Where before ingredients had to be walked all the way to their destination, throwing gives a huge boost to players' manoeuvrability and versatility. New to the sequel is the ability to toss raw ingredients to one another / around the kitchen willy-nilly. Overcooked 2 is definitely a more challenging game, but happily its chefs are also better prepared. :: The 20 best Nintendo Switch games you can play right now I went back to the first Overcooked to refresh my memory before writing this, finding some levels I used to think were pretty challenging now seem simplistic by comparison. With ingredients kept separate from cooking stations, it's a frenzy of ferrying things back and forth in order to fulfil the most basic of orders. One, for instance, has you making fried chicken and chips while the team is split in two and housed on a pair of rafts floating down a river (or later, a swamp).
Moving parts and sudden divides are nothing new to seasoned players, of course, but these obstacles are now more numerous - and nefarious - than ever. Add some truly ambitious level layouts to the mix and it comes as no surprise that the 'food burning/fire imminent' alarm is one you'll be hearing a lot more in Overcooked 2. Right from the get-go, then, Overcooked 2 demands more from its players. New recipes include sushi, pasta and steamed dumplings, while returning favourites such as burgers and pizza feature additional ingredients to make things a little more fiddly. This means a steeper learning curve for anybody new to the series, but on the whole it's a good thing - before you've so much as finished the first game world, you're already tackling more intricate recipes and employing far more advanced strategies than the equivalent stages in the first Overcooked.
Availability: Out now on Switch, PC, PS4 and Xbox Oneįor its part, Overcooked 2 assumes its players are already familiar with the first game and isn't shy about ramping up the difficulty early on.