This game is only fun when you're good. I know that screams "git gud", but other games are fun enough when I lose that I want to keep playing, and then I get better. The battles in the campaign of the first half are structured so that it's never really about winning and losing, but about winning quickly or losing quickly. I love how the game feels when I've figured out a strategy to quickly get rid of the enemies, and I hate how it feels when I've screwed up and am oh so slowly waiting to get through the missions.

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.