Maneater

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6.4

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  1. AzureGryphon
    May 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Though I was very hyped about this game, it kind of let me down. Yes it was fun, but there was a few gripes I had that infuriated me. From capping your level at 30 when you’re supposed to be the king Of the ocean and having enemies higher level than you just felt wrong. Yes you had powers (and I’ll get into that more in a few) but that still doesn’t discount not feeling like the king of the ocean as you should. The controls began to hinder the gameplay and without a full lock on mechanic to enemies, it hurt the gameplay. With a few patches they could change this problem, but as of now this is my rating. The last thing I’ll say is that the power set seemed off, not to mention minimal. 5 types of powers to acquire would have made it a much more enjoyable game, with collecting license plates for some and cashes for another, it just seemed perfect to go along with the location markers for shadow powers. I sort of liked electric and bone, but shadow powers (besides the teeth) seemed awful. Poison is always a terrible game mechanic IMO. If the electric focused more on stun and damage, the shadow should have focused on stealth and damage, giving more damage on initial attacks, maybe even possible one shots with enough base damage. Two more power sets would have equaled out in the price for this game, maybe even a higher price point if it felt good. You’re a water creature, and tidal waves and controlling the water just would have felt right. Creating whirlpools and cyclones to help with boat fights. The bone felt like a damaging tank, electric felt like damaging stun machine, and the shadow should have felt like an assassin, but it didn’t. With two more avenues, it could have been an amazing game. Maybe an implementation of a skill tree would have solved a bunch of problems. I could say a ton more, but all I will say is I hope they’re listening to the reviews, because I could see myself getting another game like this, if they made a sequel. Maybe all prehistoric sea creatures would be fun, living through the ages. Anyway just a thought. I’m a writer, so if they want to hit me up for the sequel I’d be glad to help XD (shameless plug)… Expand
  2. Frankenllama
    May 25, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll start off by saying that I did actually have fun, and that's what games are supposed to be. It was a new idea and that deserves some credit. i find the graphics are good, and the core gameplay is definitely solid.

    That being said, however, the potential for this game was wasted. There are 3 quests in the whole game: Kill fish, kill humans, kill Apex. After that you move on to the next area until you finish the game. They could have done ANYTHING, but that's what they came up with. i counted 3 Old God references... there could've been a quest to explore R'lyeh, fight the minions of the Old Ones and even Cthulhu himself to seal him away. There is an alien ship... why no have us fight underwater UFOs? There is an oil tanker... why no have a quest to find the person dumping oil, land-shark your way into the hotel and eat him? You're a mutated chark but there are no other mutated fish to hunt? Why not a quest to find an invisble fish using your shark senses? Literally thumb-sucking ideas is more fun.

    The potential for this game is limitless, and the only reason that i can think of that this stuff was not in the game is that they ran out of either time or money, or they were just lazy. The fact i can't pick my species of shark is also a massive bummer, and that The Gulf is way too small. it needed to be at least as big as the rest of the map put together. Maybe even bigger.

    Here's the big one though. The AI is dumber than a bag of hammers. All the humans do is scream.... no attempt to run/swim away, no interaction, literally all they do is stand there screaming. Like... a shark literally just beached itself and ate 5 people, are you seriously just gonna stand there? The fish AI is equally as dumb, where a level 1 fish will attack your max-level, fully mutated, living embodiment of "more teeth". What? Why? There is a perk that you get later that makes fish a smaller size than you neutral, but that only comes RIGHT AT THE END. That should be a feature hard-coded into the AI, not a bloody perk.

    What I'm saying is coming from a place of love. I want this game to be better, and i hope to Lord Gaben that the devs expand on what they have, because the potential is, again, literally limitless. I did not die once, finished the game in 8.5 hours and 95% completed every zone.... there needed to be so much more, and i hope that there is at a later stage.

