Edit: I've beaten the OC2 campaign. Throwing is a great addition and the stages are a lot better but 3star requirements are too low so it felt like we didn't really earn 3 stars compared to the stricter OC1 campaign. But my co-op partner is scared of 4 stars and there's all the Extra Trimmings anyway so...

I've only done the Overcooked 1 campaign (3 starred) so far but this game is kind of godlike for coop, while also being miserable. It all depends on how well you and your partners can coordinate and strategize. But that's what I love about it. It feels like a true coop game where both players (or more) actually have to work together. Too many games have coop that just really feels like simulatenous single player, and while I love those too in their own way, I just really got into how truly cooperative this game felt. It's also chaotic as fuck, in a fun way, but it can be tad stressful and some of the stage gimmicks (fuck 5-4 in OC1) are evil.

Don't even think about getting this if you don't have someone to play with already. Dunno or care about online but couch coop was a blast. Also I do wish scores retroactively unlocked 4th stars in NG+, as we did earn it for a few levels on our 3 star attempts.

It's really just the definitive package for this series. It includes the main campaigns for the first two games along with a TON of DLC to go through. It's got hours and hours of fun and argument between friends (that may ruin friendships). I can really only recommend if you have 4 friends to play it in couch co-op. It obviously supports 1-3 players but I think 4 is easily the most fun. It also helps if they're ok at video games (and slicing the damn lettuce) but it's really not necessary as I've played this with family members who don't play video games. Anyways a great game with tons of content.
9/10

The game design is perfect but the game is glitchier than its predecessors. Overcooked! 2 is the better experience and the only real reason I come back to this is for cross-platform multiplayer with my friends who don't have Switch. Playing through the campaign of the first game was fun, but if it wasn't for cross-platform, i'd be happy to delete this game and just focus on the much smoother Overcooked! 2.

That being said, the fundamental Overcooked! formula is still fantastic. If this was the only game in the series I'd give it a 4.5, but it pales in comparison to Overcooked! 2.