Octodad: Deadliest Catch’s unique control scheme is a great gimmick that takes itself too seriously. But at least the theme song is amazing! Here I am: A man in a three-piece suit, attempting to use a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. For a typical hero like Superman, saving dozens of people from a burning building may be all in a day's work. But Octodad is a different kind of hero, ...