Posted on: January 11, 2017
tmblazek
Verified ownerGames: 116 Reviews: 1
Pizza Making Mob Style
Disclaimer: I played the heck out of this as a child. Nostalgia blindness incoming. About: You build your Pizza empire, make sure to get places in good spots (Near schools, subways, etc.) deal with the Health inspectors, and send less-than-legal visits to your competitors while fending off theirs. The strategy elements are put together pretty randomly, (designing pizzas, invading other pizza places with cockroaches, managing staff, while taking care of ad campaings, bribing the mayor), but make for a very enjoyable mix. However, beware that none of these elements present too much depth, this is a game for fun relaxation. Aditionally, some of the aspects, like creating recipes, can be automated once your headquarter reached a certain stage, if you don't feel like channeling your inner chef. There are difficulty settings, but once you get your head around the aspects like "where you SHOULD put your stores, how many people to hire, when to upgrade your headquarters", the rest can become rather easy. The main challenge is to be more efficient in your empire-building than your opponents. I can't comment too much on the campaign challenges, as I did mostly free plays as kid, and haven't racked up a huge amount of time now. As I remember, they give you very specific tasks to accomplish in limited time, which works better as challenge. There are a lot of low scores based on the controls. However, I have to say, that the snail pace if your empire is running itself, the problematic placement of interior furniture, and the input lag of the mouse and keyboard, were all there in the original game. This is of course a detractor nonetheless, but since this is GOG, I wouldn't go to really low scores. Just be aware that the game is plagued by being from 2001. If that doesn't bother you, there is a lot of fun to be had, not the least due to the mob cliches being thrown around.
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