When comparing Little Big Planet 3 vs Overcooked 2, the Slant community recommends Overcooked 2 for most people. In the question“What are the best co-op games for PS4?” Overcooked 2 is ranked 36th while Little Big Planet 3 is ranked 40th. The most important reason people chose Overcooked 2 is:
Whether you played the first Overcooked or not, Overcooked 2 is easy to figure out right from the get-go. The recipes for each dish are familiar even if you're not much of a chef, so you can remember which raw ingredients you need as you make your way around the kitchen and work with your co-op partner(s). Once you play a few rounds, you should have a good handle on things, helping you focus on getting everything done as quickly as possible from there on out.
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Pros
Pro Decent platforming gameplay
You run, jump, press switches, pull levers, and collect items across a level just like in most platformers. To make it more interesting LBP 3 has four distinct characters. Sackboy/Sackgirl, the default character that runs and jumps normally. Swoop, who can fly and carry others. Oddsock that can run really fast, but can be pretty tricky to control. Toggle that can become small to get into narrow spaces or become large to push large switches. There are even levels designed specifically for each character and some levels require you to switch between them. As a result, LBP 3 has enough variety to keep the gameplay interesting for a long time.
Pro Nearly limitless content thanks to the level creator
LBP 3 has a level creator for creating new and exciting stages to play. This can be a really intricate towers of platforms with many puzzles along the way or just a pool of sharks that you have you to swim across. The options are nearly limitless, as long as you have the patience. What's more, the levels can also be shared online, so you can find thousands of levels to download and play with new levels getting added fairly regularly. Because of this you'll always have new content to enjoy.
Pro Charming visuals
The various environments are colorful, bright, very detailed, and have adorable decorations in them. This includes cups with faces, cloud cutouts hanging on strings, squirrels with hats, and any many more. Sometimes it feels like you're watching a stage play for kids.
The most noteworthy aspect are the characters though. Each one looks like a stuffed toy that was knitted with yarn. They are very colorful, come in various shapes and sizes, and you can tell they're soft just by look at them. Even their expressions are really adorable, even when they try to be all mean and angry. Giving you a warm and fuzzy feeling every time you play.
LBP3's world looks like it's straight out of a storybook, giving you a warm and fuzzy feeling every time you play.
Pro Very fun co-op
LBP 3 has a very laid back and cheerful atmosphere, which makes the player interaction feel a lot more pleasant. So whether you’re grimacing at each other with your characters, cooperating to solve puzzles, or just pushing each other down a platform, LBP 3 is a joy to play with others.
Pro Simple to pick up and learn
Whether you played the first Overcooked or not, Overcooked 2 is easy to figure out right from the get-go. The recipes for each dish are familiar even if you're not much of a chef, so you can remember which raw ingredients you need as you make your way around the kitchen and work with your co-op partner(s). Once you play a few rounds, you should have a good handle on things, helping you focus on getting everything done as quickly as possible from there on out.
Pro Hilariously fun couch and online co-op for up to four players
Playing Overcooked 2 with friends is the best. There's so much going on at once in the kitchen, with barriers moving in your way, hazards popping up like cars in the middle of the road separating the two halves of your area, and ingredients, dishes, and half-prepared dishes to move from one place to another. Working together and communicating with your friends through couch co-op or online play is a constant stream of laughter and excited shouting as you mess up, learn, and hopefully get things done. If you don't have anyone to play with, then you can hop online for matchmaking instead.
Pro Fast and frantic cooking action
Overcooked 2 is really fast-paced and keeps you on your toes. You play as a chef in a crazy kitchen with a ton of things going on all at once, with you mixing, preparing, and cooking in between the chaos of moving platforms and environmental obstacles. There's a time limit constantly ticking down at the bottom of the screen; finishing your tasks on time or ahead of schedule earns you a better score in the end. Tossing ingredients to your teammates across the kitchen, or across the moving platforms or obstacles like bodies of water, is a fresh new addition in this game that wasn't in the first Overcooked, making things even faster this time around. It's such a manic yet well-done mix of many different genres and ideas that all come together in the best ways.
Cons
Con Occasional bugs
While a lot of the bugs have been getting fixed, some issues still remain. This includes characters twitching, falling through textures, loading screen freezes, and very rarely savefile corruption. There's nothing you can do about it, which can be frustrating, especially if you lose progress.
Con Can be incredibly frustrating
Trying to work at such a fast pace with so many obstacles and general mayhem going on at once can wear on you after a while. There's a lot to keep track of at once, and it's easy for things to spiral out of control as your mistakes pile up. If your group isn't doing well and you're running out of time, you might find yourself losing your patience with your team and yelling at them. This might not be the game for you if you don't have a team that's willing to be patient and cooperative with each other, even when you're not doing so well during a particular round.
Con Single-player isn't as fun as co-op
If you only want to play alone, then Overcooked 2 might not be the best game to pick. All the fast-paced fun from co-op mostly comes from communicating with your team and trying to pull off your task together before the time runs out. You control two characters at once while playing alone, but this still lacks the team-based chaos that makes the game so addicting. You could instead go online for matchmaking, though you might get paired with people who don't want to talk or work as an actual team.
Con The controls are a bit sluggish
There's something about the controls that feels heavy and deliberate, and not necessarily in a good way. The feeling goes against the fast-paced nature of the gameplay that demands you in one place and then the next. If you played the first Overcooked, you may notice the difference right away. This change shouldn't be too much of a hassle, though it's still noticeable.