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This game has SO MUCH of wasted potential that I'm genuinely annoyed by just seeing the state this game has ended with. Gameplay-wise it's a straight-up ripoff of "Overcooked" but without a single thing that made Overcooked enjoyable. There are also other similar games in this genre, but others do introduce something unique, this one does not. The premise is actually good, I mean it's a ripoff but hey, you run your own restaurant as a sole member and you're serving your dishes. Where is the problem then? I wonder where to start, maybe we start from what makes this game unplayable in the first place? Bugs and optimization. Game has absolutely no optimization at all, putting ingredients into a grinder or bowl causes 1-2 seconds freeze, making a "time management" a freaking chore supported with swear words rather than a challenge. Orders can randomly disappear from the list, making you wonder what the ♥♥♥♥ you're supposed to prepare in the first place. People can order foods that you can't even possibly cook yet, because you didn't even SEE the missing ingredient in the freaking store, on top of the fact that you lack appropriate machines to make them! Even more ridiculous is the …

[h1] What was first? Chicken or potato? Looks like potato [/h1]

I enjoyed playing this a lot but probably wouldn't recommend it to others due to all the issues. It feels a bit like an abandoned early access game. The gameplay is basically Overcooked (you run around with ingredients, chopping and cooking them at the right station) except you stay in the same restaurant every day and have some additional management options - buy upgrades, manage stock etc. Pros: [list][*] Lots of busy work - wash the dishes, take out the trash, prep ingredients, rearrange your storage, etc. There's always something to do. The game gives you lots of time before and after work time to get everything organised. [*] Lots of new ingredients, meals, customers and upgrades keep it fun for a long time. [/list] Cons: [list][*] Customers will just come in and order things you've never made before, and there's no help with figuring out the recipes. You end up just buying everything because you have no idea what you need which makes storage a nightmare. [*] As the ingredients you can buy are random each day, you often are unable to buy core ingredients. E.g. at the start a lot of your recipes are tomato based but you can go days without being able to buy more tomat…

A boring and monotonous fast-paced space cooking game: Manage your kitchen, satisfy a variety of alien tastes, upgrade equipment and earn credits. Charming, hectic, addictive and not a decent game!

This is an amateur attempt at a game that has already been done much much better by three or four large companies I don't mind supporting young developers but that seems to be all that Steam is letting into their catalogue these past two years - Anyone know which Digital stores online are carrying the Indie & Triple A titles?

A lot like Overcooked, but runs undercooked.