    What a shame.    … Expand
  3. AlpAnaniSiker
    May 12, 2022
    6
    The games concept is awesome I would have love to be a shark killing humans and other animals but they really failed to execute. The game is clearly for an 13+ age but the way it is designed looks like it was for ages 4+. It is cringey, the sharks evolution is bs. No replayibality what so ever.
  4. you_me
    May 23, 2020
    6
    I've played for 2 hours so far. The level progression is pretty bad and poorly planned. 90% of the missions they give you at level 1 are to kill level 8 or level 15 enemies. So you have to grind and explore a lot. You get 1 power at level 2. I'm level 7 now and I still haven't gotten anything new since level 2 in terms of powers or abilities. I still can't complete some of the firstI've played for 2 hours so far. The level progression is pretty bad and poorly planned. 90% of the missions they give you at level 1 are to kill level 8 or level 15 enemies. So you have to grind and explore a lot. You get 1 power at level 2. I'm level 7 now and I still haven't gotten anything new since level 2 in terms of powers or abilities. I still can't complete some of the first missions because they are against gangs of level 8s. Once I hit 6 I felt confident enough to tackle level 8 enemies, but that's when the level 8s start showing up in groups. It's easy to avoid the 8s and feed and complete objectives, but it just all feels very poorly planned and executed. Some new powers or abilities to explore would break up the monotony.

    The Unreal engine crashed once in 2 hours. It's fairly stable and the graphics are good. The core mechanics work fine, and it competently meets the objective of a shark simulator.

    If you are on the fence about this game and thinking "eating fish may get repetitive, but maybe there are some cool hooks and twists to keep things interesting", maybe pass or wait for a sale.    … Expand
  5. SciCat
    May 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Первые 15% игры сложные, сражения тяжёлые. НО игра кажется увлекательной.
    Начиная с 3 зоны чувствуется лютый гринд, но он не такой тяжёлый как в начале.

    Боевая система простая до ужаса, кусай-уворачивайся.
    Элементы брони открываются почти в самом конце игры.
    Пассивные скиллы абсолютно бесполезны.

    Прошёл игру на 100% за 12 часов. Весь сюжет укладывается в 4-5 кат сцен.

