We get a great origin story in Octodad coming onto a ship and commandeering it disguised at the captain, help Octodad down the aisle on his wedding day, and complete mundane tasks in the strangest ways. Through controlling his many arms and legs/tentacles as best they can, players are tasked to complete many mundane tasks that range from going grocery shopping to taking your kids to the aquarium.īeing on a much larger platform, Young Horses was able to not only improve some of the controls for Octodad, but also expand on the levels within the story. While trying to not arouse suspicion from his family members, he’s also trying to avoid the clutches of a cartoonishly evil chef.
Like I said before, the game has players take control, or at least attempt to, of an octopus posing as a normal human father in a three-piece suit trying to keep his identity a secret. Eventually the game would become a big talking point in the indie game’s sphere and was even highlighted at PlayStation’s 20 E3 press conference before releasing on PS4. The game was ultimately funded through Kickstarter and surpassed its goal of $20,000 as it raised a little over $24,000 through fan support. However, eight of the eighteen knew they could do more for this game and decided to form their own game studio, Young Horses, that would go on to create the sequel we all know. It sure wasn’t joke to everyone else though, as the game was incredibly well received by fans and critics alike for its strange controls and being very well made for just college project. Octodad: Dadliest Catch is actually a sequel to the 2010 freeware game Octodad developed by eighteen students at DePaul University – who originally made the game as a joke. So, with a new console generation upon us and Father’s Day finally rolling around, there’s no better time to look back at one of gaming’s wackiest dads.
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When the game debuted on PS4 within its first year, it was a huge hit with people for its hilarious story and unique controls and easily one of my favorites from my early days of the PS4. Yes, remember that game where players are tasked with playing as an octopus trying to maintain a disguise of being a modern family man and completing mundane tasks to keep people from being suspicious. However, there’s one character that frankly isn’t talked about enough since he made his console back in 2014 and is truly the dadliest of dads in the gaming world – Octodad Whether it’s a vengeful god trying to escape his devastating past with his son or a man trying to be a good father-figure for a young girl he keeps safe during the apocalypse, gaming has shelled out plenty of great dads throughout the years. Looks like adventure games are alive and well and they don't seem to be going anywhere soon, wasn't too long ago we had developers going to Kickstarter saying their publishers wouldn't invest in adventure games and indie's just keep pumping them out, I bet the bigger publishers are kicking themselves.While there’re plenty of great father figures in gaming that deserve plenty of recognition this Father’s Day. Two and a half years after beginning production, Octodad: Dadliest Catch is ready to flop awkwardly into your arms. Octodad received enough attention that the team decided to run a Kickstarter, form the game studio Young Horses, and create a bigger, better, more polished game about Octodad. Despite everyone being convinced that the game was about a normal human dad, the game was a cult hit, gained critical acclaim, and was an Independent Games Festival Student Finalist in 2011.
In Octo-ber 2010, a group of university students released the original Octodad into the world. In this sequel to the splash hit Octodad, our cephaloprotagonist has gotten himself in a bind between his wife’s mounting mistrust, and a disastrous trip to the local aquarium! Are you dad enough to control the titular octopus father as he strives to hide his nautical nature from his family while keeping his tangled tentacles intact? Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan nature a secret from his human family. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. QuoteOctodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. Looks like there servers are being destroyed by traffic right now folks, so keep tight. View cookie preferences.Īccept Cookies & Show Direct Link Octodad: Dadliest Catch the strange yet enticing adventure game has now been released to the masses! Does anyone else keep reading it as "deadliest catch?", just me? Oh. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view.
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