It doesn’t continue to follow the enemy around, meaning that the camera would swivel, show me whatever I was fighting, and then the fish or boat would immediately dodge in another direction and I’d have to try and find it all over again. It might not have been a huge issue if I could have locked on to whatever I was fighting, but the lock on mechanism in Maneater basically just repositions the camera once and that’s it. This was frustrating when navigating tight areas, but, even worse, detrimental to my shark in combat because I couldn’t get the camera to focus on my enemy which would often get me killed. Unfortunately, if I was doing anything other than swimming in a straight line, I felt like I was battling the camera just so I could see where I was going. Since you are a shark in the ocean, camera control is incredibly important because you can move in literally any direction. My real issue with controlling Maneater, however, was the camera and lack of useful lock-on button. The basic controls themselves are a little strange because you dodge, attack, and stun enemies using the buttons.
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That said, how to play and control the game does taking some getting used to and was a struggle I continuously had with Maneater.
The evolutions are cool, but the gameplay style is basically “charge in and eat as fast as you can” so the variations on how to do that didn’t particularly matter that much because each playstyle was about the same.
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There are really only three options and I always had extra resources to upgrade them, so I didn’t spend any time thinking strategically about what I should be picking. While unlocking the different evolutions was a lot of fun, I didn’t spend much time actually caring about what was equipped to my shark. These evolutions add customizable perks that you can swap in and out whenever you’re at a grotto, which is where you can fast travel, save, and make changes to your shark. Progression throughout Maneater relies on gaining resources to evolve. Some of these references were pretty on the nose, like the enormous pineapple that clearly is a nod to SpongeBob, while others are more subtle, making understanding the joke even more pleasurable and entertaining.
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The humor in the game often reminded me of the early 2000s Tony Hawk games and made numerous clever references to famous movies and TV shows. It’s not just featured in important cutscenes, either – often there is commentary based on your actions and discoveries throughout the world. I really enjoyed the documentary TV show aspect of the game. Your ultimate goal throughout the story is to take revenge on Scaly Pete and his crew while also establishing your dominance in the ocean by killing other apex predators.
At the beginning of Maneater, in the tutorial, Scaly Pete kills your mother, a large female bull shark. The narrative is shown through the eyes of a quirky reality TV show that follows Scaly Pete, a shark hunter. The game’s story mode is fairly simple and quite clever in its design. While I had a fantastic time with Maneater, the technical issues and are hard to overlook completely, making it an overall mixed, though fun, experience. In Maneater, you play as a bloodthirsty shark, terrorizing humans and sea creatures alike as you grow and evolve in order to take revenge on the hunter that killed your mother. Maneater is an open-world action RPG developed and published by Tripwire Interactive for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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