    По началу нравилось, в середине кажется что разработчикам надоело и они решили кое-как доделать игру, лишь бы был какой-то конец.
    Эндгейма - нет.    … Expand
  6. ColdRussian
    May 24, 2020
    7
    Nice game. It's the first game of such kind that I've ever played. I get a lot of fun just by swimming and eating fauna and people. Yes, it lacks content however there are some "fantasy"-like features. Not all gamers will like it. Nevertheless it's worth spending money and time.
  7. ishvii
    May 24, 2020
    7
    If you want to be an underwater killing machine for 10 hours, terrorising stupid tourists and gradually growing from baby to mega shark with increasingly ridiculous super powers, this is for you. It's a relatively simple game that is stupidly good fun, but rather limited in scope and content.
  8. Robobob
    Jun 11, 2022
    7
    Fun game. Love its sense of humor. Chris Parnel is the narrator and awesome in anything he does. The game is pretty beautiful and there's lots of cool little Easter eggs hidden in the water. The gameplay is pretty easy and I 100% everything within 14 hrs. Actually I was 2 license plates short to ACTUAL 100% but because the controls are so wacked they were impossible to get to. ForFun game. Love its sense of humor. Chris Parnel is the narrator and awesome in anything he does. The game is pretty beautiful and there's lots of cool little Easter eggs hidden in the water. The gameplay is pretty easy and I 100% everything within 14 hrs. Actually I was 2 license plates short to ACTUAL 100% but because the controls are so wacked they were impossible to get to. For some reason when I'm breaching/jumping to get items above water my shark wants to do a flip but won't do flips any other time. And it's not a consistent flip... it's just really annoying and impossible to control. Invisible walls block other possibilities to get the last 2 items. When attacking some of the tougher bosses all you need to do is evade and then attack constantly and the AI doesn't know what to do. Got this game for free on Epic so it was a nice time sink while recovering from a sprained ankle.… Expand
  9. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 2, 2020
    7
    Maneater
    a swimmingly good time
    Maneater is an 8 hour long action rpg where you play as a shark, to prevent spoilers ill just say this is a revenge story… A revenge story that is told through a reality tv style… here you swim the swamps and oceans on your quest to become a mega shark.. and really this is just a game about dumb fun, eating other animals, battling your way up the food    Maneater
    a swimmingly good time
    Maneater is an 8 hour long action rpg where you play as a shark, to prevent spoilers ill just say this is a revenge story…
    A revenge story that is told through a reality tv style…
    here you swim the swamps and oceans on your quest to become a mega shark.. and really this is just a game about dumb fun,
    eating other animals, battling your way up the food chain, completing quests and finding collectables to progress through the story…
    And again this is just a dumb fun game.. it’s a nice distraction.. as maneater overall is pretty repetitive and tedious after a while… a game that’s more fun with breaks in between a new rigion… I never really found the exploration to be fun or even aquring new skills or leveling up the different equippable upgrades.. this game is simply swim and either take on a hunted animal in that region, take on an apex animal which is a regions boss fights, do some population control or eat some humans… rinse repeat all the way til the end of the game..
    Maneater is its most special during its first few hours as youre flaing with all the cool things you can do.. hopping on shore to snack on some human flesh.. antagonizing bounty hunters to come out and play so you can eat them and aquire a new upgradable item to increase your stains or gain a new ability… all of this is a blast… but it remains a blast to the past afterwards as maneater doesn’t really do much to keep you entertained beyond those first few hours..
    eventually it just feels like a map cleaning game..
    Ultimately though maneater is fun distraction… despite the tedium I thankfully had a revenge story pulling me through, and a progression system that actually felt like It mattered..
    I give maneater
    a 7/10    … Expand
  10. Lizarino
    May 6, 2022
    7
    Maneater is a solid 7/10 imo, a small open world map where you find collectables, do side quests and eat things.
    It's a power fantasy game, after an hour of playing I never found the game that challenging again. The different evolution upgrades are unrealistic but look really cool and are fun to use. :)
    The graphics are pretty nice, It ran okay with frequent dips in fps. The controls    Maneater is a solid 7/10 imo, a small open world map where you find collectables, do side quests and eat things.
    It's a power fantasy game, after an hour of playing I never found the game that challenging again. The different evolution upgrades are unrealistic but look really cool and are fun to use. :)
    The graphics are pretty nice, It ran okay with frequent dips in fps.
    The controls felt really clunky at first and took some getting used to, may be better with a controller?
    The human models / cutscenes look really bad and the story isn't really something to play it for.
    I 100%'d the game after less than 12 hours of gameplay, it's pretty short but pretty easy to get everything.
    I wish there was more upgrades, more animations, more missions and a bigger map, a bit of everything really, I hope that future DLC adds a lot more content into the game as it's fun and I can't find any other game like it.

    I would recommend this game on sale if you enjoy a mindless power fantasy game where you eat things as a big shork :p    … Expand
  11. AllNewSuperfake
    Oct 21, 2022
    7
    +10 because every game could be a 10

    Personally I enjoyed Maneater for what it was, especially it's lack of cutscenes, meaning that you, the player, actually got to do all the cool stuff that sharks do... +1 which would be swimming around and eating things. Sometimes fish. Sometimes sharks. Sometimes humans. Sometimes boats. Swimming. Biting. Swimming. Biting. Nicely animated, pretty    +10 because every game could be a 10

    Personally I enjoyed Maneater for what it was, especially it's lack of cutscenes, meaning that you, the player, actually got to do all the cool stuff that sharks do...

    +1 which would be swimming around and eating things. Sometimes fish. Sometimes sharks. Sometimes humans. Sometimes boats. Swimming. Biting. Swimming. Biting. Nicely animated, pretty bloody, and you grow quite a bit, while...

