Overcooked

Overcooked (stylized as Overcooked!) is a co-op cooking simulation game developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17. A sequel, Overcooked 2, was released in 2018. A remastered version of the game, along with its sequel, was released as Overcooked: All You Can Eat, as a launch game for ninth generation consoles.

Gameplay
The objective is to earn as many coins during the time limit. You earn coins by completing orders (with a bonus if the order is finished early). Failing to complete an order before it expires will result in a penalty of 10 coins, and serving food with the incorrect ingredients has no penalty but will waste your time and ingredients. On some levels, you must also wash dishes to serve food. Each level has thresholds for earning up to three stars. Stars can unlock the next levels, competitive levels, and extra levels).

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Gameplay is simple to understand yet having a variety of different settings and obstacles unique to the setting. Some examples include:
 * 2) * Restaurant with various obstacles such as tight pathways, rats stealing food, an earthquake with part of the kitchen ascending and descending, conveyor belts, etc.
 * 3) * Road with a crosswalk between the kitchen and pedestrians in the way
 * 4) * Pirate ship that occasionally tilts and moves counters and equipment to another side
 * 5) * Between multiple trucks where you can only move between trucks when they are close to each other
 * 6) * On floating icebergs with a slippery floor
 * 7) * Haunted house with moving countertops and equipment, similar to pirate ship levels
 * 8) * Space station with two separate platforms that switching between can be controlled
 * 9) Catchy soundtrack for the menu and each setting
 * 10) You could be making different variations of salads, soups, burgers, pizzas, or burritos, depending on the level. On some levels, you could be making multiple types of food.
 * 11) Very simple controls, requiring only the joystick to move and two buttons: one button to pick up or place down items, and the other for performing an action (chop food, wash dishes, etc.) depending on the station you are facing.
 * 12) Because of its simple-to-understand gameplay, it is easy to explain to a new player, ideal for playing with friends unfamiliar with the game.
 * 13) While it is designed to be a co-op game, it can also be played as a single-player, where you can switch between controlling two chefs, one at a time.
 * 14) You can play in competitive mode, where players can compete in 1v1 or 2v2 to earn the most coins within the time limit.
 * 15) * In some competitive levels, both teams are in the same accessible area, allowing players to steal food from the rival team as a competitive tactic.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Lack of online multiplayer, unlike the sequel Overcooked! 2, which features an online multiplayer mode.
 * 2) While you can play as a single player in co-op levels or 1v1 in competitive levels, it can be difficult as you can only control one chef at a time unless you are able to use two controllers and focus on both players at a time.
 * 3) The framerate on the Nintendo Switch version is considerably low and it does not fully use the hardware capabilities of the Switch despite running on the Unity Engine.

Critical reception
Overcooked was met with generally positive reception from critics, praising it for being a great co-op game, but also complaining about the frame rate issue on the Nintendo Switch.

Tips

 * You can dash to move to somewhere faster or to push other players.
 * Avoid cooking food for too long, as it will catch on fire. The fire will spread if not extinguished.

Trivia

 * In 2021, Overcooked: All You Can Eat was released for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X, combining both Overcooked, Overcooked 2 and their DLCs. It includes all features of Overcooked 2 on all levels such as online multiplayer and the ability to throw items.
 * On levels with conveyor belts leading to a trash bin, plates, pots, or pans containing food going into the trash will later reappear without food, and dirty plates going into the trash will later reappear dirty.
 * On levels where you can fall off the platform (i.e. falling out of a truck, falling in water, etc.), you will respawn in 5 seconds after falling off. In addition, any food that is dropped off the platform will be lost.