Frying Illegal Eggs in 2091 Antarctica: An Arctic Eggs Playthrough to the Ending

The game is set on the Antarctic continent in 2091, where a large number of chickens are being raised. The graphics are very low-poly 3D, but the commentator describes the chickens as "weirdly cute." Early on, about the only thing you can do is smoke a cigarette.

As you progress, it becomes clear that the protagonist is being held captive here. The story follows their attempt to escape by serving illegal egg dishes.

The cooking section starts abruptly. First you choose where to drop the egg, then press a button to drop it. At first, the commentator was confused about which button drops the egg. Moving the frying pan smoothly with the right stick cooks the egg, complete with sizzling sounds. Once one side is cooked, you slide the egg to one side of the pan, then loosen your grip on the pan to flip it.

On the first flip, the egg went flying. Since there are plenty of eggs, it's easy to try again. Through trial and error, the commentator realizes that you need to pull the left trigger to apply proper heat, and that the egg won't cook if the pan is held still, so you have to keep tilting it slightly. On the next attempt, the egg ended up standing on its edge at one point, but they managed to finish it.

For the protagonist to leave this place safely, they need the approval of an entity the subtitles render as "Rokuisei" (六胃聖). To get it, they head outside and serve food to hungry people.

Stepping outside, the commentator is first struck by the glare and describes the scenery as having "a pretty dystopian feel." For the first dish, cigarettes are added for flavor. The commentator imagines it might be something like chili pepper, calling it "blasphemous" but saying they're curious what it will taste like. They still weren't used to flipping and struggled with it, but finished the dish. At this point, the commentator remarks that the downbeat, chill atmosphere while cooking has been growing on them.

From here, you work through requests from the townspeople one by one. The ingredients and mechanics change with each request.

The owner of a food stall asks for help with cooking. It's a "greedy combo" of two eggs and two sausages, and the commentator finishes the sausages first, then flips the eggs cleanly as well.

The next client looks like an ordinary young woman at first glance, but her order is extreme. The subtitles describe it as "a fried egg with 12 sticks in it," and when serving it, the commentator tells her to watch out for nicotine poisoning. They also add that the sizzling sounded so tasty that it seemed like it might actually be surprisingly good.

A soldier asks for a can of food to be cooked. The contents appear to be oil sardines, and the commentator fries them while calling them "pretty tasty-looking." With that, the hunger in this area seems to have been satisfied.

Next, you visit a facility with dolphins. The request is to show off your frying-pan skills as entertainment for retired dolphins. Bullets that explode after a set time are thrown in one after another, but simply tossing them out of bounds is enough. The commentator says that although they struggled a bit at first, once they got used to it they could cook smoothly and it was fun.

At the bar, you serve a dish paired with alcohol. A fried egg is given a bittersweet flavor with beer, then further seasoned with cigarettes. The commentator finishes it perfectly.

In the next area, you cook a big catch. The subtitles render it as "A," but from the context it seems to be a large fish like a ray ("ei" in Japanese). The commentator finds its moving mouth cute. They managed to cook its back, but there seemed to be no way to flip it onto its belly; in the end, they flipped it through sheer determination and succeeded.

The final client is a dying old man. For his last supper, you cook the fish he caught. Here, a pufferfish periodically starts thrashing around, so you need to knock it into the other ingredients to calm it down. The fish being cooked is still alive, too, and flops around from time to time. The old man has replaced his body parts one after another, and he said that next he would have his tongue replaced. But once he finishes the fish dish, the old man's story comes to an end (the subtitles phrase it as "受水してしまいました").

Having finished serving the townspeople, the protagonist is allowed to meet "Rokuisei." Seeing an entity of a fitting shape, the commentator decides it's "probably the one" and serves it fried eggs. The first order is three fried eggs, and the amount keeps increasing until you end up cooking six. The commentator says that compared to the difficult dishes along the way, cooking fried eggs is calming.

The last thing you cook is a single fried egg. The commentator takes this as a touch that signals the end of the story. Then, using the trigger, you let go of the frying pan you've been gripping all this time and grasp a new hope. The protagonist bids farewell to the life of illegal cooking and flies off to Everest together with "Rokuisei." The commentator calls it "a truly strange story."

There's a short continuation after the credits. The group seems to have crash-landed on Everest, and a path leads toward the summit. After walking for a while, you reach what appears to be the summit, where there is a single chicken. Interacting with it lets you pet the chicken. The commentator concludes that being able to pet this chicken all you like is the reward, and with that, the game ends.

The commentator's assessment is that it's a pretty out-there work overall. That said, they say the world surrounding the cooking comes together well, with low-poly visuals that spark the imagination, distinctive dialogue, and perfectly balanced background music. Their final impression is that it was a very pleasant game to play.