Check out our Reviews Vault for past game reviews. Octodad: Dadliest Catch is about an octopus trying to hide the fact that he isn’t human from his Homo sapien family. Yes, it’s a dumb concept, but it ...

Watching Octodad: Dadliest Catch being played at E3 on a PlayStation 4, you notice one thing that separates it from virtually every other title on the show floor. Rather than seeing stoic, ...

Great comedy is sometimes hard to find, and great comedy in a video game is even rarer. But the new game Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a "Theater of the Absurd" for the gaming crowd, and it certainly ...

Kratos didn’t invent dad games in God of War (2018), but he helped solidify the genre. There are a lot of challenges Kratos deals with in his first Norse outing that most dads can’t relate to–not ...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch reminds me of "Chicken Boo," an old series of short cartoons that used to air during Warner Bros' Animaniacs. The premise was ridiculous: Boo was a giant chicken that pretended ...

Octodad. More than just a cute nod to 2009's hyper-pregnant mom célèbre, it's also perfectly descriptive. Our hero is an octopus who also happens to be the father of two children. Don't try to ...

Octodad's interactive slapstick is a joy to behold, but the game struggles to sustain itself. I've got to mow the lawn. This is not, in theory, the toughest challenge I've ever faced. I just need to ...

Octodad is amusing simply through how he interacts with the environment, but this alone wouldn't be sufficient to support several hours of game. Running alongside the slapstick humour of Octodad's ...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is very much my kind of game. The central conceit of an octopus masquerading as a human is pure absurdist genius, and a premise worthy of even the most coked-up ‘80s sitcom ...

The indie hit that puts you in control of an octopus pretending to be a suburban dad comes to the PS4, but is the sequel out of control? There’s often a big difference between admiring an indie game ...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is very much my kind of game. The central conceit of an octopus masquerading as a human is pure absurdist genius, and a premise worthy of even the most coked-up ‘80s sitcom ...

Doors. Doors aren’t usually a problem. I’ve been around long enough to have doors sussed. But in Octodad: Dadliest Catch doors are my number one enemy. Even when I manage to grab a doorknob, it’s a ...