![]() ![]() The quicker you cook the better your tips, and subsequently your final star rating. Certain items need to be chopped, cooked, or deep fried, so there’s lots of chaos that takes place since you need to do a handful of steps before plating and serving. Orders that need to be cooked appear in the top left corner, which show the required ingredients. Gameplay is simple, but the challenges you face make Overcooked incredibly challenging at times. Almost every level feels unique and offers a distinct challenge, which is great for variety, but it can make it difficult to master. Eventually you’ll have stages where your tables move, you're separated by food trucks barreling down the highway, rats that steal food left out on the counter, earthquakes that can separate your cooks, and even rotating platforms in space. You complete this by grabbing the ingredient from the corresponding box, chopping it, then placing it in the pot to cook, though that’s all before plating and delivering it of course. Levels start off basic, tasking you with simply making soup. The first few stages start off slow and easy, but eventually the levels become incredibly chaotic and frantic, throwing unique challenges at you on practically every level. It’s up to you and a friend (or up to 4 players) to run your kitchen properly, smoothly, and without it catching on fire. Overcooked is a co-op game that turned out to be much more fun than I was expecting. It’s completely goofy, never takes itself seriously, and the art style is fitting for such a humorous tale. Going back in time and gaining the these skills is the only way you’ll learn to create delicious dishes, manage the kitchen, and get the orders of food out on time. Unfortunately you’re not a skilled cook and you fail to appease its appetite, luckily though the Onion King arrives to save you by sending you back in time so that you can learn the culinary skills needed to succeed the next time you catch up in time and face off against the beast again. Overcooked has a completely silly and over the top story centering around a massive spaghetti monster that is demanding to be fed. ![]() Developed by a team of two, Overcooked is charming and silly, making for a unique experience that should be shared with friends on the couch. Well, thanks to Overcooked from Ghost Town Games, I can now boast that I’m a better cook than her well at least on the Xbox One in this specific instance. Sure, I can do the basics, and I make a mean plate of pirogi, but aside from that I leave the cooking to my wife in our house, as she enjoys it and excels at it. ![]()
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