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  1. Jan 26, 2023
    8
    Maneater is a very simple game, but worth playing. If you want to take a little time off to just unleash carnage upon unsuspecting fish and other animals this is perfect.

    There are multiple customizations you can apply to your shark which change the way you play using perks and abilities. The graphics are good and colorful, and there are multiple areas for you to be. Only minuses
    Maneater is a very simple game, but worth playing. If you want to take a little time off to just unleash carnage upon unsuspecting fish and other animals this is perfect.

    There are multiple customizations you can apply to your shark which change the way you play using perks and abilities.

    The graphics are good and colorful, and there are multiple areas for you to be.

    Only minuses are that the map could be a little bit bigger and a little more variation to story aswell as being a bit longer.
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  2. Oct 26, 2022
    4
    Basically "action shark game for rednecks". Low-brow humor, annoying voice-over narration, highly repetitive and shallow gameplay, basically non-existent plot/campaign. Was bored with it after just an hour, even playing in 4K to try and make it look as good as possible. The gameplay really is just that lackluster and repetitive. "Clickfest" is more of an accurate description, withBasically "action shark game for rednecks". Low-brow humor, annoying voice-over narration, highly repetitive and shallow gameplay, basically non-existent plot/campaign. Was bored with it after just an hour, even playing in 4K to try and make it look as good as possible. The gameplay really is just that lackluster and repetitive. "Clickfest" is more of an accurate description, with strategy of any kind missing from the game. If you are 12 and enjoy simple humor with a shark that does nothing but eat things (via left-click), you might enjoy. There's no real game to be found here. Expand
  3. 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.
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  4. Aug 27, 2022
    2
    Wird schnell langweilig,lvl grenze bei 30 obwohl Gegner bis lvl 60 werden lvl cap wird nur durch Kauf vom Dlc erhöht frustriert einfach, an sich wäre es sonst kurzweilige Unterhaltung
  5. 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.
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  6. Jul 12, 2022
    10
    I thought of this exact game as a little kid when I had a Nintendo and played Jaws all the time. It was exactly this idea and they stole it from me. They also did it perfectly. I feel robbed. Its like they ripped this game out of my dreams and made it real. Obviously it is perfect, it wasn't even developed, I willed it into reality. Its the perfect shark game where you get to be a shark.I thought of this exact game as a little kid when I had a Nintendo and played Jaws all the time. It was exactly this idea and they stole it from me. They also did it perfectly. I feel robbed. Its like they ripped this game out of my dreams and made it real. Obviously it is perfect, it wasn't even developed, I willed it into reality. Its the perfect shark game where you get to be a shark. Shark Party! Expand
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. Jun 23, 2022
    0
    They make a point of mentioning that you're a female and a feminist shark, and all the bad guys in the game are male.
    It's free on Epic right now, and I still wouldn't recommend it.
  10. Jun 13, 2022
    2
    Swimming has never been as boring. Thank God I got it for free on Epic store.
  11. Jun 13, 2022
    0
    Эту игру я бесплатно забрал в Epic Games, в магазине который можно считать самым худшим магазином игр, из-за обрезаного функционала в сравнение с Steam, далее моё мнение об игре. Настолько плохо сделать игру, нужно ещё постараться. В игре не работает полноэкранный режим, игра разворачивается почти на весь монитор не считая пары пикселей, из-за чего вы будете постоянно вылетать на рабочийЭту игру я бесплатно забрал в Epic Games, в магазине который можно считать самым худшим магазином игр, из-за обрезаного функционала в сравнение с Steam, далее моё мнение об игре. Настолько плохо сделать игру, нужно ещё постараться. В игре не работает полноэкранный режим, игра разворачивается почти на весь монитор не считая пары пикселей, из-за чего вы будете постоянно вылетать на рабочий стол, также при каждом входе в игру ваши настройки сбросятся до стандартных, например разрешение сбросится до 1776 X 992 при разрешении вашего экрана 2560 X 1440.
    По итого игра определённо не стоит своих денег, за которые я её приобрёл (я забрал ёё бесплатно).
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  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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
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  15. Mar 16, 2022
    9
    Feeding Frenzy with RTX ON.

    After playing this game, I instantly remembered playing Feeding Frenzy an Indie Arcade game as kid. This game serves a shark on the plate, adds a detailed beautiful open world, hundreds of collectible, turns RTX ON with a great commentary on the side and sprinkles violence and blood before serving it to you. The game got one thing absolutely right which is
    Feeding Frenzy with RTX ON.

