Peakmight be a story abouta bunch of scouts desperately trying to surviveafter being stranded on a desert island, but its cartoon aesthetic and silly co-operative antics make it far more lighthearted than something likeYellowjackets. Still, the community is desperate for a bit of light cannibalism. After all, is it really a story about being trapped in the wilderness without snacking on your fellow man?
Unfortunately, however, developer Aggro Crab doesn’t feel the same. As reported byInsider Gaming, it ruled out cannibalism in a pretty straightforwardmessagethat reads like a supply teacher telling off an unruly classroom: “guys we can’t add cannibalism to peak”.
Or, did it? Immediately after, the developer replied with, “hmm”. Some fans have taken this to mean that itisconsidering cannibalism, and that the original tweet was a clever bait-and-switch. “This is going to be just like that timethey added sex to Cult of the Lambisn’t it,” @manlydawg said. “I’m not ready for this fever dream.” Me neither, manly dawg, me neither.
“But What If You DID”
Cannibalism or no, fans have some pretty fun ideas on howit could work. As fun as you’re able to make killing and eating your friends in the wilderness out of sheer desperation, not knowing if the inhuman sacrifice will even keep you alive long enough for rescue—do they even know we’re out here? Is anyone still looking!? ahem, anyway, Peak.
“Cannibalism can add stamina but also a new hunger/cannibalism effect that cannot be satiated without eating another scout,” @Kailex suggested. “If the cannibalism bar goes full the player goes berserk and turns into a being like the scoutmaster but with the sole purpose of eating everyone else.”
You can only play in teams ofup to four players, so once you’ve eaten someone, only two people will be left on the menu. And if youalljoin in on the meal, then you’d all be afflicted with the hunger like that Always Sunny episode where Frank feeds Charlie and Dee roadkill and tells them it’s human meat. It’d make for an especially frantic game, turning everyone against each other as they claw up the mountain while the cravings take hold.
