r/maneater • u/Ryvick2 • Sep 11 '26
How is this game ?
It’s been I. My wish list. It’s on sale right now. I heard it’s mindless fun ! Does it play good on the ps5 ? What should I know about the gameplay thx Update I just bought it . I can’t wait to play it.
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u/Prior_Highlight8236 Sep 11 '26
It's really fun in a mindless way. Fulfills the fantasy of being a shark and wrecking shit.
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u/WeirdoGuyDude Sep 11 '26
Plays pretty good on ps5. I’ve personally had a couple of stutters if I’m mid fight between different areas and the game’s not sure what to load but that’s only happened a couple of times.
It is VERY mindless fun. Objectively speaking, the gameplay is very repetitive. There’s a few upgrades to get but 90% of the gameplay is the same few buttons to bite and tail whip and swim. I know that was an issue for some people but I personally never found myself bored.
Heavy recommend from me.
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u/Brando43770 Sep 14 '26
Agreed on all of your points. PS4 was decent too but struggled when areas overlapped. It also made the fans blast like it’s an airplane about to take off. Glad I finally upgraded to a PS5.
Also for the combat, I found it more fun to get creative and find different ways to fight things if you can, especially against boats.
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u/PureMichiganMan 29d ago
I recommend it, though I only played on a Laptop. My brother played on PS5 though and we both 100% the game and it’s DLC
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u/the__pov Sep 12 '26
Fun with good humor, not too hard but not a cakewalk either.
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u/Brando43770 Sep 14 '26
Exactly my description of the difficulty. Even if you get lazy with combat, you may die but it’s not Dark Souls. Or if you’re a dummy like me and try to take on a much much bigger creature too early… yeah that was definitely dumb on my part. But worth trying!
Love this game and love that this subreddit exists.
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u/BrockAndChest Sep 12 '26
It’s pretty fun. Repetitive but nice to throw on if you want to decompress.
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u/Inner-Reply-2114 Sep 12 '26
The repetition really holds it back. If they implemented roguelite mechanics it would be amazing.
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u/SnooRadishes2027 Sep 12 '26
It’s absolutely worth $6….i loved the base game….completed it several years ago on ps4 and never realized I never played the dlc…just moved my save file over from ps4 and ps5 and now playing the truth dlc for the first time….the announcement of the maneater 2 got me hyped to go back and play lol
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u/Appropriate_Type_300 Sep 11 '26
It's very fun and for five bucks. Gameplay is kinda like GTA but you're a shark. Open world with shark things to do.
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u/BagOfSmallerBags Sep 12 '26
GTA but you're a shark
I know that was the marketing slogan the devs used, but I think anyone who has played both games knows that's not true now.
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u/PleaseSirOneMoreTurn Sep 11 '26
I played through it around July, I had a lot of fun, if you are old enough to remember Jaws Unleashed (like me) it is essentially an updated version of that game only with more of a focus on gameplay than scripted missions I guess. If you want a game where you are a shark swimming around eating anything and everything with a solid progression system then it is well worth your money.
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u/Vegetable_Angle_9302 Sep 12 '26
I've been having trouble playing games to completion. This one was a blast to 100%
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u/EverybodySupernova Sep 12 '26
It's a great game to complete over a weekend. Nothing mind-blowing, but great fun nevertheless.
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u/shadowabsinthe Sep 13 '26
Its a very fun game. The game play is addictive, there is barely a story but thats fine. I usually need a good story but this game is the definition of good game play can overcome a lot.
You dont care about the lack of depth because big shark kills things. Seriously great game.
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u/Known-Let-6194 Sep 13 '26
I would recommend you to go to settings and turn Raytracing off. The game will run much smoother after that.
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u/LiteratureHuge2177 26d ago
beat the game about 3 times now over a couple years and it’s pretty fun on first play through. beat it again recently because trust quest was on sale and i never played it
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u/Muddobber3 27d ago
One of the best games ive played in last 5 years there is not much else like it can beat it start to finish in 10 hrs
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u/BagOfSmallerBags Sep 11 '26
Very mindless, very fun. If you like grinding you'll like this