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Soon, we were getting three stars on the early levels after just one or two attempts – one to work out a strategy, and maybe a couple more to perfect it. My brother joined me for some of my playthrough and after a few rounds of him chucking lettuce into the river and us getting dangerously close to recreating that Gordon Ramsey “ Idiot Sandwich” meme, he got the hang of it.

It’s also really easy to jump into if you’re new to Overcooked. You’ll be laughing and screaming at each other for being a liability, and the game’s charm makes it just as enjoyable during these moments as it is when you’re doing well. Even if you fail miserably, setting fires everywhere you can, accidentally throwing finished meals into the trash, and finishing with a minus score, Overcooked 2 is a lot of fun. It’s frustrating that there’s no retry option once you’ve finished a level and you have to go through two separate loading screens to restart, but that won’t deter you too often. You get a great sense of accomplishment from performing well as a team, and the star requirements are just high enough that you’ll want to keep trying to beat your score. If it all runs smoothly, you’ll get all the dishes out without many problems, be awarded with three stars and you’ll move on to the next level. If you’re making sushi, which is probably the most common recipe in Overcooked 2, someone should be on rice, while another should focus on chopping fish or washing dishes. Communication is rule number one and, to be successful, each player should have assigned roles and they need to stick to them. Overcooked 2’s level design is best enjoyed alongside at least one friend, and it has clearly been designed with co-op in mind. One minute you’ll be making sushi in the middle of a busy road, dodging the oncoming vehicles, and the next you’ll be baking cakes from the basket of a hot-air balloon as fire is launched onto the floor of the kitchen. Almost all of them feature multiple times throughout the story mode, but they’re spread out and mixed up with new recipes so that you’re always kept on your toes. The level design is excellent across the board, though, and no idea is ever overused. Add portals, moving walkways, fire, and controllable platforms into the mix and navigating the levels often poses just as much of a challenge as the recipes themselves do. Levels will change shape, layout, and even location on the fly, giving you something else to weave into your tactics. Dynamic levels are far more frequent in Overcooked 2. However, it’s the new tweaks to level design that make every level fun. Of course, the pizzas, salads, and burgers return, but you’ll now be making sushi, burritos, cakes, pancakes and more as you progress through the six sets of levels. While the concept is the same, Overcooked 2 brings a load of new ideas to the kitchen to ensure that you’re not just retreading the same things you did in the first game. It’s breathless stuff, but immensely fun. The more dishes you get out in time, the higher your score is and the more stars you’re awarded. As the clock ticks down and the tempo of the music increases, you dash across the kitchen level in order to get the dishes out to the hungry customers before it’s too late.

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You and at least one more chef work together to complete a series of levels, each of which sees you frantically cut, fry, boil, and bake a load of ingredients to create a variety of dishes. If you played the first game, you’ll get to grips with the premise quickly in Overcooked 2. This time around, you are setting out to protect the Onion Kingdom once more, trying to quell the threat of the Unbread. In co-op, Overcooked 2 is incredibly fun no matter how good you are at the game, but it’s not quite the same experience on your own.

Yet, failing miserably, with everyone shouting at each other, can see you rolling around in fits of laughter. you feel like master chefs who are capable of anything. When everything goes smoothly, you all perform your roles perfectly, and nothing is set on fire. A co-op game is made great by being fun regardless of whether you and your partners are playing well or poorly, and Overcooked 2 absolutely perfects that.

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