Octodad could have easily been a one-joke game, but it just keeps introducing new ways to make its protagonist's movement fresh and amusing, like squeezing between freezer shelves and sorting oversized power cords.ĭadliest Catch is that rare kind of game that brings together all of its elements for a single, focused purpose: to make the audience chuckle despite (or because of) the overwhelming stupidity of it all. What's most impressive is how consistently funny it is. Watching a tuxedo-garbed cephalopod flop and whirl around a room just trying to get through a door is comedic gold that everyone should experience.
Dadliest Catch has both of those thanks to its lovably goofy characters, but it also does the impossible by making the gameplay itself hilarious. Think QWOP, except with grocery shopping instead of Olympic running.Ĭomedy has never really stuck as an accepted game genre, possibly because it usually only applies to non-gameplay aspects like writing and visuals. The challenge comes from a lack of bones and the fact that his tentacles must be manoeuvred individually. Unorthodox mouse controls must be used to guide Octodad through everyday life without raising the suspicion of those around him. Both games star an unnamed octopus whom, for reasons left entirely to the player's imagination, has spent his life masquerading as a suburban father.
Dadliest Catch manages to be inviting for both newcomers and fans of the first game by imagining an astonishing variety of new uses for its predecessor's established mechanics. The original Octodad, a 2010 freeware student project, was one of the most delightfully original premises in years.
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