It’s simple, Maneater’s appeal came from playing as a shark. There’s really nothing like it that comes to mind (apart from the 2006 Jaws Unleashed) , so it definitely filled a gap in the market. Progression was enjoyable with starting off as a baby and growing up into an uber shark while evolving and customising it with different looks that provided certain strengths—very light RPG elements sprinkled in with a checklist of things to do, usually the same tasks over and over in each of the eight regions. The repetition got a little stale later on.

It was pretty in terms of visuals, challenging when it came to bigger enemies, and the humour was good in its mockumentary style. I liked it, and consider it mindless video game fun.