How incredibly charming. I always figured its humor and gameplay would be up my alley but just never got around to it.
The gameplay is a ton of fun, but your mileage may vary based on your patience, all things considered. I think knowing it was only 2 hours and being completely wooed by its charm and specific type of humor helped tide over any issues I had trying to precisely move or grab things.
Fuck that water shooting game in the Amazon Arcade though.
The gameplay is a ton of fun, but your mileage may vary based on your patience, all things considered. I think knowing it was only 2 hours and being completely wooed by its charm and specific type of humor helped tide over any issues I had trying to precisely move or grab things.
Fuck that water shooting game in the Amazon Arcade though.
Octodad remains one of those games from my childhood that will always make my smile. The game has simple cartoon graphics, a charming and simple story, but a gameplay loop that takes some getting used to. Octodad's control scheme is very clearly meant to be "rage-inducing", as was popular in the early 2010s. This was usually accomplished by taking a task that in most games would be fairly simple, and just making that task far more tedious (other examples include "I Am Bread" and "Surgeon Simulator"). Octodad's control scheme is slippery as the player needs to navigate the games levels by manually controlling each of Octodad's legs as he wildly swings around. The tasks are usually simple actions such as making hamburgers or buying a pizza, but Octodad's weird control scheme make these tasks daunting and hilarious.
A sweet little game that can be quite satisfying to play once you got the controls figured out. Manages not to be too annoying by making minigames just easy and short enough. I was not expecting Octodad lore either and it has a surprisingly nice message. Makes sense that this team is what would go on to make Bugsnax.
The octo-I mean regular human dad is very hard to understand at first, but once you master it you excel as a father figure and husband. Trust me, as someone currently single, Mr. Man is the paragon of virtue all men need to succeed. This game has plenty to come back to even if it only takes an hour to beat, so replay to your heart's content!
Sad to say, but my old computer could barley run this game, so when I got my first phone in 2016, and found out I could place this on it, I was happy to say the least. I say this because there has also been something to this game that I love. Watching youtubers playing it, the art style, its quirky-ness? I can't put my finger on just what it is that makes this game so interesting, and sew ingrained into my mind. But regardless, Octodad is just a really good game in my books. Its short, cute, and has some short little stories; but, the most amazing thing about this game, is that they some how made the wacky control scheme of other simulator like games, really work here. Like, its crazy how fast I was able to simply get used to the controls, and fly through obstacles like I have been an octopus for years. Great fun game, I love it, play it.