![]() At times, Octodad is almost as much fun to watch as it is to play. When everything is a challenge, even the simplest tasks become a source of silly moments. There are opportunities to be inventive, finding different approaches to grab a bottle of juice from a ceiling display, or ingenious ways to cheat in old-fashioned sideshow games. The development team, Young Horses, has found some sticky situations for Octodad to get through, and it’s the kind of game where you can make your own fun, squirming as you try to fry burgers without singeing your suckers, or rambling your way up and over supermarket shelves. There’s potential here for something great. You can and will fail, but only when your exploits get so much attention that your dreadful secret is finally uncovered. The point of Octodad isn’t to play well, but to have fun when you play badly. The controls are intentionally slack and fuzzy, transforming our hapless hero from a weird-looking gent in a nice blue suit into the focus for scenes of utter chaos, as unwanted items get tangled in your tentacles, or you flibber and flubber your way through the scenery, scattering everything in your way. You manipulate objects by manoeuvring your arm tentacles with the analogue sticks and latching on with the R2 or X button. You move by swinging your lower tentacles one at a time with rapid squeezes of the PS4 DualShock 4’s L2 and R2 triggers. It IS cute,innovative and I think it's definitely a game for a youngster who had PLENTY of time on their hands.as long as they're dextrous.This is both Octodad’s main gag and the mainstay of its gameplay. But,if you're masters at controls w/ keyboard and mouse manipulation and are quite dextrous.have at it! I guess one could leave their computer on all day and casually come back and play. If only ONE task is not completed and you need to quit.tough luck,Octofans.you're back to the previous checkpoint if you quit out. There are many tasks to be performed each time before a checkpoint is reached. Warning for the (apparently few) who are planning on dropping $12 on this through GOG: if you don't have: A)patience to master not-easy controls if you're not using a controller.orī) an extended period of gametime at your disposal.this game MAY wind up being frustrating. I shouldn't have to spend a half-hour doing mundane tasks (I get it the tasks are cute and innovative given that he's an octopus), stop playing.and lose ALL your progress because ONE task (of a dozen or so,not all easy,either) wasn't completed. I wouldnt say Ive mastered the controls, and they are surely a pain to use with keyboard and mouse.but I'm getting slightly better.įor me,though,as an adult who can't simply sit for hours at a time in front of my computer.the lack of a saved game is a huge negative for someone like myself.who doesn't have consecutive hours of gameplay at his or her disposal. I got comfortable with the controls before I left the starting room. Do this right a few times and you'll soon get the hang of it. It won't be long before you learn to alternate between the two legs. One fine point here is that you need to first lift the "foot" in the upward direction before making the step, just like real walking, not just slide it on the ground. To walk, perform the following actions: hold down the LMB, move the mouse in the direction you want Octodad to move in (relative to the current camera position), release LMB, hold down RMB move in the desired direction, release RMB, hold down LMB again. When in "legs mode", the left mouse button is for the left leg and the right mouse button for the right leg (or the other way around, but that isn't so important). You only need the mouse, plus the spacebar to switch between the "legs" and the "arm". Later you'll need to perform even finer movements as Octodad will have to climb boxes and ladders, crawl into air ducts and run away from danger.Ĭharon121: OK, here's the deal: there are actually only a few controls, but they're difficult to master. ![]() OK, here's the deal: there are actually only a few controls, but they're difficult to master.
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