by It would be unfair and unrealistic to ask more from Octodad than what it is. Upon its completion, not much more is gleaned in addition to its first impression. It maintains the same level of comical humor resulting from an incognito octopus assuming the persona of a 1960’s-something husband, whist avoiding the chef from The Little Mermaid. Mechanically speaking, it never gets deeper than the awkward QWOPian/Surgeon Simulator requirement of completing mundane tasks in non-mundane ways, but therein eternally lies the problem with these game types–getting “good” at the game sort of makes you a loser, since all the fun had from these games is being bad at them, and laughing at the ridiculous scenarios that result in accord. That being said, it’s a short enough game (maybe 4 hours) and while it may be a Tier 2~3 game mechanically, it’s concept is Tier 1 which for me is enough to hold its place in our highest accolade.
