Adding all those family-related "aOctodad is a game about fitting in, laughing at your own ineptitude, and keeping life simple. There are jokes around every corner, most of them related to the indie gaming scene. Octodad wouldn't be half the game it is without its sense of humor, relatable story, and blindingly creative artwork.
It opens up an ocean of design issues that would need to be tweaked, though, but it's fun to play pretend sometimes. Having separate simultaneous characters would be more entertaining, and it might even be a great co-op experience with each person working on different objectives so you can all pass the level. But it just doesn't add anything to the game. It's fun in short bursts, more so if you and your friends don't take completing the objectives seriously. "Hate" is too strong of a word when describing co-op in Octodad. The thing is, you probably couldn't do it better, so the anti-cooperative atmosphere is generated for no real reason. In your mind you think "I could do it better than my co-op buddy", which instantly makes you hate them all. It turns into shouting matches and exasperated sighs. It's even worse when you're playing a game and are working towards a goal. It's not fun to laugh at other people when they're trying to be normal (unless you're one of those schoolyard bullies, in which case, we cast thee out!). Octodad is fun because you can laugh at yourself trying to do normal things. And you can't lunge over and draw it for them, that's just mean. You have to sit there while they scribble random things, unable to participate until they get their act together. Imagine playing tic-tac-toe with someone who couldn't draw an X or an O. In practice, all it does is break the guiding philosophies of the game, turning an exercise in controlled chaos into chaos you desperately need to control. On the surface this hybrid co-op idea sounds like a wacky, wholesomely fun way to multiply Octodad's entertainment value. For added chaos, roulette mode randomly changes which player controls which limb after each objective is complete. Who controls what can be customized from the menu, so if certain people suck as being a left leg, they can swap at any time. The local-only mode allows up to four players to control the protagonist's limbs, each working a set or a single one with gamepads and the keyboard.
Co-op in Octodad leaves a lot to be desired.
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