Maneater

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 189 Ratings

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  1. OOa007
    Oct 3, 2021
    10
    great fun shark game cool killing animations nice evolutions nice looking set body parts and funny commentary
  2. Strife32
    Sep 9, 2021
    10
    Мне все игры Tripwire нравятся! Классная игра!
  3. Gee1981
    May 23, 2020
    10
    awesome game, lost of fun. Just buy it. its 26€ in epic store now. haven't had so much fun since years. It's not a sophisticated game and will be boing after a while but a great game for some man-eating in between breaks^^
  4. BRUHGUY
    May 26, 2020
    10
    if ever wanted to be a shark this the best game for you. bit silly sometimes, but thats what makes it phenominal
  5. Haykke
    Jun 3, 2020
    10
    Just like Goat Simulator but in the water, 10/10 best game of the decade....
  6. ninjaboogie
    Jun 10, 2020
    10
    A perfect game to escape to if ever you wanted to be a shark on the lose. If you enjoy games that are nonsensical and pure carnage this is perfect for you.
  7. Arrozdoce
    Dec 31, 2020
    10
    fair sheet this is what should happen to real hunters. nice game, nice graphics.
  8. YuriRys
    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)
  9. Hollow_night
    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.
  10. Rachisaurio824
    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.
  11. Kirbyisthebest
    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
  12. Ozimandeus
    May 27, 2020
    9
    Belter of a game, worth the price. Fun to the point of obsession. After 20 hours I’ve done everything and very happy with it. A game that actually has an end!! Love it!!!
  13. Lucasraiol
    May 23, 2020
    9
    Surprisingly amazing and fun game, very creative, interesting mechanics, action filled and full of silly jokes. The rpg system where you can see you shark grow and upgrade from a little baby to an ancient monster is incredible. I really had a great time playing. But of course, it has some problems, like really annoying loads, some bugs, and camera control in battle sometimes is a bitSurprisingly amazing and fun game, very creative, interesting mechanics, action filled and full of silly jokes. The rpg system where you can see you shark grow and upgrade from a little baby to an ancient monster is incredible. I really had a great time playing. But of course, it has some problems, like really annoying loads, some bugs, and camera control in battle sometimes is a bit confuse. But it’s still a really fun game to play and pass the time.… Expand
  14. Uriel_UK
    May 22, 2020
    9
    Graphic is ok, idea of the game(Saints Row shark bad ass) and fun is great. Just love it :)
  15. Karrak
    May 22, 2020
    9
    Looks Stunning! Feels good on controls and is pure mindless fun! Casual gaming at it's finest.
  16. ArmorBones
    May 23, 2020
    9
    Honestly I have not had this much fun in a game in a long ass time. It does has its flaws mostly with the lock on system, and starting in the beginning the beginning is hard but its learning. Me I nearly 100% the game while playing through it its just so fun. And exploring and unlocking the new body parts. So cool! And the story isn't half bad either. I didn't know how it would end but itsHonestly I have not had this much fun in a game in a long ass time. It does has its flaws mostly with the lock on system, and starting in the beginning the beginning is hard but its learning. Me I nearly 100% the game while playing through it its just so fun. And exploring and unlocking the new body parts. So cool! And the story isn't half bad either. I didn't know how it would end but its so kind of a predicted ending as well if u read books often. And tons of references from, rick and morty, happy Gilmore, jaws (obviously), subnatica ect, its awesome. It's like a beat em up but you're a shark. I love this game honestly and I would not be surprised to see am expansion dlc on this… Expand
  17. vulcanindo
    Jun 3, 2020
    9
    Good game, unique gameplay, this game for fun only. If you need rest from based on story game maybe you need try this because the gameplay just hit, run, hide

    this game not for you if 1) you don't like repetitive 2) You don't like RPG based
    this game (maybe) for you if 1) like sadism 2) like RPG based 3) Explore and looting
  18. zyllus
    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.    … Expand
  19. garethvk
    Jul 4, 2020
    8
    I first saw Maneater during a meeting at E3 2019. I was not able to play the game the as the developers opted for private meetings to show off the gameplay.

    The game looked like a hysterical and gory experience where players play as a Shark and terrorize a coastal community. The game casts players as a young Bull Shark whose mother is killed by a local fisherman named Scaly Pete.    I first saw Maneater during a meeting at E3 2019. I was not able to play the game the as the developers opted for private meetings to show off the gameplay.

    The game looked like a hysterical and gory experience where players play as a Shark and terrorize a coastal community.

    The game casts players as a young Bull Shark whose mother is killed by a local fisherman named Scaly Pete. The game is set against the backdrop of a cable fishing series called “Maneater” which is being filmed in the area and Scaly Pete is a focal point of the series.

    This also allows Chris Parnell to do some epic narrating as the game unfolds as he includes humor, information, and interesting facts along with his commentary.

    Players must swim through local areas and feast on a number of aquatic creatures to gain essential elements as well as health. Once obtained the elements allow players to upgrade to various body types and abilities such as jaw, fin, tail, organ, and special abilities which will be needed to survive.

    Players will be assigned various missions which are usually fairly routine and easy to accomplish such as eating a certain number of animals, munching some humans, and taking out various targets.

    When enough of this has been done; players will then battle Apex Predators who provide more of a challenge.

    The biggest challenges in the games come in the form of hunters as they appear when players start consuming the locals and their swarming and higher level tactics often required a hit and run approach.

    Naturally as the shark evolves from a teen to adult and elder before reaching its final stage, this can become easier to deal with despite enemies gaining in strength and ability.

