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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Zoo Digital Publishing EAN: 0802068101916 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Zoo Games Manufacturer: Zoo Games Model: 802068101916 Platform: Nintendo Wii Publisher: Zoo Games Release Date: July 22, 2008 Sales Rank: 1088 Studio: Zoo Games
Features:
Unlock all of the menu items in the current restaurant by earning and spending COIN. Unlock the next new recipe or new high-carbon, razor-sharp, signature series chef's knife.
Create a Chef's Special that is better than any of the current menu items. Attract the attention of the local Food Critic - by completing the previous tasks and gain a favorable review in the local newspaper.
Serve more than the minimum number of plates in one day - number dependent on difficulty level and stage of restaurant in the game.
Rating: - My son loves it
My eight year old son has a lot of fun with this game. It's just challenging enough that he doesn't get bored, but not too hard, that he doesn't get frustrated.
Rating: - Love this game!
This game is so much fun! I think after playing cooking mama (which is also fun, but not NEARLY as fun as this) I had low expectations, and it was a blast!
Even younger kids (6 and up) will love it. And it teaches them about multitasking and running a business.
GREAT GAME!
Rating: - Game is too short, but, fun while it lasts
This is similiar to cooking mama, but, more restaurant style - if you like games where you move to mimic the actions, you'll like this one too.
Rating: - Excellent
This is an excellent game. I am 33, and enjoy playing on Hard mode (no progress bar on food done-ness) about half an hour every night. It imitates the multi-tasking of real cooking, and it made me more enthusiastic about it. Last night I pan-fried salmon in real life--the thin filet came out overcooked, and the the thick one came out the best I've ever cooked it. Do I owe it to Order Up? Well, I enjoy game cooking and real cooking now.
Keep in mind that, in the game:
- All recipes have a prepared ingredient list ready for you to drag out (you cannot add the wrong ingredients--although you can add all the wrong spices). You do not have to remember recipes, in general.
- Special dishes already have a pre-set list of spices (salt, pepper, etc.) that "work"; you don't get a bonus for adding a spice to something the game isn't programmed for as a bonus (i.e., adding salt to fried eggs gives you nothing, unless it's part of a special recipe already or you are cooking for the guy who likes salty food)
- You have an infinite stock of free ingredients (except spices which you have to buy); there is no penalty if you throw away five filet mignon's in a row.
- It takes forever to check if Ned has special ingredients for you. You can't skip many filler animations. This is probably the worst part of the game.
- You have a lot of time to finish an order, actually. You don't need to rush.
- To peel lettuce, hold down B and swish the control back and forth.
- The opening isn't flashy and gave me a low budget feel when I first started playing, but the gameplay is excellent.
- In Hard mode, besides not having a progress meter, cooking doesn't pause when you are adding spices. This is better, IMO. Not having to watch the meter gives you a more instinctive feel of cooking.
I am embarrassed to say that I consider myself a "serious gamer" too.
Rating: - good game
this game is good, It is not for the young
I am a sometimes gamer and It's a little hard for me but after a couple of tries I got it. Takes a little time to get used to the turns that you have to do and the movements the control has. hope this helps
- My son loves it
- Game is too short, but, fun while it lasts
