Octodad: Dadliest Catch

“Young Horses' Octodad: Dadliest Catch makes up for clunky controls and a rough final act with undeniable humor and charm.”

Octodad: Deadliest Catch is a silly game with a silly yet simple idea, and it works well in just being that.

A rewarding, idiosyncratic romp imbued with nonsense, humour, and pathos.

Is Octodad: Dadliest Catch worth the cost? Here is my official review!

Loving father. Caring husband. Secret octopus. That’s the tagline to Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the sequel to Young Horses’ surprise 2010 splash hit Octodad. And it sums up the game quite succinctly. You take control of an undercover cephalopod living in the human world. You have to make sure that your family and those around you have no reason to suspect your aquatic origins. There is, however, one malicious chef who knows your true identity, and makes it his mission to expose you for what you really are: an ink-spraying creature of the sea.

Octodad: Dadliest Catch knows exactly what type of experience it wants to deliver and, for the most part, it succeeds in doing so. The mechanics work well and the concept is charming and enjoyable. But a few rough patches will likely keep players from seeing the game as anything more than a pleasant distraction or a fun sandbox to mess around in. Luckily, Octodad is a relatively short experience, and even when it starts to get a little dull or frustrating, there's always something different for Octodad to struggle to do. Not everyone will embrace Octodad's unconventional approach towards what ...

Young Horses have taken such a unique premise and tried to craft a well rounded game out of it. The amount of enjoyment you will get out of this is so closely tied to how you get on with the controls, and with a controller attached, those are a delight. Sadly, the entire experience is marred by annoying difficulty spikes that put you under pressure, which stand in such stark contrast to the free-wheeling mayhem and fun that can be enjoyed at your leisure elsewhere in the game, but if you can overlook those moments then there is some excellent fun to be had.

Flailing away.

Octodad has no shortage of wit, creativity, or laughs. As the story of an octopus masquerading as a human, Octodad starts off strong with a clear focus on the crazy premise, and gameplay that is simple enough to showcase the wacky physics and fun of knocking lamps around the room and flinging axes across the yard. It’s a smart, innovative testbed for interactions, but the more it tries to be a game filled with challenging objectives and boss fights, the more Octodad reveals that underneath the suit, there’s not much to get excited about.

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“Deliciously Absurd”

Still, Octodad is three hours of fun I wouldn’t want to throw back. While it is too short an experience it’s a great, unique one and I urge anyone who likes fun games to give it a go. Anyone who played Surgeon Simulator and thought it was hilarious should immediately pick up Octodad, and anyone who thought it was funny but wanted a fuller game experience should be covered too. Dadliest Catch is funny, charming, challenging, and packed with loveliness. It’s over too quickly, but I can’...