➤ Get Packed: the review of the party game for Google Stadia 🎮

What are the chances of seeing two moving games coming out within a short time of each other? Very few, you will rightly say, and yet we find ourselves writing the Get Packed review less than a month after Moving Out. Developed by Moonshine Studios, Get Packed looks on paper exactly like the title published by Team17: a party game that recalls the style of Overcooked, where however the goal of the players is to clear out houses, offices and everything else customers ask for, with the 'goal to maximize your performance in each level to get the top of the rating. The opportunity offered by Get Packed was therefore favorable to take advantage of the emptying machine experience that we had accumulated with Moving Out previously: let's see what came out of it.

Modes and Gameplay: Ideal for the family

With the campaign mode of Get Packed the guys from Moonshine Studios take us to that of Ditchlington, a town located on a salt mine. Blinded by the earnings, the mayor decides to sell everything to Industrial Salt Co., which forces the inhabitants of Ditchlington to flee their homes. To help them there are of course the protagonists of the game, but before things take a singular turn and from simple removals we move on to carry out other types of activities. The way the story is told to us by the developers is very nice, and we have to say that we are somewhat passionate about it even if obviously this is not the main aspect of Get Packed.

The campaign mode is accompanied by two other types of game, a classic versus type and a named one instead Destruction, within which the goal is not to take away the objects present in the premises but to destroy them, causing as much damage as possible. Returning to the main mode, players must try to load as many objects as possible on the truck located outside the building, satisfying some special requests to get a bonus on the final evaluation of the level made with the usual meter of stars. Each level has its own characteristic, often also linked to a particular obstacle destined to put a spoke in the wheel while we try to fill the transporter truck.

Although on the Get Packed card it resembles Moving Out, the differences in the gameplay they get noticed early enough. The choice of Moonshine Studios was in fact to bet everything on the occurrence of situations at the limit of the absurd, which are created thanks to the design of the characters deliberately created with longer limbs than normal. By combining this with the possibility of being able to take any object with one hand, including the most cumbersome, the developers have created a game that manages for obvious reasons to give the best of itself when played by all four players that is possible. to check. Even if Get Packed offers a matchmaking system, our advice is to play with your family together on the sofa, or at the limit with your friends via the Internet thanks to the possibility of inviting the contacts present on Google Stadia in the match.

Collaboration between players in fact does not exist except for the final evaluation, but we are ready to bet that you will laugh when absurd situations arise such as the one that provides for the possibility of locking another player in the departing truck with the objects cleared. . In terms of gameplay, in short, Get Packed works and entertains as you would expect, and it is not a small aspect.

Graphics and sound: Google Stadia promoted

For those who write to you, the game sessions with Get Packed also represented the first steps within the ecosystem of Google Stadia. Therefore, having no other parameters of comparison, we limit ourselves at this time to appreciate the experience with the cloud gaming service, practically without flaws in managing the aspects related to the title of Moonshine Studios.

Being a party game, the possibility of immediately jumping on board with a not too recent PC connected to the television in the living room to play in four is naturally a plus to be taken into account. The alternative is represented by Chromecast, but in this case it goes a little more expensive given the need to use the Google Stadia controller (price 69 euros) to play. In technical terms, Get Packed does not offer particularly high levels of detail, and is appreciated above all for the attention paid to the management of the physics and joints of its protagonists. In using the cloud service we did not notice any smudges. Finally, there is nothing particular to report on the sound, without infamy and without particular praise.

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We conclude the Get Packed review by saying that if you are looking for an excuse to try Google Stadia, this game can undoubtedly be for you. The group play experience put together by Moonshine Studios works in its way of accentuating the fast-paced dynamics of Overcooked and the like, making games played alongside other people especially exhilarating. It is still possible to complete the campaign and play alone, but don't expect the same amount of fun.