![]() ![]() For the most part, the game is wild and hard to control, but simple enough in its demands to not get too frustrating as a result.ĭadliest Catch is broken up into several environments with a series of environmental puzzles. Thanks to some smart streamlining of the controls (certain actions, such as pouring liquid or using tools, are performed automatically when positioned correctly), Young Horses does a fine job of balancing chaos against playability. It’s hard not to laugh as the gibbering creature knocks over chairs, inadvertently tosses boxes, and propels himself wildly across the floor with his limbs stretching manically in all directions. The result of this control scheme is an intended anarchy, as Octodad flails around amusingly when trying to do something as simple as make a pot of coffee. The arms are manipulated in a similar fashion, manipulated via analog sticks while one presses another button to latch onto objects. The simple act of walking, for example, requires one to lift a tentacle with a button press, thrust it forward, then lift the other and repeat the process. To move or interact with the world, one must take direct control of Octodad’s tentacles, thus taking indirect control of Octodad himself. ![]() With demented physics and controls reminiscent of the delightfully frustrating QWOP, the player must attempt to live a normal life in a most abnormal fashion. That said, it is pretty funny to watch the undercover cephalopod throw bottles around.įor those unfamiliar with the original Octodad, the premise is simple – as the titular tentacled father, you must pass as human while dealing with the awkward movements of a landbound sea creature. If indeed the world sees Octodad as human, at least while he’s wearing a suit, then the smiling obliviousness of his family takes on the appearance of desperate denial, the panicked Stepford grinning of Arthur “Trinity Killer” Mitchell’s enthralled wife and kids. On the surface, it’s a cute concept, reminiscent of The Animaniacs‘ Chicken Boo character, and we’re expected to laugh at the inexplicable lack of suspicion from Octodad’s societal peers.īut there’s something inherently disturbing about a family witnessing a husband and father staggering uncontrollably about the house, smashing furniture, smacking his children in the head, and burbling incoherently like a drunk, violent monster. Here, an octopus dons a suit and attempts to pass itself off as a human man, having gotten itself married and somehow siring children. ![]() It’s hard not to see something inherently dark in the world of Octodad. ![]()
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