Run your own kitchen and make food your way.
I’m a fan of cooking and I am always interested in seeing how video games emulate it. Cooking Simulator has players running around a kitchen and cooking food that is ordered by faceless Patrons that will complain about almost anything you do wrong. The goal is to prepare food exactly as the recipes require and in the time required, though you can customize your experience and play in a relaxed mode with minimal time pressure.
Cooking Simulator though has a couple of odd issues. I played and filmed myself on the Steam version and it’s mostly the same experience, however, the steam version has an achievement to get 5 stars on every dish, which is a challenging goal and that’s like 200 dishes. Microsoft doesn’t have that. Microsoft’s store lacks most of the DLC as well.
The one specific thing about Cooking Simulator is it’s a simulator game that’s trying to be whacky, and I’m not fully sure why. I enjoyed this game playing normally and trying to master each dish is challenging and that’s what I found interesting, but it often feels like the game is trying more for overreactions than skilled play. Feedback on what you have done wrong is sometimes hard to understand, and there are a lot of moments where it feels like the physics engine is random, like smashing a plate you’re holding for some unknown reason.
Pick this up if you like the Simulator genre or cooking. I’m working on becoming a better chef over the last year and have made some huge strides towards that. Cooking here is quite fun. However, if you’re new to the simulator genre, definitely start with PowerWash Simulator. That game was phenomenal and quite a bit better than this one, even though I do enjoy this title. I also think the difference in achievements between Steam and Microsoft might be a deal breaker. I’d rather play this on Steam, though the game itself is fun.
If you want to see more from me: Check out my video on this month of Game Pass games: https://youtu.be/tgNS9djM5ak
I’m a fan of cooking and I am always interested in seeing how video games emulate it. Cooking Simulator has players running around a kitchen and cooking food that is ordered by faceless Patrons that will complain about almost anything you do wrong. The goal is to prepare food exactly as the recipes require and in the time required, though you can customize your experience and play in a relaxed mode with minimal time pressure.
Cooking Simulator though has a couple of odd issues. I played and filmed myself on the Steam version and it’s mostly the same experience, however, the steam version has an achievement to get 5 stars on every dish, which is a challenging goal and that’s like 200 dishes. Microsoft doesn’t have that. Microsoft’s store lacks most of the DLC as well.
The one specific thing about Cooking Simulator is it’s a simulator game that’s trying to be whacky, and I’m not fully sure why. I enjoyed this game playing normally and trying to master each dish is challenging and that’s what I found interesting, but it often feels like the game is trying more for overreactions than skilled play. Feedback on what you have done wrong is sometimes hard to understand, and there are a lot of moments where it feels like the physics engine is random, like smashing a plate you’re holding for some unknown reason.
Pick this up if you like the Simulator genre or cooking. I’m working on becoming a better chef over the last year and have made some huge strides towards that. Cooking here is quite fun. However, if you’re new to the simulator genre, definitely start with PowerWash Simulator. That game was phenomenal and quite a bit better than this one, even though I do enjoy this title. I also think the difference in achievements between Steam and Microsoft might be a deal breaker. I’d rather play this on Steam, though the game itself is fun.
If you want to see more from me: Check out my video on this month of Game Pass games: https://youtu.be/tgNS9djM5ak