    After playing this game, I instantly remembered playing Feeding Frenzy an Indie Arcade game as kid. This game serves a shark on the plate, adds a detailed beautiful open world, hundreds of collectible, turns RTX ON with a great commentary on the side and sprinkles violence and blood before serving it to you. The game got one thing absolutely right which is keeping the fun elements right by mutating the shark and adding skills to it and not going after realistic stuff. The camera work feels shody during boss battles and is hard to pickup in the beginning but after a while, it grows on you as you level up. By the end of the game, you truly feel like you are at the top of the food chain wrecking havoc wherever you go.
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  16. Jan 6, 2022
    10
    El juego en mi parecer es una experiencia muy satisfactoria. Los controles son fluidos y comodos la historia es simple pero los personajes son interesantes. En conclución divertido y satisfactorio.
  17. Oct 3, 2021
    10
    great fun shark game cool killing animations nice evolutions nice looking set body parts and funny commentary
  18. Sep 9, 2021
    10
    Мне все игры Tripwire нравятся! Классная игра!
  19. Aug 29, 2021
    4
    Maneater is fun for a couple of hours but then it gets extremely boring and repetitive also the graphics is outdated and there are only a limited number of upgrades.
  20. Jun 29, 2021
    8
    Fun, something new. The negativte thing is that it needs more lvl to evolve. I would like to evolve the shark to a Megalodon. A True master predator of sea.

    Animations on humans and animals when they get ripped of body parts should be better. a shark that gets rid of fins should not be able to continue fighting and a human that gets ripped of a leg will hardly continue to jump on one leg
    Fun, something new. The negativte thing is that it needs more lvl to evolve. I would like to evolve the shark to a Megalodon. A True master predator of sea.

    Animations on humans and animals when they get ripped of body parts should be better. a shark that gets rid of fins should not be able to continue fighting and a human that gets ripped of a leg will hardly continue to jump on one leg like nothing just happened.
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  21. 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.
  22. Jun 11, 2021
    7
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  23. May 30, 2021
    10
    One of the best games I've played in a while, controls are really good, but if you're not experienced playing games with a fast camera you will frustrate a lot like the comments below. the humor is as **** sa the history but the game-play is so much fun, the graphics are awesome tho.
  24. May 27, 2021
    2
    I just spent about 20 minutes writing up a fairly comprehensive review on this terrible, horrible game, but then I realised it's so bad it's not even worth that.

    Please, I implore you, do not buy this game. There are positives, sure, and for a time I did have some brief fun with it, but then I encountered a bug about three quarters into the game and it has prevented any further
    I just spent about 20 minutes writing up a fairly comprehensive review on this terrible, horrible game, but then I realised it's so bad it's not even worth that.

    Please, I implore you, do not buy this game. There are positives, sure, and for a time I did have some brief fun with it, but then I encountered a bug about three quarters into the game and it has prevented any further progression. That was the last straw for me.

    It is still plagued by bugs, has awful controls and incredibly underwhelming combat, and this is a year after release. It is not worth your time or your money. I wish I could have every hour I spent on this game back.
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  25. 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.
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  26. May 26, 2021
    3
    Посредственно.
    Игра не просто на один раз, она на один очень скучный раз. Шутки диктора, которые вам начнут надоедать уже когда он начнёт их повторять 3-й раз, есть сюжет, но, мы в нём лишь зритель, как будто кино смотрю, вы решаете только как вы будете выглядеть и то, дизайна тут не много, 3 модификации всего на каждую часть тела. У скинов есть способности, чем уродливее, тем полезнее.
    Посредственно.
    Игра не просто на один раз, она на один очень скучный раз. Шутки диктора, которые вам начнут надоедать уже когда он начнёт их повторять 3-й раз, есть сюжет, но, мы в нём лишь зритель, как будто кино смотрю, вы решаете только как вы будете выглядеть и то, дизайна тут не много, 3 модификации всего на каждую часть тела. У скинов есть способности, чем уродливее, тем полезнее. Рост есть, но как на мобилочке, играли в Hyngry Shark? Ну, тогда вы мало что нового увидите. Кроме конечно 3D.

