation shafts to thread through, and the answer to the age-old question: “Can an octopus posing as a human climb an escalator that’s determined to go down as quickly as possible?”Īnd the follow-up question: “Can an octopus disguised as a human in a hammerhead shark outfit fool eagle-eyed biologists?” Climbing an obstacle course in the aquarium is a highlight, with ladders, bridges, and zip-lines, but it’s just one location within the complex. You’re whisked from mowing the lawn and making coffee at home to climbing through freezer cabinets and shopping for soda in a supermarket, and on to a terrifying trip to the aquarium, where posters featuring a stern-faced scientist and the text “Our biologists know a fish when they see one” threaten to expose our hero as the cephalopod in disguise that he is.Įach level presents its own riffs on the core gameplay. There’s plenty of variety in objectives, and no one idea outstays its welcome. That’s fine, of course I’d prefer to be charmed than frustrated, but it’ll only take a couple of hours to play through the story - even with the new objectives that have been added for PS4 since the initial PC release. I burst out laughing when he started burbling a ditty to himself at one point.Ī side effect of the focus on comedy, however, is that Dadliest Catch is just not that hard Octodad is far happier being the goofy, easy-going friend that makes you laugh than it is trying to be your demanding drill sergeant who delights in testing your will to go on. Think Futurama’s Zoidberg and you’d be on the right track. ![]() His every burble is translated to hilarious effect during conversations with his family, or when he’s steeling himself to action, and it’s complemented by great sound work. Octodad is a lovable lead character, too. Dadliest Catch revels in the inherent humour of its concept, littering areas with physics objects to get caught on or to clamber up, or liberally applying that slapstick staple – the banana peel – to its environments. If John Cleese were an invertebrate, his silly walk would look something like this. It’s just innately funny controlling Octodad as he staggers and stumbles. Octodad: Dadliest Catch will be $14.99, discounted 20% off for PlayStation Plus users for the first week, making it $11.99 through April 29th.Unlike other games from a similar lineage, such as QWOP or Surgeon Simulator 2013, Octodad’s humour isn’t derived from an arcane difficulty or overly elaborate controls, but from physical comedy, pure and simple. The PS4 version also has support for new controller configurations like PlayStation Move, double PlayStation Moves, and our personal favorite, PlayStation Move plus Nav controller! Let’s not forget local co-op mode, where you and your friends each take control of one of Octodad’s limbs and collectively cause chaos! The latter third of the game in particular has gone through some radical changes, with added challenges like deck swabbing, jig dancing, and new disguises to wear! We released Octodad on PC back in January, and since then we’ve taken the time to improve it based on feedback from our players. ![]() This is our first foray into consoles, and we’re proud to be here. We started Octodad as a ragtag group of students, and it’s been a long and crazy ride getting our silly game on the PS4. In Dadliest Catch, Octodad and his family take a disastrous trip to the aquarium, putting him at odds with marine biologists, a manic sushi chef, and his wife’s ever rising suspicions… Hello octopus fans, I’ve got great news! Octodad: Dadliest Catch is launching on PlayStation 4 next week!įor those of you unfamiliar with Octodad, he’s a normal everyday father with an adoring family, but he just so happens to be an octopus! Life for him is a neverending struggle to control his wobbly limbs and to conceal his cephalopod secret from his loved ones.
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