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Taking out a level 8 alligator at this point is no joke, let alone a level 15 one.

Conveying the movement of a shark is no doubt tricky but initially the controls here feel like a struggle. This isn’t helped by the game’s camera which stays behind you as you spin and flip around in the water and the fact that at first neither the normal or inverted controls seem to feel right. Killing replenishes your health, so you’ll want to swim away and eat a few groupers or whatever other fish you can find and then come back and finish the job. The way to beat them is to get in there, get a few bites in with a carpal tunnel inducing barrage of presses, evade them with the rather awkward button and then retreat when they start to get the better of you. At first we felt somewhat defeated by them as they effortlessly destroyed us time and again. These are a problem for you as a fledgling shark. The first area tasks you with taking down some level 15 alligators and these are usually backed up by level 8 ones. These all help you to level up and you will need to because the first few hours of Maneater are tough. The game’s open world is split into eight areas and each one has a selection of collectibles to find, tasks to complete, bigger fish to take down and shark hunters to eat. To level up quicker you’ll need to tackle the game’s story missions and other objectives. Tripwire describe the game as a ‘shark RPG’ which isn’t particularly accurate but yes you level do level up and you do gain new abilities as you go. The protein and other nutrients you get from them helps you to grow, essentially leveling you up. Initially, your main concern is eating smaller fish. As he begins to gut it, he realises she is pregnant and as he holds the newly-born baby shark (Push Square already made the joke but yeah it’s stuck in our heads now too) it chomps off his right hand and leaps into the water. At the start of the game he captures and kills a shark (a fully powered-up adult shark that you get to play as for the purposes of the tutorial).

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This is all set up with a reality TV styled show cutscene where a camera crew are following Scaly Pete, a legendary shark fisherman. Set in the fictional locale that is Port Clovis, you play as a shark who is looking to dominate the waters as the local apex predator while also hunting down the man who killed your mother. Maneater is a mid-budget shark ’em up from US-based devs Tripwire Interactive who are best known for their Killing Floor titles.

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In PS4 tagged maneater / mid-budget / nature / open world / sandbox / shark by Richie

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