Overcooked! All You Can Eat Nintendo Switch Review
Overcooked first hit the switch in 2017, having released about a year before that elsewhere. It's frantic co-op play was met with positive reviews and the sequel also made its way to the switch a year later in 2018. This all you can eat edition bundles. Both games along with all of the dlc ever released for both games in one package is it worth another bite or is that just asking for a bad case of heartburn.
Overcooked tells a tale of you being sent back in time learning to become master chefs in order to defeat an ancient evil whereas the sequel sees your culinary services called upon once again. It's full of witty moments in terms of the gameplay then for anyone that's not played the games before they both have a similar premise and that is to attempt to complete as many food orders as possible in the time limit given.
For each stage you have two chefs at your disposal single player has you controlling. Both characters switching between them when needed or multiplayer has each person controlling a character each successful order earns you money.
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The stage will have a set amounts. You must earn in order to pass it thus earning you one star. But there will also be two further amounts to aim for meaning that the stage can earn you up to three stars in total stars are important as they are, how you are able to open up new areas of the map, and partake in later levels.
It's obviously not as easy as all that though and the nature of the gameplay is what makes the series. So engaging new meals each with their own ingredients to familiarize yourself with are introduced at regular intervals. For every order that comes in you must prepare the ingredients at the appropriate station before putting them.
All together on a plate and serving them up. But the levels are never designed in such a way that makes this straight forward early on it may be a case of just getting the lettuce to the chopping board or ensuring the stake doesn't burn. But as you progress the stages become much more outlandish and will see you needing to use conveyor belts deal with moving stages using warps to get from one side to another being separated from each other by some sort of set piece or dealing with environmental hazards such as slippery ice or fire.
The second game also introduced some stages where the theme would change midway through an early example has a hot air balloon ride that after a storm crashes into a sushi bar when you throw in the speed at which new orders are given to you.
The relatively short amount of time you have to complete them. You have
the recipe for absolute chaos that the series is affectionately known for
getting orders in on time earns you a higher tip and missing an order will see
an amount of money deducted from your total now.
While as a single player experience both games are chaotic fun add a second player in an absolute pandemonium in shoes the amount of money. You must earn for each star is increased.
So you really do need to run like a well-oiled machine deciding who will chop who will cook who washes up where to stand once the levels start becoming bigger.
Trying not to constantly get in each other's way has a very unique ability to evoke feelings of joy tension anger frustration and elation towards your co-op partner. I've played many hours and there are very few co-op experiences that match it for us communication is absolutely the key to success and failure to converse will result in many failed attempts.
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But getting it right discussing a strategy and executing it to perfection feels incredibly satisfying as well as the campaign mode there is an arcade mode which allows you to pick specific levels plus there is a versus mode for up to four players control wise you move your character with the left stick pressing a to pick up items and x to carry out an action on said items such as chopping or mixing allows you to perform a dash move.
The l button is used during single player to switch between your two characters
overcook 2 introduced a throw move and when play in the second game this is
activated by pressing x. When it first released overcooked one did suffer from
some input lag. Although it was subsequently fixed via a patch and this version
is also absolutely fine in that regard as you would expect whilst.
The controls are responsive there are occasions where you will find your character facing the wrong workstation to the one you wanted thus needing some readjustment which costs you valuable seconds. I think perhaps the turning circle of the character could do with a little refinement and it is a shame that this has never been rectified over the various games and updates.
But it is a minor issue at most and won't cause too many problems new for this all-you-can-eat addition is the inclusion of online play. For the first overcooked game overcooked 2 has always had online. But this has also been integrated into that first game for this particular release crossplay is included. But even with this. I did find it difficult to find a match in fact i either searched unsuccessfully or i had one instance of finding a match. But the player dropped out as soon as we started.
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Hopefully this isn't the norm and it was just my bad luck speaking of features for this all-you-can-eat addition as well as the two main games. It also includes all dlc released for them this equates to 13 new level packs each with their own theme. This adds a good few hours extra to the package.
I had never played any of this before. Despite finishing the two base games and i was pleasantly surprised to see that whilst it is more of the same there were also a few new ideas. Such as having to chop up firewood before cooking the food in the camping pack that sort of thing.
Then there is the assist mode which increases the amount of time you get lengthens, how long each order is valid for etc. Basically makes the game more accessible my thoughts on this sort of thing is as long as it is an extra and doesn't affect the core gameplay which is how it is dealt with here. Then it's always nice to see finally the tip multiplier system introduced in the second game which sees you earn extra money for not missing an order has been integrated into the first game too.
Due to this the target scores for each level have been upped from the original. Potentially putting a new spin on a game that some people have played before. Gameplay is great fun in single player, but enters a whole new stratosphere in multiplayer and when playing it this way it more fun.
Controls work well enough as you
can play with just a single joycon 2 which supports the whole co-op appeal of
the title. In terms of the visuals things are just as colorful and crazy as
they always were.
But on top of this the first game has also been remodeled to use the overcooked 2 engine this means it now looks a little more crisp plus timer bars and icons have been cleaned up.
Some extra little details such as garnish on bowls of soup have been added the most noticeable change though is that the camera has also been adjusted to provide a better view of the action as was the case in the sequel. This is definitely a welcome change. You wouldn't necessarily notice it without comparing older new versions.
But once you spot it it's a definite improvement. There is a dyslexia friendly font and you can also increase the size of the text should you need to the host of characters you can choose from is vast and varied. I believe you unlocked them in previous versions. They are all available here. From the start performance wise things run smoothly for the vast majority of the time.
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I had a couple of incidents of dropped frames, but i mean a couple that lasted a split second in all the hours i played loading times. However were a little longer than i would have liked. The music does a great job of complementing the wacky visuals. But also ramping up the tension as the timer begins to tick down.
There are a host of tracks to go with the number of different settings that you
will pass through. All of them are very enjoyable to listen too. Visuals
definitely look more polished and it's nice to see the first game receive the
quality of life features that the second game had. Audio does a very good job of complementing the mood of the game.
You can get Overcooked! All You Can Eat costs 29 pounds 99 and regional
equivalents are on your screen now. But this price has already stated you are
getting the two main overcooked games plus all of the dlc that has been
released as well as the inclusion of online play for the first game. 
That new assist mode the game's main stories will probably take around six to eight hours to complete each. Although if you want to get max stars on each level you are looking closer to about 15 hours per game. Then of course you have all of the dlc to work through too. The first game alone is 18 pound on the eshop and the sequel is 20 and that's without any of that dlc.
So this is hands down the cheapest way to grab all things overcooked in one convenient bundle. If you already own one of the games or if you feel you just need one of them and that would be enough for you then. This is where the value will need to be scrutinized by you as an individual. But it's hard to argue against this package being a very good deal.
There is also a physical version available which i've seen advertised at about 28 pounds so that's another option. To conclude overcooked was such a breath of fresh air when i first played co-op with my friends. It didn't really need to and compiling everything together into one package with the improvements already mentioned is a great deal for anyone who hasn't yet played this series.
You could play for anywhere between 20 and 50 hours depending on how much of a
completionist you are, if you have played it all before or you are only going
to play in single player. But even with this in mind this still serves up an
absolute treat. Thank you everybody for reading this Overcooked! All You Can Eat article, i hope you
enjoyed this review.
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