Review: Godlike Burger

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Sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me. Even if I see something I don’t believe will actually work, I just can’t help but take a peek at the result. Godlike Burger is exactly that. A mix of Overcooked and Hitman, it was pitched. I checked; it’s not multi-player. Okay, I’ll bite.

It also makes sense that I’d move onto it after Cat Cafe Manager hastened my descent into madness. It’s a game about serving customers. By that, I mean you murder customers, turn them into hamburgers, and serve them to other customers. It’s too perfect. It’s sustainable cuisine. But can it satisfy my bloodlust?

Godlike Burger (PC)Developer: Liquid PugPublisher: Daedalic EntertainmentReleased: April 21, 2022

I don’t know if you’re supposed to be a working-class hero, a victim of a higher power, or just a murderous chef — that might be for you to decide. You’ve got work to do. You need to make money, grow your prestige, and upgrade your apparatus.

You’re on a floating diner, traveling from planet to planet. Your goal is to complete a list of challenges, and that’s where everything goes wrong, but let’s zoom in before we get to that.

Customers come in, place their orders, and you have to feed them. Actually, you don’t. Forget about them being customers; they can offer you three things: money, prestige, and meat. You can forgo any of them, but can’t earn all three. For example, if you want to murder a customer right when they come through the door, you can just follow them to a quiet spot and hack them to pieces. You can wait until they pay you to chop them into mulch. The only way you’re getting prestige, however, is if you let them leave with their lives.

There are ways to decide what to focus on. Money is used to upgrade your chef and