Octodad: Dadliest Catch

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Description

In Octodad: Dadliest Catch, the player takes the role of a loving fiancé and father of two kids. He is also a octopus in a suit who lives unrecognized in the human world. The majority of the time is spent with mundane tasks, e.g. preparing the protagonist's wedding ceremony, but unfortunately one person knows the secret: a crazy chef who is in the mood for sushi...

This is commercial and further developed successor to the freeware game Octodad. While the objectives themselves are not too complicated, e.g. doing the dishes, the challenge comes from the fact that each limb is controlled separately. Of course this makes coordinated movement hard and, along with the deliberately oversensitive physics simulation, results in chaos and slapstick moments. However, making chaos when other people are watching fills up a suspicion meter which eventually causes Octodad to be recognized and leads to a game over. Sometimes there are small stealth sequences in which the protagonist can't be seen at all.

After finishing the campaign, the six levels can be replayed in order to find hidden ties or beating the developers' best time. In co-op mode, each player controls one limb (or two with less than four participants). The level editor is exclusive to the Windows version, but the user levels can also be played on Macintosh and Linux.

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Alternate Titles

• "オクトダッド タコと呼ばないで" -- Japanese spelling
• "Octodad: Tako to Yobanaide" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Irrlicht
• Animals: Cephalopods
• Crowd funding (successful)
• Game feature: Original theme song
• Octodad series
• Physics Engine: PhysX

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Critic Reviews

4Players.de	Windows	Feb 05, 2014	80 out of 100	80
GameZebo	Windows	Feb 07, 2014		80
Giant Bomb	Windows	Jan 30, 2014		80
4Players.de	PlayStation 4	Apr 28, 2014	78 out of 100	78
Gamegravy	PlayStation 4	Apr 26, 2014	7.5 out of 10	75
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Jan 30, 2014	70 out of 100	70
APGNation	PlayStation 4	May 02, 2014	6.5 out of 10	65
Nintendo Life	Wii U	Nov 04, 2015		60
Switch Player	Nintendo Switch	Nov 13, 2017	3 out of 5	60
Can't Stop the Movies	Windows	Jul 02, 2015	Unscored	Unscored

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Funding

The game was financed over the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. The developers received $24,320 after asking for $20,000.

Related Web Sites

• Octodad: Dadliest Catch (official website)
• TrueAchievements achievement guide (The TrueAchievements achievement guide for Octodad: Dadliest Catch)
• Wikipedia: Octodad: Dadliest Catch (Article about the game in the open encyclopedia)