I've played Overcooked 1 and 2 with my girlfriend, just played the Plate Up demo with her, and I think you're right. Mario and Sonic games prob look the same to ol' gramps up there, too.
Overcooked has specific arcade levels each with their own infuriating gimmick. You either can beat it or you cant.
Plate Up, despite having similar mechanics (place food onto stove to cook it), is quite different. You have to take orders yourself, clean up after customers, and you win money that you use to upgrade the kitchen. That alone makes it a very different game than Overcooked's arcade levels.
Plateup at the top level is a simple cooking and upgrading your kitchen game.
It can also quickly turn into a Factorio-type game once you start automating the cooking of the food. Which sounds boring, if all you’re doing is serving, but it then turns into a game almost similar to Guitar Hero once you get into the overtime rounds because you’re having to put into muscle memory all of your actions with higher intensity in the later rounds.
Then there’s the insanity of automating cooking /and/ serving.
Add to that interactivity with Twitch stream viewers who can visit and order and even pay with tangible money, adding another twist and a layer of appeal to viewers and especially streamers. That fundamentally changes the game IMO, turning a game to play with friends into a game to stream and participate in.
Overcooked has specific arcade levels each with their own infuriating gimmick. You either can beat it or you cant.
Plate Up, despite having similar mechanics (place food onto stove to cook it), is quite different. You have to take orders yourself, clean up after customers, and you win money that you use to upgrade the kitchen. That alone makes it a very different game than Overcooked's arcade levels.
I'll probably buy it.