    The biggest issue I had with the game was navigation as some areas were hard to reach as they required flopping on land from one point to another, navigating an underwater gate system, or navigating a map to find access to a new area.

    Players can Fast Travel between their Grottos in each segment and this provides them a safe area to evolve and plan as well as review missions and game progress.

    Aside from taking on dangerous predators such as Barracudas, Sharks, and Whales; taking on the hunters is great fun. Breaching to snatch humans on land is always fun and taking down a fleet of hunters with your jaws and tail is almost as much fun as hearing them scream when you are chomping down on them while executing some truly nimble moves.

    If you become a big enough threat to the local human population, a celebrity hunter will come into play and dispatching them increases your reputation which helps you on your path to revenge and Scaly Pete.

    The game is lots of fun to play and I had a great time playing it. The enemies and food chain was diverse and there was a great mix of humor along the finely detailed areas of play.

    Some enemy A.I. was fairly basic as they did not do much in the way of tactics or evasion while others put up more of a challenge.

    Despite this and a few small screen loading glitches late in the game that caused the load screen to come up before resuming my game; I had one of my best gaming experiences of the year with Maneater and it is one players should really enjoy.

    4 stars out of 5    … Expand
  20. Andrudis
    May 23, 2020
    8
    Fun game to relax and spend some time. It is short - like 8-10h to complete fully and there is nothing to do once you competed all objectives and get all collectibles, but those 8-10h will be full of fun and action
  21. polyGAMEist
    May 23, 2020
    8
    My thoughts:
    1) The game is not a full-fleshed out AAA game, nor is it priced as such with a $40 pricetag
    2) You are a shark 3) You can jump up onto the beach, drag people into the water and then tailwhip them 20 feet into the air. 4) How could this possibly be a waste of 10 hours and $40 bucks? 5) This game is exactly what you think it is from watching the trailer. It is cotton    My thoughts:
    1) The game is not a full-fleshed out AAA game, nor is it priced as such with a $40 pricetag
    2) You are a shark
    3) You can jump up onto the beach, drag people into the water and then tailwhip them 20 feet into the air.
    4) How could this possibly be a waste of 10 hours and $40 bucks?
    5) This game is exactly what you think it is from watching the trailer. It is cotton candy for your brain. It is the Jersey shore of open world shark games.

    This is not a great game... I don't think the developers think this a great game. I don't think anyone who purchased the game expected it to be a great game. So what you get is a game that is true to itself, and doesn't try to be something it is not. Pick it up, or wait for a discount, can't go wrong either way. You are going to have about 8-15 hours of really good entertainment.    … Expand
  22. Zatod
    May 24, 2020
    8
    Una entretenida experiencia de juego. aunque bastante corta se disfruto al maximo.

    Gráficas: realmente el motor gráfico de unreal hace ver las escenas de gore bastantes llamativas , como también los escenarios dan una inmersión total a la escenificación de un depredador del océano. Gameplay: bastante amigable con una ruta de niveles por zona, nada que un jugador no experimentado no    Una entretenida experiencia de juego. aunque bastante corta se disfruto al maximo.

    Gráficas: realmente el motor gráfico de unreal hace ver las escenas de gore bastantes llamativas , como también los escenarios dan una inmersión total a la escenificación de un depredador del océano.

    Gameplay: bastante amigable con una ruta de niveles por zona, nada que un jugador no experimentado no pueda vencer. Las evoluciones son bastante llamativas y sus poderes te hacen sentir el amo del océano.

    Curiosidades: maneater tienen bastantes referencias a la cultura pop o geek que te hacen querer saber que mas te puedes encontrar.

    Puntos Negativos: es un juego bastante corto , como tambien quede con ganas de tener la posibilidad de hacer otras razas de tiburones y algunas evoluciones que observe en los trailers , pero no en el juego.    … Expand
  23. BraveKatana
    May 28, 2020
    8
    fun unique game, the environments are cool, the controls are solid, i can see it getting a little repetitive over time if you are looking for a fun distraction or want to be a shark for a wile, then this is your game.
  24. elzadj
    Jul 31, 2020
    8
    A really fun game, the narrator is hilarious, the gameplay is crazy sometimes with all the blood and screams.
    Totally recommend it to relax and switch your brains off.
  25. ViciousCroc
    Aug 2, 2020
    8
    The game is not perfect by any means, but it is a lot of fun and hours of entertainment. This is exactly what Jaws Unleashed gave us back on the PS2 but this game is much easier on the eyes. The controls are fun and the combat, while nothing spectacular, is quite satisfying and the upgrades and evolutions are so worth the gameplay. If you are a fan of playing the monster or villain inThe game is not perfect by any means, but it is a lot of fun and hours of entertainment. This is exactly what Jaws Unleashed gave us back on the PS2 but this game is much easier on the eyes. The controls are fun and the combat, while nothing spectacular, is quite satisfying and the upgrades and evolutions are so worth the gameplay. If you are a fan of playing the monster or villain in video games I highly recommend I hope it does well enough for a sequel or at least some DLC .… Expand
  26. onslaught1584
    Aug 6, 2020
    8
    I feel like an 8 might be a bit of a high score for this relatively simple game, but despite some negative aspects, I had a lot of fun with it. It has some major glitches and is overall kind of silly. With that said, in a rather depressing year with a lot of "try hard" gaming narratives, Maneater was a great diversion. Seriously fun and didn't outstay its welcome.
  27. Methias
    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.    … Expand
  28. Jasse84
    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.    … Expand
  29. Dammsugarpojken
    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.    … Expand
  30. 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
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 44 Critic Reviews

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  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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