Maneater

Main game is great save for not always feeling like a super sized, powerful megalodon. The dlc tho?.... Save your money. DLC is absolute garbage. $15 garbage at that. It uses broken mechanics, tasks that have absolutely nothing to do with the game or story, and the NPC's are on you like white on rice. Avoid the DLC, but the main game is fun for a while.

This is an open world RPG where the player (tries to) control a shark and steadily climb the food chain. As you eat and grow you are able to move from swamp to lake to coast to open sea, finding increasing threats but also better ways to fight. The key is unlocking mods for parts of your body that give you special powers and make you look badass.

The main story is interesting because of the way it is told, making your enemy the main character, and you the shark actually the villain (one might disagree, but what's true is that nobody's innocent in this game). Being an open world RPG, you can also spend time exploring and doing secondary quests like hunts or boss fights, which unfortunately tend to be repetitive. The game is not too long though, and eventually you can witness the glorious ending.

On the other hand, I have to say that the controls are horrible, it's really hard to bite or float or dive the way you want to, so it can be really frustrating.

This game is a perfect for the sea lovers(in some kinda way). It's a perfect summer blockbuster that is meant to be fun and it is. Upgrading and traveling across the map finding and fighting predators of the sea is so fun. This game has such a good combat and mechanics,in the game kinda way It's not perfect tho,sometimes it is annoying and the plot is basic and that's why am saying that's it litteraly just for fun. DLC is okay Tho,it is still fun but kinda the same as the main game just some new predators and upgrades,and of course almost no plot or story. Well I certanly very enjoyed playing this game and that's why I gave it a rating 8/10.

Now, before you come at me thinking "7? Why only a 7 if you enjoyed it so much?", Hear me out. I played Maneater on PS4, I bought it full price at launch, and 100% completed it. The game is quite fun, but still disappointing.

Pros: +Satisfying violence. +Fun mini-bosses (Apex Predators). +Chris Parnell. +Interesting collectables. +Arcade style battle system. +Shark/Ocean facts. +Fun mutations/powers.

Cons: -Short overall playtime. -Lack of playable sharks. -Only 3 collectable "gear" sets. -Repetitive missions/fights. -Little-to-no replayability.

I had so much fun playing Maneater, and they utilise Chris Parnell's narrative ability very well in this game. Overall I felt disappointed, but still satisfied with my $60AUD purchase. The story did not last long, but it was exactly what was advertised and I didn't expect anything crazy from the dev team. I do hope they release future DLC or even another title, because it would be a lot of fun playing again as different sharks, or even just adding new gear sets.

Maneater, for the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC, is an insanely fun and addictive shark-RPG game; especially for avid shark enthusiasts like myself. Though that's not to say it's pitch perfect. The combat is flawed and disorienting, and you may encounter the occasional glitch. That being said, there are a lot of wide, beautifully-rendered areas to explore, a lot of different animals and people to eat, and a lot of ways you can evolve/upgrade your shark to become a more efficient predator. So if you like open-world RPG chaos games like GTA, but wish you could be an oceanic killing machine, I'd say it's worth the thirty bucks.