Once I first booted up Get Packed: Sofa Chaos, I needed to ask, “Do we’d like one other sport on this social gathering/puzzle style?” We have already got glorious video games like Transferring Out, Good Job!, and Overcooked. And to compete with these improbable video games, Get Packed must do one thing so totally different that it stands out amongst the competitors. And my preliminary response isn’t any, we don’t want one other one among all these video games. Get Packed doesn’t do something Earth-shattering, nevertheless it does have its moments.
The story is quirky. A corrupt salt-mining firm takes over town, and it’s as much as you and your ragtag group to pack up and transfer all of the townspeople. As the sport progresses, so does your character’s motivation, first working for the corporate after which actively working towards the corporate. The cutscenes in between every degree are nicely carried out.
The marketing campaign contains 5 levels plus an epilogue. Every stage has three totally different ranges to overcome. You could unlock a minimum of one star to maneuver on within the story. To earn a star is pretty easy; the extra high-end priceless objects you pack into the van, the extra a meter fills as much as obtain a star. You may earn as much as three stars per degree, which, in idea, ought to entice you to attempt to achieve a greater rating. Nonetheless, in contrast to Overcooked, the place levels are locked till you earn so many stars, there isn’t a motive to replay. Due to this fact, as soon as I completed a degree, I didn’t wish to replay it to see if I might get a greater rating.
That is partly as a result of every degree doesn’t really feel a lot totally different from the final. Sure, there are themes to them. For example, one is a financial institution heist, one other is packing a haunted home (which appeared a bit misplaced), or stealing from a museum. However the technique is identical in each stage: pack up the costliest objects. There isn’t way more to it. Even the property within the sport really feel shallow, like they’re purchased from a retailer as an alternative of being handcrafted.
Your character feels a bit like a ragdoll, and there are occasions after I fell over for no obvious motive. I get what they’re making an attempt to perform, a physics-based sport that causes chaos to ensue. However taking part in by way of the marketing campaign in single-player mode simply doesn’t really feel a lot enjoyable.
After taking part in the vast majority of the degrees alone, I requested my daughter to affix in on the marketing campaign. And that is after I realized the true allure of the sport, the multiplayer mode, and therefore the title “Sofa Chaos.” We laughed on the quantity of destruction that occurred whereas taking part in collectively. My daughter was in tears from laughter when a truck smashed by way of a tub she was carrying. And since the target is comparatively easy to attain, I by no means felt pissed off when the objects we had been transferring bought destroyed. Not like Overcooked and even Transferring Out, the place you’ll want to work collectively to succeed in the objective, Get Packed by no means felt that manner. And in a manner, it’s refreshing. I didn’t get into arguments with my daughter about technique; we simply had enjoyable.
