MemoryHumanity
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Girlfriend keeps asking if we can play "the kitchen game". I think it's a hit.
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Overcooked Special Edition finally hitting the Switch this week
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FantasticMrSnake
Member
That would ruin the game when you want to stack veggies next to the chopping board (in levels like
the moving truck, or when you're giving ingredients over the counter to other players
I'd consider it the best local multiplayer currently available for Switch. Certainly for couch gaming with significant others.
Got to the ice levels with the gf last night. She insists on 3 starring every level, it's been exhausting on one or two of them!
fierrotlepou
Member
Played this with my girlfriend: everyone should buy it!
Coming from the PS4 and PC versions, the framerate is definitely a bit iffy. Especially the intro level. It's not game breaking at all but it's definitely not smooth.
Having the game portable makes it worthwhile though. Me the wife and kid played some three player at a service stop on a trip home yesterday and it was great.
Having the game portable makes it worthwhile though. Me the wife and kid played some three player at a service stop on a trip home yesterday and it was great.
Cool, my wife didn't care for Snipperclips either.
HmmmMmmm...I'll see if she's interested.
Scalpel Knight
Member
Got this yesterday, and my girlfriend didn't like it because of the touchiness of the controls which may possibly be due to the framerate. Not too sure if she'll want to play it again. :/
She does like Pac Man Vs. a lot on Namco Museum though.
She does like Pac Man Vs. a lot on Namco Museum though.
MulderYuffie
Member
Would be sweet I'd do the same!
Abandapart82
Member
After playing this with my sort of non gamer wife we are preparing the divorce documents. Haha.
Seriously though this is a fun co-op game but there is plenty of yelling going on during some of the difficult stages.
Seriously though this is a fun co-op game but there is plenty of yelling going on during some of the difficult stages.
Played this with completed videogame newbies last week, day of release. The framerate could do better, but they still loved it a lot. My GF and I used to play the PS4 version until we realised we hated each other's guts when playing coop games 
Still the same instantly fun game though.
Still the same instantly fun game though.Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Everyone playing this game with their spouse/partner/GF I would also recommend: Infinite Minigolf & Death Squared. $14.99 each on the eShop, great spouse games if they enjoyed this.
I thought both were better for non-gamer spouse, like my wife, than Snipperclips.
I thought both were better for non-gamer spouse, like my wife, than Snipperclips.
Bought it today and played through about 2-4 with my wife. Did the first 5-6 and then went back for 3 stars. Doing fairly well, but I fear that her gameplay skills aren't good enough to advance much further. We'll see...that's always been the problem withe games.
Super Mario 3D World was fun when it was the easy levels, but but World 3 she couldn't keep up and lost interest fast.
Super Mario 3D World was fun when it was the easy levels, but but World 3 she couldn't keep up and lost interest fast.
Same for my girlfriend. She loves it and she very rarely games with me or herself.
I saw Minigolf on the store and automatically thought this. I'll probably get it tonight
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Agreed. The load times are sliiiiiightly faster if you installed to the internal memory.
How the hell do people get 3 stars on 2 players? Seem so impossible. We can get 2 stars no prob, but 3 seems so far out of reach!
Patience, planning, and practice. Don't rush all orders and try not to be idle for too long.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Holy shit this is actually the most fun I've had with a multiplayer game in years. Probably since Castle Crashers. Just so fun. It flits between hilariously failing and getting way too intense with it. I was occasionally shouting stuff at my friends like I was working in an actual restaurant i.e. "Get out of my station!"
Love it so much.
Love it so much.
Wiitardation
Member
Add me to the list of people with a non gaming wife constantly asking to play Overcooked.
Only have 1 controller on X1 and PS4 so the Switch release was an insta buy. Well worth the wait.
Only have 1 controller on X1 and PS4 so the Switch release was an insta buy. Well worth the wait.
Marty Chinn
Member
Is there no way to have a second player drop out of the game without completely shutting down the game? I got stuck in a state where it kept telling me the controller was disconnected and covering the center of the screen and remained that way unless I either connected the second controller again or shut down the game to start it again. Seems like a really bad bug.
Even though they've said that they are working on it, I think perhaps it would be a good idea for everyone to report the performance issues on https://www.team17.com/support/ to increase the demand, in hope of them putting some serious resources on fixing them. In the best of worlds they'd even make some improvements of the code that could benefit the performance of the other versions of the game as well.
I bought it despite the initial reports and have to say that it really hampers the fun of the game.
I bought it despite the initial reports and have to say that it really hampers the fun of the game.
For me I just press L+R (or SL+Sr) from the map or any of the menu screens and then just sync one controller.
If you didn't already know, one tap of the sync button turns a controller off.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
My wife and I went back and got 3 stars on the first four stages in World 1. We felt SO COOL. It seemed impossible when we first started, it's great to see our own skills level up. But for real, some of those stages in World 2 and 3 seem crazy impossible. Especially when dealing with the ice stages.
