Many quest names are puns (such as “Hungry, Hungry for Hobos”). You have a mission to eat mafia members, and under the water, you swim along their victims wearing concrete shoes. Maneater is funny and doesn’t take itself seriously. But you have to buy into the joke to get the most out of it. I played on PC (Tripwire recommends a gamepad, but I found the controls to be more responsive with a mouse-and-keyboard setup), and over 20 hours, I found a game that made me smile from beginning to end. It results in a most unexpected denouement that pits man vs. These interactions take a dark turn, sending poor Pete down the path of Captain Ahab and Quint from Jaws. As you gain infamy while you chow down on the Gulf of Mexico’s finest fish and folk, you encounter Pete. Tripwire casts the story through the lens of Maneater, a reality show following noted shark hunter Scaly Pete. Environments and creatures show a distinct care when it comes to their designs and appearances. It has a great deal of humor, and Tripwire and Blindside Interactive (the studio who sold the idea to Tripwire) have pulled off a game that engages your curiosity as well as your funny bone. How is this relevant to a review about a shark RPG? Well, all of this was in the back of my mind as I played Maneater, which debuts today for PC (Epic Games Store exclusive for now), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Many shark species are endangered thanks to overfishing (sharks get caught up in nets and discarded), finning, environmental encroachment and destruction, and our fear of these creatures.
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