Maneater unintentionally channels that perfect budget PS2 title vibe, and is all the better for it. Never taking itself seriously, and presented as one of those daft Discovery shows where weirdos do their mad jobs while being followed by cameras, it never wavers from its tone throughout. The commitment to the bit is admirable.

This revenge game about an orphaned shark and a Cajun(?) shark hunter is some of the best fun I've had in ages. Eating your way through swamps and lakes to grow strong and healthy -Minmo style- and evolving into mental electric and bone-plated variants along the way is just the right kind of silly. It also helps having Chris Parnell narrating your actions throughout, keeping it lighthearted and daft as you massacre beachgoers with impunity.

I am a big shark and I bite the people.

Reviewed on Oct 27, 2020


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