    -1 Swimming. Biting. Still swimming. Still biting.

    +1 nice presentation, decent audio, and the controls are ok, while you are

    -1 swimming. And biting. And swimming. And biting.

    +/-0 sometimes you get to bite one of several collectables, and sometimes you get a little tourist-guide-style explanation, and sometimes those are funny

    -1 then you swim some more, and you bite some more

    +1 love the Attenborough-style commentator in the background, who, even though you really don't get to do a lot except for swimming and biting, finds something new to say even many hours into the game

    +/- 0 swimming of course also means exploring, and while most areas have their own theme and style, the caves that you will have to crawl through to get a lot of stuff don't. They look nice, but are copy-pasted just like your fast-travel homes

    -0.5 too often the camera will be your secondary enemy to fight, which at the start, when you are not yet quite invincible can be a problem with pretty much every primary enemy...

    -0.5 which later on really does not matter any more because with certain upgrades it gets nearly impossible to die even with the camera spaszing out

    +0.5 I still like the upgrade system and the different visual styles coming with it, but it's not a whole lot, and while you might choose another setup to challenge yourself, there is no real choice once you get the good ones

    -2 in the later game I found myself crashing to the desktop more and more. Since the game autosaves very regularly that's not the worst thing ever, but since all you do is swimming and biting... and occasionally slapping things with your tail just to remember that biting does five times the damage... there came a point when I decided that after yet another crash I had enough swimming and biting for a lifetime.

    It was worth it, and it was enjoyable, and it probably was all it could have been - sharks are pretty straightforward, even the mutated giant ones - it's not the best thing ever, but the best shark sim I've ever played.    … Expand
  12. Juli01223
    Jun 11, 2021
    7
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  13. JustinForgueims
    Jun 30, 2022
    7
    Simple but super enjoyable.
    It maybe lacks of content: end game, more evolutions, new gameplay features.
    It has maybe the funniest use of eastern eggs I ever seen
  14. CamyVero
    Aug 9, 2022
    6
    Reconozcamos primero que, aunque lo pueda parecer ‘Maneater’ no inventa la rueda. Me ha recordado, a dos juegos de los 90 que conocí en su día. Por un lado esta ‘Ecco the Dolphin’ de Megadrive. Por otra parte está la joya oculta del catálogo de SNES ‘E.V.O the Search for Eden’ donde encarnamos un pez que tiene que evolucionar comiendo cosas y defendiéndose de las amenazas de su entorno,Reconozcamos primero que, aunque lo pueda parecer ‘Maneater’ no inventa la rueda. Me ha recordado, a dos juegos de los 90 que conocí en su día. Por un lado esta ‘Ecco the Dolphin’ de Megadrive. Por otra parte está la joya oculta del catálogo de SNES ‘E.V.O the Search for Eden’ donde encarnamos un pez que tiene que evolucionar comiendo cosas y defendiéndose de las amenazas de su entorno, mientras avanza por diferentes mapas divididos en zonas a modo de niveles con ciertas tareas específicas. Bien; ‘Maneater’ tiene mucho en común en las mecánicas de desarrollo del personaje con este juego. Se diferencia obviamente en la gran ventaja tecnológica que le dan los años en los que ambos se crearon, pero son juegos muy parecidos en cuanto a su premisa jugable.

    ‘Maneater’, es básicamente un sandbox RPG, nos presenta un mundo abierto bastante detallado y variado. Con diferentes zonas interconectadas donde tenemos varias misiones y tareas que hacer sin un orden específico. Desde las principales que nos hacen avanzar en la historia, sí, la tiene, es una muy chorra y sencilla, pero tiene un toque divertido de película de serie b. Hasta las más rutinarias de búsqueda de coleccionables y demás. Terminar las tareas nos dará posibilidad de evolucionar las diferentes partes del cuerpo con órganos con ciertas capacidades, de ataque, de defensa, de vida, etc.… comer ciertos animales o derrotar a ciertos rivales nos darán los recursos que necesitamos para implementar esas evoluciones. Y con ello abrir nuevas zonas.

