Octodad is by no stretch of the imagination a normal game. It is definetely not a game you would come by
on a day to day basis, however it is a joy to play. There is no in your face comedy yet the game is hilarious. I believe the humor to the game comes from sound cues from the protagonist as well as the physical comedy that arises from a wonky control system, which actually I did not find frustrating.
The main story element is that you are an octopus, who is a father of two children, trying to hide your identity from the public and your family. Your wife essentially drags you around to various locations making you complete tasks that any good husband would willingly perform for a loving wife. The locations include a grocery store, completing some yard work at your home, and finally to Octodad's favorite location - the local aquarium. You are contested in the game by a chef who does not provide much challenge at all and who's incorporation in the game isn't particularly inventive but indeed crucial to the story progression. You also must sneak around marine biologists who can detect you are an octopus on sight. While the campaign is not particularly long, it does provide extra collectibles (ties), like most games now do incorporate.
One thing that i particularly enjoyed was the free play mode that let me go back into each individual level and get those collectibles, or unlock various trophies without having to play through the entire story again, even though it is short. Octodad, while not a graphical masterpiece, has a fun and enjoyable art design with rich colors and comedically large objects to interact with.
Where Octodad struggles is when you are trying to see exactly what you are doing in some instances throughout the game. The games camera moves without any user control and it is often frustrating when you can not see exactly what Octodad is doing. This aspect of the game hinders the player in some situations in which placing Octodad's limbs carefully is crucial to success. I am joyed that I live in a time where independent games like this one sit on the same pedestal as large triple-a titles. Octodad: Dadliest Catch's genius stems from its spacey premise and entertaining physical comedy. I am happy to keep Octodad in my game library for this generation and beyond.
Octodad is by no stretch of the imagination a normal game. It is definetely not a game you would come by
on a day to day basis, however it is a joy to play. There is no in your face comedy yet the game is hilarious. I believe the humor to the game comes from sound cues from the protagonist as well as the physical comedy that arises from a wonky control system, which actually I did not find frustrating.
The main story element is that you are an octopus, who is a father of two children, trying to hide your identity from the public and your family. Your wife essentially drags you around to various locations making you complete tasks that any good husband would willingly perform for a loving wife. The locations include a grocery store, completing some yard work at your home, and finally to Octodad's favorite location - the local aquarium. You are contested in the game by a chef who does not provide much challenge at all and who's incorporation in the game isn't particularly inventive but indeed crucial to the story progression. You also must sneak around marine biologists who can detect you are an octopus on sight. While the campaign is not particularly long, it does provide extra collectibles (ties), like most games now do incorporate.
One thing that i particularly enjoyed was the free play mode that let me go back into each individual level and get those collectibles, or unlock various trophies without having to play through the entire story again, even though it is short. Octodad, while not a graphical masterpiece, has a fun and enjoyable art design with rich colors and comedically large objects to interact with.
Where Octodad struggles is when you are trying to see exactly what you are doing in some instances throughout the game. The games camera moves without any user control and it is often frustrating when you can not see exactly what Octodad is doing. This aspect of the game hinders the player in some situations in which placing Octodad's limbs carefully is crucial to success. I am joyed that I live in a time where independent games like this one sit on the same pedestal as large triple-a titles. Octodad: Dadliest Catch's genius stems from its spacey premise and entertaining physical comedy. I am happy to keep Octodad in my game library for this generation and beyond.