Overcooked, the adorable couch co-op cooking game from Team 17 and Ghost Town Games, has provided countless hours of fun for many gamers. It's not for unstable relationships, though, as the focal point of the game is teamwork and cooperation. Without proper communication, fighting ensues. As one user shared in a review on Steam, "If you have friends, don't play it. If you don't have friends, you can't play it."
When the All You Can Eat update was announced, many players were excited for more levels to play through with friends, family, or even strangers with the online multiplayer mode Overcooked 2 offers. However, when it was released, it was just the first and second games remastered, and there were only seven new levels. Aside from this whole-game overhaul, each new update offers only five new levels (if any are offered at all). On the other hand, Moving Out, the second couch co-op of this playstyle released by the same developers, came out in 2020. The sequel, which was just announced, is set to release in 2023. However, many players would prefer a sequel to Overcooked before another version of Moving Out.
The idea for Overcooked was based on the desire for the multiplayer aspect to be the main focal point of the game, making it far more difficult to play alone. Many of the levels require two players to play, so if a single person wants to play, they must alternate control between two characters. When Overcooked and Overcooked 2 were such a success, the developers came out with Moving Out. Moving Out has a similar playstyle but is based on a moving company instead of a kitchen. Players work together to move furniture into a truck for different clients, and there are miniature quest challenges within all levels that players can work toward.
Players who are proficient in Overcooked continuously want more levels to keep the fun going, but five new levels would take a well-seasoned player only about an hour to play through. Moving Out, while still fun, is not the same type of chaos and intrigue that the kitchen version offers. Moving Out is a race against the clock to move furniture into a truck. There are obstacles to move through, and some furniture requires two people to move, but it's a glorified race against the clock. It's enjoyable and fun but not quite as intense and enthralling as Overcooked.
In Overcooked, there are the same types of obstacles with the map, but there are many other things players have to pay attention to other than the clock. Players must keep track of various recipes and different appliances to use at certain times, they need to get orders out in the correct sequences. They sometimes even need to make sure the other player has the ingredient they need if the cutting board is only on one side. There is so much more to the Overcooked series, including many more options for variety, that it seems it would be preferable for the developers to focus on an additional Overcooked sequel before thinking about Moving Out 2.