Not hiring any of these "Iron Chefs"
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) Dec 14, 2008
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"Whose Cuisine Reigns Supreme?" After going through several matches with Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine, I thought "What game turns real lame?"
Iron Chef America for the Wii plays out much like Cooking Mama and Order Up! You play several mini games where you chop, slice, boil sauce, plate, and do other culinary tasks.
Problem is, that's all I do in this game; the ingredients never really come together to form a dish.
The matches start with me selecting dishes, then I play dozens of mini games, one after another after another.
Some of the mini games are mind numbingly easy; chopping, slicing and grating uses simple, repetitive gestures of the Wiimote, and they're the best parts of the game.
But other tasks get hard due to clunky controls, namely boiling things, saucing dishes and using the mixer.
At the end of the matches, I get comments from the judges that do not indicate how they score the meals I or my opponent create. I would win, move on to the next match and the whole process repeats itself.
After three matches, I got bored with the whole experience.
Adding to my misery are the cut scenes. Iron Chef America, the video game, has too much ham in it. The drama is pumped up far too much and the judges demand too much of the spotlight. Heck, even the host and the Chairman go too far over the top.
If you're looking for a cooking game for the Wii, go get Order Up! and skip Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine
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