    Деньги за игру вернул, основной контент постиг играя с учётной записи товарища, я считаю, игры с DRM - покупать не стоит, не кормите тех кто мусорит в вашей системе ради защиты чужой интеллектуальной собственности.
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  27. May 21, 2021
    2
    Underwhelming clone of a licensed game (Jaws Unleashed) with worse combat. Big dumb empty world where you collect points for irrelevant upgrades as only one set up upgrades is actually viable. Story is cute, I'll give it that. Everyone will have the same experience with this game, despite being open world it is extremely linear, I recommend just watching someone else play it on youtube. IfUnderwhelming clone of a licensed game (Jaws Unleashed) with worse combat. Big dumb empty world where you collect points for irrelevant upgrades as only one set up upgrades is actually viable. Story is cute, I'll give it that. Everyone will have the same experience with this game, despite being open world it is extremely linear, I recommend just watching someone else play it on youtube. If you simply MUST play it, protip: Epic hands out free copies of its games now and then, give it a couple months. Expand
  28. Jan 20, 2021
    8
    I don't really have a lot to say about Maneater, which is odd as usually I love to give full, fleshed out reviews that give as much detail as I can, but honestly, there's just not a lot of information to go on.

    But that isn't a bad thing here. I played the original Shark Simulator game way back in 2006 (mad to think that game is nearing 15 years old!) and I loved it. It was a very
    I don't really have a lot to say about Maneater, which is odd as usually I love to give full, fleshed out reviews that give as much detail as I can, but honestly, there's just not a lot of information to go on.

    But that isn't a bad thing here.

    I played the original Shark Simulator game way back in 2006 (mad to think that game is nearing 15 years old!) and I loved it. It was a very simple game, much like Maneater, but it worked for what it was.

    There are plenty of people complaining about the game for various reasons, from the story, to the graphics, to the design to... everything, really. But what you get with Maneater is exactly what you see advertised. There's no lies here, no deception, nothing.

    The developers knew what they were making and even priced it as such, so you're not paying £50 or £40 for this game. But even though some say wait for a sale, I say buy it at full price. When you see a little under the radar game like this appear, I love to support the developers as best as I can.

    Comparing Jaws Unleashed to Maneater is something that can be easily done, and surprisingly, I feel Jaws Unleashed gave more to offer in some areas than Maneater does. Jaws Unleashed had a rather good dismemberment system where you could bite off arms and legs, and tourists would be able to survive the attacks and even crawl out of the water to the beach if you let them do so. You could even bite off one limb at a time before eating the entire person.

    Maneater lacks this dismemberment system, and I believe there was actually an interview with one of the devs who told the reason why. I think there may of been some of the developers from Jaws Unleashed working on this game, but don't take my word on that entirely.

    Another thing Jaws Unleashed offered more was greater exploration. There was wide open beaches, zones of the deep sea and so many places you could go. While Maneater has plenty to explore, it doesn't stretch as far as Jaws Unleashed does. Also in Jaws, it gave that great fear factor. When in the deep sea zones, it gets pitch black the deeper you go. To this day, even after owning the game for nearly 15 years, I've still not been brave enough to venture all the way to the bottom! Suffice to say, the deep sea creeps me out.

    But Maneater offers plenty of other things Jaws doesn't. You get to grow through stages, you get to evolve and you get to become a true Megalodon monster. The game won't last you long, either. Even if you're going for every trophy/achievement in it. I platinumed the game in about 3 or 4 days, and sits as my fasted ever plat.

    But it's worth it. It's fun, it has some surprising moments of emotion, and the games soundtrack is a killer! (Pun intended!)

    My favourite tune of all being the into music titled "Shark in the River" which you can find on Spotify for a taste of the tunes!

    You likely won't ever go back to this game unless you ever fancy biting things to death as a mutant shark again, which honestly, I have a few times!

    It also is a game that could spark a good franchise with better and improved future installments. The games story doesn't really leave a door open for a sequel, but I doubt it's that hard to write a story for a game about being a shark.

    For a game that is exactly what it sells itself as and for a lower than usual price, along with the fact you'll get a good bit of fun and entertainment out of it, Maneater is worth at least one playthrough for any gamer who likes to try out all sorts of games.

    It's a solid 8/10 for me. Not perfect, but a good game.
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  29. Jan 3, 2021
    10
    Если оценивать игру просто как игру то такое(. Но на фоне того что годных других симулятров каких либо животных нет, очень даже неплохо)
  30. Dec 31, 2020
    10
    fair sheet this is what should happen to real hunters. nice game, nice graphics.
Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 44
  2. Negative: 1 out of 44
  1. 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.
  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]