    Esta guay la premisa, no? Sí, hasta cierto punto. El principal problema que tiene el juego es que es tremendamente repetitivo y hace que te canses de hacer siempre lo mismo, no importa en la zona que estés. Te vas a devorar humanos, te peleas con los cazadores, comes algunos bichos, te recuperas, haces las misiones de la zona, normalmente acabar con algún bicho de un nivel similar o superior al tuyo y sigues adelante. Buscas las matrículas y los puntos de interés y a la siguiente zona. No tiene más. Y eso hace que el juego, pues eso, te aburra y a medida que vas avanzando tengas más ganas de acabártelo ya y a otra cosa.

    Otro punto a comentar es el combate. Es sencillo, tal vez demasiado en algunos momentos, pero creo que para tratarse de un tiburón está bien implementado y en el mando se siente orgánico y hasta cierto punto creíble. Lo malo es que como comentábamos antes, siempre es igual, en cuanto aprendes la estrategia la cosa siempre es lo mismo, por lo que como te alargues mucho la partida tratarás de evitar los enfrentamientos para no aburrirte.

    A favor tiene su apartado gráfico. El mundo está bastante logrado y es muy bello a su manera. Las animaciones del tiburón están muy bien y es seguro que alguna vez te reirás cuando te vayas de caza de humanos. Este punto anima a explorar, que es otra de las mecánicas principales del título. En más de una ocasión te pasarás bastante tiempo de tranquilidad, simplemente perdiéndote por los relajantes escenarios submarinos, buscando botines o lo que sea y deleitándote con el detalle de los mismos.

    En definitiva es un juego que está bien, sin más. Aprueba pero no con nota. No es común ver juegos así y de seguro tendrá su público. Pero a 40 pavos de salida yo no lo veo, ni de coña. En un saldo, de oferta, por las risas y lo bello y atractivo que puede ser el fondo marino, vale, pero no más.    … Expand
  15. Erguillermo
    May 29, 2020
    7
    Un juego divertido y decente, que no se toma en serio y por tanto te da entretenimiento con muchas dosis de humor, violencia y referencias a la cultura Pop. Es bastante retador al principio, pero, debido a las posibilidades desbloquebles la curva de dificultad baja enormemente a mitad del juego, teniendo leves picos de dificultad al final. Hacérselo al 100% lleva entre 15 y 18 horas,Un juego divertido y decente, que no se toma en serio y por tanto te da entretenimiento con muchas dosis de humor, violencia y referencias a la cultura Pop. Es bastante retador al principio, pero, debido a las posibilidades desbloquebles la curva de dificultad baja enormemente a mitad del juego, teniendo leves picos de dificultad al final. Hacérselo al 100% lleva entre 15 y 18 horas, dependiendo lo rápido que te hagas con el control.
    Lo bueno de este juego es que aprobecha mucho el humor y que el pese a tener muchas misiones repetitivas, las disfrutas por la extrema violencia que puedes llegar a desencadenar. Lo malo, la poca variedad de enemigos, la escasa inteligencia artificial y las pocas evoluciones que tiene. Si te gusta los juegos sencillos, rápidos y quieres algo diferente, este juego "rpg" de mundo abierto es una agradable opción. Recomendable por un precio de entorno a 20 euros.    … Expand
  16. Bichmaster
    May 29, 2020
    7
    Вполне себе средняя игра на один раз. Из плюсов весьма красивый подводный мир, который открыт для исследования, неплохой графен (кроме моделек людей), модификации самой акулы, пусть их всего 3, но все они друг от друга отличаются, как по внешнему виду и статам, так и геймплейно. Так же в игре можно найти массу отсылок на фильмы, мультфильм, игры и другие медиа. Можно найти, например домВполне себе средняя игра на один раз. Из плюсов весьма красивый подводный мир, который открыт для исследования, неплохой графен (кроме моделек людей), модификации самой акулы, пусть их всего 3, но все они друг от друга отличаются, как по внешнему виду и статам, так и геймплейно. Так же в игре можно найти массу отсылок на фильмы, мультфильм, игры и другие медиа. Можно найти, например дом Губки Боба или корабль из фильма Водный мир, а так же вымощенные в ряд из песка лица персонажей Killing Floor 2 (другой игры от Трипвайров) + ещё всё происходящее комментирует диктор, который не стесняется обстёбывать многие ценности современного образа жизни и отношение к природе. Наличие диктора здесь обуславливается тем, что происходящее в игре представлено в виде документалки. Из минусов хотелось бы отметить однообразие активностей, которыми нам предлагают заниматься. Для большинства игроков такие занятия могут очень быстро наскучить и их будет трудно в этом винить, ведь от начала и до конца ничего не поменяется, нас с первого часа знакомят со всеми типами заданий, которые мы будем делать от начала и до победного конца, но всё же, если преодолеть этот "барьер однообразия", то можно получить вполне себе неплохую дозу веселья от сжирания всего что движется и не движется, да и желание прокачать акулу мечты тоже вносит свою лепту и подогревает интерес играть дальше и посмотреть что же в итоге вырастет из маленькой акулки. Какого-либо эндгеймового контента в игре не предусмотрено, так что мотивации играть после прохождения практически нет. Как итог хочется сказать, что это вполне себе средняя игра на один раз, за которой можно скоротать несколько вечеров и с улюлюканьем наблюдать как твой монстр пожирает очередного беспомощного человечка.… Expand
  17. churros
    Oct 4, 2020
    6
    Pros:
    + fun premise

