{"id":16924,"date":"2017-10-04T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T00:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16924"},"modified":"2017-09-13T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T17:14:43","slug":"overcooked-special-edition-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/04\/overcooked-special-edition-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcooked: Special Edition (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Overcooked is a multiplayer-centric cooking game where you and a bunch of chefs run around a kitchen trying to fill as many orders as possible.\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download on most of the current game consoles, and now there\u2019s a Special Edition you can get on the Nintendo Switch (reviewed here).\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure exactly what\u2019s added to the Special Edition, but we\u2019ll take a look at all of it anyway!<\/p>\n

In the game, you run around 2-D top-down viewed kitchens.\u00a0 Play control is easy.\u00a0 Just use the stick to move and one button for carrying food and another for chopping it.\u00a0 On certain cabinet tiles are stations where you can do things like pick up ingredients, chop food, cook it in a pot or pan, a place for sending out completed orders, and a sink.\u00a0 Chopping food requires a bit of time, so while one chef does that, another could be doing something else.\u00a0 Cooking food in a pot or pan also takes time, but you have to watch it so that it doesn\u2019t burn.\u00a0 You must also make sure you have plenty of plates to place cooked food on, otherwise you\u2019ll need to take dirty dishes to the sink and wash them.\u00a0 Completed orders will boost your score, and if you can make them fast enough, you\u2019ll earn more points with tips.\u00a0 To pass a stage, you\u2019ll need to earn a certain score to get a star.\u00a0 There are three stars to get in each stage, and you\u2019ll want to collect as many as you can because you must have a certain number of stars to unlock new stages.\u00a0 Each kitchen has a different layout with new obstacles for you to watch out for.\u00a0 For instance, an outdoor kitchen may have a crosswalk with people who might get in your way.\u00a0 A ship\u2019s galley rocks back and forth, and tables will shift, changing the playfield.\u00a0 Or mice can come and steal your food if you leave it out for too long.\u00a0 And there are many more different obstacles as well!\u00a0 Completed stages will also unlock new playable chefs and versus mode kitchens.<\/p>\n

You can play the game single player, and you\u2019ll control two chefs one at a time.\u00a0 So you can take one chef and have him chop food for a while, and then switch to the other chef to do something else.\u00a0 But it\u2019s really hard to earn multiple stars that way.\u00a0 The best way to play is with more people.\u00a0 Up to four can play the main game, but I was only able to play with one other person because it\u2019s hard for me to get four people at once to come over and play games anymore, and also because I only have one pair of Switch JoyCons.\u00a0 Those things are hard to find and a bit pricey, too.\u00a0 With two players, you can divvy out the duties and it\u2019s a bit easier to earn stars on certain stages.\u00a0 But it\u2019s not too easy!\u00a0 There are also two separate smaller campaign modes.\u00a0 The Lost Morsel features some super hard stages on a jungle island, and The Festive Seasoning, which has more wintery, Christmas themed levels.\u00a0 I think they must\u2019ve been DLC on other consoles, but are included in the Special Edition on the Switch.<\/p>\n

And finally, the game has a versus mode where two players compete to cook the most orders and get the highest score.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if four players can do this mode, but when two do it, you have two chefs each and must switch them out like in the single player mode.\u00a0 Overcooked is a very challenging game, but still a lot of fun.\u00a0 Especially if you enjoy cooking games and have a bunch of friends who can play it with you.<\/p>\n

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Overcooked is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Cartoon Violence.\u00a0 I really didn\u2019t notice much violence at all, really.\u00a0 The opening scene shows a post-apocalyptic future with a giant spaghetti and meatball monster, but it\u2019s more silly than anything.\u00a0 You can fall off ledges in certain kitchen stages, but you just have to wait a few seconds for your chef to respawn.\u00a0 You can also set the kitchen on fire and must use an extinguisher to put out the flames, but it just keeps you from preparing food.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may find it a bit too challenging.\u00a0 But the game does encourage teamwork and multitasking skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overcooked is a multiplayer-centric cooking game where you and a bunch of chefs run around a kitchen trying to fill as many orders as possible.\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download on most of the current game consoles, and now there\u2019s a Special Edition you can get on the Nintendo Switch (reviewed here).\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure exactly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16926,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924\/revisions\/16926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}