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"Order Up" Try before you buy
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) Jul 30, 2008
Member since Jan 2008
10 out of 13 gamers (77%) found this review helpful
The recipe for Order Up is to take Cooking Mama and toss in a huge helping of Diner Dash.
Players in this game assume the role of head chef. Once they've gone through the tutorial, they embark on a culinary mission to turn four disaster sites into wonderful eateries.
To get the job done, players will have to make dishes. Each dish has several steps and each step is a micro game where the player utilizes the Wiimote.
You will mix, fry, bake, chop, peel, dice, and do other cook's functions. Perform them well, and you'll get more cash for the dishes you create and serve to your customers. The customers in turn will inhale their food; I swear, I've never seen such bad manners in a game. They just use both hands and stuff whatever food's on their plate into their mouths. This game doesn't have the Miss Manners seal of approval.
With money you make from serving your dishes, players can opt to buy more dishes, spices, and better equipment. You can also hire AI cooks to help make the work load. This puts a good strategic spin on the serving games.
The game play is almost solid all around, and it's easy to pick up and play. Cooking Mama fans will eat this game up (figure of speech).
But Order Up doesn't add much spice to the game play; once you've played an hour of the game, you've basically seen everything you need to see. And to get to the later parts of the game, you'll have to play it for quite some time. People who hate Cooking Mama will find nothing to like on this menu.
Another problem is the comment cards the customers leave behind. They consistently whine about the lack of spices in their dishes, even when they don't ask for said spices in the first place.
And the last big problem is the graphics; I like the art style of the game, but the food doesn't look at all appetizing. Some dishes look like a blurred mess of colors.
Despite that, Order Up is a simple, fun game. So rent it first and see if cooking's in your blood.
Players in this game assume the role of head chef. Once they've gone through the tutorial, they embark on a culinary mission to turn four disaster sites into wonderful eateries.
To get the job done, players will have to make dishes. Each dish has several steps and each step is a micro game where the player utilizes the Wiimote.
You will mix, fry, bake, chop, peel, dice, and do other cook's functions. Perform them well, and you'll get more cash for the dishes you create and serve to your customers. The customers in turn will inhale their food; I swear, I've never seen such bad manners in a game. They just use both hands and stuff whatever food's on their plate into their mouths. This game doesn't have the Miss Manners seal of approval.
With money you make from serving your dishes, players can opt to buy more dishes, spices, and better equipment. You can also hire AI cooks to help make the work load. This puts a good strategic spin on the serving games.
The game play is almost solid all around, and it's easy to pick up and play. Cooking Mama fans will eat this game up (figure of speech).
But Order Up doesn't add much spice to the game play; once you've played an hour of the game, you've basically seen everything you need to see. And to get to the later parts of the game, you'll have to play it for quite some time. People who hate Cooking Mama will find nothing to like on this menu.
Another problem is the comment cards the customers leave behind. They consistently whine about the lack of spices in their dishes, even when they don't ask for said spices in the first place.
And the last big problem is the graphics; I like the art style of the game, but the food doesn't look at all appetizing. Some dishes look like a blurred mess of colors.
Despite that, Order Up is a simple, fun game. So rent it first and see if cooking's in your blood.