    Cons:
    - repetitive
    - no mini map
    - horrible last boss fight
  18. dotdotdot1
    May 26, 2021
    7
    There is no entry for Maneater for Xbox, so I write it here. Most parts of the review should be applied to PC version as well.

    Good parts: Fun gameplay, not-rich-but-ok storyline, beautiful sea. It's a great game when you wanna play but don't have too much time and don't wanna put much energy in. Just load the game and start killing. Bad parts: The game is somehow repetitive cause    There is no entry for Maneater for Xbox, so I write it here. Most parts of the review should be applied to PC version as well.

    Good parts: Fun gameplay, not-rich-but-ok storyline, beautiful sea. It's a great game when you wanna play but don't have too much time and don't wanna put much energy in. Just load the game and start killing.

    Bad parts: The game is somehow repetitive cause there are only a few types of quests. You will be collecting 4 kinds of resources but actually only one of them will be in shortage. The human AI is hilarious that you cannot tell if it exists or not.    … Expand
  19. burp0s
    Jun 26, 2021
    5
    Graphics? Very Good. Story? Ok. Is it fun? Invested in this game for almost 10hrs and still wanting more. Optimization? Meh on decent hardware, lots of stutter and framedrops regardless of settings. Is it worth the price? Not much. Do I reccomend it? Yes, but lower your expectations.
  20. ZID346
    Jul 6, 2022
    6
    The game is cool and if someone is bored, I recommend it, but it will not work in the long run. Boring and repetitive mission. Not an interesting shark development tree and easy opponents. there are better games, but if someone is looking for something cheap, you can play it.

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#55 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 44
  3. Negative: 1 out of 44
  1. Gaming Age
    Jul 7, 2020
    100
    Much like no one ever sees a shark attack coming, Maneater is a gem hidden in an ocean of offerings and those who find it will be in for a precious and fun experience.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Jun 30, 2020
    58
    Whether you have to consume 10 bass or 10 human beings to level up, the basic gameplay loop stays exactly the same. [Issue#246, p.52]
  3. Edge Magazine
    Jun 18, 2020
    50
    Plenty to sink your teeth into, then, but for a game where you play as a shark, we expected more bite. [Issue#347, p.107]
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