Party Animals is a multiplayer, wobbly-physics-based brawler by studio Recreate Games. In Party Animals, players step into the furry feet or flippers of all kinds of animals, from owls, puppies, sharks, and beyond, as players battle through various party game modes from sports to classic beat-em-up arenas with fun obstacles to navigate in button-bashing mayhem.
Hilarious party games like Gang Beasts often have deliberately tricky controls combined with wobbly physics, but this is all part of the fun as players fight to get where they want to go and with each other. Party Animals is no exception, as players must get to grips with its controls to pull out spectacular moves, like how to throw, which can be tricky to master. Fortunately, there is a helpful tutorial system where players can practice their throwing skills and more before the real deal.
How To Throw
Although sometimes winning is based on pure luck, players can learn Party Animals' controls to come out on top and win rounds. The optional tutorial runs through all the basic controls players need, where players move through a series of rooms to test out different moves, including how to throw or toss an object or another character.
To throw in Party Animals, if using an Xbox controller, while holding the right trigger to grab or pick up something, players should press and hold the X button to charge up a throw. Releasing X throws the object or another character. If playing on PC, Party Animal players should press the right button on the mouse to throw. For instance, in the tutorial, players must pick up and throw a green cube across a gap onto a pressure plate. Here, facing the right direction and charging the throw is crucial to throw further distances.
Tips On How To Throw In Party Animals
Although throwing sounds pretty straightforward, it's often not in practice, especially when fighting with another player or AI character who's kicking, punching, or headbutting their way back. For the best chance of performing a successful throw in Party Animals, it's best to grab a downed character to take advantage of the small-time delay when they get knocked out. It also takes time to lift another animal above the player character's head.
It's also easier to throw things off an open edge rather than one that's fenced off where others might hang on easier. Charging up a throw is also one of the best ways to send other party critters quickly into the abyss. It's also worth looking out for objects that players can pick up and throw at other players as another way to knock them overboard, such as the flying fish that other players can launch when defeated in a match.
Party Animals is available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.