The L2 and R2 buttons are used to lift each of Octodad's legs, with the thumbsticks used to move them around. All simple enough, you'd think - but remember, this is an octopus we're talking about - and that makes this slapstick at its finest.Įverything here has been designed to cause chaos - from the banana peels that seem to litter the entire land (from wedding aisle to the fruit and veg counter at the shops), to the barmy controls, that seem to have been designed to be as manic as possible. The first level takes place at the wedding, where you have to guide your cephalopod friend down the aisle the next sees you flipping burgers and mowing the lawn (!?) and the the next has you doing the weekly shop in a supermarket. In fact, he can barely even stand up straight for any prolonged periods of time without flopping about all over the place - and so, your challenge is to get things done, as normally as he humanly octopusly can, without arousing suspicion.Įach level in the game follows a fairly normal, everyday scenario. And that means he doesn't have any bones. With a wife and kids (although who knows where they came from) to look after, while other games have bombastic storylines about saving the world, all Octodad has to do is go about his day to day family life. The titular Octodad is an everyday, common or seabed octopus, pretending to be a person. Bundled in amongst a collection of other indie games on stage at giant games convention, E3, it would be easy to miss were it not for one reason - it was completely and utterly insane.Īs is the way with most genius, it starts with a simple enough premise. From the moment it was announced, Octodad: Dadliest Catch sprung straight to the top of our most wanted list.
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