Nintendo Switch 's Online Action Puzzle 'Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2' Review Cooperating at Super Harsh Kitchen and aiming to Offer Dishes

Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2 "that will be a sequel to cooking action puzzle game" Overcooked - Overcook Special Edition "cutting cooking ingredients, watching pots and grilling meat while cooperating with colleagues Has been distributed on Nintendo Switch since August 7, 2018. In addition to being added with detailed elements, I also played online battle mode which was not in the previous work, so I tried playing actually how much it powers up.

Nintendo Switch | DLsite purchase | Overcooked® 2 - Overcook 2
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There are three modes, "Story" to follow the story, "Arcade" to cooperate online / offline stage story mode, "Battle" to compete for points in two teams. "Chef" can change the appearance and character of the chef. First, I play story mode.

The king of the onion kingdom that also appeared in the previous work. It seems that you got a book with a name similar to a famous mage .

When the king reads out the contents of the mage by voice ......

Rotten bread appears from the graveyard.

I am most surprised when the principal who read aloud and looks out the window.

The zombie bread wandering outside can hit the people of the onion kingdom with hunger.

So, to satisfy the belly of the zombies, players who are chefs come in. Since the tutorial starts from here, people who do not play the previous work can also grasp the operation.

The purpose of this game is to "cook and serve dishes ordered from customers according to recipe". For example, in the image below, lettuce salad is displayed on the upper left. Take out the lettuce from the place where the lettuce picture on the bottom left is drawn ......

Place it in the upper right knife and chopping board.

Press the action button to start carving the lettuce.

Meanwhile, another chef goes to pick up a dish to serve the salad. When playing by one player, you can switch the chef to operate by pressing the L button.

Once the chopped lettuce is arranged on a dish, it can be delivered to the customer by carrying it to a belt conveyor. The basic part is the same as the previous work "Overcooked - Overcook Special Edition".

The point that changed so much as the previous work "Overcooked - Overcook Special Edition" was that it was possible to "throw" how it was only "grab" food and dishes. You can throw foods beyond the table and the topography and pass the ingredients directly, or you can also throw the ingredients directly into a frying pan or hotpot far away. You can see the state of throwing ingredients in the following movies.

Nintendo Switch 'Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2' allows you to 'throw' ingredients - YouTube


The story mode will progress while clearing the stage on the bus.

Points will be added if you can serve dishes according to customers' orders, and you can get up to 3 stars depending on points. In the story mode, a new stage will emerge by collecting more stars.

At first, simple orders say "just cut fish and shrimp in a narrow kitchen and serve it on a dish", but .........

The difficulty will rise as the stage progresses. For example, the following stage is a gimmick that a passerby obstructs the chef's flow line because there is a kitchen on the bridge for some reason.

The harsh stage of making cooking on a flying balloon is the image below. The position of the left and right balloon changes as time passes. The chef's flow line has changed, and it is necessary to change the role sharing each time.

In the following stage the kitchen is divided right and left, and there is a big squid in the center. There is a joystick in the center of Ikada, but this is a gimmick added with "Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2".

When someone grips the joystick, it is possible to manipulate the squid in any direction.

It also fails if you do not cooperate properly by speaking properly when moving, such as "move icada". The following image was where the green chef fell into the river because it started to move suddenly. If it falls from the stage, all the ingredients and dishes that you had in your hands will be lost and a loss time of about 5 seconds will occur until you recover. In this game you have to keep cooking for a minute and a second, so if you fall from the stage it's a pretty pain.

At one stage, two of the editorial staffs cooperated and played, suddenly a fire burst out from the center and the kitchen got a great flame. The part of "To extinguish when it fails cooking" is the point which was also the previous work, but the stage gimmick which makes the kitchen fire a fire is the first time, and it is the first time that the state gimmick looks at the following movie can do.

Nintendo Switch "Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2" will be tossed by stage gimmick - YouTube


The following image is being cooked for aliens on the poisonous swamp of a strange planet. Why are you being cooked in such an unsanitary place ... ....

Moreover, when the time passes, part of the stage rises and falls, the terrain changes, the arrangement of ingredients and stove changes dramatically. It is necessary not to miss the "slight ground sway" which is a sign of the topographical change, change the role sharing and flow line by timing. An editorial staff who was playing the previous work also commented, "This is more difficult stage than the previous work" "The kitchen is seriously killing the chef."

Efficiently construct basic behaviors such as "cutting", "baking", "serving" and "serving dishes" at the time of cooking, coping with changes in different kitchens for each stage, and more essential for cooking with multiple people You can see a movie full of the real thrill of "Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2" that keeps providing cooking to customers while taking communication.

Nintendo Switch "Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2" struggle in a kitchen sinking in a swamp - YouTube


In "Overcooked 2 - Overcooke 2", we also support online arcade (cooperation) and online battle mode that we did not support in the previous work. Arcade · Both the story mode and how to play do not change at all. Also, it is a nice point to be able to play on various stages even if you are not clearing the story mode. In addition to playing with friends, you can play freely with unknown people.

Actually it is the following movie which I tried playing with a player who sessions at random with the online arcade and four people.

I tried to play Nintendo Switch "Overcooked 2 - Overcooke 2" online arcade - YouTube


When playing "Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2" by multiple people, it is difficult to cooperate with each other unless you are realistically hanging out, such as "bring a dish" "meat and tomatoes carve" However, there is no voice chat function online, and it is necessary to communicate with just six types of emotions. When playing with friends, using the voice chat tool of a PC or smartphone is sure to make sure that the work will be done.

Also, because the line of the server was unstable and occasional lags occurred, there was a part that I felt a bit frustrating, because I could not grab the ingredients I wanted to grasp or put in items I would like to put. I would like to expect improvements due to future updates.

"Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2" is the same as the previous work and the basic system, but new recipes and cooking utensils are added, stage gimmick is even more difficult than the previous work, the crowd is enough. Also, I got the impression that the action elements are getting stronger than the previous work as a result of the addition of "throw". Since it was only offline playing in the previous work, there were cases sometimes saying "It's too difficult to play with one person," but depending on playing online, one person can play with peace of mind.

"Overcooked 2 - Overcook 2" can be purchased as a DL exclusive software from August 7, 2018 at 2750 yen including tax from Nintendo e shop.

Nintendo Switch | DLsite purchase | Overcooked® 2 - Overcook 2
https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/en/titles/70010000010088