Can't rate this game, as nothing about it is "bad"; it's just not for me.
The concept of the game is that you are the owner and apparently sole employee of a restaurant. Gameplay falls into two sections. The basic gameplay is a series of quick-time events where you make different foods for customers or perform tasks like taking out the trash by pressing buttons on the keyboard or clicking icons (pressing the buttons is the easier way). You will have to do this VERY FAST or your customers will get frustrated and give bad reviews. There is a meta-level to the gameplay as well--with your earnings, you can buy different upgrades for your restaurant, such as new foods, new equipment with which to make new foods, and amenities that will make customers wait longer. There is very little strategy or tactics involved in the game, especially during the QTE sections--you basically just have to hit the exact inputs the game asks for, very quickly.
If you told me that this was a re-skin of an old Neopets game or that it was from a CD-Rom that came with a cereal box circa 2005, I would believe you. It feels like a very basic browser-based kind of game. I'm sure lots of people will like it; as far as I can tell it succeeds at its design goals, and it doesn't try to fool me into thinking it is a different kind of game. It's just not the kind of game that I like to play.

Reviewed on May 23, 2023


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