Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Cook serve delicious is one of those game I find myself difficult to rate : in its genre ( which I can assume is the cooking / typing kind? although typing would imply full words and not just letters a) is one of the best, without a doubt. But if it is not, repetitions of tasks may be daunting after a while ( although the game does provide you with ample modes to try to expand the gameplay) and the pace of the game is too slow and it requires time to upgrade anything. In the end, Its a good cooking game with some pleasant presentation attached to it : both sound and visual art are alright and serving customers by typing words is, well, fun.

I couldn’t stop playing ‘Cook, Serve, Delicious!’. I thought I’d only spend a few hours playing this game that I got at major discount, but I ended up spending over 28 hours on it. That’s how addictive ‘CSD!’ is. ‘CSD!’ is not so much a restaurant simulator as a speed typing game. It tries to convey the intensity of cooking in a restaurant by having you press keyboard keys in the correct order as quickly as possible to prepare your customers’ orders. Even as a 90 to 100 WPM touch typist, I found the game moderately to highly challenging as it also puts my time management skills, reflexes and memory to the test. The goal is to elevate your hole-in-the-wall dining establishment to a platinum-starred restaurant by serving dishes on your menu quickly and accurately. Along the way, you’ll add new dishes to diversify your offerings that better fit your eatery’s rising status, and buy new equipment to make your burgeoning business (slightly) more efficient. Each round lasts a minimum of 20 in-game days, which I found to be a tad too long. Still, they did give me ample opportunities to hone my reflexes and time management skills. Thankfully, there are challenges to shake things up: periodic health inspections, bet challenges, cooking for online dating matches and VIPs, catering jobs, Iron Cook challenges, and Hungry Festivities events. While I’m aware ‘CSD!’ is a typing game that doesn’t aim of realism, I did find not being able to correct easily-fixable cooking mistakes and to do pre-service food prep (e.g., as a bonus stat boost) to be missed opportunities to round out the gameplay. But since the core gameplay is so simple and solid, these are just minor quibbles. Despite moments of contrived difficulty spike and some slightly imbalanced gameplay, ‘CSD!’ is an easy recommendation from me if you want a game that provides brief, but addictive bursts of distractions and/or challenge. Just be warned that a 10-minute session can easily turn into a 2-hour one.

I have been playing it for a long time, really recommend it, the 3 CSD games are all awesome !

Sure they can no longer use the incredible rush hour music (some copywright related sheninigans i am sure, music companies pfft) but it is still basicaly the same game as that and i am glad for that. That being said it dose lack several things that future installments do have (like doing soup to each order or lasagna is wierd) so i do have to duct second star... yes song on its own is worth one whole star to me, it was the star of the show .) Plenty of improvements: more challanges, i do not remember iron cook for example from O.N.R. , i do believe the recipies are almost same and the dishes have seen only minor increase in the scope so this game sits in bit of an awkward middle between its free to play and much more refined sequels. If you are connesur of the series from its roots or curious owner of later installments it could be interesting choice but as first dip into the series it is supersceeded by 2 and i assume 3. Oh yeah also you are restauran owner of do it it all yourself style eatery and well do it all yourself .) tons of stressses when complex recipies pile up in your queue of orders might not seem liek fun but getting that perfect day with no averege or bad orders is all that much more satisfying (also it is veeery hard to outright fail a day so fear not you may not be perfect but you CAN make it through persistance... allbeit slower).

Cook, Serve, Delicious! is a simple and fun game. At the time of writing this review, I was able to purchase it for around $2 and they were well spent. The progression is a bit slow in my opinion, but the gameplay is captivating enough to keep you playing for a few hours before getting burned out. Between upgrading your dishes, buying new equipment for your restaurant, and trying to balance out your menu to keep things fresh/maintaining positive buzz, the mecahnics of this game are more complex than your typical cooking mobile game. And that's another thing to remember, despite the game's simple look, it's complex enough to keep you on your feet. I'll update this review once I've put in more time for the game. :)