Question about star system

[psypsy]

In the first Overcooked when you completed a level you would receive one, two, or three stars depending on how well you did. Not an unusual system and it lets you set your own goals. The problem is, in the first Overcooked some of the 3-star goals were extremely difficult to achieve with 1-3 players. It seems as if all of the 3-star goals and even some of the 2-star goals were balanced around 4 players. It felt unfair when my brother and I couldn't 3-star several missions because of lack of manpower.

Does Overcooked 2 manage this system differently? Do the star goals scale with player count?

[Overtyr]

In overcooked, the amount of points you need to 3-star a level adjusts accordingly to the amount of people playing. It requires less points to 3-star a level when you're solo than when you're playing with 2 or more.
To be honest i'm not 100% sure now if the points needed for 3 and 4 players to 3-star is the same or not than 2 players, but I can guarantee you that it is only a matter of strategy: With the correct strategy, all of the levels become really easy to 3-star.
If there's any level you and your brother are having trouble, try checking the leaderboard and copy the strategy used for the first place in the level you're having trouble: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DQEGWjW4_T6Swlsdxe0yKhXpRyTJQ29LZqrJjI5CeWY/edit?pageId=104841529160870569487#gid=0

[Stormwarrior]

I play all leveles on Overccoked 1 with 3 stars without too much difficult... (2 Players coop) Maybe the last level was the most difficult one

[psypsy]

I played Overcooked with three players and we found several levels really hard to 3-star. All three of us were surprised by a lot of the point thresholds, especially when we thought we did amazing and ended up with two stars. It's possible OC1 scaled properly and we were just missing some obvious strategy, who knows. Could have been the drinking.

Thanks for the responses!

[Lauren_Team17]

Hey Psypsy,

In Overcooked! 2 the score boundaries are set to scale depending on the number of players for each level. So - more players means you need to get a higher scores to achieve 3 stars.

This means that the game balances out the scores if you're playing with less players.

[SilverByte]

The score system does indeed scale with the number of players. I was playing coop with someone and found it pretty hard to 3-star some levels, but I just switched to solo and beat them easily afterwards.
I guess some of the 3-stars can be really hard, but that's what I like, it requires some serious strategic thinking and some nice execution.

[Duccis]

Me and my girlfriend was able to 3-star everything. Some harder than others, but it wasn't like it took hours to achieve. I never played solo so I never noticed the scaling tho.

What I would like are difficulty modes when picking a map. For example in hard mode, more fire is enabled so you really have to handle a lot more things .Extreme mode for even faster pace and happenings. Or something like that. Gives the game more replayability and makes it more challenging.