3/19/2023 0 Comments Maneater max level![]() There’s treasure to find, landmark signs to destroy, and license plates to pick up. Plover Island offers you the same collectathon as every other area in Maneater. Of course, these can be used in the main game too, if you’ve still got any side content to mop up. ![]() The radioactive set is great, unleashing a deadly shockwave when active. Truth Quest also gives you a handful of new skins and abilities for your shark, should you want to change your loadout (for lack of a better word). It’s just a shame they don’t have more of a part in the main story, because they’re infinitely more entertaining to go up against than yet another boat full of soldiers. You’re not the only freaky creature out there, and these make for fun and challenging battles. Prepare to face an electrified great white shark, a bone sperm whale and more. More fulfilling, though, are the combat encounters you’ll face with other, shall we say ‘modified’, creatures. It’s repetitive, tiresome and frustrating. Once again, cue attempting to dodge then grab explosives before tossing them at a target. You’ll need to bring down all manner of armoured boats, ships with forcefields, and even helicopters from the sky. Once you’re done with the towers, and the rest of the story missions of Truth Quest – which will take less than an hour – you’ll want to get your threat level up in order to trigger the final encounter. But carefully thought-out attacks, requiring you to aim at a precise object, all the while being attacked from every other angle? Get out of here. And Maneater‘s controls are rather fiddly they’re fine when you’re simply thrashing around in the water, destroying stuff with sheer brute force. Doing this means picking up and throwing explosives, or picking up and tossing enemies in their direction. And so, many of the combat encounters in Truth Quest are far more frustrating than anything you came across in the main game.Īs part of Truth Quest‘s main story line, you’ll need to destroy a number of radio towers on land. The worst thing, by far, is that this DLC brings to the forefront one of the most annoying mechanics of Maneater: the need to grab and throw explosives, just as you were doing in that final boss fight against Scaly Pete. They’re probably the most enjoyable part of Truth Quest, despite them having least relevance to the narrative. First, there’s a new ‘race’ type mission, where you’ll need to direct your shark through a series of rings as fast as you can. There are a couple of key differences though. And so, you’ll mope from one quest to another, completing tasks mostly identical to what you were doing for the rest of Maneater. This is all about taking down humans – the military, to be more precise – on a new map called Plover Island. That powerful predator you’re supposedly tracking? Don’t expect to get another whiff of it until right at the end, when you’ve chomped your way through more boats, helicopters and torpedoes than you can shake your fin at. Now, you’ll infiltrate the facility to find out the real story.” Intriguing, no?Įxcept, just like the main game, Truth Quest’s “story” boils down to little more than a few minutes of cutscenes. “Explore the Plover Island Military Complex – the mysterious naval base nicknamed “Site P” has long been the subject of wild speculation. “A new, extremely powerful predator has moved in to threaten your apex status,” the description reads. ![]() Maneater‘s DLC pack, Truth Quest, initially sounds rather interesting. And I hope you’re ready to get chronic finger pain as you mind-numbingly tap the triggers to simulate your shark’s ‘chomping’ action. It soon wears off, though, once you realise all you’ll be doing is swimming from A to B, either chomping your way through various ocean creatures or destroying boats (and eating the people on board). A game that puts you in control of a shark, its initial premise is exhilarating. In our review for Maneater, Chris summed up the game rather succinctly: “…clunky combat and repetitive, tedious gameplay means that, despite its toothy protagonist, Maneater lacks any bite.” That hits the nail on the head. But if you’re hoping for any meaningful gameplay developments, you’re out of luck. If you’re after more Shark-biting action, you’ll be glad to hear Maneater now has a DLC pack available.
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