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Overcooked 2 burn 5 items12/18/2023 It is stressful, but in the most fun way possible. Overcooked 2 is a game that takes pleasure in pressure. Up to four people can play and it is ultimately easier with more people (for once too many chefs don’t spoil a broth) because you can focus on certain tasks but you can easily get in the way of each other, even pushing someone off the stage resulting in a five second time out for the fallen player. You can use emotes - in any mode, not just online - but you'll often forget about them mid-game due to the chaos and it doesn't come near being able to talk to others (without having to use a separate service). There’s a new online option this time around, but given how much is dependent upon communication it's pretty much moot given the Switch’s online setup. While there is a single player mode, allowing you to switch between chefs using the shoulder buttons, Overcooked 2 is built around local multiplayer. Thankfully you can serve them up in whatever order you wish, but a missed or incorrect dish gets points deducted. These orders come in rapidly and there’s a meter on each one indicating how important it is, with some later patrons requiring their food more urgently (which is just poor manners). The top-left of the screen shows what dishes you need to make and what that contains, with an icon indicating what ingredient is required and what you need to do with it (e.g. ![]() If things really get out of hand you will literally have to put out a few fires too. If that wasn’t difficult enough, the levels are also fantastical and once again start off easy enough but soon start introducing moving platforms, separating areas and putting players into different separated areas resulting in you having to try and throw the ingredients around (thankfully the patrons only care about what you serve and not any basic food hygiene standards). You must also manage your available space, which is a challenge unto itself. As you’re running from one end to the other you may find that the rice is boiling over and about to burn, forcing you to run back. The rice may be stored on one side of the kitchen, while the hobs are on another and the serving area in a different place still. Soon you have to boil, fry, mix, clean and much more which would be difficult enough if the kitchen designers weren’t the most poorly qualified. This starts simple enough with some easy recipes that just require you to chop, combine, plate and serve. Overcooked 2 is a second serving of the high-pressure team-based action, turning the heat up on even the most amicable friendships.įor those unfamiliar with the game, you are required to prepare and serve meals to some unseen patrons. Overcooked was praised for its ability to bring friends together and make them all turn into Gordon Ramsay at his most irate. Nintendo of course has created many themselves, but titles such as Towerfall Ascension, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes and Sportsfriends have all shown there’s still life in local multiplayer games. ![]() As gamers move from the bedroom to online local multiplayer games have become less common, but amidst this some developers have created truly fantastic and innovative local multiplayer games. Much has been said about the demise of local multiplayer.
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