Yeah, we also thought that, but we did it anyways and was also surprised. The downside is I'm the one being shouted at whenever we fail. Haha!
Marty Chinn
Member
I tried that and it kept complaining that a controller was disconnected and I had to hit L + R to get to the controller setup to fix it. Nothing would make that go away unless I added the second controller back in.
ViolentP
Member
A friend and I get together every couple of weeks and get drunk and play Overcooked. We never jump to the next level without hitting 3 stars first. We are currently on the last level.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Maybe we need to get drunk to become better focused!! Yeah!
Bobo Dakes
Member
So it's fun, but not marriage saving fun?
ViolentP
Member
After each attempt, we talk about what we did right, what we did wrong, and adjust our plan of action accordingly. It's honestly been half the fun.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
That's exactly what me and my wife do as well after stages. It's a lot of fun, we haven't had any shouting or yelling, just a lot of laughing after setting the kitchen on fire, while floating on an iceberg.
Further thoughts...
- Game is great overall, awesome design that really makes you think sometimes.
- Lack of a quick "Retry" option is such a bizarre oversight.
- I learned from this game that my left joy con is indeed plagued by the problem everyone else had at launch and I just sent it in to Nintendo today. My wife didn't like the Pro Controller and preferred the JC's with the grip but complained about struggling with the controls. I figured it was just the 'not gamer' in her having an issue, but when I tried it last night I felt how fucked up it was. D'Oh!
- Really enjoyable. Lots of content with all of the DLC. Three stars is a great feeling when you get it.
- Game is great overall, awesome design that really makes you think sometimes.
- Lack of a quick "Retry" option is such a bizarre oversight.
- I learned from this game that my left joy con is indeed plagued by the problem everyone else had at launch and I just sent it in to Nintendo today. My wife didn't like the Pro Controller and preferred the JC's with the grip but complained about struggling with the controls. I figured it was just the 'not gamer' in her having an issue, but when I tried it last night I felt how fucked up it was. D'Oh!
- Really enjoyable. Lots of content with all of the DLC. Three stars is a great feeling when you get it.
This is potentially a really dumb/insulting question, but: is she letting go of the analog stick?
It took like 3/4 of the game for my sister and I to realize that the reason our mom was having this problem (on PS4, mind, so I get that framerate stuff may make missing more likely on Switch) was that she was never letting the stick be still.
My wife is having this exact problem and I'm running into it too. I'm the gamer, she's not. I had the Pro controller and she had a joy-con with rail. We got a ways into world 2.
May try swapping controllers next time, but we were having fun despite it.
Check if your joy con is having the sync issue from launch. Mine is, and I had to send it in today.
She was using a brand new grey con I picked up as a 4th so the family could play. I haven't tested it for sync issues, didn't even think of it. I'll check it tonight.
Marty Chinn
Member
Not quite the same, but in the last few seconds if you realize you're not going to meet your goal, you can hit pause and select restart. We've done that plenty of times.
I have done that as well, and it works when I know the target. But first time or second through a level I'm not thinking about what my goal is and am trying to squeeze out every seconds
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
I have a hard time setting things down/picking them up in the correct spot too.
I wish the game zoomed in on the kitchen a little more, I feel like that would help.
I wish the game zoomed in on the kitchen a little more, I feel like that would help.
MrFrankFontaine
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Just played this for the first time tonight with my kids. So much fun. This is the perfect game for the Switch. Cannot wait to play this with some friends over drinks.
NintendosBooger
Member
Bought the game last night, played it with the wife and she loves it.
Two questions:
1. Does the game's difficulty adjust to the # of players?
2. Anyone else's Switch run loud playing this game? Never happened to me before playing this one, not for Zelda or Mario Kart. My Switch was burning hot and its fan was screaming.
Two questions:
1. Does the game's difficulty adjust to the # of players?
2. Anyone else's Switch run loud playing this game? Never happened to me before playing this one, not for Zelda or Mario Kart. My Switch was burning hot and its fan was screaming.
1. The three star requirement changes depending on the amount of players. 1 and 2 stars stay the same.
2. Have no problems so far.
Man this game is fun, have never gotten my wife to play games with me for as long as we did last night on this one. Was rough at first but the games humor keeps the tension down. By the end we were nailing the 3 star challenges through the first world. Made it through three worlds. "I need a tomato" "Coming up!" "That's a fire extinguisher"
Some great moments.
Some great moments.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Same here, my wife LOVES this game! Are there any unlocks or prizes for 3 staring everything?
My boyfriend bought me this for my birthday today, I've been meaning to get it for a while on PlayStation but the Switch version is the one he got! It's so good, me and my bf are quite particular to coop games and this game is perfect for coop. So hectic! Having to communicate and do everything is mind boggling. Can only get 2 stars ATM on everything but hopefully we'll get better soon.