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Octodad Is Coming to PC/Mac/Linux On January 30

PlayStation 4 owners will get it in March, it sounds like.

Jan. 16 2014

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Octodad: Dadliest Catch

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NO.

I do NOT want to learn about sharks. THANKYOU!

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YES ! I have been waiting on this since the Sony Press Conference :'D

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You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man, you're a Chicken Boo.

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Aagh, I want to play Octodad with the PS4 controller but I want it sooner than later. I wonder if it'll work with controllers on the PC.

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been waiting a long time for this one, considering the early version was in 2009.

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That was an amazing trailer. Octodad looks...

...octoRAD!

amirite?!

Right? Guys?

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I can't tell you how fucking excited I am about this game.

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Is a goddamn Octodad trailer going to make me cry? This got heavy.

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Tonight, on a very special Octodad...

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@joshwent: The joke of the series is that despite him being an ordinary octopus, he really *is* the father of those children, which defies logic and explanation. It's just that nobody has noticed that he's an octopus yet, not even his children or the woman he presumably fathered those children yet. It's all very, very silly. n_n

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Is the PC version gonna have controller support? I played the PS4 kiosk version and thought the controls were actually super fun, I don't want to go back to a keyboard and I don't wanna wait til March.

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hmmmmm not sure i can wait till march

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This is the game I'm looking forward to the most!

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@sessh: Yep, that's what I thought, and what I'm hoping it still is. It could be so much more poignent if he really just is an Octopus.

@ultimaxe: From what I've seen, it's basically a simple adventure game with the fun of awkward controls in the vein of QWOP or Surgeon Simulatior. The gameplay video that was released is you, as Octodad getting dressed on your wedding day, so you have to go from room to room, solving (really) simple puzzles to find your tie, coat, etc.

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THIS TRAILER IS SO CHARMING

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Is there some hidden layer to Octodad that I wasnt aware of? Either way, this looks like a good time.

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So, what's the gamplay hook in this, aside from "Hey, you know how ragdoll looks ridiculous 99% of the time?" It looks funny and junk, but I still don't know what kind of game it is.

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Was hoping that song was in the trailer. <3

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@joshwent:

I think it just tried to show him missing the Ocean, his real home, and the Chef only knew him, because he wanted to well, cook and eat him, I guess.

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Aww, that was actually really sweet. Can't wait to play this, first game I ever played on a PS4.

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I'd LOVE to learn about sharks.

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Edited By joshwent

Showed my girlfriend the last gameplay trailer, thinking she'd be into it. She said that the octopus is a jerk for pretending to be their dad. That not only was he knocking a ton of shit over, he was lying to his fake family.

This trailer makes me think there could be some lovely metaphorical stuff in here about what it is to be a husband/father. But please, please don't make some weird backstory where like the mind of a man got put into an octopus or something. This trailer kind of hinted at something more to the character, and that would be awful.

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...nobody suspects a thing...

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Octodad pulling on those heartstrings, getting all serious.

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excited