Basically, you get to demolish your way through multiple exotic locales, sort of like a Fast & Furiousmovie only in this one Vin Diesel is a shark with electric teeth. Maneater has you pilot your horrorfish through several different biomes, including a bayou, a wealthy resort town, and the open ocean. Nowadays people seem to get upset if a video game takes anything less than a presidential administration to complete, and while I understand that many gamers can only afford one or two new games a year, how many 30+ hour single player experiences have actually justified that length? Sometimes I just want to be a demon submarine single-handedly destroying an entire ecosystem with my unholy appetite, and I don’t need that experience to slowly unfold over the course of several weeks.
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I am of the firm belief that no movie should be longer than 2 hours, particularly not summer blockbusters, because when you ignore those basic rules of decency you end up with 3-hour Transformers movies featuring King Arthur and Merlin.
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You can rampage your way through the entirety of Maneater’s story in about 8 hours (give or take a few if you’re trying to hunt down every secret license plate and Easter Egg, including the transdimensional gate from Pacific Rim), and that breezy runtime is actually one of the game’s biggest strengths. Maneater is glorious popcorn entertainment, the kind of game I wish had existed back when I was pretending to be sick so I didn’t have to go play outside. This analogy appeared in my mind after I tossed a human into the air and swatted him into the horizon with my tail like a little league coach trying to get the chubby kids in the outfield some exercise. If The Last of Us Part II is Saving Private Ryan, Maneater is Jason Statham’s Crank.
However, the loudest statement Maneater makes is, “How many backflips can this shark do with a Cajun marine hobbyist clenched in its jaws before landing on the stern of a superyacht and triggering the kind of explosion generally reserved for nuclear reactions?” That’s the kind of art that resonates deep within my soul. Believe it or not, Maneater also touches on some similar themes. It’s a big, important piece of art with a lot to say about humanity, forgiveness, and the cycle of violence, among many other statements.
Listen, I’m all for video games and movies that “mean something.” The Last of Us Part IIwill likely be dominating the video game conversation for the rest of the summer, and that’s fine.
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