In a game called Maneater, the main appeal to many will be the chance to eat humans, and the game does not disappoint.
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Given how willing the game is to give you proteins, you will have more than enough to upgrade every ability to maximum just by playing the game normally, taking away some of the more strategic elements that come with normal upgrade systems. While each of these upgrades adds some cool aesthetics to your shark (especially the Bone Set), I felt there could have been more focus on building a certain class of shark. Before buying Maneater, I didn’t expect to enjoy these fights so much, but engaging in intense battles with groups of alligators, orcas, and hammerheads is pure, unadulterated bliss, and I never got tired of devouring these predators, even when you reach a higher level and can pretty much destroy anything in your path.īy eating enemies, you gain a different type of protein that acts almost as a currency to upgrade your abilities and evolutions. Passive fish such as catfish and groupers are pretty easily killed, and are a great source of health and XP, whereas those that are hostile are often stronger, bulkier foes that will actively attack you. There are two types of creatures you encounter underwater: passive and hostile enemies. While many of the trailers emphasised the carnage you can cause on dry land, I found the underwater aspects of the game to be where most of the interesting combat happens. Maneater is split between two areas: under and above water.
It’s hard to criticise this, though, as if you’re looking for an authentic shark-like experience, there aren’t many other techniques sharks use. For the most part, your combat experience will consist of attacking with one button, and dodging attacks with another. Chris Parnell, the voice of Cyril in Archer and Jerry in Rick and Morty, does an excellent job blending the perfect amount of sarcasm, humour, and information into the narration, ensuring it never feels stale or overplayed through the ten hours it takes to complete Maneater.Įach mission that sees you progress is classed as a form of revenge, or a way of protecting the environmentĪs you’d expect, the gameplay really revolves around one element: biting things. Maneater leans heavily on the documentary format throughout the game, using Planet Earth-like narration to describe missions, fights, and locations you may encounter. As you seek revenge, Scaly Pete’s story is told through documentary-style cutscenes for the fake show, ‘Maneater’, giving you an insight into his motivations, backstory, and shark-hunting plans. Maneater follows the journey of a young bull shark, cut out of her mother by a hunter called Scaly Pete who then, much like the classic hunter trope set out by Bambi, kills your mother.
Once in a while, a game comes around with a premise that so obviously guarantees fun, you wonder why it took until now for someone to make it Maneater, an open-world title that lets you hunt and kill unsuspecting humans as a shark- is one of these games.
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