Tag: #Overcooked!2
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Overcooked! 2 | A Cooking Guide
Video games have evolved significantly over the years, utilizing various ‘affective design principles’ to craft an immersive gaming experience, complete with complex and thought-provoking narratives, captivating soundscapes, and most notably, stunning visuals that embody a ‘photo-realistic’ appeal, effectively blurring the lines between reality and fiction (Baudrillard, 1994). This evokes an emotional response as it instills…
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Overcooked! 2: Analyzing the Culinary Chaos
Introduction Media text has played a significant role in defining how individuals interact with one another, influencing societal structures and functions (Shukla, 2023), as we move towards a ‘global village’ (McLuhan, 1989). Communication technologies has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from primitive cave paintings to the ever-expansive world of the ‘Meta-Verse’, with a growing focus…
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BETA | Overcooked! 2 – The Recipe of Life
Overcooked 2 is often mistaken as a children’s game due to its playful design elements. The game features ‘vibrant’ and ‘whimsical’ visuals that caters to a younger demographic, with a diverse cast of unique characters and cleverly crafted levels that add a refreshing and enjoyable dynamic (Hunicke, LeBlanc, & Zubek, 2004) to the overall gaming…
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Overcooked! 2: Collaborative Culinary Chaos
The game (story-world) unfolds in a bustling restaurant, the gameplay and mechanics revolve around fostering teamwork and collaboration. Up to 4 players engage in a fast-paced kitchen frenzy, dividing and delegating tasks, as they must work together to figure out the most efficient way of serving orders and satisfying the hungry hoard, in order to…
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Pitch | Overcooked! 2 – A Simmered Reality
Overcooked! 2 was crafted with a central theme in mind; its creators, Phil Duncan and Oli De-Vine were interested in exploring “how cooking brings people together,” (Garst, 2018) and their resolve with Overcooked! 2 was to improve on the game, following up after its initial success with Overcooked. The gameplay streamlines the kitchen experience into…