Here is a title that knows how to charm, by succeeding in both innovating and offering a particularly solid gameplay. Battle Chef Brigade is a success, whose accents are very much like a Proustian madeleine. The idea is to mix quite different genres in the same title: action-RPG during the hunting phases, 3-matcher during the cooking phases, the dynamic alternation of the two genres allows a very satisfying gameplay loop, especially with the fast pace of the duels. All this is underlined by a very charming soundtrack and beautiful hand-drawn scenery. The animations have a slice of life feel to them, which is typical of Japanese animation, but which is nevertheless measured and always in tone. A special tribute must be paid to the dubbing, which is of great quality for an independent game. The difficulty curve is well thought out, with the addition of new utensils, as well as the bones and poison bubbles mechanics: it's a pity though that the Deluxe version made the mistake of adding the Trash chapter just before the climax of the last chapter, breaking both the rhythm of the narrative and the progressive difficulty curve. His story is far from bad – though it seems a bit off-topic and excessively slapstick in its tone. It comes across as unexpected in the narrative economy. For the rest, Battle Chef Brigade offers a refreshingly atypical and very sweet experience. The combination of different genres – similar to the combination of ingredients in a dish – works brilliantly and I can only recommend this title, whose benevolence warms the heart, in the modern world of video games.