It's simply more polished, with sharper visuals, less technical issues (though there were a couple of games where it simply would not let us put ingredients where they needed to go), and more content. Overcooked 2 is an improvement over the original game in other ways as well. Throwing ingredients is a really smart addition to the Overcooked formula, and its absence in the original makes it hard to go back and play it. By being able to toss ingredients to friends or even throw them directly into skillets and cooking pots, players can keep a fast pace in the kitchen, in turn allowing for more exciting gameplay overall. Overcooked 2 doesn't just add new kitchen hazards to the experience the game also adds some new cooking skills, like the ability to throw ingredients, which radically changes the way players will approach some kitchens for the better. There are other new gimmicks introduced in Overcooked 2 that up the challenge without leaving players with no way of continuing their work, like stairs that shift around the room and platforms that players have to move with a lever to reach different parts of the kitchen. That's not to say gimmicks like the fire are a bad idea, it just becomes annoying when players have no way of dealing with the obstacle. Luckily this doesn't happen too often, but the levels where this occurs will not be looked back at fondly. Having to stop playing completely because of fire or an environmental shift is frustrating and breaks the flow of the game. Overcooked 2 is best when players get a rhythm going and are successfully working together to get the dishes out as quickly as possible. Other times hazards in the environment, like fires that will start randomly around the kitchen, can trap players and force them to have to sit and wait until they pass. While we appreciate the addition of things like mixers, sometimes the ingredients in the mixing bowls clog up the screen and make it difficult to see what may be sitting on the counter next to them. Sometimes Overcooked 2 is challenging for the wrong reasons, though.
It also adds extra challenge to the experience, which will be appreciated by anyone who felt the first game was a little on the easy side. The original game featured a lot of levels that consisted of little more than players making onion and tomato soup, so this added variety helps to keep the game more interesting and fun to play from one minute to the next. This set was turning into a mirror image of the first and the German was powerless to do anything about it.By giving players more types of food to make, Overcooked 2 has the immediate benefit of having more variety than its predecessor. When the Russian broke for 2-1 in the second set, Zverev annihilated his racket in frustration. He served better, he returned better and he made sure that he was dominant on all the important points. Meanwhile, Medvedev was doing what Medvedev does best. There were times – not many of them, mind you – when Zverev looked as if he had worked out a potential plan to win the point but then, when it came to the crunch, he was tentative and the moment was gone. And in between, there were moments of magic from the defending champion.
Three break points came and went for him in the first set while as soon as Medvedev saw a break point chance, he jumped on it, converting two from two. If he tried to take the Russian on from the baseline, he came up second best. If Zverev was aggressive, he overcooked it or fluffed it and lost the point. He didn’t know quite what to do against the man he had beaten in five of their previous nine matches (although the world No.2 had won their last three meetings). Zverev was never allowed to get so much a toehold in the match – it was as if Medvedev had blindfolded him and tied his shoelaces together. Daniil Medvedev was untouchable as he handed out a 6-2, 6-2 thrashing to Alexander Zverev and booked his ticket to play Novak Djokovic on Sunday.
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