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The residents of Port Clovis are largely depicted as unpleasant characters, so chomping down on them feels especially satisfying. One of my favourite abilities is being able to take a prey into the shark’s jaws and then fling it as a projectile in slow motion.Īnd if you’re wondering about the guilt factor in hunting all those people, Maneater quickly nips that in the bud. Armed with a slew of abilities, you can get creative with your own extermination efforts. Their methods escalate from laser-sighted rifles to dropping dynamite in the water but it’s nothing your shark can’t handle. Even if they lose your trail, your infamy continues building, eventually attracting special bounty hunters. Naturally, raising carnage also sends hunters out on alert, similar to the Wanted Level system in Grand Theft Auto. Not content with snatching swimmers in your jaws or charging at a boat deck filled with screaming passengers? Even those on dry land aren’t safe as you can simply launch yourself onto a sandy beach, a busy pier, or a camp site that’s a less-than-subtle dig at the Fyre Festival. When Maneater does what it says on the tin, it’s at its goriest and silliest best.
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Even more for our benefit is the inclusion of a cheesy narrator voiced by TV actor Chris Parnell ( 30 Rock, Rick and Morty) who is as informative about the aquatic fauna as he is armed with barbed commentary on life in Port Clovis. As you progress, you’ll get to check up on Pete as his Ahab-like shark obsession grows, and tensions rise between him and his young adult son because they clearly don’t see eye-to-eye. It’s disappointing that a concept as outrageous as playing as a mutating super shark is no different than most open world games, quickly devolving into checklists and “collectathons” – or “snackathons”.įortunately, much of the narrative’s heavy-lifting is done by the humans, seeing as Maneater is framed as a local cable reality show, complete with themed hashtags on the bottom right corner of the screen. As such, why you’re journeying around the different regions of Port Clovis and the progression milestones required of you can often feel very arbitrary. There’s some that will simply boost your health, power or defence but the more interesting ones share attributes with other species, such as a dolphin-like sonar for scanning surroundings or becoming more amphibious, allowing you to survive on land for longer.īeing a shark single-mindedly surviving, eating and evolving however doesn’t make for much of a story, even if the prologue should motivate you to sink your teeth into Scaley Pete. You also absorb different nutrients depending on what you eat, so when you level up, these trigger mutations that can then be upgraded with the relevant nutrients.Īlthough they’re termed “evolutions”, it’s better to think of them as equippable pieces of armour you can swap in and out, even if as far as RPGs go, they’re not incredibly deep. Essentially unfolding like an action RPG, you need to level up until you’re tough enough to face much tougher predators, which you can do by feeding on smaller prey. The abilities you had a taste of in the tutorial aren’t immediately available to a pup who still needs to grow and evolve.