Im sure it didnt help that my Nephew and I shared a controller. We started from the beginning and just like before it started so fun but soon was just frustrating. I thought this would be a perfect time to add another chef to the kitchen and start knocking out those stars. About a week later my Nephew stayed the weekend while his mom was away. I just had to quit because I wasn't having any fun. We took a break after a particularly difficult haunted house level where half the stage was on fire. Also some levels are just plain un-fun (looking at you truck levels). It seemed like no matter what strategy we did, we would be just short of 3 stars. It was fun at first but quickly turned into frustration. As a sample of what it looks like playing it, I've included this educational video:Īfter the UPF and quick look I knew this game was going to be right up my wife's alley. I'm still working on becoming an expert on this type of play, and it's a slow process occasionally resulting in awkward hijinks. I quickly beat several levels that had confounded me before. I also only had to use my thumbs to move, and I could even dash by clicking in the joysticks. On the controller, I used the same fingers on each hand for the same actions that cleared up a lot of the confusion my brain had keeping them straightened out. On the keyboard, I used my right hand's middle finger through pinky for the arrow keys and my pointer for action buttons, while my left hand used the pinky for action buttons and my other fingers for WASD. The difference was apparent the first stage I tried it with. I took a few days off Overcooked, and after a futile attempt to hack its config files to switch keyboard assignments around, I decided to finally bite the bullet and buy an Xbox controller for my computer I had considered it before, but this was the first game I really couldn't play well with just a keyboard. Then my right hand started cramping up from carpal tunnel. I was overjoyed when I finally got 3 stars on the Pirate Ship. I had to play each stage a half-dozen times, slowly formulating a plan I could act on with hamfisted reflexes. The good 3-star rating felt nigh-impossible. Once I started getting used to it, 2 out of 3 stars was easy to get. I had to take my time when I wanted to rush. Rather than focusing solely on a single cook, I had to learn to switch focus for a split-second to confirm the other cook was highlighting the proper spot for ingredients. The cook I wasn't focusing on constantly ran into counters or dropped ingredients in the wrong spot. I lost many early stages because the cat was walking into a wall while my brain tried to tell the correct hand to move it away.įine control was nearly impossible. I had to train myself to constantly associate my right hand with the cat cook. It was manageable if my left hand controlled the left cook and my right hand controlled the right cook, but if they swapped positions in the kitchen my hands thought they were controlling the wrong cooks. Half the time when I tried to pickup/drop something, I hit the button for the wrong cook, or both cooks. I could move one cook at a time, but moving both at once was the video game equivalent of walking and chewing gum. Afterwards it felt like my brain had twisted itself into a knot. I started up a new "co-op" campaign, put both hands on the keyboard, and tried to run 2 cooks at once. The controls were simple enough that each player only needed one hand.
OVERCOOKED 2 SINGLE PLAYER PLUS
Each player used WASD or the arrow keys, plus 2 buttons for actions.
OVERCOOKED 2 SINGLE PLAYER PATCH
Then last week Overcooked got a patch that added keyboard co-op to the game.
OVERCOOKED 2 SINGLE PLAYER PC
I played it once on the PC and decided to wait until I visited my brother to player it co-op. The 1-player compromise where you swap from one chef to the other? Boring.
if you have other people to play it with.
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