digitec plays: We let everything burn in "Overcooked 2"
Many cooks spoil the broth. Nowhere is this phrase more true than in "Overcooked". In this co-op game, up to four players try to cook together. The most important ingredients: Chaos, laughter and swearing. Our live stream starts at around 11am.
"Overcooked" was the multiplayer sensation of 2016. The indie game is based on a simple co-operative game principle that guarantees hectic and smooth sofa evenings. Part 2 expands the existing menu with fresh ingredients, dishes and, of course, unusual cuisines.
You still try to cook orders alone or preferably with up to three friends under time pressure. The process would be simple in principle. Get the ingredients, prepare, cook, put everything on a plate and serve. The problem is that the kitchens are not normal kitchens. Sometimes you have to deal with fire, sometimes you're in a hot air balloon, sometimes on a raging river. Especially if there are four of you playing, chaos is inevitable. No sooner do you want to pop the meat into the pan than the cooker is suddenly in a different place. Or you block each other in the narrow aisles. Or everyone is chopping tomatoes, even though onion soup is called for and there are no clean plates available anyway.
In "Overcooked 2", you need good teamwork, which usually degenerates into wild shouting on the sofa. After all, everyone is the chef and everyone else has to listen. So who better to help me with the Let's Play of this gourmet game than our culinary editor Simon Balissat. This can only go well, right?
"Overcooked 2" is available for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
As a child, I wasn't allowed to have any consoles. It was only with the arrival of the family's 486 PC that the magical world of gaming opened up to me. Today, I'm overcompensating accordingly. Only a lack of time and money prevents me from trying out every game there is and decorating my shelf with rare retro consoles.