Posted on: January 8, 2017
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1 of the most underrated strategy games
I loved the idea of running a restaurant when I read the review in PC Gamer in 1994. The game looked colourful, the graphics well detailed and the idea of designing your own pizza was very unique. Sadly, the game fell into obscurity the next few games after what I assume were mediocre sales. When I found a budget re-release for the equivalent of €5 in 1998, I couldn't help but snap it up ... and spent weeks playing it, completely addicted. What makes this game so fun, is the huge range of options. You can make your own adverts, design your own pizzas, furnish your own restaurants, become part of the mob, bomb competitors, join pizza competitions, trade in illegal goods, etc. etc. The game never slows down and a pizza which works in one location, may fail in another due to different demographics and tastes. Ingredients go in and out of fashion so you're constantly changing menus, buying better ingredients as your funds allow for and you're in a constant battle to have the best selling pizzas in the city. Once you conquer a city, there's many more to chose from. Designing pizzas is also a lot of fun - you got hundreds of ingredients and every ingredient can be diced several times- the options for decorating are endless! Taking into account what area of the city your restaurant is in (different areas, different people - you got blue collar, old, young, etc.) and which ingredients are "hot" and which not makes even making pizzas quite tactical! Does the game have weaknesses? Yes it does. The managers are quite incompetent and handling your restaurants, often running out of stock or ordering too much so you end up doing the ordering yourself which is quite time consuming. Because of the many options, it can also be daunting to keep an eye on everything. I personally liked the HUD but some may find it dated. Also, it may be tricky to get your first restaurant running - pick the wrong furniture, and no-one will visit so a guide is a good thing to use for new players.
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